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NOW THEY TELL US: Obama’s “Not Black,” according to a piece in the Washington Post. Hmm. Gates re…
NOW THEY TELL US: Obama’s “Not Black,” according to a piece in the Washington Post. Hmm. Gates reappointed at Defense, an Iraq-Hawk Secretary of State, keeping the tax cuts, and now the next President turns out not to be black — hey, they told me if I voted for McCain ...
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mudvillegazette.com — ...from the Washington Post: Joint Chiefs Chairman 'Very Positive' After Meeting With Obama . I say "good"... because had he returned to Washington despondent and hurled himself to his death from the roof of the Pentagon that would have been a bad ... (more) Good News
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Revising Obama
Discriminations — Revisionist interpretations of the Obama phenomenon are already appearing ... even before there is an Obama administration. ÜberBlogger Glenn Reynolds points to a Washington Post article today proclaiming that Obama’s “Not Black,” and observes: Hmm. Gates reappointed at Defense, an Iraq-Hawk Secretary of State, keeping the tax cuts, and now the next President turns out not to be black — hey, they told me if I voted for McCain we’d get a third term for Bush, and I guess they were right! Elsewhere he ...

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