politico.com - 8/2/2008
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In an interview with Florida outlets, Obama explains his remark about how his opponents would play his appearance which -- while clearly not intended to start a racially charged exchange -- gave McCain a hook for his response:
I was in Union, Missouri which is 98 percent white - a rural, conservative. and what I said was what I think everybody knows, which is that I don't look like I came ...
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Can Obama Be Trusted?
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... a great many of us find Obama to be a charming, interesting man with whom we would love to sit down and toss back a couple of adult beverages of our choice. We just don't think that he is the right guy for America in 2008. Opposition to his candidacy does not equate to personal animus -- and certainly not to racial animus. However, in recent days we have seen Obama (and his surrogates) make specific claims of racial politics against John McCain and his campaign. But as quickly as he made the accusation , ...
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