Obama on small town Americans


	Obama on small town Americans

n2sooners

4-11-2008 5:24 PM

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obama, politics, election, elitism

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4-11-2008 5:54 PM

willhelm

Well, without even addressing the shear ignorance of his contention, the bigotry and stereotyping is alarming.

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