Obama: Blacks as guilty as Imus


	Obama: Blacks as guilty as Imus

sherrymac

4-22-2007 8:52 AM

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obama, blacks, racism

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4-22-2007 3:34 PM

Fracture

Words only have the power you give them.

4-22-2007 4:04 PM

kalibrooke

great clip, sherrymac.

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