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	Obama coworkers speak out

n2sooners

9-15-2008 1:50 AM

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9-15-2008 2:14 AM

merrie

thanks n2, very insightful article. You know, I'm beginning
to suspect that Obama wrote the purported "facts" in his two books believing that Americans would accept them as an article of faith. Aside for his accounts, his life is a big blank without any corroborating evidence.

9-15-2008 8:45 PM

NonStatQuo

dont forget....
he's also uppity.

9-15-2008 8:55 PM

The REAL Napster

dont forget....
he's also uppity.

How could anyone forget that?

9-16-2008 7:25 PM

sparlingphoto

I don't care if he's "uppity", as long as he's conservative!

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