My Husband, the African-American Woman


	My Husband, the African-American Woman

sl0wdjin

6-22-2007 4:31 AM

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Fun, humorous and revealing article by Connie Schultz, whose husband Sherrod Brown was running for office. Excerpted from AND HIS LOVELY WIFE by Connie Schultz.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f400490b-c7d9-4d31-b2af-d4136bb0a588/B3EA6FCA-FF5D-4FCC-8506-16FC09ED8C6E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/connie-schultz/my-husband-the-africana_b_53274.html" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/connie-schultz/my-husband-the-africana_b_53274.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.huffingtonpost.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/connie-schultz/my-husband-the-africana_b_53274.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.huffingtonpost.com/img/516B854E-C803-4775-9BE7-823E19D18094" alt="Connie Schultz" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/connie-schultz/my-husband-the-africana_b_53274.html"><H1><A id="title_permalink" title="Permalink" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/connie-schultz/my-husband-the-africana_b_53274.html">My Husband, the African-American Woman</A></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/connie-schultz/my-husband-the-africana_b_53274.html"><P>In February 2006, my friend Jackie Cassara and I were having dinner in Cleveland when a waitress came up to me and said, "Ms. Schultz, I'm sorry to bother you, but did you know that Fox News is saying your husband is Shur-ROD Brown, and that he's a woman?"
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