Obama the Community Organizer


	Obama the Community Organizer

arnaz

10-6-2008 2:43 PM

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obama, elections 08, mccain, palin

arnaz says:

It's old now but an important fact to keep in mind...

http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/09/what_a_community_organizer_doe.html

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