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Mark Rages wrote:
On 2/1/07, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Mark Rages wrote:
> But he's about as unblack as you can get and still have dark skin.
>
> He grew up with his white mother, in Indonesia. He's never lived in
the
> south or the "inner city".
>
> His dad was an African-African, not African-American. He doesn't have
> the legacy of slavery or the chip on the shoulder.
>
> Bill Clinton is more black than Barack Obama. I guess
African-Americans
> have claimed him, but I wonder if they would prefer Hillary.
He worked as a civil-rights lawyer in Chicago from about 1991 to 1996.
That's a good credential to have.
Here's more of that story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/02/us/politics/02obama.html?ex=1328072400&en=38b60b4769f06eb6&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
Yes, he does have a battle to win here, but if he just is himself, and
makes a decent effort, I think he will win this battle.
Stephen
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