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» in reply to
re: They count as black
Wouldn't the "first time" be Jesse Jackson?
alcaray
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1/5/2008 5:45:05 AM
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And the first woman, Ferraro?
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ALERT: Obama will be the POTUS
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SEN News
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1/4/2008 7:23:48 AM
re: ALERT: Obama will be the POTUSA
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Eric
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1/5/2008 2:19:01 PM
Never fly in MID AMERICA and SOUTH
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carl
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1/4/2008 3:57:47 PM
re: ALERT: Obama will be the POTUS
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Mighty Dawg
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1/4/2008 2:15:28 PM
Yeah, but...
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ds
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1/4/2008 2:20:10 PM
Not sure where you've been...
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TB
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1/4/2008 4:48:14 PM
I would vote for either Powell or Rice.
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REB
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1/7/2008 2:38:31 PM
I figured it out
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Lindy
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1/5/2008 10:38:53 PM
Won't need the Diebold excuse this year
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TB
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1/5/2008 11:10:21 PM
Election fraud
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azstrummer
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1/10/2008 5:42:20 PM
LOL
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TB
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1/10/2008 6:23:02 PM
3 million votes?
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tony
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1/10/2008 6:35:40 PM
Don't look at me.
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TB
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1/10/2008 11:26:36 PM
Oh really? Spoke too soon
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tony
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1/9/2008 9:15:15 PM
re: pauloons and obamaloons
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Yeti
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1/10/2008 2:52:58 PM
Loons is right
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TB
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1/10/2008 1:35:22 AM
re: don't worry... The Republicans won't win.
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TAFKASE
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1/7/2008 2:20:19 PM
They count as black but they do not count as contenders (since they didn't).
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alcaray
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1/5/2008 1:51:19 AM
Indeed, they were trotted out as black every time they could be.
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Bowser
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1/5/2008 2:03:21 AM
Is that a fact.
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TB
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1/5/2008 6:00:53 PM
re: They count as black
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TB
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1/5/2008 1:56:43 AM
Wouldn't the "first time" be Jesse Jackson?
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alcaray
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1/5/2008 5:45:05 AM
Dick Gregory, 1968 , and Shirley Chisolm, 1972
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Fox
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1/5/2008 8:39:41 PM
Dick Gregory. I was trying to remember his name.
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alcaray
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1/5/2008 11:31:57 PM
Maybe
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TB
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1/5/2008 5:55:09 PM
re: Jackson, Sharpton, and the rest of the "official" black political movers and shakers are none too happy about Obama.
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TAFKASE
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1/7/2008 2:28:08 PM
re: Not sure where you've been...
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ds
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1/4/2008 7:45:29 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.