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• • 27 Jul 07
  • 11:04 pm

  Dear Mr. Muwakkil: I could not agree with you less. And let me explain why. Mr. Obama is not running as a black candidate for President. First and foremost, he is running as a candidate for president. His blackness is no more an issue than Mrs. Clinton's sex should be. With that said, I believe the Senator has done a remarkable job in addressing racial inequality in this country and as one who has listened to every speach so far, I have heard him talk about the disproportionate number of young black men in jails across America, the educational divide which …

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• • 28 Jul 07
  • 2:29 pm

  Mr. Harrington, Don't think I haven't considered it. I would love to be the one to report on what happens to our rising leaders as they enter the pernicious battle for position in America. I'd like to be the one who delivers the blow-by-blow account of what they discover that makes it impossible for them to hold onto their values and in fact their ability to represent their constituencies and hold to their vow to protect the constitution ... There is a beautiful article published in London's The Guardian by JFK's former political advisor Ted Sorenson in which he quotes Kennedy …

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