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To: American Spirit who wrote (122929)	5/12/2008 9:54:40 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

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To: American Spirit who wrote (122929)	5/13/2008 12:19:52 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

Racist Incidents Give Some Obama Campaigners Pause By Kevin Merida Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, May 13, 2008; Page A01 Danielle Ross was alone in an empty room at the Obama campaign headquarters in Kokomo, Ind., a cellphone in one hand, a voter call list in the other. She was stretched out on the carpeted floor wearing laceless sky-blue Converses, stories from the trail on her mind. It was the day before Indiana's primary, and she had just been chased by dogs while canvassing in a Kokomo suburb. But that was not the worst thing to occur since she postponed her sophomore year at Middle Tennessee State University, in part to hopscotch America stumping for Barack Obama.Here's the worst: In Muncie, a factory town in the east-central part of Indiana, Ross and her cohorts were soliciting support for Obama at malls, on street corners and in a Wal-Mart parking lot, and they ran into "a horrible response," as Ross put it, a level of anti-black sentiment that none of them had anticipated. "The first person I encountered was like, 'I'll never vote for a black person,' " recalled Ross, who is white and just turned 20. "People just weren't receptive." For all the hope and excitement Obama's candidacy is generating, some of his field workers, phone-bank volunteers and campaign surrogates are encountering a raw racism and hostility that have gone largely unnoticed -- and unreported -- this election season. Doors have been slammed in their faces. They've been called racially derogatory names (including the white volunteers). And they've endured malicious rants and ugly stereotyping from people who can't fathom that the senator from Illinois could become the first African American president.

To: American Spirit who wrote (122929)	5/13/2008 1:21:54 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

Your Hometown news as heard on the streets of Idiotville. "A trucker called to thank all of the courteous drivers he had run across." – Idiotville radio announcer "An agreement is not an agreement until the parties to the agreement have reached an agreement." – Idiotville Politician ""There's nothing athletes like - or indeed hate - more than hanging around like this. Are there any more great swimmers in the pipeline?" " Idiotville sportscaster "We have two incredibly credible witnesses here." - Idiotville lawyer "He's going to step down 'til he's back on his feet." – Idiotville advocate ============ Idiotville Police blotter “Police arrested a 22-year-old man at an airport hotel after he tried to pass two (counterfeit) $16 bills.” A man shot his 49-year-old friend in the face, seriously wounding him, while the two practiced shooting beer cans off each other's head. The City Council enacted a ban on nuclear weapons, setting a $500 fine for anyone detonating one within city limits. A bus carrying five passengers was hit by a car, but by the time police arrived on the scene, fourteen pedestrians had boarded the bus and had begun to complain of whiplash injuries and back pain. A man stole a steamroller and led police on a 5 mph chase until an officer stepped aboard and brought the vehicle to a stop. When two service station attendants refused to hand over the cash to an intoxicated robber, the man threatened to call the police. They still refused, so the robber called the police and was arrested.