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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (21706)	5/15/2008 11:18:37 PM
From: Sr K	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Have you followed this race since January? On 2/3 Oprah, Caroline Kennedy, and Michelle Obama spoke before a crowd at UCLA. Later, Maria Shriver was a surprise. Oprah: politico.com "In her speech before the not-quite-capacity crowd at Pauley Pavilion, Winfrey discussed how people had dissed her for being a “traitor” to her gender and said she was voting for Obama because he was black. Regarding the former charge, she declared, “The truth is I’m a free woman, a free woman, a free woman, and being free means you get to think for yourself.” Concerning the charge of racial bias, she told her detractors, “Don’t play me small. ... I’m not voting for him because he’s black [but] because he’s brilliant.” Winfrey implored women who already planned to vote for someone else (read: Hillary) that they had “the right to change [their] mind.” Still, she marveled that the Democratic campaign has a woman and a black man as its two front-runners. “We have won the struggle,” she declared in her best preacher’s tone, adding that the two candidates are “a declaration of victory for women’s rights and civil rights and now we are free – free from the constructions of gender and race,” meaning “for the first time we can vote what we believe.” You can pick an 11-minute video, or a shorter one to watch if you Google: oprah UCLA Feb 3 +vote for because she's a woman black man

To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (21706)	5/15/2008 11:18:51 PM
From: SiouxPal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

'the South Side of Chicago is the flip side of W. Va.' is comparing a small area of Illinois to an entire state. I was born in W.Va., and not proud about it now.

To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (21706)	5/16/2008 10:49:59 AM
From: Smiling Bob	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

With the struggle that people are facing at home, they will not be looking at anything but who is going to be able to help them. They will be focused on working and eating and keep a home that they can afford to heat. Race, sex, experience, and foreign policy will hardly be on the minds of Hillary supporters by November In the end, when America is despondent, they will look for a leader that can inspire and raise their spirits. McCain is the antithesis of cheer.