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billbuckhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 10:01 PM
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Obama isn't the first African-American senator from Illinois to run for POTUS
I bet many Obama supporters don't even know that.
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Kittycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 10:02 PM
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1. What is your point? Do you have something constructive to add? eom
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 10:05 PM
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5. It's interesting...
Most Americans have very short memories.

One could say, however, that Obama is the only African American male senator from Illinois to run for president.
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DAMANgoldberg Donating Member (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 10:07 PM
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7. Answer
Edited on Fri Jan-04-08 10:12 PM by DAMANgoldberg
Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL)
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billbuckhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 10:08 PM
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9. First lady senator from Illinois to run for POTUS
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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 10:02 PM
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2. Would That Be The Co-Star Of Borat?
He was awesome. Awesome.
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Sarah Ibarruri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 10:03 PM
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3. He's the first one to be taken seriously tho. Obama supporters (I'm not one) know that much.
I hope Edwards wins. Obama is nice and all, and has oodles of funds to run with, but I just don't think he can handle the presidency.
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Leopolds Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 01:13 AM
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15. Taken seriously by who? You? n/t
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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 10:04 PM
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4. If Lincoln was Melungeon, it's arguable that he came within a handful of votes of being the first
Not that anybody cares about stuff like this but me. :)
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 12:59 AM
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13. I care about that...
I'm from SE KY and my Great Grandma Mary Collins was a Melungeon. :-)
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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 01:20 AM
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17. Cool! I'm fascinated by the Melungeon
I think the genetics work done on them is some of the most fascinating ever.
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 01:01 AM
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14. Lincoln was a Melungeon? Get out!
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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 01:18 AM
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16. His mother Nancy Hanks is said to have been Melungeon
There's some disagreement about that among historians, but most of the disagreement
seems to be more based on unconscious racism than cold, hard fact.
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 01:38 AM
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19. Cool. I find the Melungeons fascinating. Neat portrait, too-- can see the
Edited on Sat Jan-05-08 01:41 AM by wienerdoggie
resemblance between her and her son.
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 10:06 PM
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6. Jesse - I worked for his
campaign briefly.
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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 10:09 PM
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10. Jesse wasn't a senator from Illinois, the OP refers to Sen. Mosely Braun (sp)
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 12:43 AM
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11. Thanks. That will teach me to read better..
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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-04-08 10:08 PM
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8. I proudly gave money to her campaign
as short as it was.
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951-Riverside Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 12:57 AM
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12. He's the first Kenyan/European-American to run for POTUS n/t
:D
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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 01:25 AM
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18. She was a former Senator and her campaign was a joke
The voters of Illinois booted her out of office and she runs for higher office.
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