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GRITtv: Who Will be Obama's Pee Wee Reese?

Posted by Laura Flanders, GRITtv at 8:12 AM on August 12, 2008.


Assuming Obama is the Jackie Robinson of American politics...

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If Barack Obama is the Jackie Robinson of American politics who will be Pee Wee Reese? In this clip, Steve Cobble and Faye Wattleton discuss McCain's recent political attack ads and why white liberals must do more in their defense of Barack Obama.

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Laura Flanders is the host of GRITtv and the author of Blue Grit: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians.


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