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Obama’s path was shaped by Mandela’s story
New York Times ^
| Dec 06, 2013
| Michael D. Shear
Posted on 12/06/2013 8:52:06 PM PST by MeshugeMikey
Without Nelson Mandela, there might never have been a President Obama.
That is the strong impression conveyed from Mr. Obama, whose political and personal bonds to Mr. Mandela, the former South African president, transcended their single face-to-face meeting, which took place at a hotel here in 2005.
It was the fight for racial justice in South Africa by Mr. Mandela that first inspired a young Barack Obama to public service, the American president recalled on Thursday evening after hearing that Mr. Mandela, the 95-year-old world icon, had died. Mr. Obama delivered his first public speech, in 1979, at an anti-apartheid rally
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To: Mastador1
hillarys possessed and she LIKES it! That IS Scarey !
we have a manchurian President.in the Whitehouse...and a Demonic Would be President...in the wings.....
were doomed.
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MeshugeMikey
( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
To: MeshugeMikey
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12/07/2013 10:11:41 AM PST
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Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: Mastador1
Than you Im ripping through creating these posters at an alarming speed the last version of this Obama poster included him with hair....
this I believe to be a slight...improvement
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/jnlevine/chinese-menu/
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MeshugeMikey
( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
To: MeshugeMikey
Very nice work, captures his inner coolie.
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Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: Mastador1
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MeshugeMikey
( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
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