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Wonkette found this 3/20/2008 on www.huffingtonpost.com [flag]
Via a WIP radio : "... .. The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person who, uh, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know there's a reaction that's been been bred into our experiences that don't go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way and that's just the nature of race in our society. ... [link]

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Obama Says Racist Kansan Grandma Was 'Typical White Person' [Poor Grandma]
Published 3/20/2008 by Jim Newell at Wonkette
... Tuesday. Today, Barry explained to Philly's WIP radio that his grandmother was an example of the "typical white person," in this regard. ...

Barack Obama Calls his Grand Mother a “Typical White Person” … What Hypocrisy
Published 3/21/2008 by Scared Monkeys at Scared Monkeys
... Barack Obama tries to explain that ‘good people’ still hold racial stereotypes Funny Barack, you did not have that same opinion when you called for Don Imus to be fired. Or was that different? HOW TYPICAL! Read Obama’s spokeperson explanation that does not help at all. Share This

Wallace to F&F Hosts: "Two Hours of Obama Bashing Is Enough"
Published 3/21/2008 at mediabistro.com: TVNewser
... balanced. Chris Wallace turned his Friday Fox & Friends segment, where he normally teases what's coming up on Fox News Sunday, into a smackdown of the show's hosts. He prefaced the six minute exchange by saying "I love you guys, but..." Wallace, who said he'd been watching since 6am, thought "Two hours of Obama bashing is enough." He took issue with the characterization that hosts, Steve Doocy , Brian Kilmeade and Gretchen Carlson were giving to Sen. Barack Obama 's " typical white person " comments. Toward the end of the courteous but pointed back and forth, Doocy ...

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