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Barack Obama

IrishAyes

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5. If you could've seen that TP type substitute Sunday School teacher at the nearby UMC church

Reply to sheshe2 (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 4, 2013, 11:55 PM

Dec 2013

suddenly declare that there was too much prejudice in the world - even our town - and it has to stop, you would've been as dumbstruck as I was since he's been a prime example of what he now repudiates. And it wasn't my doing, either, although I spoke to him about it. W/O an authentic example of a better life for me to point him towards, it would've been a lost cause.

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Barack Obama: A fusion of grace and ambition [View all] sheshe2 Dec 2013 OP

Well stated by David Ignatius, she~ Cha Dec 2013 #1

Toward the people! sheshe2 Dec 2013 #3

"Keen sense" indeed has our Cha Dec 2013 #6

He's been a good influence on me. IrishAyes Dec 2013 #2

A good influence on us all, Irish. sheshe2 Dec 2013 #4

If you could've seen that TP type substitute Sunday School teacher at the nearby UMC church IrishAyes Dec 2013 #5