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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 08:14 PM
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Weird! I just saw Malcolm X's demeanor in Obama and Googled it
Malcolm X/Obama and it's not just me. I read his autobiography in '69 I think. It's his same speaking style and posture.
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RadicalTexan Donating Member (607 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 08:15 PM
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1. I do not wholly disagree.
(Also, put the X back in Xmas.)
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willing dwarf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 08:23 PM
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2. No you're right
They're both very intelligent and well spoken, skinny guys with jackets and ties.

on the other hand, the president is less ornery and less inclined to use his intelligence to inflict pain.
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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 08:26 PM
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3. Malcolm was killed for changing his tune.
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NorCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 08:29 PM
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4. Astute and correct observation! n/t
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 09:19 PM
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5. The Freeps think Malcom is Obama's daddy. Series!11!
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hollowdweller Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 09:34 PM
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6. I've always noticed that
Similar way of holding their heads, similar expression.
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EffieBlack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-09-09 09:39 PM
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7. Often when I see Obama in his best moments, I'm reminded of Ossie Davis' description of Malcolm
"a prince—our own black shining prince!"

The circumstances and context of his comment, however, are too haunting and sad to think about long, however.
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