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Barack Obama's First Ad is Very Kansas-y

By Pareene, 11:54 AM on Fri Jun 20 2008, 1,709 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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[Barack Obama's first national television ad, which is not titled "Don't Worry, I Was Raised By White People."]

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