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An interesting thing about Barack Obama is that he chose, on two occasions, to live in Chicago -- even though he didn't grow up there, had no family ties there, never went to school there.
It was a curious choice. Chicago has a civic culture all its own and one that is particularly insular. Family ties and personal connections are hugely important. Professionals who have lived and worked there for a quarter-century are brusquely reminded, "You're not from here."
Nonetheless, Obama moved upward in the Chicago civic firmament with apparent ease. The community organizer joined the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's church...
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From what I have seen, so far, of the content of our current President's character, the sooner we vote him and his cronies out the better. I judge a man by the company he keeps. People need to educate themselves about each of his past associates, church, mentors and present choices. Little can be found of his school records and papers, but what can be found would please Castro.