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candice

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Sat Mar-01-08 02:51 PM
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19. I wondered if he benefited from affirmative action prior to his political career...

...he also had the advantage of being raised by middle-class whites (his mother and grandparents) in multi-cultural Hawaii--and four years in Indonesia with a wealthy Indonesian step-father). Attended a posh prep-school in Honolulu.

But he is a talented politician. Rezko picked a winner in Obama. When poor Blacks were without heat in a Rezko building in Obama's district during a Chicago winter, Rezko could find $1000 to pass on to Obama's latest campaign.

For more on Obama's early life, see:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-070325obama-youth-story,1,4006113.story

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