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“[Barack] Obama doesn't disappoint me, because all during the campaign…” quote by Bill Ayers — Download Open image

“[Barack] Obama doesn't disappoint me, because all during the campaign he said, I'm a pragmatic, middle-of-the-road, compromising politician.”

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I don't think that we really know a whole lot about Barack Obama at all that you would really call distinctive.

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Just like Barack Obama, my views on gay marriage have evolved, and now I am a reluctant groom.

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