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To hear him talk about the 'skinny guy with the funny name' who is the first African American poised to take the helm of the nation as the 44th U.S. president, you'd never know that Dr. Cornel West, initially, was skeptical of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).
He went on to tell the diverse gathering, "Because we're here not just to make history, we want to change history. We want not just to change history, we want to change it in a certain kind of way. And Barack Obama is the leader.. .And what we will see is a change that involves what Sly Stone calls 'everyday people.'"To support OBama simply because he is Black, "well that's not a good reason," West said. "I'll take the vote and educate later."See the full content of this document
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Dr. Cornel West Pushes for Obama, 'New World Order'
To hear him talk about the 'skinny guy with the funny name' who is the first African American poised to take the helm of the nation as the 44th U.S. president, you'd never know that Dr. Cornel West, initially, was skeptical of Sen. Barack Obam...
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