Election ’08

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Jesse Jackson’s Comment About Obama

Filed July 10, 2008 by Antonio French

Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson

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PubDef/ANP report from Palin Land

Filed October 3, 2008 by Antonio French

In the hours before yesterday’s Vice-Presidential debate in St. Louis, producer Davin Hutchins of the American News Project and blogger Antonio French of PubDef.net spent the day yesterday interviewing supporters and opponents of Alaska Governor…

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