Scott Bateman responds to Barack Obama on "real" and "fake" parts of the country.
Bateman: Barack Obama on the "real America"
With the challenges we face right now, we can't afford to divide this country ... hell, we can't even afford a thing of Twizzlers.
By Salon Staff
Published October 24, 2008 9:57AM (EDT)
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