Fwd: Cornel West on Obama: "He Posed as a Progressive and Turned Out to Be Counterfeit"

[Robert Walter]

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Date: Aug 25, 2014 1:00 AM
Subject: Cornel West on Obama: "He Posed as a Progressive and Turned Out to Be Counterfeit"
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