Obama - town in Japan that banks on Barack!


	Obama - town in Japan that banks on Barack!

hitchhiker08

6-10-2008 5:04 AM

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barack obama, obama, japan, branding

hitchhiker08 says:

Creating history for boosting the economy (in another country!) even before swearing-in?! That augurs well for the Senator...

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6-10-2008 5:23 AM

righthand

There's a village in Ireland claiming Obama's grandparents on his maternal side. Where else?

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