[lbo-talk] mayor of Champaign: Obama not an American

[Doug Henwood]

This is the hometown of the University of Illinois, not some fucking  
cornfield:

<http://gawker.com/5519631/illinois-mayor-doesnt-believe-that-obama-is-american 

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Illinois Mayor Doesn't Believe that Obama is American
Jerry Schweighart, the Mayor of Champaign, a city of 75,000 people,  
was asked what he thinks of Barack Obama. The President of the United  
States of America. "I don't think he's American, personally," he  
responded.