“There are some who might say that somebody named Barack Obam…”

“There are some who might say that somebody named Barack Obama can’t be elected senator in the state of Illinois. They’re probably the same folks who said that a guy named Rod Blagojevich couldn’t be elected governor of the state of Illinois.”

— Barack Obama

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Title: Wikiquote: Barack Obama
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On a campaign trail. [http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/June-2009/Chicago-Straight/index.php?cparticle=2&siarticle=1#artanc]

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Obama, Barack. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Barack Obama. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barack_Obama

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