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Whether as a radical student, a community organizer or a far left politician, Barack Obama's ideology has been based on a vision of the Haves versus the Have Nots. . .Obama's ideology is an ideology of envy, resentment, and payback.

Thomas Sowell

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Thomas Sowell
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: June 30
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