Trading One Sin for Another

From James Hoffa on unifying the Democratic Party behind Obama:

"There are people who are not going to vote for him because he's black," said James Hoffa, president of the Teamsters union. "And we've got to hope that we can educate people to put aside their racism and to put their own interests No. 1." He spoke in an Associated Press interview

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