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Limbaugh lies about Obamas ethnicity: Hes Arab.
Despite previously claiming that Sen. Barack Obamas (D-IL) only chance of winning is that hes black, right-wing talker Rush Limbaugh claimed yesterday that Obama is misrepresenting his ethnic background. These polls on how one-third of blue-collar white Democrats wont vote for Obama because hes black, and but hes not black, asserted Limbaugh. Instead, Limbaugh declared, Hes Arab:
LIMBAUGH: But hes not black. Do you know he has not one shred of African-American blood? He doesnt have any African thats why when they asked whether he was authentic, whether hes down for the struggle. Hes Arab. You know, hes from Africa. Hes from Arab parts of Africa. Hes not his father was hes not African-American. The last thing that he is is African-American.
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Think Progress » Limbaugh lies about Obamas ethnicity: Hes Arab.
Rush was wrong when he said he isn't African American. But he was right when he said BO was Arab.
Mr. Obama is 50% Caucasian from his mother's side. He is 43.75% Arabic, and 6.25% African Negro from his father's side, a great-great grandparent. His ancestors on his father's side were Arab slave traders. They operated under an extended grant from Queen Victoria, who gave them the right to continue the slave trade in exchange for helping the British defeat the Madhi Army in southern Sudan and the Upper Nile region.
Reading Between the Lines: Post, Tribune: Is Obama really African-American?