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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.

Hardcore, to make the liberals act fool

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Aug 14 2008, 11:23 AM ET Comment

Wow. Again, I can't tell if this works, being that I'm out the target audience. But this is pretty hard and, I think, gets at the Obama case against McCain. Obama didn't put this one out though. Bet he wishes he had. He needs to fire his ad people and get this guy. HT to Andrew.



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