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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.
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Desperation

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Oct 9 2008, 10:57 AM ET Comment

I just saw a clip of Cindy McCain on the attack. Wow. They're just emptying the clip, throwing chairs, file cabinets, jabbing folks with keys and cell phones. When Cindy McCain is your attack dog, you're in trouble.

UPDATE: Comments about Cindy McCain's appearance will be deleted. Sorry guys. You may think I'm uptight. I just don't see why it's necessary.

UPDATE#2: Some grainy video. Man she is awful on the stump.




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