Basnight and Obama talk history

Submitted by bniolet on October 31, 2008 - 3:27pm.
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State Senate leader Marc Basnight and Barack Obama spoke briefly before a rally in Raleigh on Wednesday.

Here, according to a Basnight spokesman, is how it went.

Basnight, a Manteo Democrat, said he was from Roanoke Island. Obama immediately knew that was the site of the first English settlement in the New World and site of the Wright Brothers' flight.

Senator Basnight replied, "There's a lot of history there, but I got to make history myself yesterday by voting for you."

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Re: Basnight and Obama talk history

Submitted by FFC1304 on October 31, 2008 - 5:35pm.

such a touching story, it yanks my heartstrings...

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Re: Basnight and Obama talk history

Submitted by Isaac136 on October 31, 2008 - 3:30pm.

That Basnight. He's such a smoothie.

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