Now that Barack Obama has a good shot at the presidency, I hold hopes that maybe I could make it, too.
Though our experiences and talents are entirely different, I, too, came from humble circumstances. The only boy, with five sisters, I had no brothers to teach me to fight. My sisters taught me.
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