VIDEO:  Portrait of a NY Voter: Baratunde Thurston
 
 
New York stand-up comedian, writer and web editor for TheOnion.com Baratunde Thurston makes his case for Obama at the Black Comedy Experiment Festival, March 2008.
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Jaime_McLeod 114 days ago
Very cool, S-dawg! Nice work!
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