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Kurtz: Obama “ass” comment was a “street term”

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 06/13/10 1:16 PM EDT

From the June 13 edition of CNN's Reliable Sources:

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Previously:

Drudge: “Obama goes street: Seeking 'ass to kick' ”

Juan Williams on Drudge's “street” characterization of Obama: “I don't think we'd say that about Dick Cheney”

Limbaugh guest host Davis: “If you've got the black president dropping profanity”, Drudge's “street reference ... works”

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