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Obama Plays Himself on SNL

Ripping off mask at Hillary Halloween party: 'I have nothing to hide. I enjoy being myself."

By NewsDude , Newser Staff

Posted Nov 4, 2007 9:47 AM CST

(Newser) – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama turned up the heat on frontrunner Hillary Clinton last night on "Saturday Night Live" when he appeared in the opening sketch—a Halloween party thrown by a faux Bill and Hillary and attended by faux Democratic candidates—as himself.... Read full story »

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Ripping off mask at Hillary Halloween party: 'I have nothing to hide. I enjoy being myself."

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