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President Obama: 'Nobody's Boy'?

The President was recently referred to as “your boy” by MSNBC’s Pat Buchanan, and his debt ceiling policy was called a “tar baby” by Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.). Also in the week’s news: July gained 117,000 jobs and MTV hit 30 years on the air. Weighing in are the Barbershop guys: author Jimi Izrael, attorney Arsalan Iftikhar, Republican strategist Ron Christie, and professor Mark Lamont Hill.

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