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sheshe2

(87,991 posts)
Wed May 13, 2015, 07:44 PM May 2015

The Intrinsic Qualities of White Guy Presidents

So. Every single white guy who won the presidency won it on merit, but Barack Obama and, if elected, Hillary, win because of voters' "self-virtue?"

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Yes, he's arguing that white men are elected because of their merit, their intrinsic qualities, and in no way because of the accidents of their birth. Somehow, everyone in American history who has been elected on merit has coincidentally been a white man.

Everyone who has been elected or been a strong candidate for the presidency while failing to be a white man has also coincidentally lacked true merit. Funny how that works.

George W. Bush, grandson of a senator, son of a president, one-and-a-half-term governor of Texas ... "notably distinguished" candidate composed of pure, shining merit. But Barack Obama, who got to Columbia and Harvard without family connections, had to build his own fundraising base and political operation rather than inheriting one, and was elected president without even needing the Supreme Court to put its thumb on the scale ... all "accidents of his birth" and affirmative action and victim mentality right there."

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The Intrinsic Qualities of White Guy Presidents (Original Post) sheshe2 May 2015 OP
And of course, for Hillary, it will be because she is "just" a woman. leftofcool May 2015 #1
You got that right leftofcool. sheshe2 May 2015 #2
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lol Obama proved for once and for all treestar May 2015 #5
Thank you treeestar! sheshe2 May 2015 #6

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treestar

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5. lol Obama proved for once and for all
Sat May 16, 2015, 08:55 PM
May 2015

that being black is equal to being white and sometimes being better, i.e. th eHarvard Law Review Editor who became President. Face it white people he is smarter than all of you and many of us admit that's why we voted for him.

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