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Old 04-03-2008, 01:37 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Or the other way round, would a male Hillary stand a chance? I'm not trying to be rascist or sexist here i'm just saying that if Barack Obama was white would he not be a similar version to John Kerry and not get the support that he is getting?
Obama is just as much white as he is black. And I think there's some other races in there too. That's one of the two big things that make him, arguably, the most remarkable candidate to come along in decades.
One: His racially diverse ancestry, because of what that will mean to the rest of the world if he gets elected.
Two: His unique and extremely rare talent. I mean, there have been many other very intelligent candidates and a few with high level oratorial talent, but he has something else so unusual there may not be a name for it, or at least, I can't think of the name for it...
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