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Why The Next President Will Probably Be Black Too
BuzzFeed Politics ^ | 01/04/2013 | Ben Smith

Posted on 01/04/2013 9:25:05 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Edited on 01/04/2013 9:59:40 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

If there is anything approaching an iron law of American politics, it's this: The next president will be a member of the same race as the current one. It's a rule that has held through 42 of 43 transfers of power. And there's every reason to think it will hold through the next one.


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: president; race
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1 posted on 01/04/2013 9:25:10 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Knife, boat, Africa.


2 posted on 01/04/2013 9:27:27 AM PST by gotribe
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To: SeekAndFind
Charles Barkley or Samuel L. Jackson, prolly.
3 posted on 01/04/2013 9:28:01 AM PST by ryan71 (Water, food and ammo.)
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To: SeekAndFind
There isn't an obvious black Republican presidential candidate this cycle, though Condoleezza Rice has been acting like she's interested in politics.

Hmmmmmmmmm. Let's see -- she's pretty leftwing. She's got ties to George W Bush (and everybody likes the Bush dynasty, right?) and she's a supporter of homosexuals ...

Yes. I guess she IS the most obvious choice for the next GOP nominee ...

4 posted on 01/04/2013 9:28:43 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Nothing will change until after the war.)
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To: ryan71

What about Jaimie Foxx following the footsteps of his Lord and Savior?


5 posted on 01/04/2013 9:29:15 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
The next president will, in all likelihood, be African-American

I doubt it. Oboma has set race relations back decades. There's never been so many racist accusations sine Oboma got his affermative action presidency.
I think people have had enough of this "vote for their color" crap. This country is in real trouble, and people really need to get the adults back in charge.

6 posted on 01/04/2013 9:31:09 AM PST by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: SeekAndFind
Why stop there? Why not a new constitutional amendment requiring all future presidents be required to be black. And not any of this %50 black mess. %100! Because after all what is more important, the quality of a person's character or their skin color?
7 posted on 01/04/2013 9:31:23 AM PST by Casie (Chuck Norris 2016)
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To: SeekAndFind

I have no preference for the color or melanin level of the next president,

as long as s/he’s a strict constitutional constructionist.


8 posted on 01/04/2013 9:32:06 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: SeekAndFind

After 2 terms of the same party the mushy middle is generally sick of them, that’s why the sitting VPs usually lose. So unless the GOP completely spike it with a terrible nominee the next dem candidate will lose. Of course given the quality of GOP nominees lately there’s a distinct possibility of them spiking it.


9 posted on 01/04/2013 9:33:09 AM PST by discostu (I recommend a fifth of Jack and a bottle of Prozac)
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To: SeekAndFind
Obama is NOT black. He's a mulatto. For history to record him as "black" is a deliberate lie. And he is NOT African American.

Either he is an American or an illegimate president.

10 posted on 01/04/2013 9:33:20 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: SeekAndFind
If there is anything approaching an iron law of American politics, it's this: The next president will be a member of the same race as the current one. It's a rule that has held through 42 of 43 transfers of power. And there's every reason to think it will hold through the next one.

I hope this guy doesn't gamble or invest.

11 posted on 01/04/2013 9:35:26 AM PST by Tau Food (Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It may be a while before we see another president. Should Obama want to run for a third term, the Roberts Court will dutifully interpret the 22nd Amendment in a way that allows him to do so, and the GOP will, as usual, choose an unelectable has-been or never-will-be as its nominee.


12 posted on 01/04/2013 9:36:05 AM PST by Fiji Hill (Io Triumphe!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t care if he is purple with polka dots....as long as he is a true conservative who loves America.


13 posted on 01/04/2013 9:42:45 AM PST by Drawsing (The fool shows his annoyance at once. The prudent man overlooks an insult. (Proverbs 12:16))
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To: SeekAndFind

Does the color of a president’s skin really matter?


14 posted on 01/04/2013 9:47:15 AM PST by stuartcr ("Everything happens as God wants it to, otherwise, things would be different.")
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To: Sacajaweau
Obama is NOT black. He's a mulatto. For history to record him as "black" is a deliberate lie.

True.

And he is NOT African American.

What are you talking about? He was born in Kenya, don'tcha know?
;)

15 posted on 01/04/2013 9:48:27 AM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: SeekAndFind
If there is anything approaching an iron law of American politics, it's this: The next president will be a member of the same race as the current one. It's a rule that has held through 42 of 43 transfers of power. And there's every reason to think it will hold through the next one.

Given this logic, I think this is a tongue in cheek article.

16 posted on 01/04/2013 9:49:15 AM PST by kabar
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To: SeekAndFind

Who cares what color he is, if he’s Conservative and LOVES America


17 posted on 01/04/2013 9:50:33 AM PST by SMARTY ("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
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To: Casie

Maybe there should be a requirement that they be white male descendants of western europeans?


18 posted on 01/04/2013 9:51:23 AM PST by stuartcr ("Everything happens as God wants it to, otherwise, things would be different.")
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To: SeekAndFind

Biggest reason not mentioned: any criticism of a black candidate can be tagged as RACIST. Provided that candidate is not a conservative black person, in which case viciously racist attacks are perfectly OK.


19 posted on 01/04/2013 9:52:46 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh, heck—let’s just give it to one of the Globetrotters. They’re already good at being professional clowns. And they’d probably do a better job since they are actually used to working for money.


20 posted on 01/04/2013 10:00:20 AM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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