[MinnesotaLibertarian]

You're right, perhaps I went a bit over the top, but I generally stand by what I said. He went to private school and traveled around the world as a kid. That's certainly more opportunity than a white kid from St. Paul such as yours truly ever had.

However, I agree that Obama is definitely smart and worked hard to get where he is. He didn't need to be outlandish to get attention, which sets him aside from the self-appointed black leaders.

[BohDaThone]

I think we're mostly on the same page -- though I'm not sure that being hauled off to Indonesia by your hippie mom and new step-dad quite qualifies as "travelling the world" in the usual sense, and I would note that Punahau, while quite a good private school, is hardly "exclusive for royalty" as some have said. It is probably the largest private schools in the US, with 3700 students and quite a strong scholarship program.

He wasn't born in a log cabin, but I'll also stand by my first post that most public officials today are at least as "well-born and privileged." We shouldn't emulate the left in thinking that anybody with a few bucks is what we call "wealthy elite."