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To: sargon
While it may be true that Obama's election was due in part to the desire of some Whites to assuage a sense of collective guilt for how Blacks have been historically treated in this country, it's just not accurate to characterize it as "affirmative action"...

Incompetent unqualified black man given a position because of his race? How is that not "affirmative action"?

A white man with Barack Obama's exact qualifications would have never gotten near the Presidency. Obama was elected for one and only one reason. He was the color that gave liberals orgasms from virtue signaling how non-racist they were. (especially those liberals who control all the broadcasting transmitters and studios)

Apart from any issues regarding his eligibility (which he wasn't) he was a clueless nobody until the media weapon turned him into a somebody. Had he been white, he would now be flipping burgers somewhere.

104 posted on 04/05/2018 7:44:54 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp
Incompetent unqualified black man given a position because of his race? How is that not "affirmative action"?

Obama earned the Presidency by defeating GOP candidates who were even more woeful.

Affirmative action is based on quotas and set-asides. That's not what happened in 2008 and 2012. However "incompetent" you may think Obama was, he also was—objectively, or at least arguably—a better candidate than either McCain or Romney.

...he was a clueless nobody until the media weapon turned him into a somebody.

Yes, but that has also been true for numerous White Democrat Presidents.

105 posted on 04/05/2018 8:08:34 AM PDT by sargon ("If the President doesn't drain the Swamp, the Swamp will drain the President.")
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