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[quote=Anonymous]Thi[quote=Anonymous]All of you saying "Obama did XYZ," with the implication  that therefore no racial barriers exist, or anyone should be able to overcome them - stop.  Just stop.  Do you know how ridiculous you sound?  The man is insanely smart, politically astute (although lately, I have my doubts, but whatever), and incredibly lucky.  You can't become president otherwise (jokes about George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan aside).   He in the top 0.0000001% of people - black, white, purple, whatever - in the world.  It's just not a valid comparison.  [/quote]

Barack Obama wasn't beamed down to earth by aliens, he puts his pants on just like the rest of us.  He doesn't have a special gift from God, instead he worked hard and set his sights high.  And in fact, he fought his way through a lot of personal adversity while his family life was in flux growing up.  It wasn't "luck", he worked his rear off.  You don't  graduate Magna Cum Laude by coasting through school, by quota or affirmative action, you have to work hard for it.  And ultimately, he beat out a white war hero and seasoned career politico to become President and now will likely beat out a ridiculously wealthy white corporatist. in re-election as well

The point is, Obama proves without a doubt that there are no longer any ceilings.  He reached the pinnacle, leader of the most powerful nation on the planet.  It demonstrates that any AA with vision can, through drive, perseverance, and hard work, overcome all perceived barriers, and achieve anything they set out to do.  There's nothing ridiculous about it, whatsoever.  The only ridiculous thing here is pretending it's not possible.  Think of Colin Powell, Maya Angelou, NeillDeGrasse Tyson, the numerous AA senators, congressmen and women - the America of today is no longer the America of decades ago, you need to update your thinking and stop throwing the ghosts of the past in the way.  
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