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That may well be. But he had plenty of strikes against him and lots of pitfalls.
I grew up that era.
His upbringing and previous career are of no concern to me with regards to him being President, but that bullshit line of succeeding on his merits, "pulling up his boot straps," and "rolling up his sleeves" is just that - bullshit. 100% fabricated by you.
I'd be interested in hearing about these "strikes against him" and "pitfalls." Looks to me like his race was an asset, since he had been selected early on for entrance into the upper crust of society. If you've got some information about his grades in that very exclusive High School that justify entrance to Cornell, some outstanding academic work at Cornell justifying his scholarship to Harvard, please share them.
His cocaine usage as a young man certainly got ignored. Do you think your kids would get the same consideration for selection to the Harvard Law Review?
None of the schools he attended were a cakewalk. He may have had some help getting in, but once in..for the most part..you'd better pull your weight or your out.
I'd like to see some substance to that point. Like maybe some actual performance records.
They didn't feed him answers to pass the bar either.
A valid point and I agree. That said, I know of a lot of stupid lawyers. Don't you?
You wanna hate the man, fine.
Nowhere have I communicated any "hate." In fact, I clearly stated that his upbringing and his previous career were of no concern to me with regards to him being President.
But I am not indulging in this fantasy.
The only "fantasy" indulged in this thread was the part where you said Obama rolled up his sleeves and pulled the boot straps up. There is nothing in any available information to even come close to indicating that sort of lie.