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Originally Posted by Archaea
There may be some racism in their selection but you can't deny a black candidate who stays black on the issues also creates some of the problem of failing to transcend his subculture.
For a black candidate to be successful, he must transcend the stereotypes, i.e., he must not be radically liberal, he must avoid racist divisive speech, he must appeal to voters outside his base. Obama does none of this.
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He was doing okay presenting himself as such until Reverand Wright crawled out of his undersea cave and reared his head (stirreed to life by Obama's enemies?). Wright struck Obama right in his Achilles heal.
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