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Matt Damon™
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« on: January 03, 2009, 05:14:20 PM »
Not yet. Obama is of african descent but isn't the descendant of slaves with the resulting sociocultural baggage.
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« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2009, 05:22:09 PM »
Obama's african ancestry came from Kenya and not from Georgia. He's afro-american but not black in the usual context used in the US. The exotic factor gives him a free pass that a black candidate wouldn't get.
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Matt Damon™
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« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2009, 05:28:19 PM »
Yes it does.
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Matt Damon™
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« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2009, 05:29:22 PM »
Quote from: humder on January 03, 2009, 05:24:40 PM
Quote from: Teh Teh Teh Teh on January 03, 2009, 05:22:09 PM
Obama's african ancestry came from Kenya and not from Georgia. He's afro-american but not black in the usual context used in the US. The exotic factor gives him a free pass that a black candidate wouldn't get.

 So, racists only vote for black people as long as they have heritage from Africa and not America?
Obama is Light-skinned, lacking an accent, rich, not obviously 'ghetto/urban', etc. He's not the same as say Jesse Jackson Jr. or Harold ford.
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« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2009, 08:41:48 PM »
Agree. You'd need to wait until the boomers die off for one to have a chance.
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« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2009, 08:09:19 PM »
Ford in '12 or '16 had he won the senate seat back in 2006.
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