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TheDonkey

(8,911 posts)

10. Obama is a traditional candidate for President

Reply to TheDebbieDee (Original post)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 04:14 PM

Nov 2012

The man won a landslide twice. Now when someone of a minority ethnicity or group runs it will not be an "issue" if they can win like Obama had to deal with. It is hardest to be out front. He has paved a way for the future.

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I feel sorry for the next "Obama", the next non-traditional candidate for President. [View all] TheDebbieDee Nov 2012 OP

Obama is the George Washington of our time demwing Nov 2012 #1

Pres. O's cherry tree story may be about how he had a defenseless, old Muslim TheDebbieDee Nov 2012 #3

This will probably be the last election with four white Tutonic Nov 2012 #2

The last election with four white men on the ticket was in 2004. TheDebbieDee Nov 2012 #6

You mean President Hillary? Oh, I don't know. Black male and white older female are very different Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #4

I completely disagree with you lunatica Nov 2012 #5

President Obama said it when speaking to his campaign staff in Chicago. bluestate10 Nov 2012 #7

Thank you, Miss Sunshine. GeorgeGist Nov 2012 #8

I think you're projecting your own issues and misgivings into my post. Go derp yourself....... TheDebbieDee Nov 2012 #9

+1 Son of Gob Nov 2012 #11

Obama is a traditional candidate for President TheDonkey Nov 2012 #10

So, I think you're saying that the "Non-traditional candidate" is now TheDebbieDee Nov 2012 #12