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2016 Postmortem

Coyotl

(15,262 posts) Thu Sep 29, 2016, 11:09 PM Sep 2016

... we may have taken this "Anyone can grow up to be President" thing a bit too far.

From Facebook just now.

Credit: https://instagram.com/p/BK6tCIuh1V-/

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... we may have taken this "Anyone can grow up to be President" thing a bit too far. (Original Post) Coyotl Sep 2016 OP

A+ sarcasmo Sep 2016 #1

kick Liberal_in_LA Sep 2016 #2

I hope that sign is referring to Trump, ecstatic Sep 2016 #3

Never occured to me to think otherwise. Coyotl Sep 2016 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Aerolantern Sep 2016 #4

sarcasmo

(23,968 posts)

1. A+

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Thu Sep 29, 2016, 11:14 PM

Sep 2016

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

2. kick

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Thu Sep 29, 2016, 11:44 PM

Sep 2016

ecstatic

(32,727 posts)

3. I hope that sign is referring to Trump,

Reply to Coyotl (Original post)

Thu Sep 29, 2016, 11:53 PM

Sep 2016

But "rich white man" has always been the default stereotype of who could be president. Women, minorities, and people who are not from wealthy families are the ones who have (in recent decades) heard the mantra that anyone can grow up to be president.

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)

5. Never occured to me to think otherwise.

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Fri Sep 30, 2016, 12:23 AM

Sep 2016

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