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In reply to the discussion: Ouch! Meme pic of Obama points out uncomfortable truth... [View all]Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)...that concern me more. You know, you run across people and maybe they've been associated with good things in the past. Maybe bad things, too. It's who they are now and what crowd they're running with that means the most, IMO.
I will say, though, one of the things I find odious is that his "change of heart" obviously didn't come overnight. At some point in his career he decided he'd be part of the problem while crowing about how much he believed in people working for the solution.
Now, whether that's Ivy League connections or something else, I dunno. I've known a number of people who went to Ivy League schools and who had graduated and then pursued a lifetime of social justice and equality. So you can't always tell...except by actions.
But it's clearly a pro status quo worldview he bought into somewhere along the line.
PB