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[1StrongBlackMan]

ODS-shocked (or DU whipped), but isn't this:

no. that barack obama became the first black president is simply a matter of timing. someone would be first, he was there with backers when the party decided to run a black candidate (which itself was a product of political calculations). the rarity has nothing in particular to do with BO's specialness, it's a product of history.

as for people coming out of harvard law & becoming senators, presidents, whatever -- it happens often enough to fill the limited slots.

Is the above NOT dangerously damned close to calling President Obama "just an Affirmative Action hire"?

{Here is the thread for context: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3163484}

And as a Whine Pre-emptive: I am calling out the above as a racist, but I'm am shocked to see this argument on DU ... I distinctly recall so many DUers up in arms when the right made this same argument in 2008 ... that Barack Obama was nothing special; he just happened to be an available Black man when the Democratic party needed a Black man.

My how things and places change.

But that said: someone ... anyone ... Please tell me I've mis-read that post.