Courtesy of Twitter, I read this meme regarding President Obama the other day:
"It is very sad that our first African-American President will be judged in history as the most inept, corrupt, wasteful, subversive, destructive and divisive President ever. A man twice elected because of the color of his skin rather than the content of his character."
This has to be one of the dumbest political quotes I've ever read. Let's think about this for a moment here. President Barack Obama is our 44th president. From 1732 through 2008, we had 43 white presidents. For over 250 years, we had nothing but white presidents, yet this meme contends that Obama was elected, not once, but twice, because he's black.
Allow me to break this down even further:
From 1732 through 2008, we elected 43 white presidents because of the "content of their character."
In November of 2008 and November of 2012, we elected and re-elected our first black president because "of his skin color."
With this kind of logic, if Hillary Clinton gets elected in 2016, after 44 male presidents, it will be obvious that it's because she's a woman...
"It is very sad that our first African-American President will be judged in history as the most inept, corrupt, wasteful, subversive, destructive and divisive President ever. A man twice elected because of the color of his skin rather than the content of his character."
This has to be one of the dumbest political quotes I've ever read. Let's think about this for a moment here. President Barack Obama is our 44th president. From 1732 through 2008, we had 43 white presidents. For over 250 years, we had nothing but white presidents, yet this meme contends that Obama was elected, not once, but twice, because he's black.
Allow me to break this down even further:
From 1732 through 2008, we elected 43 white presidents because of the "content of their character."
In November of 2008 and November of 2012, we elected and re-elected our first black president because "of his skin color."
With this kind of logic, if Hillary Clinton gets elected in 2016, after 44 male presidents, it will be obvious that it's because she's a woman...
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