>>>>>>GW Bush drank his way in an out of Yale based on daddy's name and his grandparents' fortune. Never got higher than a C.
>>>>>>I worked with bankers who could barely add after having had 5 martinis at lunch. They had coasted through Harvard based on granddaddy's fortune. Now they had "jobs" at major banks based on their families' influence. They wouldn't know how to spell the words "Honest work."
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>>>>>And here we come to the root of the problem. You claim Obama excelled at Columbia. I asked for some proof, reminded you that he didn't graduate with honors from Columbia, and also reminded you that Obama graduated from Harvard at a time where academic standards were modified such that the honors rate increased.
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>>>>>Your reply is to slam Bush.
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>>>>Exactly.
>>>>I don't have to prove that someone from that background excelled.
>>>>The things he had to overcome just to get there were monumental.
>>>>For every Obama that might have slipped through (and you can't prove that he did either) there are hundreds of useless boobs like Bush getting free rides.
>>>>So yes, I'll divert that discussion every time because it... the discussion ... is the problem.
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>>>LMAO... typical liberal.... make an outrageously false statement, and then defend it when called on it, by saying I don't have to defend it. I know its not about facts, but about emotional reactions...
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>>Nah.. read it again.
>>"The things he had to overcome just to get there were monumental."
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>>It seems to mean Obama had to overcome his (perceived) race, but when I asked about that, I was told it was not about race, except that he inspired minorities because of.. something that either was his race or wasn't.
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>>I still don't get it how so many people voted for him because of his race... to prove they were not racist.
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>>Reducto ad veritas = "I made a choice based on his race, but I am not racist, I swear.."
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>>My mother told me it was absolutely wrong to judge a person by their race in ANY way.
>>I still think she was right.
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>Thanks for that post.
>I'm running out of people to ignore here.
>That's probably a good thing.
>Via con dios.

Awww, don't go there.
You and I both smell a Rat - many rats - a whole giant colony of big fat rats.

We are drawing different conclusions for sure,
but we agree about the rats and even, (especially?) when we don't agree
I do appreciate everything you say.

Thanks,
Michael