re: #216 Anymouse 🌹

Barack Obama is the literal example of what conservative and libertarian economic theories state: That despite your background or upbringing, if you apply yourself and grab the opportunities as they come along, take risks when they can help you, you can rise above your station, even to be President.

Instead, the GOP went for the same racism they’ve touted ever since Goldwater.

The adverts could have written themselves for the GOP: We don’t agree with his politics, but he’s proof our policies and ideas are right.

Right. Obama is a great American success story. Whether you like him or his policies or not, the guy worked himself up. He didn’t have a military general officer pedigree as McCain did or a Governor/auto executive father like Romney did.