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<blockquote data-quote="diesel96" data-source="post: 341575" data-attributes="member: 9859"><p>Uhmm...Lets see,... He majored Political Science at Columbia Univ. Graduated and was first black president of the Harvard Law Review. Was a University lecturer, a lawyer and a cummunity organizer in South Side Chicago. Served in the Illinois Senate for 6 yrs and elected overwhelmingly to the US Senate in 2004.</p><p> </p><p>And you say he has not accomplished anything.....Geez Tieguy, do you have high standards or what.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/student.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":student:" title="Student :student:" data-shortname=":student:" /></p><p> </p><p>As far as the book, I don't see it as arrogance but more like open narrative of early, bad choices, including drug use starting in high school and ending in college, as well as his tortured search for racial identity. It was not so long ago that such blunt admissions would have led to a candidate's undoing. Presidential aspirants tend to write more sanitized books for use as campaign tools such as McCain "Faith of my Fathers" and Clinton "It takes a village".</p><p>I believe this country has evolved enough and can accept someone who is open, honest and candid about themselves rather than someone who seems endlessly driven to hide their skeletons and demons of their past. What's more, it's better for a politician to disclose his own transgressions, rather than be put on the defensive by revelations. If you compare similar books, many in the political business tend to have selective memories. Voters can make a judgment as to whether dumb things that he did when he was a teenager are relevant to the work that he's done since that time. Obviously, your mind is already made up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="diesel96, post: 341575, member: 9859"] Uhmm...Lets see,... He majored Political Science at Columbia Univ. Graduated and was first black president of the Harvard Law Review. Was a University lecturer, a lawyer and a cummunity organizer in South Side Chicago. Served in the Illinois Senate for 6 yrs and elected overwhelmingly to the US Senate in 2004. And you say he has not accomplished anything.....Geez Tieguy, do you have high standards or what.:student: As far as the book, I don't see it as arrogance but more like open narrative of early, bad choices, including drug use starting in high school and ending in college, as well as his tortured search for racial identity. It was not so long ago that such blunt admissions would have led to a candidate's undoing. Presidential aspirants tend to write more sanitized books for use as campaign tools such as McCain "Faith of my Fathers" and Clinton "It takes a village". I believe this country has evolved enough and can accept someone who is open, honest and candid about themselves rather than someone who seems endlessly driven to hide their skeletons and demons of their past. What's more, it's better for a politician to disclose his own transgressions, rather than be put on the defensive by revelations. If you compare similar books, many in the political business tend to have selective memories. Voters can make a judgment as to whether dumb things that he did when he was a teenager are relevant to the work that he's done since that time. Obviously, your mind is already made up. [/QUOTE]
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