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Originally Posted by HotBulge  Cynically, I believe that George Bush Jr's failure as a president explains how the American public can conceive of a Black man or a woman as president. Anyone who lived through 8 years of George Bush Jr., and 12 years of Reagan Bush Sr. can see the systematic erosion of the middle class through failed Republican/Neo-Conservative principles. Minorities (Blacks and women) who only marginally participated in the power structure were not responsible for this quagmire of failed Republican governance. Now, many White people who are becoming more marginalized (economically) are starting to trust those who have been historically marginalized! |
I don't disagree with you on this. I don't think Obama or Clinton would have the chance they do now if it wasn't for Bush's colossal failures. It's also why I believe we need one of them to win. Bush has virtually destroyed America's reputation in the world and I truly think it will take the election of the most un-Bush-like people to bring America's reputation back.