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Originally Posted by joeydb
It's too bad we can't interview the person who was turned down so that Obama could attend Harvard via "Affirmative Action".
Or anybody turned down so that, if you're correct, nepotism could prevail in Bush's favor.
The answer in both cases is a pure merit system.
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Why would we want to interview someone who went to another school and more than likely ended up being successful?
I'm not saying nepotism is fundamentally wrong nor would I lie and say that I wouldn't slapdick my way through life like Dubya did and snort coke until my motor skills deteriorated to the point where I was stuck with a permanent dumbfounded expression on my face...
Just like I'm not saying Affirmative Action is fundamentally wrong and I wouldn't take advantage of it if I was a minority and had no other means of attending college and/or getting a job due to a country that, for the most part, is run by white guys.
What I'm saying is I respect Obama more than Bush. He's had a tougher road and no doubt has faced way more adversity than Jr.
He's someone african-americans should look up to. He lets them know that it is possible to achieve great things in a country that enslaved their great-grandparents.