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Originally Posted by dc_dux
There are many ways to get ahead in politics.
One is to build connections to, and engage with, as many constituencies as you can. Another is to have a daddy who was president.
With many other methods and means in between.
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I agree a few others include being married to a former President or having a name like Kennedy.
I don't have a problem when people use available resources to get ahead, I only have a problem with dishonesty about it.
Obama used components of the Chicago political machine to rise to power and in some cases he turned his back on those who helped him. Again, I am not passing judgment, perhaps the people he abandoned deserved it, my only point is that Obama is a politician and he is good at it. That is a compliment, he is probably the only person who could have done what he did in such a short period of time. The man has "mad skills", as they say, when it comes to politics.