Fairy tale

Americans love a fairy tale, such as that anyone can become President. The story of Barack Obama is such a fairy tale. Born in Hawaii (there has never been a President from Hawaii) to a white mother from Kansas and a black Kenyan father (there has never been a black or mixed race President); lived in Indonesia as a Muslim (there has never been a President who grew up a Muslim) when his mother married an Indonesian man (what was it with his mother?); brought up largely by his white grandmother; became a black community organizer in Chicago (there has never been a "community organizer" who became President); was a member of the New Party, a progressive socialist party in Chicago and mixed with well-known local "progressives" (there has never been a "socialist" who became President); received a law degree from Harvard (now we are getting into familiar territory) and was editor of the Harvard Law Review (a very prestigious position); went back to a Jewish "progressive" law firm in Chicago rather than take a high-paying legal position in Boston; was sponsored to make a run by the local Democratic party for the Illinois Senate (when the incumbent resigned) and won; after 9 years became a US Senator from Illinois and within two years was running for President; defeated all other candidates to become his party's nominee in 2008 for the Presidential election. If that isn't a fary tale, what is? The only cap on this fantasy would be if /when he is elected President.
If anyone quarrels with any of my characterizations, they have all been documented. Yes, Barack Obama was listed as a member of the socialist New Party in Chicago, but you can argue it was a long time ago, when he was young and innocent. What significance that and his Muslim background have for his becoming President are arguable, but as far as the Democrats are concerned they can be dismissed. But, there is no doubt that his current economic policies verge on the socialist, particularly his declared intention to "redistribute wealth." Of course, there are many who support this approach. Although it should be noted that the top 1% of income earners already pay 60% of the taxes.
What happened to Obama's main anti-Bush/anti-McCain argument - Iraq? The surge that McCain supported and Obama opposed worked, and even Bush is talking about US forces leaving Iraq in about two years, in agreement with the Iraqi Govt. So Obama actually lost that argument, but along came the economic crisis just in time, and Obama bounced back. It was just what the Democratic doctor ordered.
Finally, with 87% of the Black vote, 75% of the Jewish vote, all the youths and many of the women (because they don't like Sarah Palin, what an excuse!) the polls show that he can't go wrong. So if Obama is elected President, noone will be able to say that fairy tales don't come true. Or is it too good to actually be true?

For more fun see: "Mr. Obama's neighborhood" by Leila Krieger at
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