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"being black and being allowed to get where he is despite living through the same era which prevented his race basic human"

Obama was not effected directly by any of this. He was born after the majority of the Civil Rights issues were worked out. He didn't have to deal with Segregation, or discrimination. His grandparents put him in the best Private School in Hawaii, and through hard word he got where he was. Don't make it sound like he overcame huge adversity, and faced discrimination at every step, because he did not.

That doesn't mean that they should be though. When reading statements like this question, I believe that it implies that Barack Obama overcame a lot of adversity in his life on his way to the nomination. Which is just not true. The question is accurate, but the implication is not.

The phrase "All walks of life" implies financial and social status, not race. I don't disagree with it being noteworthy or historic.

The question implies that Obama becoming the candidate should inspire the idea that anyone can do it. Which is simply not true. Obama's candidacy in every aspect, except his race, is not that unusual as to inspire the idea that anyone could do it. No one would be shocked by the Harvard lawyer white guy being nominated.

Questions pulled from reports like these:

http://www.iheu.org/node/3123

http://jp.dk/uknews/article1359470.ece

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_complaints_against_Maclean%27s_Magazine

While I think Obama being the candidate is a big thing, you make it sound as though he came up from the Ghetto to get where he is. He attended a prestigious private school in Hawaii, and then attended an Ivy League university. He didn't exactly have to struggle with the kinds of things people from the Ghetto have to struggle with.

I didn't say that at all. I was just making a smart ass comment in response to the way you posed the question.

It means more things like this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_complaints_against_Maclean%27s_Magazine

Are you aware that most European Nations have a native population in decline, and will eventually become Muslim majority nations. And we know where that leads don't we.

Atheism is the lack of belief in a God. If a God (or Gods) exist or not is irrelevant to whether or not you believe they do. So there will always be atheists.