re: Democrats privately calling Obama ‘incompetent,’ ‘detached’

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"It's like, we had a black President, ya know? And it would be, like, awesome to then have to have like, a woman President, ya know, to show we are, like, moving forward and ya know, showing our, like, diversity because our diversity, like, makes us awesome, ya know?"

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Except the presidency was never intended to be a symbol of cultural change. In strict constitutional terms, it was intended to check the power of congress, and to provide for a capable commander-in-chief. That has obviously been warped over the last 100 years or so, but I still get so tired when people elect presidents based on cultural significance. More often than not, leadership abilities are thrown out the window when cultural change is the most important issue.