he is a black man in a white man's world. he is the first black president. he was unable to get the southern (generally) pols to go with him. that shouldnt surprise anyone.

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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948), "Non-Violence in Peace and War"