There can be no dispute that Barack Obama was forced to wade through unprecedented bigotry in his speedy ascent to the most powerful perch in the world. His predecessor, George W. Bush, called it the soft bigotry of low expectations. A street hustler with sterling academic bona fides which are always suspect Mr. Obama had never accomplished a single thing as a politician when he decided to run for president. In his 2008 campaign, he was most admired for not voting to invade Iraq a vote that took place years before he joined the U.S. Senate.
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