If Obama wins it proves to me anyone can become President...

[Bread and Circus]

Poll question: If Obama wins it proves to me anyone can become President...

is the same really true for Hillary Clinton?

[redqueen]

1. What the hell does that even mean?

:wtf:

[Buzz Clik]

2. I don't get the question.

[Bread and Circus]

23. Both of our nominees are "barrier breakers" and are to be

celebrated in their own right.

As much as I don't like Clinton personally, I think breaking the "glass ceiling" for women would be great.

However, considering a lot of other factors surrounding her candidacy, I'm not sure that extrapolates into any girl or woman could become president.

I didn't vote in my own poll here.

But for those who "get the question" I'm curious as to what the consensus is.

[Guava Jelly]

3. If Obama wins it proves to me that he got more votes

than Hillary Clinton.

[ursi]

4. wow, this post and poll proves anyone can do a poll on DU!

[Bread and Circus]

17. No, you have to pay first and have a start by your name.

There's a long winded reason I ask this question. As we all know, our two candidates are breaking barriers. That's great. It goes back to what can we tell our children.

The notion that "anyone can be President" is currently false. If I were to tell my children that, I'd be lying.

However, I think Obama as President would dispel that.

Maybe Clinton, as a woman, would too.

That's why I ask the question. It's just a poll.

[joshcryer]

20. People understand the poll like this: "Can Hillary Something Good?"

This is why your poll numbers are like this.

[Bread and Circus]

25. I'm happy with the response to my poll, a fair number have responded

and the result is fairly split.

[joshcryer]

30. 60/40.

Pretty disappointing to me.

[AGirl]

5. um if a lesbian pre op transsexual can become president, it proves to me anyone can become president

[maddiejoan]

6. You convinced me

I'll run in 2016

Maddiejoan '16

Can I count on your vote?

[Renew Deal]

11. lol

Now that would be a transformative election.

[Bread and Circus]

18. There you go...that would really be breaking alot of barriers.

[AndyA]

7. Anyone who's RICH and CONNECTED can become President.

An Obama Presidency will not bring you the bang for your buck that you hope it will.

You can mark my words - I'll go on record. Better than Bush, but far short of what it needs to be.

[eleny]

8. Bush already proved that point

[havocmom]

14. BINGO

eleny nails it again

[Bread and Circus]

19. heh...you got me there. he even got re-(s)elected.

[Greyskye]

28. beat me to it - if a simian can get elected...

[onehandle]

9. DU = Free Republic.

And fyi, Bill Clinton came from the very bottom to become President.

Obama's family were not poor.

[redqueen]

12. Exellent point!

*sigh*

This place... :(

[joshcryer]

21. It's incredible.

[Bread and Circus]

24. Every time I see someone use the "Freerepublic" card, I know

it's just using demagoguery and labelling to avoid actually doing the work to prove a point.

It's weak and lazy.

[Bread and Circus]

22. Bill did. Actually Bill and Obama share some similar life story qualities.

And as far as I know Obama had pockets of his childhood on food stamps, at least that's what he says. So I think there's more to the story than you know.

[redqueen]

26. Wasn't it in his book? Did you read it?

I'm curious now...

[Bread and Circus]

27. Obama frankly states in his public appearances that there were

times he and his mom were on food stamps.

[onehandle]

31. Do you have a link to this? nt

[Bread and Circus]

33. I've seen him say it several times in speeches and here's

a link that shows I'm not making it up:

http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1234703/obama_visits_grandparents_hometown_in_kansas/index.html

snip

"...He said his grandfather's benefits from the G.I. bill that sent a generation of veterans to college, and his working mother's short-term reliance on food stamps made it possible for him and his sister to prosper."

____________________________________________________________________________________

He's never said he "grew up" on foodstamps but inferred that he and his mother had to temporarily rely on them.

So there you go, fwiw.

[redqueen]

32. His mom?

Not when he was with his grandmother?

I wonder if he discusses this at length in his book...

[Leeny]

10. Huh?

Don't get the question. What do you mean?:shrug:

[MrCoffee]

13. celebrating Mardi Gras a bit early, there, Bread and Circus?

Laissez les bon temps roulez!

[suston96]

15. Actually, the saying goes...Truman proved anyone can become President....

...Eisenhower proved that we didn't need one.

And George Bush proved that the election can be stolen - and he did it twice.

[Iceburg]

16. That's pretty much how the rest of the world views it... another 4 years of incompetance

and inexperience to look forward to.

[Skip Intro]

29. bush has already proved that anyone can become president

obviously, there is a down side

[thetaoofterri]

34. Bush already proved anyone can become President