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Re:The president is wrong: The NSA debate wouldn’t have happ... by jasonkolb on Saturday August 10, 2013 @10:16AM (#6191138)
Who was the first US president to speak out against slavery? (Hint: it wasn't Abe Lincoln.) I think this factoid will ultimately matter about as much to the average American after we've had 5 more black presidents.
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Re:The president is wrong: The NSA debate wouldn’t have happ... by ccernaf on Saturday August 10, 2013 @01:13PM (#6191820)
Who was the first Catholic president? Sure JFK did several other important things, and there were other events that transpired that made him famous.

Still, I think it's pretty important that Obama was at least partly black - it showed that it could be done, and I'm sure he inspired millions of people (black and otherwise).

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