dazzleman
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« on: August 25, 2004, 05:23:13 AM » |
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He may or may not be overrated. He is not really a known quantity at this point. There have been plenty of up-and-coming politicians who can give a good speech who didn't get the attention he's gotten.
When he gets to the Senate (he'll surely win in November) and serves for a while, then we'll know. I'm cynical because people who receive this much attention when not much is known about them usually flame out before they ever reach their supposed potential. We'll see.
I think also that if he were all white, as opposed to partly of African descent, he wouldn't be receiving all this attention. And it is refreshing to see a black politician who doesn't overtly practice the politics of grievance and victimhood, as the Sharptons and Jacksons do.
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