[quote=briansd1]I didn’t call the sore loses racists. I don’t know that they are racists. They could well be.

But I know that that are jealous and resentful of all the accolades that Obama has gotten so far.

Although he’s Black, Obama is a “golden boy”. So what? As a member of military, you would know that such guys rise much faster than others. Just a fact of life.

I don’t have any problem with people rising through the force of their own personalities rather than the influence of their parents or connections.[/quote]

Brian: Sorry, but you’re wrong. The Army that I came up in (during the 1980s) was a true meritocracy.

I made it through Airborne School, Air Assault and then Ranger School (and all of the other schools, like Scuba, Jungle Warfare, SERE, etc) by busting my ass. In other words, I EARNED it.

Same with football in high school. I didn’t make the team for any reason other than a willingness to bust my ass and make the necessary sacrifices to get there.

Same with owning my own business. Its taken 12+ years of working nights and weekends to get here and without any “bailouts” or “net worth preservation” efforts.

So, you can continue to spin this yarn about how a man how is supporting his predecessor’s inarguably bad policies as far as torture, detention and intervention goes, somehow deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, but I, for one, ain’t buying it.