ROFL.... vanilla? Seriously? Have you read any of his writing?
Obama, before he got into politics, was very much the "angry young black man" having issues with his mixed heritage. He admits using drugs and alcohol and raising a ruckus as a teen before coming to terms with his identity, buckling down, getting an education and making something of himself.
So he went to Columbia and Harvard and became a lawyer. And unlike Hill, who has undertaken a campaign to destroy or hide all evidence of her writings and the commencement addresss from her Wellesley years when she was actively rebelling against her staunchly Republican daddy, Obama lets his academic record and his writings stand on their own.
He actually has more experience in elected office than Hill does, if you count his years in the Illinois legislature (and Chicago is a BIG city, much bigger than Little Rock). He's dealt with the partisan bickering now at the local, state and federal level and the guy is intelligent to know it will never go away entirely, but in order for Congress and the Prez to get anything worthwhile ACCOMPLISHED, there needs to be some agreement that crosses party lines on several key issues.
Re: So you're gonna vote for a hypocrite...
Obama, before he got into politics, was very much the "angry young black man" having issues with his mixed heritage. He admits using drugs and alcohol and raising a ruckus as a teen before coming to terms with his identity, buckling down, getting an education and making something of himself.
So he went to Columbia and Harvard and became a lawyer. And unlike Hill, who has undertaken a campaign to destroy or hide all evidence of her writings and the commencement addresss from her Wellesley years when she was actively rebelling against her staunchly Republican daddy, Obama lets his academic record and his writings stand on their own.
He actually has more experience in elected office than Hill does, if you count his years in the Illinois legislature (and Chicago is a BIG city, much bigger than Little Rock). He's dealt with the partisan bickering now at the local, state and federal level and the guy is intelligent to know it will never go away entirely, but in order for Congress and the Prez to get anything worthwhile ACCOMPLISHED, there needs to be some agreement that crosses party lines on several key issues.