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chickensong
7mo ago
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You need to be rich and well connected.
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bdangubic
7mo ago
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Obama was neither
harvey9
7mo ago
He might have started out as neither but to get a run at the party nomination required that he developed some good connections first.
bdangubic
7mo ago
yea for sure POTUS (or even just party candidate) will eventually be both you you don’t need to be either to begin with (though it obviously helps, more and more countries are choosing billionaires to run them :) )
chickensong
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7mo ago
He was a Harvard graduate, published author, senator, millionaire, prior to running for president.
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