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Writing a guest editorial in The New York Daily News, sportswriter Glenn Stout argues that Derek Jeter is the New York Yankees' Barack Obama:

It's not surprising, then, that Jeter's stardom mirrors that of President Obama. Both are forward-looking men who play down race, preferring to not restage the battles of the past. As such, they represent America's future, not its past.

Well said. Barack Obama always plays down race and resists all efforts to restage the battles of the past. Obama would never accuse his opponents of telling voters 'he doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills." He would never insinuate that race was a factor in the arrest of his friend in Cambridge, Massachusetts nor would he suggest that law enforcement officials in Arizona would wantonly arrest Latinos for eating ice cream.

While President Obama and Derek Jeter have similar racial backgrounds, the similarities end there.

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Wayne | 7.13.11 @ 10:39AM

Did Jeter boycott the All-star game because of racial profiling in Arizona's immigration law?

Bob K.| 7.13.11 @ 11:13AM

Mr. Goldstein,
You guys on the blog are doing your damnedest to get the politics about the Republican leadership's cave in to Obama off the blog, are you not?

Did you get your orders from RET,jr or did they come from higher up?

I guess you don't want any more discussion about it.

JimH| 7.13.11 @ 12:44PM

Both are willing to cheat in pursuit of their goals.

yisong| 10.29.11 @ 2:45AM

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