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Chelsea wasn't a member of Obama's clique.
That'd be like implying Macarthur was in Truman's clique. Or LeMay was in Johnson's.
Nope.
Do you mean that, were President Obama not to have come to power, that the general would have never come to national prominence?
He was a prominent figure prior to Obama's nomination.
He would've been one if Obama hadn't gotten the nomination. Arguably the general could've had a presidential nomination of his own had he wanted it. I'm not clear on where the cliquishness is in all of this.
"Arguably the general could've had a presidential nomination of his own had he wanted it." Your definition of prominent is? Is there anybody in there? LOL Being nominated and serving in a presidential staff position would be the ultimate definition of clique membership.
Truman appoints MacArthur commander of all United Nations forces in Korea, but somehow that doesn't meet your going definition of 'clique,' so how's that work? Two people whose careers intersect in time and at level may not be in the same clique?
Johnson inherits LeMay as his Air Force chief of staff, and hears from him precisely what LeMay's ideas are for defeating North Vietnam. Does that conversation mean, by your working definition of 'clique,' that they were in one together? Johnson ignores LeMay, quietly fading him away after the election in 1964.
If you'd wanted my opinion, though of course you don't, it'd be more correct to say that President Obama is in Penny Pritzker's clique. You know, the way President Truman was in Tom Pendergast's.
That'd be like implying Macarthur was in Truman's clique. Or LeMay was in Johnson's........ Your "implication" not mine,.........although apt: ............................... Full Definition of CLIQUE : a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons; especially : one held together by common interests, views, or purposes,