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So that was the year that was. Obviously the main thing that 2008 will be remembered for is the historic election of Barack Obama as the first black president of The United States of America. The late night repeats of the first season of Tina Fey's brilliant 30 Rock that have been on during the Christmas period provided a telling moment of just how big an achievement this was. When Fey's character Liz Lemon tells her airhead friend Jenna that a black man is running for president the response is quick.