You know...I was reading this article about Bill Cosby's response to Obama's victory, and in so many words, he basically said that "The Cosby Show" was influential to the recent election of Barack Obama. Well...I don't wanna take his comments out of context, so here's a snippet of the article:

Bill Cosby has long bristled at suggestions that his pioneering NBC comedy, "The Cosby Show," was somehow unrealistic in its portrayal of a black upper-middle-class family.

So with the Obama family set to take up residence in the White House, Cosby reflected on those statements last week with a chuckle. "For all those people who said they didn't know any black people like the Huxtables," quipped Cosby in a phone interview, "all I can say is, 'Will you watch the show now?' " (source)

Ok, maybe he didn't outright say it, but alot of people are making the relation, including Karl Rove, a former Bush strategist turned Fox News commentator. He said this comment on election night:
"We've had an African American first family for many years in different forms. When 'The Cosby Show' was on, that was America's family. It wasn't a black family. It was America's family."
I have to agree with him on that. What do you think? Do you think The Cosby Show paved the way for the Obamas?

Also, I'm coppin the 25th anniversary box set of "The Cosby Show" ASAP, and that's word on my momma.