Obama/Biden vs. McCain/Palin,
what if things were switched around? Think about it.
Would the country's collective point of view be different? Could racism be the culprit?
Ponder the following:
What
if the Obamas had paraded five children across the stage,
including a three-month-old infant and an unwed, pregnant
teenage daughter?
What
if John McCain was a former president of the Harvard Law
Review?
What
if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his
graduating class?
What
if McCain had only married once and Obama was a divorcee?
What
if Obama was the candidate who left his first wife after a
severe disfiguring car accident, when she no longer
measured up to his standards?
What
if Obama had met his second wife in a bar and had a long affair
while he was still married?
What
if Michelle Obama was the wife who not only became addicted
to pain killers but also acquired them illegally through
her charitable organization?
What
if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard?
What
if Obama had been a member of the Keating Five? (The Keating Five were five United
States Senators accused of corruption in 1989, igniting
a major political scandal as part of the larger Savings
and Loan crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s.)
What
if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent speaker?
What
if Obama couldn't read from a teleprompter?
What
if Obama was the one who had military experience that included
discipline problems and a record of crashing seven
planes?
What
if Obama was the one who was known to display publicly, on
many occasions, a serious anger management problem?
What
if Michelle Obama's family had made their money from
beer distribution?
What
if the Obamas had adopted a white child?
You could
easily add to this list. If these
questions reflected reality, do you really believe the
election numbers would be as close as they are?
This is what
racism does. It covers up,
rationalizes and minimizes positive qualities in one
candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in another
when there is a color difference.
Educational Background:
Barack Obama:
Columbia University -
B.A. Political Science with a Specialization in International
Relations. Harvard- Juris Doctor
(J.D.) Magna Cum Laude
Joseph Biden:
University of Delaware- B.A. in History and B.A. in
Political Science. Syracuse University College
of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)
vs.
John McCain:
United States Naval Academy
- Class rank: 894 of 899
Sarah Palin:
Hawaii Pacific University
- 1 semester North Idaho College -
2 semesters - general study University of Idaho -
2 semesters - journalism Matanuska-Susitna College
- 1 semester University of Idaho -
3 semesters - Basin Journalism
Education isn't everything, but this is about the two
highest offices in the land as well as our standing in the world. You make the call.
This is not my original work, and I would love to give credit where it is due, but I cannot locate the original writer. If anyone knows who it is, please let me know. From what I have found, it has been forwarded and blogged by several people...
So, I figured I should join in; as this seems like an important message and really made me think. I hope it does the same for others, as well.
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