Tuesday, October 21, 2008
What If Things Were Switched Around?
This sure makes you think (or at least it should!)
What if things were switched around? Think about it. Would the country's collective
point of view be different? Could racism be the culprit???? [this most certainly must be a rhetorical question!]
What if the Obamas had paraded five children across the stage, following the debate,
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 college graduating class?
What if McCain had only married once, and Obama was a divorcee?
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 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 publicly display a serious anger management problem?
What if Michelle Obama's family had made their money from beer distribution?
You could easily add to this list. If these questions reflected a reality,if the tables were turned,
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 qualities in one candidate
and emphasizes negative characteristics in another when there is a color difference.
And, think of this - the candidates' educational backgrounds:
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.)
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 - B.A. in 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.
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3 comments:
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QUIT YOUR DAMN CRYING, OBAMA IS A LOSER AND YOU KNOW IT. EAT SOME MORE WATER MELONS AND GOT BACK TO BED ASS HOLE.
What an excellent post! One of the best I've read on this site. I agree that there is an undercard of racism in this election. McCain continues to trumpet out the "lack of executive experience" from Obama...yet has none of his own either! And education is important, because it allows folks like Obama, who already have so much stacked against them (single mom, bi-racial family, low income) to be successful and run for president. Joe Biden is another example of a regular guy who, with an education, can shape the world. Funny how Sarah Palin had to keep changing colleges. For more information on her problems with charging the state of Alaska for family outings, check out some of the Newsweek articles online.
The sad reality of this is that if Obama was 100% white, and everything else was the same, he would win in a historic landslide. I believe he will win anyway, but I fear for his safety. Seems that some folks don't like black men in power (see King, Martin Luther or Malcolm X).
12:31 what a sad, frightened, little (in every sense of the word) person you must be. you must have a very poor sense of self-esteem and value to feel you must denigrate others to make yourself feel worthy. knew people like you in junior high. most of them outgrew it though.
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