Obama/Biden vs McCain/Palin - what if things were switched around?
Would the country’s collective point of view be different?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 were 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 were a divorcee?
What if Obama were 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 still married to another woman?
What if Michelle Obama were 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 Se nators 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 were a charismatic, eloquent speaker?
What if Obama couldn’t read from a teleprompter?What if Obama were the one who had military experience that included discipline problems and a record of crashing seven planes?
What if Obama were the one 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 LaudeJoseph 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 Acade my - Class rank: 894 of 899Sarah 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 JournalismEducation 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.
(Received via email, with the original author seemingly being Ann Hassett. Edited for grammatical errors.)
