It is NOT Over
20/Oct/08
At this point in 2004, it looked like John Kerry
would win. Ohio and Florida were close, but it looked
like the electoral college votes were there. It is
the same situation this year as well. A friend sent
me this.
What if the circumstances were flipped?
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 was still married to his first wife? What if Obama cheated on his first wife while they were married and then left her because she was disfigured in a car accident?
What if Michelle Obama not only became addicted to pain killers, but acquired them illegally through her charitable organization? What if Cindy McCain graduated from Princeton?
What if Obama were a member of the Keating-5?
What if McCain were a charismatic, inspiring and eloquent speaker?
What if Obama were angry, humorless and patronizing?
What if Obama had five children? What if one of them was an unwed teenager with a boyfriend that had an expletive-filled MySpace page?
If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the election numbers would be as close as they are? Would Obama even be running?
This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizes positive qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in another.
Here's the problem statement:
Global financial meltdown, historic national debt, unemployment going through the roof, costly wars on two fronts with unknown futures, loose nukes in Pakistan, stumbling health care, Medicare and social security insolvency, global energy crisis, global climate change and the accompanying natural disasters, and a catastrophic loss of credibility and trust in the eyes of the world.
Here are your choices:
Educational Background:
Obama: Columbia University - B.A. Political Science with a Specialization in International Relations. Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude
Biden: University of Delaware - B.A. in History and B.A. in Political Science. Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)
vs.
McCain: United States Naval Academy - Class rank: 894 of 899
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 (and a minor in Wicca)*
Which team would you hire?
What if the circumstances were flipped?
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 was still married to his first wife? What if Obama cheated on his first wife while they were married and then left her because she was disfigured in a car accident?
What if Michelle Obama not only became addicted to pain killers, but acquired them illegally through her charitable organization? What if Cindy McCain graduated from Princeton?
What if Obama were a member of the Keating-5?
What if McCain were a charismatic, inspiring and eloquent speaker?
What if Obama were angry, humorless and patronizing?
What if Obama had five children? What if one of them was an unwed teenager with a boyfriend that had an expletive-filled MySpace page?
If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the election numbers would be as close as they are? Would Obama even be running?
This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizes positive qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in another.
Here's the problem statement:
Global financial meltdown, historic national debt, unemployment going through the roof, costly wars on two fronts with unknown futures, loose nukes in Pakistan, stumbling health care, Medicare and social security insolvency, global energy crisis, global climate change and the accompanying natural disasters, and a catastrophic loss of credibility and trust in the eyes of the world.
Here are your choices:
Educational Background:
Obama: Columbia University - B.A. Political Science with a Specialization in International Relations. Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude
Biden: University of Delaware - B.A. in History and B.A. in Political Science. Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)
vs.
McCain: United States Naval Academy - Class rank: 894 of 899
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 (and a minor in Wicca)*
Which team would you hire?