If you think about, Barack Obama is the more traditonal, family-oriented man running for president. Here's an email that was forwarded to me that is pretty thought provoking. Some of the items are irrelevant, and much of McCain's appeal comes from his "brat to prisoner of war to government reformer narrative," that Obama just doesn't have.
HOW RACISM CLOUDS JUDGMENT
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 an unwed, pregnant teenage daughter?
What if McCain had married only once, and Obama was divorced?
What if Obama was the candidate who left his first wife after a disfiguring car accident.
What if Obama had met his second wife at a party and embarked on an affair while he was still married?
What if John McCain had been the president of the Harvard Law Review?
What if Barack Obama had finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class?
What if Michelle Obama had not only became addicted to pain killers, but also acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?
What if Cindy McCain had graduated from Harvard?
What if Obama had been a member of the Keating Five?
What if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent speaker?
What if Obama had trouble reading from a teleprompter?
What if Obama was the one who had military experience that included discipline problems and a record of crashing planes?
What if Obama was the one who publicly displayed an 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?
If these questions reflected reality, do you think 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.
And one more thing, education isn't everything, but still. . . .
Barack Obama:
Columbia University - B.A. Political Science with a Specialization in International Relations.
Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude
Joe 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
University of Idaho - 2 semesters
Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester
University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A. in Journalism
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Puts it into perspective, doesn't it?
What if McCain had palled around with a known terrorist? Or was a member of the Klan for 20 years (as opposed to sitting in the church of Jeremiah Wright, who is equally as racist as anyone in the KKK)? Or what if McCain was the most liberal democrat in the democratic party, who would take our guns at the first opportunity?
Hell yes, I'd vote for Obama if it was McCain who did all those things instead of him! I actually planned to vote for Obama a few months ago, but I have opened my eyes. I can only hope others do likewise.
I'd seen this before...but it's quite revealing.
You couldn't get a job at McDonalds and become district
manager after 143 days of experience.
You couldn't become chief of surgery after 143 days of
experience of being a surgeon.
You couldn't get a job as a teacher and be the
superintendent after 143 days of experience.
You couldn't join the military and become a colonel after
a 143 days of experience.
You couldn't get a job as a reporter and become the
nightly news anchor after 143 days of experience.
You couldn't get a job as Director of Nursing after 143 days
experience as an RN.
BUT....
From the time Barack Obama was sworn in as a
United State Senator, to the time he announced he was
forming a Presidential exploratory committee, he logged
143 days of experience in the Senate. That's how many days the
Senate was actually in session and working. After 143 days of
work experience, Obama believed he was ready to be
Commander In Chief, Leader of the Free World ... 143
days.
We all have to start somewhere. The senate is a good start,
but after 143 days, that's all it is - a start.
AND, strangely, a large sector of the American public is okay
with this and campaigning for him. We wouldn't accept this in
our own line of work, yet some are okay with this for the
President of the United States of America? Come on
folks, we are not voting for the next American Idol.
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