What if things were switched around ?.....think about it.

Ponder the following:

What if Obama 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 - 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

Originally Posted by Jim007

What if things were switched around ?.....think about it.

Ponder the following:

What if Obama 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 - 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

Great Post....

wonderful post

Dont forget what if: The person running for the office actually knew what that office was responsible for.. Being it is that important??

Quote "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. "




This is what people do!! Not racism. Alot of it going on, it is the parties that want you to believe that it is racism. That is so they have the excuse to use it.

Originally Posted by GMONEY

Dont forget what if: The person running for the office actually knew what that office was responsible for.. Being it is that important?

Oh, you must be talking about Sarah who?

[QUOTE=GMONEY;168498
This is what people do!! Not racism. Alot of it going on, it is the parties that want you to believe that it is racism. That is so they have the excuse to use it.[/QUOTE]

G....I agree with you...mostly!

I know that BOTH parties have spun things and will continue to promote stories (whether true or false/relevant or not) to make it worse....however I do believe there is still very strong racism and prejudice alive in this country....not just whites against blacks....but each race has it's own prejudice against others...each type of people has prejudices against others...not everyone....so as not to generalize....but I would think that most people....perhaps subconciously have some sort of racism in them.

I think we all have some sort of prejudice in us....not always race...but perhaps age, gender, economic standing, and so on and so on....it is in us....because it is in society as a whole....but we as individual people must learn to rid ourselves of it....it is hard...but we all must try to learn from other's and their past mistakes....so as not to repeat them.

Originally Posted by Cassie325

G....I agree with you...mostly!

I know that BOTH parties have spun things and will continue to promote stories (whether true or false/relevant or not) to make it worse....however I do believe there is still very strong racism and prejudice alive in this country....not just whites against blacks....but each race has it's own prejudice against others...each type of people has prejudices against others...not everyone....so as not to generalize....but I would think that most people....perhaps subconciously have some sort of racism in them.

I think we all have some sort of prejudice in us....not always race...but perhaps age, gender, economic standing, and so on and so on....it is in us....because it is in society as a whole....but we as individual people must learn to rid ourselves of it....it is hard...but we all must try to learn from other's and their past mistakes....so as not to repeat them.

Very well stated.

Terrific post. Of course we know how things would be going if the candidates qualifications were switched around. We wouldn't even have a horse race.

Very simple answer -- The Democrats would not be running Barack Obama for President. He would be deemed to be morally unfit (wife/divorce issues), probably incompetent (low graduating rank, crashing planes), dangerous in diplomatic situations (think Krushev and shoe banging). So, how did the Republicans manage to pick McCain, anyway?

Originally Posted by Jim007

What if things were switched around ?.....think about it.

Ponder the following:

What if Obama 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 - 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

I still wouldn't buy into The Democratic Platform or ideals.

Originally Posted by rshoffer

I still wouldn't buy into The Democratic Platform or ideals.

Let's see what we have here. The Republican platform has brought us to the worse financial fiasco since the great depression. That platform has gotten bogged down in the worst military engagement since Vietnam, with no end in sight. Now let's look at their ideals. Do their ideals include shooting unprotected animals with a semi-automatic weapon from a helicopter? Or does it include extra-marital relationships, mysterious goings on in public bathrooms, or teen-age pregnancies?

I don't think I can buy into that platform or set of ideals!