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[chemdah]

(Apology if this has already been posted somewhere, but it makes for an interesting perspective)

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 Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating
class?

What if McCain had only married once, and Obama was the 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 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? And was
never given a command position.

What if Obama was 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?

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.

Pass it on.

[Gatsby]

Bill Maher made a very good point when he was on Larry King over the weekend.

He said Barack Obama is the Jackie Robinson of presidential politics.

Jackie Robinson had to be absolutely perfect. He could never show his temper. He always had to be the perfect gentleman. If he had made the slightest slip up, certain people would have crucified him. He didn't, and Blacks were accepted into major league baseball and other sports.

Obama has to be perfect. And apparently he understands the analogy. If any of these parallel universe scenarios had occurred, Obama would have been a fringe candidate, like Jesse Jackson, tolerated by the Democrats, but ignored by the Republicans.

On the other hand, the national press would have made an effort to treat him fairly, if he had any of these flaws, and may have gone overboard to avoid an accusations of racial bias. But the damage would have been done.

Another side to this, though, is Gov. Patterson of NY. When he took office, he quickly admitted to some extensive extramarital affairs. He's Black, and he's also blind. He got it out in the open, and the matter was over with quickly. Everyone agreed that private indiscretions are mostly irrelevant. So the people and press of New York handled this all very well.

Could Patterson one day run for President? If Obama blazes the way, possibly.

But Obama's problem is not just that he's black; it's the Republican's hypocricy toward Democrats. Any Democrat who had these skeletons in the closet would have been a dead duck.

The problem with Republicans are they are consummate hypocrites. They lambasted Clinton for trying pot, but the elected Bush, who was an alcoholic and a heavy cocaine abuser. And then there's Gingrich. And that gay Senator from Idaho. The list goes on and on and on.

[Jandar]

First off Jackie Robinson was squeaky clean Obama has a former weather underground leader as a friend, that ain't Jackie Robinson clean.

What's wrong with Newt, he didn't do nothing bad?

The guy from Idaho ain't gay he's on the downlow.

[bangbayed]

[Tiger Beer]

[Gatsby]

And then there's William Bennett. Another paragon of Republican virtue.

The difference is that many radicals from the 60s eventually grew up and had the honesty to change their views when appropriate.

Anyone remember Jerry Rubin? He became something of a capitalist.

[Tiger Beer]