I just received this email forward

[MikeWaters]

What if things were switched around?

Think about it...

Would the country's collective point of view be different?

Ponder the following:

What if the Obama had paraded five children across the stage, includinga 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 severedisfiguring 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 whilehe was still married?

What if Michelle Obama was the wife who not only became addicted to painkillers but also acquired them illegally through her charitableorganization?

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 corruptionin 1989, igniting a major political scandal as part of the larger Savingsand 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?

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. We have seen what disregarding the educational achievements or lack thereof of our leaders has brought America in the last 8 years. Do you really want more of the same? We say we want to restore America to its rightful place as a world leader in educational achievement, but some people are seriously considering voting for the ticket of educational underachievers vs a ticket of accomplished and intelligent individuals who have what it takes to avoid taking America down a path of destruction.

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[il Padrino Ute]

So, we should vote for a guy just because he graduated from Harvard?

That is quite possibly the most idiotic reason I've ever heard to cast a vote for POTUS.

I'm guessing the author of the e-mail is a liberal pointy-headed academic who has never had a job in the private sector.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

I'm guessing the author of the e-mail is a liberal pointy-headed academic who has never had a job in the private sector.

who has more private sector experience? McCain or Obama?

[All-American]

What if Barack Obama was a war hero and John McCain an Arab Terrorist?

This is what bullcrap does. It obfuscates, marginalizes, and dismisses actual qualities in either candidate and enhances pretended qualities in both when there is in fact no substance to either.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

who has more private sector experience? McCain or Obama?

Fair point.

[Archaea]

Romney had a Harvard degree in business and in law, and at Bain Capital had far more public sector experience. Little good that did him in getting elected. And Romney had all sorts of high minded private education as well.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Romney had a Harvard degree in business and in law, and at Bain Capital had far more public sector experience. Little good that did him in getting elected. And Romney had all sorts of high minded private education as well.

Romney is a no-nonsense automaton who makes it far too obvious that he doesn't like to mingle with the rabble. That makes it impossible for him to win the nomination. He would, however, have made a great VP.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

Romney is a no-nonsense automaton who makes it far too obvious that he doesn't like to mingle with the rabble. That makes it impossible for him to win the nomination. He would, however, have made a great VP.

Maybe he's related to Seattle for he knows the masses are asses and his demeanor let it be known.

But I suppose, except for a minor little detail, such as a likable personality and being electable, he would have been a good technocrat type president. It's just those public appearances where he falls short. If we could have gone back to the days of Lincoln, but alas dear Yorick (sp?)(where's a librarian when you need one), I knew him not well.

Do I get his specs?

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

Romney is a no-nonsense automaton who makes it far too obvious that he doesn't like to mingle with the rabble.

This is a load of crap.

Didnt you see him hanging out with black kids along the campaign trail? He even said, "who let the dogs out?"

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

He even said, "who let the dogs out?"

Who?