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Friday, October 10, 2008

How Racism Works

How Racism Works...
What if John McCain were a former president of the Harvard Law Review?
What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class?
What if McCain were still married to the first woman he said "I do" to?
What if Obama were the candidate who left his first wife after she no longer measured up to his standards?
What if Michelle Obama were a wife who not only became addicted to pain killers, but acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?
What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard?
What if Obama were a member of the Keating-5?
What if McCain were a charismatic, eloquent speaker?

If these questions were seriously confronted, do you really believe the election numbers would be anywhere near 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. You are The Boss... which team would you hire?With America facing historic debt, two wars, stumbling health care, a weakened dollar, all-time high prison population, mortgage crises, bank foreclosures, etc.

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.)

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.

Now, which team are you going to hire?

PS: and what if Barack Obama had an unwed, pregnant teenage daughter ....

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

An excellent post me thinks, but as I'm from over there and living up here I'll not say much, except to say the World is watching and we hope the American people make the right choice for us all.

Have a great weekend folks.

Doug said...

Very, very nicely said. You could write political ads.

WAT said...

rob up there says some powerful stuff:

"to say the World is watching and we hope the American people make the right choice for us all."

YIKES.

Anonymous said...

to rob:

we the people WILL make the right choice for us and the rest of the earth!

OBAMA 08!

Ernest L Sewell, IV said...

I cut and pasted this my own journals. With credit of course.

Anonymous said...

Unfortunately, this is sooo true. Excellent post.