What If Things were switched

[cinnamon3822 0]

WHAT IF THINGS WERE SWITCHED AROUND?

This is one of the most thoughtful 'WHAT IF' scenarios I

have read. It was on a comment opportunity in a Colorado Springs

newspaper after people voted on who won the debate .

Obama/Biden vs McCain/Palin, what if things were

switched around?.....think about it. Would the country's collective

point of view be different? (10/8/08)

Ponder the following:

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 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 Cu m 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.

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DECIDE! COMMIT! SUCCEED!

[MrsCat 6]

I must be slow today - what do the questions have to do with racism?

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Our failing and foolish Congress is made up of lawyers who've screwed up pretty much everything and have a lower approval rating than Bush. More lawyers in charge? Baaaaah!

[akdiver 3]

But they didn't....so who cares?

Better to spend time pondering the useful.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

What if Michelle Obama was the wife who not only became addicted to pain killers but also acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?

Why do these articles never mention that Obama is a drug addict who wants to be POTUS? Cindy McCain won't be running the country if John is elected. A drug addict would be if Barry is.

[mawilson 2,133]

What if "Joe the Plumber" was McCain's role model?

Oh, wait, he is!

[Sofiyya 1,687]

You got something against Joe the Plumber? Rev. Wright was Obama's role model, until he reluctantly threw him under the bus. Before that, it was a string of Marxists whom he admired. Yea, give me more of that!

Edited November 1, 2008 by Virtual wife

[mawilson 2,133]

You got something against Joe the Plumber?

Yes. His name is not Joe, his AGI is nowhere near $250,000 and he's not even a plumber.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Makes you think. There's definitely a double standard goin on but I think it's more to do with party affiliation rather than the color of each candidate's skin.

[dalegg 143]

You got something against Joe the Plumber? Rev. Wright was Obama's role model, until he reluctantly threw him under the bus. Before that, it was a string of Marxists whom he admired. Yea, give me more of that!

Yes, what if John McCain had sat in a Church for 20 years with a pastor saying "God **** America"? Anybody here think he would be a major party's candidate?

[dalegg 143]

Makes you think. There's definitely a double standard goin on but I think it's more to do with party affiliation rather than the color of each candidate's skin.

It shouldn't make you think about anything. There is no double standard. People are supporting Obama DESPITE some pretty serious charactor flaws. Does everyone? No they don't.

What do you think? If John McCain was all of the things that Obama is that Democrats would vote for him instead? Yeaaaah. Of course.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

You got something against Joe the Plumber?

Yes. His name is not Joe, his AGI is nowhere near $250,000 and he's not even a plumber.

His name is Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, he worked as a plumber, and never said he made $250,000. Lay off those commie information sources; they just lie and lie.

Makes you think. There's definitely a double standard goin on but I think it's more to do with party affiliation rather than the color of each candidate's skin.

Yea, the lib media loves Dimocrats.

[Peikko 1,575]

What if Michelle Obama was the wife who not only became addicted to pain killers but also acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?

Why do these articles never mention that Obama is a drug addict who wants to be POTUS? Cindy McCain won't be running the country if John is elected. A drug addict would be if Barry is.

I don't give a flying #### about the OP's article, it's bullshit. But this is funny, we currently have a drug addict POTUS so what?

[Sofiyya 1,687]

What if Michelle Obama was the wife who not only became addicted to pain killers but also acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?

Why do these articles never mention that Obama is a drug addict who wants to be POTUS? Cindy McCain won't be running the country if John is elected. A drug addict would be if Barry is.

I don't give a flying #### about the OP's article, it's bullshit. But this is funny, we currently have a drug addict POTUS so what?

And you love him so much that you want another one.

[Peikko 1,575]

What I don't care for about Bush has nothing to do with the fact that he is a drug addict. Try again.