What If?

The following was sent to me via e-mail from a friend in Florida. I have posted it "as is", meaning just as it was sent to me. I haven't done all the fact checking, but regardless, it's thought provoking. Here it is (and thanks to Cheryl for sharing this with me!):

What If?

Obama/Biden vs McCain/Palin:

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 Obamas had paraded five children across the stage, including a three month old infant and an unwed, pregnant 17 yr old daughter? (Think about the outrage and condemnation of 16 yr old Jamie Lynn Spears and her mom.) (Note: Palin's daughter and her boyfriend are considering a summer wedding, according to his mom. Their baby is due in December. [CNN])

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 painkillers 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 Fivewere five United States Senators accused of corruption in 1989, igniting a major political scandal as part of the larger Savings and Loan crisis ofthe late 1980s and early 1990s.)

What if Obama was being investigated for abuse of power while in office? What if Sarah Palin had only been a community organizer?

What if Michelle Obama couldn't name the periodicals or news sources she read?

What if Hillary Clinton avoided answering certain debate questions, bysmiling, winking and spinning anecdotal stories about being a soccer mom?

What if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent speaker? What if Obama couldn't read from a teleprompter?

What if McCain was thought to be a Moslem? What if Obama was 72 years old?

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 child not of their own ethnicity? What if Joe Biden had abandoned his two sons, after his wife and daughter tragically died in that automobile accident?

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? What is it when some cover up, rationalize, and minimize positive qualities in one candidate, and emphasizes negatives in another when there is a difference of heritage, background, or ethnicity?

Education:
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.)

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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.)

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights,that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." (T.Jefferson)

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but bythe content of their character.'" (ML King)

What if?

You make the call