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    What if??????

    THE JUXTAPOSITION OF FACTS....A USEFUL PERSPECTIVE.......(and they are facts...)

    A question of perspective :

    Obama/Biden vs McCain/Palin,


    what if things were switched around?..... think about it.

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

    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 the
    other 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 **** 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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    Sir, I think you have made some very valid points. I salute you.

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    What if a frog had wings?

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    I personally am tired of lawyers being the government.

    Let the common people try.
    "Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you."

    Cdr. William Riker

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    'The first thing we do is get rid of all the lawyers'

    William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice.

    Truer words were never said.

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    Carp

    Of course the dead fish that are registered to vote may have other ideas.
    "Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you."

    Cdr. William Riker

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    Shoot the lawyers

    I'm with those of you that think we should get rid of lawyers in congress. Hell, I have a devil of a time reading any of the damn bills. Personally, I think they should be written for the 80-90th percentile of the general population. IOW, no bills written above an 8th grade level.

    On to college education. I have a BS degree and respect the effort it takes to complete a college program. However, I'm very leery of some of the 'education' that is being pushed out in many of the LIBERAL institutions that apparently stiffle and punish opposing conservative views/discussions.

    Qualifications for being a congressman or President should be never having earned more than $100,000 a year, only owns one home and perhaps a vacation cabin with a total worth of less than $800,000 and a net worth of less than $2,000,000. These may sound a bit high but keep in mind that they are certainly doable for the 'common man'. But, that certainly rules out the silver spoons and the out of touches.

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    You know the original congresspersons, if you will, were farmers, ranchers, and so forth and they volunteered and then went home. They didn't roost.
    "Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you."

    Cdr. William Riker

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimbo1 View Post
    You know the original congresspersons, if you will, were farmers, ranchers, and so forth and they volunteered and then went home. They didn't roost.
    Oh, that reminds me of another problem with congress......

    They need to be allowed to be in session for only 3 months a year. They have WAY TOO MUCH TIME to fiddle and diddle with the laws in this country. They need to take care of the essentials and get the hell out of town.

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    What if I were a millionaire. What if the world was completely different. What if I really gave a crap! It is what it is.

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