> Karen,
>
> Thanks for this. Where did it come from?
>
> Margie
>
>
>
> Subject: WHO IS QUALIFIED?/How Racism Works
> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:50:01 -0400
>
> 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?
> What if Michelle Obama were a wife who not only became addicted to
> painkillers, 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 was a charismatic, eloquent speaker?
> 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.
>
>
>
> Don't forget: What if Barack Obama had an unwed, pregnant teenage
> daughter......
>
>
>
>
>
> Subj: WHO IS QUALIFIED?
>
> If You were The Boss... which team would you hire? With America facing
> historic debt, multiple war fronts, stumbling health care, a weakened dollar,
> all-time high prison population, skyrocketing Federal spending, mortgage
> crises, bank foreclosures, etc. etc., this is an unusually critical election
> year. Let's look at the educational background of the candidates and see what
> they bring to the job:
>
> Obama: Occidental College - Two years. 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 out of 899 (meaning that
> McCain was at the bottom of his class)
>
> 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.
>
> QUESTION....Now, which team are you going to hire to lead the most influential
> nation in the world?
>
>
>
>
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