Showing posts with label Palin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Palin. Show all posts
Friday, October 24, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
The Invisibleness of Racism
Subject: What If You Reversed Information about Obama/Biden and McCain/Palin--Something to Contemplate
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 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? And was never given a command position.
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 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.)
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.
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 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? And was never given a command position.
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 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.)
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.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Palin's Guest Spot on SNL
It was SNL's highest ratings in 14 years. What do you think, does it hurt or help Palin? While I definitely give her props to go on SNL, I'm not really sure it helps her case that she is unlike how they portray her.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
A Call to Republicans
Lately the McCain campaign is making me feel sick to my stomach. And I'm not the only one. First John McCain accuses a young, Black man has never heard of Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae and then he calls Barack Obama "that one" during Tuesday's debate. Then of course we have his running mate, Sarah Palin, continuing to try to link Obama to "terrorist" William Ayers. Ayers was a member of the Weather Underground group which claimed responsibility to bombings at the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol in the early 1970s (when Obama was just a child). The NPR wrote this piece on the Obama-Ayers connection. The articles points out that currently Ayers is widely respectable in the field of urban education and that Democrats, Independents, and Republicans have worked with him and never raised any concern over his past. Just because Obama has a friendly association with him, does not mean Obama condones or praises any of Ayer's earlier radical ways. If someone is guilty by association then basically everyone in government is corrupt as there are many current government people that have engaged in corrupt, dishonorable, and/or questionable behavior. The real reason for this post is to point out the racist, narrow-minded, and all-out appalling behavior of many of the McCain-Palin supporters. Many videos have been popping up recording people at McCain-Palin rallies calling Obama a "terrorist" because his "bloodline" is there, at a rally in Florida a man yelled out "Kill him!" At another rally someone yelled out "Off with his head!" It is very sad to me that this is the kind of response the McCain camp is spurring up. When I hear Obama speak, I feel inspired and hopeful. I find myself wanting to do more for our country and to be a better person. Apparently when people hear McCain and Palin speak they become an angry, racist mob that is out to kill. So what I say to this is for Republicans to stand up and say- This is not the party I want to be in! Take back your party and condemn these horrendous acts. Make a call for equality and treating every person with respect.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Vice Presidential Debate
What did you think of last night's VP debate? Overall I thought both candidates spoke well and came off well-informed. Although, Biden appeared much more informed on the issues than Palin. While I thought Palin spoke a lot better than her previous interviews, she still dodged the questions directly and did not come across as fully knowledgeable. Biden, on the other hand, was very well-informed. He is obviously very experienced and in-the-know. Palin dodged all specifics and all I really got was that she and McCain are "Mavericks". How these "Mavericks" are going to change the economy around, get us out of this war, and deal with other countries has yet to be answered. Although both fudged a bit on their "facts", overall the debate was well thought-out, poised, and a bit on the boring side. But that's okay, the real focus should be on the President, right?
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