Recently Democracy Waning got an e-mail that asked some very interesting questions. Why is Barack Obama behind such a seriously flawed team like McCain/ Palin?

They represent the failed policies of the last 8 years and openly intend to extend those policies for the next 4 years if they get elected. There is no reason why the American electorate would prefer them except race.

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 proposed to?

What if Obama were the candidate who discarded his first wife? What if Michelle Obama were a wife who not only became addicted to pain killers, 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 were a charismatic, eloquent speaker, and a Constitutional Scholar?

If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the election numbers would be as close as they are? So, why are the numbers as close as they are? News Flash - Obama is...a Black Man. 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.

Let's say You are The Boss... which team would you hire, with America facing historic debt, 2 wars, stumbling health care, a weakened dollar, all-time high prison population, mortgage crises, bank foreclosures, etc.? Educational Background: Team A: Columbia University - B.A. Political Science with a Specialization in International Relations. Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna **** Laude University of Delaware - B.A. in History and B.A. in Political Science. Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Or: Team B: United States Naval Academy - Class rank: 894 of 899 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 (Team A: Obama/Biden - Team B: McCain/Palin) Which team would you hire to lead the Nation,...really?

PS: Not that it should be a legitimate issue about the candidates,...but just think...what if Barack Obama had an unwed, pregnant teenage daughter? What do you think the other side would be saying?...

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