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What if…

October 30, 2008 By Thel

…specific, established facts were reversed in the Obama/Biden vs McCain/Palin presidential race?

 

If John McCain were a former president of the Harvard Law Review; and Barack Obama had finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class…

If McCain had only married once; and Obama were the divorcee…

If Obama were the candidate who had left his first wife after a severe, disfiguring car accident, when she no longer measured up to his standards…

If Obama had met his second wife in a bar and had a long affair with her while he was still married…

If Cindy McCain had graduated from Harvard; and Michelle Obama were the wife who not only became addicted to pain killers but also acquired them illegally through her charitable organization…

If the Obamas had paraded five children across a stage, including a three month old infant and an unwed, pregnant, teenage daughter…

If Obama had been a member of the Keating Five – the group of U.S. Senators accused of corruption in 1989 due to their actions during the Savings and Loan crisis…

If McCain were a charismatic, eloquent speaker; and Obama couldn’t even read from a teleprompter…

If Obama were the one who had a military record that includes serious discipline problems and the crashing of not one, but several airplanes…

If Obama were the one known to display serious anger-management problems in public…

 

…you can bet your bottom dollar that the self-righteous, carefully coiffed members of the Pundit Class would be falling all over themselves, screaming all of the above from the rooftops, declaring that Barack Obama is completely unqualified to hold the highest office in the land due to those shortcomings. However, because they are the facts that apply to the oh so “experienced” John McCain, nary a word is whispered. The self-appointed Guardians of All that is True-American and Holy are absolutely mum. 

A double-standard? Oh, yes, at the very least. WORSE? In the immortal words of Sarahcuda Palin: “You betchya!” They rationalize to beat the band, continually minimizing (when not totally ignoring) the negative qualities of their chosen candidate, while emphasizing (or flat-out fabricating) negative qualities of his opponent.

Education certainly isn’t everything, but it does go to experience; and, afterall, we are talking about the two highest offices in the land, as well as our standing in the entire civilized world. Please consider the following…

Barack Obama:

Columbia University – B.A. Political Science, 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 – ranked 894th in a class of 899

Sarah Palin:

Hawaii Pacific University – 1 semester

North Idaho College – 2 semesters, General Studies

University of Idaho – 2 semesters, Journalism

Matanuska-Susitna College – 1 semester

University of Idaho – 3 semesters, B.A. in Journalism

So, who learned to perform (as any well-trained seal does) while the cameras are rolling? And who has actually acquired the knowledge needed to understand, enforce, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America?

You make the call.


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