Interactive Graphic: Swing States on the 2008 Electoral Map

You know in about five hours this whole conversation is going to be moot so why don't you all just go out and vote and shut up already!

bdc8605 is RIGHT!!!! Hate is what's wrong with this country. I'm a SATANIST. No i DON'T worship satan for the ignorant ones... So to light 7, i don't believe religious and spiritual prefrences make any difference in who a person is.

WOW! WHAT IF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Obama/Biden vs McCain/Palin: What if the presidential candidates exchanged race?

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

divorced?

What if Obama was the candidate who left his first wife

after she was severely disfigured in a car accident?

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 had 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 in another when there is a

color difference.

Educational Backgrounds ???

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.

Why does everyone say Obama is black or an AFRICAN Ameican.....because of tint of his skin? Did he grow up in the projects fighting off drug dealers and learning how to survive, did he have any of the adversities that most blacks have had? He was raised by a white woman and a muslim. If he wasn't running for President and promising to help the poor and no one knew his name and he walked into the projects, they'd call him a Poser and shoot him.

I'd like to suggest there are many ways to serve your country. Yes, I value military service but what about members of Doctors Without Borders who, in helping children without access to decent medical care , may put their own lives at risk? What about individuals affiliated with various religions who might do something similar? What about folks in the Peace Core, in VISTA, etc.? What about police officiers, firefighters, etc. Just because someone has served doesn't make what them eligible for hero/etc. status. It also doesn't mean their background, abilities, etc. should not be questioned. I have one question: if Senator McCain wants to put "Country First," as his motto announces, why did he pick Governor Palin, whose experience is mostly in Alaska, a state with about 600,000 folks (if that much)? Why did he pick Palin whose notion of the average American is a hocky mom or Joe six-pack? Why did he pick someone who winks at the public in a speech to the world? (Note: former beauty queen behavior is unacceptable.) Why did he pick someone who got the tiny town of Wasilla into debt?