l'ultimo dibattito

Dopo aver ascoltato un pezzetto del dibattito alla radio (e aver trovato che la voce di Obama e' identica a quella di Brian di Family Guy, sul serio), ho letto questa cosa e ora la passo a voi perche' mi ha fatto riflettere. Ci si chiede che cosa sarebbe successo se Obama avesse avuto il tipo di esperienze di McCain e viceversa. Soprattutto e' una riflessione sul razzismo. Che c'e' ed e' meglio parlarne. Vorrei tradurla tutta per chi non parla inglese, ma sono davvero troppo stanca ora. In sostanza viene fuori per chi non lo sapesse che McCain ha un livello di educazione ridicolo per un possibile presidente degli Stati Uniti, che si vanta della sua carriera militare, ma non dice mai che come pilota ha causato la caduta di 7 (7) aerei, che e' stato invischiato in un grosso scandalo di corruzione, che ha tradito a lungo la moglie rimasta sfigurata dopo un incidente per poi abbandonarla al suo destino, ecc.
Ecco ci si chiede cosa sarebbe successo se Obama avesse commesso tutti questi errori. E non solo gli errori, parliamo perfino di personalissime scelte di vita. Vi immaginate se anche solo Obama avesse adottato un bambino bianco che casino? O se, come capita a un sacco di gente, avesse divorziato? O se sua figlia adoloscente fosse rimasta incinta? Non sarebbe mai arrivato dov'e' oggi. Perche'? Perche' e' nero. Ed e' inutile starsela a raccontare.

"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 Obama 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?

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."