The US presidential campaigns go toward it's end, yet McCain's new tactics are some sleazy personal attacks on Barack Obama. He was able to rally some angry mobs that are predominately racist and dumb (You can only see rural or small town white people, check this blogger from Ohio). When Obama had 250.000 people gather in Berlin, was as if America is reborn as the leader of the free world, allowing a person regardless of his race or background, to reach the highest office, with his intellect and great judgement. We were all drunk here in Europe. What we didn't see was small town Americans like in Ohio. People who call senator Obama terrorist, scumbag and other nasty things. It just made me sad. I really really hope that this kind of Americans are dying out. I hope it is a minority. Yet, I remain pessimistic. Barack is black and many people just can't vote for him. Which is extremely ignorant and dumb, but America is a divided country. Now we will see how many of these white Americans will be voting for McCain. We shall see.
And since Palin and McCain began these personal attacks, many rightwing blogs or online news jump on this train and stress how important it was with whom Barack was hanging out. I found a very good comment on that and I like to share it here.
And since Palin and McCain began these personal attacks, many rightwing blogs or online news jump on this train and stress how important it was with whom Barack was hanging out. I found a very good comment on that and I like to share it here.
Posted by: houran
Oct 10, 12:04 PM
Source: RealClearPolitics.com
What if things were switched around?.....think about it. Would the country's collective point of view be different? Ponder the following:
Obama/Biden vs. McCain/Palin
2) What if the Obamas had paraded five children across the
stage, including a five month old infant and an unwed,
pregnant teenage daughter?
3) What if John McCain was a former president of the
Harvard Law Review and Barack Obama finished fifth from
the bottom of his graduating class?
4) What if McCain had only married once, and Obama was
a divorcee?
5) What if Obama was the candidate who left his first wife
after a severe disfiguring car accident?
6) What if Obama had met his second wife in a bar and had
a long affair while he was still married?
7) What if Michelle Obama was the wife who not only became
addicted to painkillers but also acquired them illegally
through her charitable organization?
8) What if Cindy McCain had graduated from Princeton
and Harvard Law School?
9) What if Michelle Obama's family had made their money
from beer distribution?
10) What if Obama had been a member of the Keating Five?
11) What if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent speaker?
12) What if Obama couldn't read from a teleprompter?
13) What if Obama was the one who had military experience
that included discipline problems and a record of crashing
seven planes?
14) What if Obama was the one who was known to display
publicly, on many occasions, a serious anger management
problem?
15) 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 they are? To not vote Obama because he's "too liberal" and his policies don't reflect your positions are fine. But if you're voting on someone's character, biography, and who you believe they essentially are, then what does this mean? 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.
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