Fw: Obama vs. McCain/Palin

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Fwd: Fw: Obama vs.
McCain/Palin

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I’m a
little confused. Let me see if I have this straight…

  • If you grow up in Hawaii , raised by your
    grandparents, you’re “exotic, different.”

  • Grow up in
    Alaska eating moose burgers, a quintessential American
    story.

  • If your name is Barack you’re a radical, unpatriotic
    Muslim.

  • Name your
    kids Willow , Trig and Track, you’re a maverick.

  • Graduate from Harvard law School and you are
    unstable.

  • Attend 5
    different small colleges before graduating, you’re well grounded.

  • If you spend 3 years as a brilliant community
    organizer, become the first black President of the Harvard Law
    Review, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000
    new voters, spend 12 years as a ConstitutionalLaw professor,
    spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district with
    over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate’s
    Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years in
    the United States Senate representing a state of 13 million
    people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the
    Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran’s Affairs
    committees, you don’t have any real leadership
    experience.

  • If your
    total resume is: local weather girl, 4 years on the
    city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than
    7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with only
    650,000 people, then you’re qualified to become the country’s second
    highest ranking executive.

  • If you have been married to the same woman for 19
    years while raising 2 beautiful daughters, all within Protestant
    churches, you’re not a real Christian.

  • If you
    cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your
    disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you’re a
    Christian.

  • If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex
    education, including the proper use of birth control, you
    are eroding the fiber of society.

  • If , while
    governor, you staunchly advocate abstinence only, with no other option
    in sex education in your state’s school system while your unwed teen
    daughter ends up pregnant , you’re very
    responsible.

  • If your wife is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave
    up a position in a prestigious law firm to work for the
    betterment of her inner city community, then gave that up to raise a
    family, your family’s values don’t represent America 's.

  • If you’re
    husband is nicknamed “First Dude”, with at least one
    DWI conviction and no college education, who didn’t register to
    vote until age 25 and once was a member of a group that advocated the
    secession of Alaska from the USA, your family is extremely
    admirable.

OK, much
clearer now.

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[From Rick Marken (2008.09.18.1140)]

Thanks, Dick. This is lovely.

Have you ever watched Fox News or listened to right wing radio. I
recently heard Fox, which was on while I was visiting my mother. It
was like walking into a trash can. No wonder Obama isn't ahead by 40
points; there are tons of people out there listening to this dreck. I
never realized how important an independent media is. Now when I see
the FOX logo it's like looking at a swastika. Too bad. It used to be a
fun movie studio.

Best

Rick

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On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Robertson Richard <R-Robertson@neiu.edu> wrote:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Orlinsky <d-orlinsky@uchicago.edu>
To: Dick Robertson <R-Robertson@neiu.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:52:54 -0500
Subject: Fwd: Fw: Obama vs. McCain/Palin

I'm a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight.....

* If you grow up in Hawaii , raised by your grandparents, you're "exotic, different."

* Grow up in Alaska eating moose burgers, a quintessential American story.

* If your name is Barack you're a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.

* Name your kids Willow , Trig and Track, you're a maverick.

* Graduate from Harvard law School and you are unstable.

* Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you're well grounded.

* If you spend 3 years as a brilliant community organizer, become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a ConstitutionalLaw professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate's Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of 13 million people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran's Affairs committees, you don't have any real leadership experience.

* If your total resume is: local weather girl, 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people, then you're qualified to become the country's second highest ranking executive.

* If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising 2 beautiful daughters, all within Protestant churches, you're not a real Christian.

* If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you're a Christian.

* If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.

* If , while governor, you staunchly advocate abstinence only, with no other option in sex education in your state's school system while your unwed teen daughter ends up pregnant , you're very responsible.

* If your wife is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave up a position in a prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of her inner city community, then gave that up to raise a family, your family's values don't represent America 's.

* If you're husband is nicknamed "First Dude", with at least one DWI conviction and no college education, who didn't register to vote until age 25 and once was a member of a group that advocated the secession of Alaska from the USA, your family is extremely admirable.

OK, much clearer now.

--
Richard S. Marken PhD
rsmarken@gmail.com

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[From Dick Robertson.2008.09.18.1750CDT]

Yeah, I watched Fox News a few times. Then there was a time they did a story on something I new about and I discovered they were making up their facts. I haven’t watched them since then.

Best,

Dick R

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----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Marken rsmarken@GMAIL.COM
Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008 1:46 pm
Subject: Re: Fw: Obama vs. McCain/Palin
To: CSGNET@LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU

[From Rick Marken (2008.09.18.1140)]

Thanks, Dick. This is lovely.

Have you ever watched Fox News or listened to right wing radio. I
recently heard Fox, which was on while I was visiting my mother. It
was like walking into a trash can. No wonder Obama isn’t ahead
by 40
points; there are tons of people out there listening to this
dreck. I
never realized how important an independent media is. Now when I see
the FOX logo it’s like looking at a swastika. Too bad. It used
to be a
fun movie studio.

Best

Rick

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Robertson Richard Robertson@neiu.edu> wrote:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Orlinsky d-orlinsky@uchicago.edu
To: Dick Robertson R-Robertson@neiu.edu
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:52:54 -0500
Subject: Fwd: Fw: Obama vs. McCain/Palin

I’m a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight…

  • If you grow up in Hawaii , raised by your grandparents,
    you’re “exotic, different.”

  • Grow up in Alaska eating moose burgers, a quintessential
    American story.

  • If your name is Barack you’re a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.

  • Name your kids Willow , Trig and Track, you’re a maverick.

  • Graduate from Harvard law School and you are unstable.

  • Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you’re
    well grounded.

  • If you spend 3 years as a brilliant community organizer,
    become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review,
    create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new
    voters, spend 12 years as a ConstitutionalLaw professor,
    spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district
    with over 750,000 people, become chairman of the
    state Senate’s Health and Human Services committee, spend
    4 years in the United States Senate representing a state
    of 13 million people while sponsoring 131
    bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs,
    Environment and Public Works and Veteran’s Affairs
    committees, you don’t have any real leadership experience.

  • If your total resume is: local weather girl, 4 years
    on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less
    than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with
    only 650,000 people, then you’re qualified to become the
    country’s second highest ranking executive.

  • If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years
    while raising 2 beautiful daughters, all within Protestant
    churches, you’re not a real Christian.

  • If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and
    left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next
    month, you’re a Christian.

  • If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex education,
    including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the
    fiber of society.

  • If , while governor, you staunchly advocate abstinence only,
    with no other option in sex education in your state’s school
    system while your unwed teen daughter ends up pregnant , you’re
    very responsible.

  • If your wife is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave up a
    position in a prestigious law firm to work for the
    betterment of her inner city community, then gave that up to
    raise a family, your family’s values don’t represent America 's.

  • If you’re husband is nicknamed “First Dude”, with at
    least one DWI conviction and no college education, who didn’t
    register to vote until age 25 and once was a member of a group
    that advocated the secession of Alaska from the USA, your family
    is extremely admirable.

OK, much clearer now.

–
Richard S. Marken PhD
rsmarken@gmail.com