What if?

As you head to the polls tomorrow to cast your ballot, ponder the following. I got this as a forward and have edited it for accuracy and fairness and post it here because I think it poses an important question:

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 and Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his
graduating class?

What if Obama was the candidate who left his first wife after a
severe disfiguring car accident to marry a rich heiress with whom
he had a long affair while he was still married?

What if Michelle Obama had become addicted
to pain killers and acquired them illegally through her
charitable organization?

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 Obama 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 their educations had been reversed like this:
John McCain:
Columbia University - B.A. Political Science with a Specialization
in International Relations.
Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude
Barack Obama:
United States Naval Academy - Class rank: 894 of 899

Sarah Palin:
University of Delaware - B.A. in History and B.A. in Political
Science.
Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)
Joseph Biden:
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

If either their background or race were reversed
do you think the election numbers would be as close as they are?

We are on the cusp of history tonight, so I don’t mean to complain
or belittle anyone, but I wanted to send this to remind you that there is still prejudice in this country to overcome… and while we’re at it… those of you who live in California should stand up for progress towards equality and vote NO on Prop 8 to fight against prejudice of a different kind.

thanks,
justin

“When our days become dreary with low hovering clouds of despair, and when our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, let us remember that there is a creative force in this universe, working to pull down the gigantic mountains of evil, a power that is able to make a way out of no way and transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows. Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.” - Martin Luther King

An amusing picture of what this might look like: