Three Candidates, two sets of rules!

RK77 · 05-02-2008, 04:46 AM

Three Candidates, Two Sets of Rules - Is It Racism?
Posted 5/1/2008 8:40 AM CDT

Why is it that the rules are different for Barack Obama, the African-American candidate, than the rules for Hillary Clinton and John McCain, the white candidates? Does it come from an inherent unfairness due to generations of stereotyping, or does it possibly result from an xenophobic fear of those who are different from us? Is it simply media in a feeding frenzy or is it scorched earth politics from blind ambition that destroys innocent people’s reputations just to gain advantage?

What am I talking about? I’m talking about the elephant in the room that everyone ignores. The elephant is the different standards we have for a black candidate than we have for a white one. Is it true? Absolutely. Here are a few examples: Neither Hillary or McCain wear flag pins on their lapels. Obama gets blasted by the media and right wing hate sites for not wearing one. Why is that? Why is it that he gets the question about it in every debate, but it’s never been asked of the other candidates? Why do Hillary and McCain get a free pass? Obama is clearly a patriotic American who says the pledge of allegiance and loves his country, but is continually questioned in the media about that.

Hillary has been knowingly married to a lying, philandering skirt chaser for 33 years. She never gets her judgment or character questioned about that. McCain is on his second marriage to a woman he dated while still married to his first wife. He never gets questions about that. So, then, why is it that Obama, married for 16 years to Michelle, and father to 2 beautiful daughters, has his character, family values, and judgment continually called into question while the media COMPLETELY IGNORES Hillary’s and McCain’s dysfunctional family life and judgment?

John McCain actively sought the endorsement of John Hagee, a war mongering, racist, radical right wing preacher who’s known for his fiery rhetoric and has publicly called the Catholic church “the great whore”. The media gives him a pass, yet Obama is continually raked over the coals for his relationship with his pastor who has also made inflammatory statements. What is the difference? Where is the media outrage over John Hagee? Non-existent.

Hillary and Bill have earned over $100 million in the last 10 years, not counting 2007. McCain is married to a woman estimated to be worth over $100 million. Obama, who started with nothing, earned $4 million from book sales last year. Who’s the elitist in the media’s eyes? Obama. CNN even gave McCain a complete pass on Cindy not releasing her tax returns and actually listed him below Obama in family net worth. They’ve also completely ignored him using her private jet in apparent violation of his own campaign finance law.

McCain also admits he understands little about the economy, continually gaffs on foreign policy, yet the media paints Obama as the lightweight. Hillary has little more experience than Obama in government service or management, grossly inflates her participation in her husband's administration, yet she gets a pass on her lie that she has 35 years experience, and again, Obama gets painted as inexperienced.

Hillary and McCain are both well known for not being able to hold their tempers. In fact she's famous for her lamp incident with Bill, so what happens? Obama gets painted as "too nice". Come again?

What’s going on here? After watching this for over a year, I’ve come to the conclusion that it is just what I feared: Incipient racism, xenophobia; organic in form, subtle, yet plain as the nose on your face if you just look for it. To me, there is no other logical reason for the two sets of rules, the unfairness of coverage, the application of standards.

Food for thought.

blackboard · 05-02-2008, 05:45 AM

Didn't Mccain just throw somebody off his staff who has ties to Hezbollah? Had this been Obama......................BREAKING NEWS EVERYWHERE!

The moment Obama breaks a crayon it makes headline news.

guest1234567 · 05-02-2008, 11:09 AM

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Neither Hillary or McCain wear flag pins on their lapels. Obama gets blasted by the media and right wing hate sites for not wearing one. Why is that?

Actually, it's pretty easy to find instances where both Hillary and McCain get blasted for not wearing one. Regardless, this is a stupid issue.

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Hillary has been knowingly married to a lying, philandering skirt chaser for 33 years. She never gets her judgment or character questioned about that.

Where has the writer been on this one? We don't have to go very far from this board to know that the number one reason Harper hated Clinton is because of this issue. And she is not alone. Thousands and thousands of women feel the same way.

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McCain is on his second marriage to a woman he dated while still married to his first wife.

It's been brought up many times. But his marital issues paled in comparison to the man he was actually running against, Giulliani. And when he runs against a Democrat, it will probably be brought up again.

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John McCain actively sought the endorsement of John Hagee, a war mongering, racist, radical right wing preacher who’s known for his fiery rhetoric and has publicly called the Catholic church “the great whore”. The media gives him a pass, yet Obama is continually raked over the coals for his relationship with his pastor who has also made inflammatory statements. What is the difference? Where is the media outrage over John Hagee? Non-existent.

One more time, this is brought up many, many times. It is not being ignored.

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Hillary and Bill have earned over $100 million in the last 10 years, not counting 2007. McCain is married to a woman estimated to be worth over $100 million. Obama, who started with nothing, earned $4 million from book sales last year. Who’s the elitist in the media’s eyes?

Actually, the "media" doesn't call anyone an elitist. The two democratic candidates throw that word back and forth. The media only reports what they themselves say.

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CNN even gave McCain a complete pass on Cindy not releasing her tax returns and actually listed him below Obama in family net worth.

CNN, or the "media", did not give him a pass on this. Everybody knows that she's a zillionaire because of beer. But in this country, people are not required to file joint tax returns and she is not a public servant.

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They’ve also completely ignored him using her private jet in apparent violation of his own campaign finance law.

This is not a violation of the campaign law as the campaign law stands right now. There is a provision in the law that allows for the use of family owned business jets to be used. This provision has been under scrutiny but there isn't a quorum right now in the committee that can overturn this item. This lack of a quorum is also causing a lot of other headaches.

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McCain also admits he understands little about the economy, continually gaffs on foreign policy, yet the media paints Obama as the lightweight.

Where has this person been? McCain is constantly pounded because of his stupid remark about not knowing about economics.

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Hillary has little more experience than Obama in government service or management, grossly inflates her participation in her husband's administration, yet she gets a pass on her lie that she has 35 years experience, and again, Obama gets painted as inexperienced.

This is true. As an outsider looking in, neither of them has enough experience to be president. McCain wins hands down on this item.

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Hillary and McCain are both well known for not being able to hold their tempers. In fact she's famous for her lamp incident with Bill, so what happens? Obama gets painted as "too nice". Come again?

McCain's temper has been painted as his biggest personal drawback. It's talked about endlessly. As far as Obama being painted as "too nice," I've never seen it. In fact I've seen a lot more people think that his thick skin for criticism as one of his major assets.

The author of this article only wanted to talk about race and is desperate to find reasons to do so. It is blatantly unfair.

BillCosby · 05-02-2008, 12:00 PM

A couple weeks ago hillary & her fans were spilling the same whine......

Desperate times call for desperate measures by desperate ppl........

He is going to get a lot more than this once the "heir apparent" drops out of the race........

What I find most troubling & disgusting is the ppl in the "good party" looking for excuses.......... Anything to justify their "misgivings"..... (It is expected from the "other side".....) What those misgivings are I will leave it up to you to speculate......

But if lapel pins, bowling scores don't reek I don't know what does... Some of these dumbOcrats have even harden their cold hearts so much that they are proud of it......... Unashamedly displaying their ignorance & intolerance & unwillingness to even read/inquire into that which they are condemning..........

These same hypocrites are quick to point out the specs in the eyes of the fools across the aisle but are oblivious to the log in their own eye......

05-02-2008, 04:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
RK77 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Michigan by way of Iowa Posts: 7,154 Thanks: 807 Thanked 257 Times in 174 Posts	Three Candidates, two sets of rules! Three Candidates, Two Sets of Rules - Is It Racism? Posted 5/1/2008 8:40 AM CDT Why is it that the rules are different for Barack Obama, the African-American candidate, than the rules for Hillary Clinton and John McCain, the white candidates? Does it come from an inherent unfairness due to generations of stereotyping, or does it possibly result from an xenophobic fear of those who are different from us? Is it simply media in a feeding frenzy or is it scorched earth politics from blind ambition that destroys innocent people’s reputations just to gain advantage? What am I talking about? I’m talking about the elephant in the room that everyone ignores. The elephant is the different standards we have for a black candidate than we have for a white one. Is it true? Absolutely. Here are a few examples: Neither Hillary or McCain wear flag pins on their lapels. Obama gets blasted by the media and right wing hate sites for not wearing one. Why is that? Why is it that he gets the question about it in every debate, but it’s never been asked of the other candidates? Why do Hillary and McCain get a free pass? Obama is clearly a patriotic American who says the pledge of allegiance and loves his country, but is continually questioned in the media about that. Hillary has been knowingly married to a lying, philandering skirt chaser for 33 years. She never gets her judgment or character questioned about that. McCain is on his second marriage to a woman he dated while still married to his first wife. He never gets questions about that. So, then, why is it that Obama, married for 16 years to Michelle, and father to 2 beautiful daughters, has his character, family values, and judgment continually called into question while the media COMPLETELY IGNORES Hillary’s and McCain’s dysfunctional family life and judgment? John McCain actively sought the endorsement of John Hagee, a war mongering, racist, radical right wing preacher who’s known for his fiery rhetoric and has publicly called the Catholic church “the great whore”. The media gives him a pass, yet Obama is continually raked over the coals for his relationship with his pastor who has also made inflammatory statements. What is the difference? Where is the media outrage over John Hagee? Non-existent. Hillary and Bill have earned over $100 million in the last 10 years, not counting 2007. McCain is married to a woman estimated to be worth over $100 million. Obama, who started with nothing, earned $4 million from book sales last year. Who’s the elitist in the media’s eyes? Obama. CNN even gave McCain a complete pass on Cindy not releasing her tax returns and actually listed him below Obama in family net worth. They’ve also completely ignored him using her private jet in apparent violation of his own campaign finance law. McCain also admits he understands little about the economy, continually gaffs on foreign policy, yet the media paints Obama as the lightweight. Hillary has little more experience than Obama in government service or management, grossly inflates her participation in her husband's administration, yet she gets a pass on her lie that she has 35 years experience, and again, Obama gets painted as inexperienced. Hillary and McCain are both well known for not being able to hold their tempers. In fact she's famous for her lamp incident with Bill, so what happens? Obama gets painted as "too nice". Come again? What’s going on here? After watching this for over a year, I’ve come to the conclusion that it is just what I feared: Incipient racism, xenophobia; organic in form, subtle, yet plain as the nose on your face if you just look for it. To me, there is no other logical reason for the two sets of rules, the unfairness of coverage, the application of standards. Food for thought.
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05-02-2008, 05:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
blackboard Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 25 Thanks: 1 Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts	Didn't Mccain just throw somebody off his staff who has ties to Hezbollah? Had this been Obama......................BREAKING NEWS EVERYWHERE! The moment Obama breaks a crayon it makes headline news.
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05-02-2008, 12:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
BillCosby The party of the pissed!! Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4,504 My Mood: Thanks: 183 Thanked 119 Times in 92 Posts	A couple weeks ago hillary & her fans were spilling the same whine...... Desperate times call for desperate measures by desperate ppl........ He is going to get a lot more than this once the "heir apparent" drops out of the race........ What I find most troubling & disgusting is the ppl in the "good party" looking for excuses.......... Anything to justify their "misgivings"..... (It is expected from the "other side".....) What those misgivings are I will leave it up to you to speculate...... But if lapel pins, bowling scores don't reek I don't know what does... Some of these dumbOcrats have even harden their cold hearts so much that they are proud of it......... Unashamedly displaying their ignorance & intolerance & unwillingness to even read/inquire into that which they are condemning.......... These same hypocrites are quick to point out the specs in the eyes of the fools across the aisle but are oblivious to the log in their own eye...... __________________ Preventive war is not war!!!!Counter-terror is not terror Last edited by BillCosby; 05-02-2008 at 12:02 PM.
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