PERSPECTIVES...

> If you are a Democratic male candidate who is popular with millions of
>> people you are an "arrogant celebrity". If you are a popular Re
>> publican
>> female candidate you are "energizing the base".
>>
>> If you're a minority and you're selected for a job over more qualified
>> candidates you're a "token hire." If you're a conservative and you're
>> selected for a job over more qualified candidates you're a "game
>> changer."
>>
>> Black teen pregnancies? A "crisis" in black America . White teen
>> pregnancies? A "blessed event."
>>
>> If you grow up in Hawaii you're "exotic." Grow up in Alaska eating
>> moose-burgers, you're the quintessential "American story."
>> Similarly,
>> if you name you kid Barack you're "unpatriotic." Name your kid Track,
>> you're "colorful."
>>
>> If you're a Democrat and you make a VP pick without fully vetting the
>> individual you're "reckless." A Republican who doesn't fully vet is a
>> "maverick."
>>
>> If you spend 3 years as a community organizer growing your
>> organization
>> from a staff of 1 to 13 and your budget from $70,000 to $400,000,
>> then
>> become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, create a
>> voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new African American
>> voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, then
>> spend
>> nearly 8 more years as a State Senator representing a district with
>> over
>> 750,000 people, becoming chairman of the state Senate's Health and
>> Human
>> Services committee, then spend nearly 4 years in the United States
>> Senate representing a state of nearly 13 million people, sponsoring
>> 131
>> bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public
>> Works and
>> Veteran's Affairs committees, you are woefully inexperienced. If you
>> spend 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town
>> with less than 7,000 people, then spend 20 months as the governor of a
>> state with 650,000 people, then you've got the most executive
>> experience
>> of anyone on either ticket, are the Commander in Chie f of the
>> Alaska
>> military and are well qualified to lead the nation should you be
>> called
>> upon to do so because your state is the closest state to Russia.
>>
>> If you are a younger male candidate who thinks for himself and makes
>> his
>> own decisions you are "presumptuous". If you are an older male
>> candidate
>> who makes last minute decisions you refuse to explain, you are a
>> "shoot
>> from the hip" maverick.
>>
>> If you are a candidate with a Harvard law degree you are "an
>> elitist-out
>> of touch" with the real America . if you are a legacy (dad and
>> grand dad
>> were admirals) graduate of Annapolis, with multiple disciplinary
>> infractions you are a hero.
>>
>> If you manage a multi-million dollar nationwide campaign, you are an
>> "empty suit". If you are a part time mayor of a town of 7000 people,
>> you
>> are an "experienced executive".
>>
>> If you go to a south side Chicago church, your beliefs are
>> "extremist". If< br/>you believe in creationism and don't believe
>> global warming is man-made,
>> you are "strongly principled".
>>
>> 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 have been married to the same woman with whom
>> you've
>> been wed to for 19 years and raising 2 beautiful daughters with,
>> you're
>> "risky".
>>
>> If you're a black single mother of 4 who waits for 22 hours after her
>> water breaks to seek medical attention, you're an irresponsible
>> parent,
>> endangering the life of your unborn child. But if you're a white
>> married
>> mother who waits 22 hours, you're spunky.
>>
>> If you're a 13-year-old Chelsea Clinton, the right-wing press
>> calls you
>> "First dog." If you're a 17-year old pregnant unwed daughter of a
>> Republican, the right-wing press calls you "beautiful" and
>> "courageous."
>>
>> If you kill an endangered s species, you're an excellent hunter. If
>> you
>> have an abortion you are not a Christian, you're a murderer (forget
>> about if it happen while being date raped...)
>>
>> If you teach abstinence only in sex education, you get teen
>> parents. If
>> you teach responsible age appropriate sex education, including the
>> proper
>> use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.
>>
>> A friend sent this to me and I had to share it...