The Right has Finally Conviced Me - It's not About Race
"Of course race is always an issue but the increasingly bizarre 'off the cliff' antics of the conservative party is a lot less about race than what has become the driving force of the Republicans and their Tea Party cohorts:
Anti-intellectualism, the driving force of the right
They hate people that are well educated.
An African American that confirms their belief system like Steele or the insufferable Ron Christie actually heightens confidence in their belief system by persuading themselves they are not bound by racial intolerance.
What cannot be tolerated is someone that makes their belief system look uneducated or stupid.
Nothing was more painful to them than the contrast of the 2008 election.
The Obama and Biden foursome consists of 4 college and 5 advanced degrees from notable institutions of higher education. Two of the four have taught at college or graduate school level classes for a total of more than 28 years. Three of the four have excelled in their class standings and the fourth, the Vice President overcame stuttering and shyness to finally succeed in his classes.
The McCain and Palin foursome consists of 3 college and 1 advanced degrees. Sarah Palin went to 4 different colleges before finally graduating while Todd Palin is a high school graduate. Senator McCain was in the lowest 1% of his class at the Naval Academy and Mrs. McCain is the only one of the four to have finished a respectable academic career with a bachelor and masters degree from USC.
This juxtaposition of the two sides was frozen in the campaign when viewing the articulate speeches of Senator Obama coming up against Governor Palin's inability to list a few national magazines that she read regularly to keep informed.
To understand how raw an uninformed Palin's answer to that question you have to ponder the fact that
her major was communication with an emphasis in journalism. Think about that wrinkle for a while and you will be compelled to consume an alcoholic beverage.
Can you imagine asking a biology, history or political science major to name their favorite biologist, historical period or President and not be able to come up with anything."
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