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Re: Sarah Palin's Family Allegedly in Alaska House Party Brawl
Not that I know if Obama benefitted from Affirmative Action or not, but what does your post have to do with what he said? All POTUS candidates' running mates were tapped to help the campaign. That isn't "affirmative action" by any means. And if tapping a woman is Affirmative Action by your definition, what about Geraldine Ferraro? Do you think a 6 term Congresswoman from Queens was the "very best and the very brightest" the Democrats had in their stable in 1984? Do you think she was a household name before she accepted the offer (hint - she wasn't)?
I hope you realize how absurd a statement that really is, unless you think Palin was elevated to the VP candidate slot on the Republican ticket because she was the very best and the very brightest the Republicans had in their stable.
It was because she was a woman that McCain tapped her to help bail out his fledgling campaign. In doing so, Palin was elevated from a no-name two bit governor, who know one ever heard of (nor would ever hear of... can you name another governor of Alaska... probably the most anonymous governorship in the US). McCain made Palin. She benefited far more by the affirmative action of McCain telling his staff to find him a woman (or other minority) as a running mate than perhaps any other affirmative action move in US history.
Frankly, I am not sure what I want more: you to tell us the Palin was the very best that the Republicans had to offer as a VP candidate in 2008 or she is the biggest beneficiary of affirmative action in world history.
Not that I know if Obama benefitted from Affirmative Action or not, but what does your post have to do with what he said? All POTUS candidates' running mates were tapped to help the campaign. That isn't "affirmative action" by any means. And if tapping a woman is Affirmative Action by your definition, what about Geraldine Ferraro? Do you think a 6 term Congresswoman from Queens was the "very best and the very brightest" the Democrats had in their stable in 1984? Do you think she was a household name before she accepted the offer (hint - she wasn't)?