Comments on: Ferraro: Obama "Very Lucky To Be Who He Is"

[afrobaby-2009]

However you want to look at it, Ferraro is just plain wrong.

She was selected as vice president in 1984 because she was a woman. She only had 6 years of experience as a U.S. representative.

Hillary is in her current position because she is Bill Clinton''s wife. She couldn''t have been able to run for the new york senate seat without Bill''s connections. She only has 7 years of experience as a elected official.

Obama spent 8 years in Illinois senate, then 3 years in U.S. senate. His 11 years of experience is more than that of Ferraro and Hillary.

Ferraro''s comment is racist and mean-spirited. She should blame Hillary for squandering her decisive advantage at the start of the election. Obama has ran a better campaign and should be commended instead of the insults and racial innuendos being lobbed at him.

Ferraro''s comment is a case of the kettle calling the pot black. Since her token VP selection she has had no meaningful political accomplishment (lost 3 senatorial races).

[mspiff]

1. You cannot blame Hillary for Ferraro''s comment.

2. Ferraro just happens to be RIGHT, and you ALL know it. He hasn''t any experience - did nothing much in the Senate.

3. Of coure Obama will win Miss. Almost all black are voting for him because he IS black, and upper class whites, because of white guilt -- so WHY isn''t she right.

By the way, it''s too bad you don''t need to pass an IQ test to vote.

[KYJurisDoctor]

The title of the piece should be: Geraldine Ferraro: "If I had a brain".

http://osi-speaks.blogspot.com/2008/03/geraldine-ferraro-if-i-had-brain.html#links

[binstar]

I''m annoyed at the media being called sexist as a whole for being critical of Clinton. I think, given her history, they''ve been incredibly easy on her.

I''d really like to see Hilary release her tax information. I''d also like her to be very clear about her connection to Saudi Arabia (especially if her supporters want to keep suggesting that sexism is destroying her campaign).

I would also love to seem both the Clinton campaign and its supporters stop blaming Obama for having the nerve to run for president and the audacity to be winning.

As a side note to that, it''s pretty lame to suggest that all of us who support Obama are under some kind of magic spell. The fact that this is the best reasoning they can come up with speaks volumes.

[sohelpmesoup]

She''s half right

If he were a white man...

the race would be over...

and he''d be the nominee.

See http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/10/144252/803/258/473658

[pepou-2009]

Ferraro''s comment is exactly why I will never, never, vote for Hillary Clinton. These shoulder pad feminists are racist and make me ashamed of being of the same gender as them.