Ferraro: Obama "Very Lucky To Be Who He Is"
Former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, who appeared on the Democratic ticket in 1984, is the latest high-profile figure to cause a stir with comments about one of the Democratic presidential frontunners.
“If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position," Ferraro told California's "Daily Breeze" newspaper. "And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept."
As Politico's Ben Smith reports, Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson said, "we disagree with her." But Obama foreign policy adviser Susan Rice is nonetheless calling on Clinton to repudiate the “outrageous and offensive" comments by Ferraro.
Last week, after Obama foreign policy advisor Samantha Power called Clinton a "monster" in an interview, numerous Clinton supporters called for Power to be fired. She issued an apology and later resigned.
Ferraro, a Clinton supporter, made the comments while arguing the former first lady hasn't gotten a fair shake from the press.
"For one thing, you have the press, which has been uniquely hard on her," Ferraro said. "It's been a very sexist media. Some just don't like her. The others have gotten caught up in the Obama campaign."
“If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position," Ferraro told California's "Daily Breeze" newspaper. "And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept."
As Politico's Ben Smith reports, Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson said, "we disagree with her." But Obama foreign policy adviser Susan Rice is nonetheless calling on Clinton to repudiate the “outrageous and offensive" comments by Ferraro.
Last week, after Obama foreign policy advisor Samantha Power called Clinton a "monster" in an interview, numerous Clinton supporters called for Power to be fired. She issued an apology and later resigned.
Ferraro, a Clinton supporter, made the comments while arguing the former first lady hasn't gotten a fair shake from the press.
"For one thing, you have the press, which has been uniquely hard on her," Ferraro said. "It's been a very sexist media. Some just don't like her. The others have gotten caught up in the Obama campaign."
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
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.
http://osi-speaks.blogspot.com/2008/03/geraldine-ferraro-if-i-had-brain.html#links
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.
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).
Read this.This is about Obama
"You have 14 months of experience in the US senate out of which you spent 14 months running for the presidency.This is too little experience to become the President of USA & the most powerful person in the world. "
This was posted on another CBSnews story. It is an excellent comment. I am so tired of the sexism regarding Hillary and the so-called Obama walks on water routine.
This man has carried the Deep South states only because he is black. A woman voter in Mississippi was interviewed and she said of course she is voting for Obama because he is black. Oh, she was a black woman. Iowa and Mississippi were both offended because Hillary told the nation, neither state had EVER had a woman representative in Congress or a woman governer. Well, the truth shall set you free. How can you be offended over something that is true? Unless you sexist.
Unless you are sexist.
Now Representative Ferraro is placing a new and even more false spin on this disgusting logic. She says that Hillary will win because she is winning despite being a victim; while Obama is winning because he is a victim, but that, because people outside the Democratic Party are racists, he will lose in the general election. The fact is %u2013 when we look at exit polls from Ohio and Rhode Island, Hillary Clinton won far more votes from people who stated that the gender of the candidate was a critical factor in their choice AND from people who stated that the race of the candidate was a critical factor in their choice. That is %u2013 Hillary got a double bump, from a strange coalition of feminists and racists. Obama is winning the election despite this handicap %u2013 and that shows real, deep strength as a candidate. In other words, Representative Ferraro%u2019s logic is not just fanciful %u2013 it is upside down and backward.
Now Representative Ferraro is placing a new and even more false spin on this disgusting logic. She says that Hillary will win because she is winning despite being a victim; while Obama is winning because he is a victim, but that, because people outside the Democratic Party are racists, he will lose in the general election. The fact is %u2013 when we look at exit polls from Ohio and Rhode Island, Hillary Clinton won far more votes from people who stated that the gender of the candidate was a critical factor in their choice AND from people who stated that the race of the candidate was a critical factor in their choice. That is %u2013 Hillary got a double bump, from a strange coalition of feminists and racists. Obama is winning the election despite this handicap %u2013 and that shows real, deep strength as a candidate. In other words, Representative Ferraro%u2019s logic is not just fanciful %u2013 it is upside down and backward.
Now Representative Ferraro is placing a new and even more false spin on this disgusting logic. She says that Hillary will win because she is winning despite being a victim; while Obama is winning because he is a victim, but that, because people outside the Democratic Party are racists, he will lose in the general election. The fact is %u2013 when we look at exit polls from Ohio and Rhode Island, Hillary Clinton won far more votes from people who stated that the gender of the candidate was a critical factor in their choice AND from people who stated that the race of the candidate was a critical factor in their choice. That is %u2013 Hillary got a double bump, from a strange coalition of feminists and racists. Obama is winning the election despite this handicap %u2013 and that shows real, deep strength as a candidate. In other words, Representative Ferraro%u2019s logic is not just fanciful %u2013 it is upside down and backward.
Now, she can''t take responsibility for her mismanagement. How does she explain it? The media is sexist and Obama is black!
It''s time for us to start holding Hillary accountable for the bad campaign that she has run.
Now Representative Ferraro is placing a new and even more false spin on this disgusting logic. She says that Hillary will win because she is winning despite being a victim; while Obama is winning because he is a victim, but that, because people outside the Democratic Party are racists, he will lose in the general election. The fact is %u2013 when we look at exit polls from Ohio and Rhode Island, Hillary Clinton won far more votes from people who stated that the gender of the candidate was a critical factor in their choice AND from people who stated that the race of the candidate was a critical factor in their choice. That is %u2013 Hillary got a double bump, from a strange coalition of feminists and racists. Obama is winning the election despite this handicap %u2013 and that shows real, deep strength as a candidate. In other words, Representative Ferraro%u2019s logic is not just fanciful %u2013 it is upside down and backward.
HRC is shame for all womenhood. No one in my recent history except Republicans and Karl Rove team have gone this low. People and especially women please think twice before you go and vote. You are definitely going to regret your vote to HRC. She will get your vote and do nothing for you.
To have that power would be ideal and dangerous. Hillary is like a venomous snake that slithers along the edge circling her prey and with one quick swift jump she lashes out at her prey piercing her sharp fangs through the shell of her victim while releasing the her poison through his blood stream. But what if she does get the nomination? Would John McCain be so unprepared? After all he was a soldier and a POW in Viet Nam who was tortured everyday and never gave in. Some time after recovering from his injuries, for torture the enemy re-broke the same bones of his arms and legs that were originally broken when he crashed landed into enemy territory. McCain survived ''Hell on Earth.'' He will survive anything the Clintons can throw his way.
HRC is shame for womanhood in this modern era. No one in my recent history except Republicans and Karl Rove team has gone this low. She is trying all to get somehow elected. People and especially women please think twice before you go and vote for this shameless person. Listen to her last few speeches and decide. Just because she is a woman she is able to say the type of things she is saying. It is sometime very difficult form a man to attack a woman even if she goes too low. That is exactly what is happening. You are definitely going to regret your vote to HRC. I am not a supporter of Obama. I will support anyone who has some character and it will never be HRC.
It is "He Who Can Do No Wrong Obama", the all powerful!! Do you people, and the press included, knoe the resentment you are fueling out here? The whites and the mature are rising up and, before the convention, you WILL hear from us! He is only "using" the blacks and the kids because he knows they are the sheep that can be led where he wants them to go. Not saying much for those of you being led like sheep. How does that thought make you feel?
The press is "using" you, too, because they are afraid Hillary could beat McCain and their conservative benefits and perks might disappear. Read the hand writing on the wall, folks, smarten up!!
Well Hillary is ''extreme evil.''
But would John McCain be so unprepared against Hillary? I think not. On the one hand you have Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of former president "I did not have *** with that woman", Bill Clinton. Daughter of Republican Senator Rodham.
On the other had there is John McCain. A Viet Nam War POW who survived after crash landing into enemy territory with broken arms and legs. McCain endured tortured over and over again for years in captivity, and never gave in. His arms and legs were fair game for his captures. They would re-brake his arms and legs while torturing him. Would John McCain be able to beat the Clintons? The man survived ''Hell on Earth.'' What do you think?
After SNL called the media out, they had little five minute segments on their shows asking "Are we biased? No, of course we aren''t, we''re perfect and incapable of self-reflection or humility. Next question."
Then they go right back to making cheap shots about Chelsea, Hillary''s marriage and appearance.
And all because she has dared to be a strong authoritative woman. If her name were Jack Welch, she would be hailed as take charge awesome leader.
Give me a break.
http://www.tucc.org/black_value_system.html
Posted by bhw412 at 03:18 PM : Mar 11, 2008"
The fact is, that''s complete rubish. If you put Hillary''s resume up against Obama''s, nothing stands out as radicaly different. She has less actuall political experience and he has less foreign experieince.
The fact is, if government experieince was what this electorate was seriously looking for they would have been supporting Dode or Biden, the two most experienced candidates in the field by a long shot.
But obviously this race is not about experience, it''s about leadership and wisdom. An indicator of wisdom is how you deal with adversity. Hillary has dealt with it by attacking, Obama by controlled response...who do you really want answering the phone at 3AM, the reactionary Hillary or the calm insightful Obama.
And for the record, Geraldine Ferraro can shove her outdated immature ideals up her a$$.
Posted by HillaryNow at 02:38 PM : Mar 11, 2008"
Huh?!? your comment makes no sense at all. You''re calling blacks racist because they want to vote for a serious black candidate for the first time in this countries history?!? A black candidate who attracts donors and voters from all demographics across all age groups and all racial groups has a significant lead amongst blacks who have NEVER seen a black candidate make it through the primaries much less actually have a serious shot at becoming president, and you denigrate that historic accomplishment with a juvenile racism charge. F**k you.
Posted by poll-woes at 02:56 PM : Mar 11, 2008"
Powers didn''t resign because Clinton wanted her too, she resigned because it was the right thing to do.
As much as Hillary may be a monster, it is not acceptable for one of Obama''s advisers to call her such in a public forum. The counter could also be said of the Hillary camp, the difference being that the Hillary crew doesn''t seem to care if they make insulting slurs and innuendos about Obama. I guess civility is a one way street.
Why is this covered up?
Clinton should apologize
I guess you didn''t think about it much when 100% of the white people in America voted for the white candidate for the presidency in any of the last 40+ presidential elections?? Hmmm.
Also, why are you so dissappointed that the hitherto unheard from black voters are now involved? Get over it! Obama has that popular appeal..that Je ne se quois that comes from being a true leader. Your candidate does not. Besides, she voted for an unpopular war with her base and never admitted she was wrong. I guess that doesn''t count if you are married to Bill.
American. And just as I know a sexist statement when I hear one, so do I know a racist one. This was clearly a racist comment and I am deeply offended.
If. Sen. Obama were white, Clinton''s wife would have had to give up some time ago.
If Sen. Obama were white, nee Rodham wouldn''t have stood a chance.
His character is so far superior to hers that only a bigot wouldn''t see it.
Sometimes some people could make it really easy to be embarrassed for being white, let alone a white woman. These two come close.
When Ferraro ran for VP she was very sensitive about being singled out for scrutiny because of her Italian ancestry, especially when it came to an investigation of her campaign finances.
Funny, Hillary still hasn''t released her financial statement has she?
Is it because he is black that Mr. Obama has no trouble raising millions over the internet and can be transparent about his finances?
No, it is because he is a true leader.
Is it because there is indeed a latent racism in the Clinton campaign that Mrs. Clinton cannot only officially disavow and repudiate Mrs. Ferraro''s comments but also distance herself from Mrs. Ferraro completely?
Perhaps.
1) Hillary was the overwhelming favorite in this contest for more than a year. She even bragged about that fact in many of the debates." they''re not attacking me because I''m a woman; they''re attacking me because I''m winning!"
2) Hillary underestimated Barack because he is black as evidence of her mismanagement of her campaign not planning past Feb 5.
3) Even many Black leaders were cynical of Barack''s chances of "being in the position he is in" and put their support behind Hillary.
Barack is not winning because he is Black. He is winning because his message resonates with millions of Americans that have the hope of a different kind of politics that is not based on throwing kitchen sinks, but based on ideas, character, and judgement.
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by sshump
March 12, 2008 2:38 PM PDT
- Geraldine is the white version of Farrakan...both very ignorant!
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