Geraldine Ferraro took her fight to NBC Wednesday night. Joining substitute host Ann Curry, Ferraro lashed out at the Obama campaign. She accused them of putting her remarks and questions of racism in the national spotlight.
"If anybody is going to apologize, they should apologize to me for calling me a racist," she said.
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I remember when Ferraro was announced as VP. And I voted for Mondale because of it.
I'm sorry I did.
Ferraro and Clinton both feel they have some sort of entitlement because they are women. I thought the who equal rights thing is to be treated equally on the basis of intellect, talent, knowledge, hard work, etc. Not just because you're a woman. Sorta cheapens everything.
Ferraro has the nerve to say she is being attacked because she's white.
I am sick of Ferraro AND Clinton playing the victim. I don't want to see them cry. I don't want to hear them whine.
Just...suc
Shame on you Geraldine. You have tainted your legacy.
This _ _ _ _ is the Karl Rove of the left.
Gerladine,
Here's something that should make you feel even better than an apology: David Duke agrees with you!
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Mazel tov. You've made it to the Major Leagues of Racism.
This is a sad, aging, VERY bitter woman who has lost her mind or is so full of meds she has no idea what she is saying.
Would Hillary be a presidential candidate if she hadn't been married to Bill?
No, she would not be a candidate. She would have been president long ago.
she makes her marriage to bill as part of her 35 years of experience but negates any experience obama might have and reduces his to a speech.
Ferraro's record on civil rights speaks for itself. She made a comment that some see as racist and she may have lacked good judgment. Personally, I think we are making a huge deal out of nothing! Her record is what is important and no way is she racist. Agree or disagree, there are many people who believe that race does play in Obama's favor who are terrified to say it as they would beseen as politicially incorrect. She has the right to say what she believes. She isn't holding a gun to anyone's head saying they have to agree with her.
Of course, now that Obama is a viable candidate African Americans are standing behind him. The Clintons and Ferraro have a good record on civil rights and are likely disappointed that blacks are walking away from their campaign to join the campaign of one of their own. It likely feels huge for blacks to see that it is finally possible for someone of color to get the nomination. Whether the country is ready will be seen in November. I'm okay with blacks backing Obama based on race and I think it should be okay to say that they are.
A lot of folks including politicians have good record on issues important to their self and political interest (s). How do you expalin why sane and apparently rational people like Bill Clinton (who was so revered by black Americans) would find himself on the wrong side of a racial issue? Or his wife's seeming reluctance to distance herself from the wrong side of a racial issue without coercion? Could it be these people harbor personal or inherent sentiments for the wrong side of a racial issue? Dont forget it takes jail for some people to get religion.
One love!!
Her point was not that African Americans are backing him, but that he wouldn't be where he is today - WINNING - if he was white. That's just so ridiculous. African Americans make up only 14% of the electorate. Also, when Bill Clinton ran, African Americans supported him in higher percentages. I believe if Obama was white, he would have clinched this nomination a long time ago. John Kerry let him have the keynote speech at the Democratic convention in 2004, not because he was African American but because he had heard him speak and was impressed. Why can't some African Americans support him because he makes them believe, like he makes me believe, that he is the best chance the people have of rolling back some of the Corporate control of our Government and getting us out of Iraq? I'm white and the reasons I support Obama have absolutely nothing to do with his skin color and everything to do with his track record, his positions, his votes, his message, his intellect, his temperament, his vision, his inspirational qualities. Clinton supporters are simply jealous and angry because they think (incorrectly) he has been handed this nomination because of his skin color. The opposite is true. He is winning despite of his skin color. The proof of that is in states he has won which have virtually no African American population.
Thas right. Blacks vote for Senator Obama for the same reason whites vote for him. Did you know that Obama got over one third of the white vote in my home state of Mississippi? I tell you, i would never imagined that happening.
Mrs. Geraldine Farraro should talk to these white Mississippians. Maybe they could teach her why saying he's only doing this good, because he's black.
My family and a lot of black people i know, were for Senator Clinton's backers. Until just before South Carolina. Some of them didn't change their minds until Clinton appeared to place McCain over Obama. One of the people i caucused with was pissed, because she had just voted for Hillary.
OK, let me apologize to Ms. Ferraro: I'm sorry you are a sad, faded harridan whose time has come and gone. I'm sorry you are irrelevant. I'm sorry you felt you had to open your big, stupid mouth to emphasize Obama's race so that in case anyone thought of him as a human being, you have reminded them he is a BLACK one and all the prejudices that go with that thought will possibly hurt him in the race for the nomination.
I'm sorry for you that you have lost whatever decency you may have once had. How's that for an apology?
Why are name-calling, uninformed, bigoted, agism, sexism, ad-hominem mindless attacks permitted here? Senator Obama would be appalled at your support.
"I'm ok with blacks backing Obama based on race and I think it should be ok to say they are."
But blacks weren't saying that, a white woman was.
This almost sounded like a Hillary planted statement, so full of talking points and innuendos.
It looks exactly like the country is ready for Obama, a black-n-white candidate, a great combo all in one person. And it certainly isn't disloyal for blacks to vote against a white for chrissakes. Many white voters are backing Obama for lots of reasons...
Ferraro's record smacks of white privilege. She made identical statements about Jesse Jackson and refuses to see how her statement can be perceived of disrespect, reduction, and marginalization. Either she is wilfully ignorant, dangerously naive, or worse, intentionally offensive to continue to point to Obama as the affirmative action candidate.
Ms. Ferraro, your 15 minutes are up.
It wasn't 15 minutes. It was 40 years. And it's not over yet.
I must be missing something here. What 40 years are you talking about? She took he congressional record, was it one term or two terms and ran for V>P> because she was a woman. Since then she has tried twice for the US Senate and was roundly defeated. I have not hears a word about her in something like 30 years. Her claim to fame ended some 40 years ago.
Geraldine - please seek help. Really. Take the medication they prescribe.
You insult, and the insulted should apologize? You've been around the Hillary campaign too long - the false reality has gotten to you.
Ferraro is herself hurting the Clinton campaign by her divisive and ignorant remarks. She is so eager to belittle Obama that she is willing to belittle her own nomination as VP all those years ago. Fact is everyone sees her comments for what they are - sleaze politics. Karl Rove would be proud. Millions of Americans have cast their vote for Obama solely because he is right on the issues of the day. Whether they are the IWR vote, health care or national security he as been right on all these issues. Clinton has been wrong. I find it hard to imagine that any Clinton surrogate would say anything to a reporter without her consent or approval. Even after Ferraro was removed from the Clinton's finance committee, she continued to make these vile comments. It would have been very easy for Clinton to just tell Ferraro to lay off yet Clinton never did so. The Obama campaign has been very aggressive on this issue and it has paid off.
What saddens me about this whole incident is that for years as a female in a male dominated field, I have worked to teach both sides compassion. One thing I always tell my employees is if that someone is a offended, the absolute worst thing to do is to dismiss them as oversensitive. Not as whites, not as males or as anyont trying to avoid a lawsuit, but as human beings. If you offend someone, what is the big deal about saying "hey, I'm sorry"
Women, think about how you have felt when you tell someone you find a remark sexist or a little inappropriate and you are mocked, ridiculed, made to feel the oversensitivity is yours or told if you want to work in a man's world you need to just lighten up and be one of the guys. Don't you want the right to say "hey, I find that remark sexist" and have someone say, "you know, I didn't think of it in those terms, but I can see your point"
What Ms. Ferarro did and said was wrong by any EO standard we hold in the workplace. If SHE were a white male, she would be counseled if not fired if she reacted to a complaint in this manner.
The bigotry of questioning why 90% of blacks vote for Obama as being racist toward whites is insulting. Should they go to therapy and figure out what's wrong with them. Obama probably gets the most diverse bunch of people in this country's history. The amount of people voting against him just because he is black is still shamefully much larger than those voting for him who like him, and are black. If you disagree with someone who is black, I recommend that you and Ferraro to stick to the issues and not of race.
I whole hardily agree. Let's talk about Rezko....H
You know: if you write "Pigs can fly" enough times on these message boards, perhaps one person may, eventually, believe you. Especially if they have never seen a pig. This is getting so boring - there is no evidence of wrongdoing in the "Rezko Affair" at all. Indeed - careful what you wish for, it is Hillary's advisors who are now getting tangled in Rezko's business.
How much of this is inaccurate. Let me count the ways.
Obama paid for his house out of money earned from writing books.
He paid Mrs. Rezko MORE than the market value for the small piece of her property he bought.
Obama has no involvement in the Rezko trial. He's not named. There are no charges.
I agree with Geraldine Ferraro that the Obama camp owes her a major apology. Her statement was taken completely out of context by the reporter who initially quoted her. It is reprehensible to call someone who has spent over 40 years of her life fighting all types of discrimination , a racist.
As Ferraro said, she had an established working relationship with Axelrod in the past- he knows her. Why didn't he have the decency to call her up and ask her to clarify. This incident exemplifies the fact that Axelrod & Obama want controversy not harmony.
The issue of race has been appearing quite frequently in Obama's campaigns because it is campaign strategy on his part to win sympathetic white voters as well as the angry black voters.
Sen Obama hired David Axelrod to run his campaign strategy.
Axelrod's specialty is getting black candidates elected by causing 'race issues' to pop up in each campaign.
Sen Obama knew this very well when he hired him-that is why he hired him-Axelrod delivers.
If you have been paying attention to the news lately, you will see that race baiting is working very well in Obama's favor..unt
These two articles provide excellent insight into how the race card is being used-to the ultimate detriment of the voters.
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The New Republic, "Race Man" by Sean Wilentz.
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Oh, come on. Wilentz is a highly partisan Clinton fan (and friend, presumably) who is trying way too hard to score points for his side. Obama flip-flopped on the Somali photo? How about Hillary's flip-flopping on Iraq? Obama's dishing out distortions? How about Hillary's "no, no, he's not a Muslim... as far as I know"? There's no there there.
As for the Hayes piece... have you actually read it? It's practically a SALUTE to David Axelrod and his idealism. If anything, it underscores the problems black candidates have getting elected in this country.
Bad choices to make your point.
I wouldn't worry about it too much. Obama is dead in the water once the American public gets a proper introduction to his church and his pastor, "spiritual adviser" and close personal friend of over 20 years.
If someone steals your car, who would you call; the thief or the police?
One love!!
please elaborate for us athy how GF has fought against all types of discrimination for forty years now. Is this a matter of public record or something which merely exists in your mind or hers?
Oh and is it b/c GF's very WHITE son got off with a slap on the wrist (community service rather than jail) for selling cocaine and a hearty letter of endorsement from Mondale who pleaded to the judge in that case that Gerry's son is just a misguided but good boy( shows what great parenting skill Gerri has too). Now how many such letters did Mondale and Gerri write for more underpriviledged black youths in a similar situation?
Today Gerri's son is a lawyer. I wonder what the members of the Bar in the state he works in thinks of all this?
It's so much fun to watch the Democrats use their age old tactics on each other.
Hey Ms. Ferraro, what does it feel like to be treated like a conservative Republican?
Well, if we can put only a smile on one Republican's face, the campaign's worth it.
You hang out on a supposedly "progressive" site and try to stir up trouble -- so it's interesting that you feel like you have been "treated like a conservative Republican? Why would you do that when I'm sure there are many many more places you could go to be with your kind? The pay must not be that bad.
Why are people even making this an issue. GF equated Obama with the times and the popularity of a black president Now and that is why he is lucky to be in this particular time. (not that Obama is lucky to be a black man, but lucky to be the type the party is needing at this particular time!! ) comparing it with her time when it was the time as well to put a woman on the vp ticket....
Cite the agenda of sore loser Kerry. It was agreed that a wet-behind-the-ears Obama be the Keynote in '04 with Kerry's nod. Apparently Kerry knew his bid was crippled and would elevate an inexperienced template to test the waters for '08 as his loathing of the Clintons blinded him.
HUH
Don't hold your breath Gerry!
On second thoughts, feel free!
Geraldine speaks truth to power. She acknowledges that Obama's been handled like a Ming vase and will ultimately shatter now that he has been shown to be vulnerable.
Hillary's campaign has handled Obama like a Ming vase? I'd hate to see what she'd do to a Picasso.
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First Posted: 03-13-08 08:05 AM | Updated: 03-28-08 05:12 AM