What exactly does Geraldine Ferraro mean by this?
"If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position," she continued. "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."
Let me get this straight. Ms. Ferraro, who was nominated to be VP in 1984 solely on the basis of being a woman, thinks that Senator Obama is leading in the nomination process because he's NOT white? While I have no reason to believe that Geraldine Ferraro is a racist, she is allowing those who might believe that blacks get an advantage in our society due to their color to think that Senator Obama has "jumped the line," that somehow he hasn't earned his place. Unfortunately, there are too many white people (and I'm related to some) who think that affirmative action is "reverse discrimination." Unfortunately, there is no history of discrimination against white people in our society, and so that theory doesn't have a leg to stand on.
Question Number Two for today: Was last week a bad one for Senator Obama? If you listen to the average nightly news broadcast, you might think so. But check this out.
"So officially, Obama has a 13-delegate advantage for the week even before Mississippi votes tomorrow. Throw in the unpledged delegate in Wyoming who will certainly be an Obama delegate, and unofficially, Obama notched a 14-delegate gain in this "week from hell" for him."
And every time you hear anyone saying that HRC won Texas, be sure to tell them otherwise. Yes, she won the popular vote, but Senator Obama won in the more important delegate count. Paging Al Gore...
Keep the faith, peeps.
PS: I really must have been a hurry last night. Sorry for the incoherence.
3 comments:
Becks, I hadn't seen this yet, but it's pretty appalling. Living in the south, I've heard this comment more times than I'd care to admit, but coming from her? Whoa.
The guy is a ROCK STAR. People are squealing when he hits the stage, and he makes Jesse Jacson look like some schlub off the streets when it comes to public speaking.
And yeah, as Al how much the popular vote counts. That guy must lie awake at night and wonder "what did I do that was so wrong?"
Ferraro's working for Hillary. No doubt about it. Hillary will deny it up and down since her people sent Ferraro out there to say it to chum up the waters, so to speak, to test whether it will work or not. I wouldn't be surprised to see if she's in cahoots with the networks to get Obama as much negative publicity is possible. She's clearly desperate and egomaniacal enough to do it.
Redbeard has bingo:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/us/politics/13ferraro.html?em&ex=1205553600&en=c32e1091707eac04&ei=5087%0A
And the countdown to Clinton implosion continues . . .
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