Rep. Geraldine Ferraro: "If Obama was a white man . . ."

[keep_it_real]

"If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. 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."

Rep. Geraldine Ferraro, D-NY, told the Daily Breeze of Torrance, Ca.,

http://www.dailybreeze.com/lifeandculture/ci_8489268

http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZGE4M2I0NjBiM2U5ZmEyZDQxYjllZmRmMDM2MDZhNDQ=

I don't know what to make of this

[saltpoint]

1. In the context of her entire remarks, what I make of it is that she

ought to have kept silent on the subject unless she had something enlightening to offer.

She didn't.

[9119495]

2. well...now she's off the short list for VP, I guess.

[Tarc]

3. Sadly, she speaks the truth

Far too many people are caught up in the cult of personality here.

[Ordr]

4. I agree with that.

And I say it as an Obama supporter.

[ProSense]

6. Sadly, she's full of shit!

March 10, 2008

Disagreeing with Ferraro

Between the Spitzer story, Geraldine Ferraro's own pioneering status, and the dog-bites-man character of offense-and-apology stories these days, her reported comment that Obama wouldn't be where he is if he were white didn't get all that much attention today.

I asked the Clinton campaign for a reaction, though.

"We disagree with her," said spokesman Howard Wolfson.

She should be fired, and while Hillary's is at it fire the asshole Wolfson.

[Tellurian]

32. Ferraro has her own Law office...she does not work for Hillary..

So consequently, she can't be FIRED!

:rofl:

Another foolish post by Nonsense!

[LostinVA]

16. Yep -- it shouldn't be that way, but it is

[ORDem]

23. WTF? Go listen again to her comments, in full. She's not saying ANYTHING

about personality. She's explicitly saying it's because of race. She is not a neutral party here either, she supports Hillary, so she is clearly doing the dirty work for Hillary. If you don't think Ferraro doesn't sync with the HRC campaign, you are very naive.

:kick:

[EmilyAnne]

30. Cult of a BLACK personality, do you mean?

This is so stupid.

[0007]

5. I can't believe she is so classless!

What do I know?

[islandmkl]

7. to all the bots who will say "She only spoke the truth"...the only truth she spoke was:

"He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept."


To shroud the real truth in race/sex implications does nothing but expose GF's innate ability to be a consummate politician and say anything that will 'apparently' assist her choice's position.

[ORDem]

24. Yep, she is an HRC clone. n/t

[stellanoir]

8. absolutely useless and pointless speculation

[wndycty]

9. Here is audio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqL_sm0J8jc

[Strawman]

10. Hmm. Project much?

As if she wasn't a novel choice for a dull candidate in 1984.

[Barack_America]

11. Will she resign? Seriously.

This is MUCH more insulting than the "monster" remark. By far.

[Teaser]

12. "If he was a white man"

All day long he'd biddy biddy bum, if he were a paler man...

[helderheid]

13. LMAO!!

:rofl:

[boobooday]

14. Geraldine sounds like she has been hanging out with Michael Savage

Is Geraldine speaking up for the poor downtrodden white man again, who never gets anything he doesn't earn fair and square by kissing all the right asses? Bush was quite lucky to be who he was, too -- he achieved a lot less than Obama to get there. Did Geraldine say the same about Bush? Would Hillary be in the position she is in without her "legacy" creds?

And she says Obama is lucky -- lucky that he is black? No, he is lucky he didn't have all the baggage of having bowed down to and/or enabled the neo-con takeover of this country. If the old guard had stood up for democracy when it was so critical and so obviously in jeopardy, the voters would not be so desperate for the brand new.

Perhaps if Geraldine could get beyond her outrage at this . . . this . . . upstart . . . she would see a constitutional law professor running for president at a moment when our constitution has been severely wounded and lies bleeding on the floor. So forgive us if the ER Trauma doctor looks better qualified than the plastic surgeon when it comes to the help we need right now.

[knixphan]

37. bravo booboo

[NorthernSpy]

15. 1984: Ferraro's ticket gets 36% of white men's votes, less than 45% of white women's votes...

... and over 90% of the votes of both black men and black women.

The people she's now playing grievance politics against are the same people who were her most loyal supporters back when she needed their votes. And the people she's playing grievance politics for are the people who let her down and handed Reagan a landslide.



But she's forgotten, of course.

[NOLALady]

18. Forgotten?

I think they simply take black votes for granted. They are having a hissy because blacks have a real choice this election cycle. It's not a given that blacks will help support their favorite son/daughter.

[no name no slogan]

17. She spoke at my college in 1988

and all I remember from her speech was the badmouthing she gave Jesse Jackson, who was running a grassroots, issues-oriented campaign that year.

I put about as much credence in Geraldine's opinions as I do that of Fritz Mondale (i.e., not much). And I'm a Minnesotan.

[Skwmom]

19. Without the "Clinton" name where would Hillary Clinton be?

She always says I'm looking to be hired by the American Public. Well, if one takes a hard look at her "resume" I can't imagine why anyone would hire her for the job.

The repeat the mantra "35 years of experience" as if that will someone make Clinton a great leader.

[0007]

28. Working for Chris Hanson as a twelve year old decoy.

[NOLALady]

20. I wonder if Geraldine Ferraro realizes

If HRC was a black woman, she would have been forced out of the race long ago. With all the losses, they would treat her like a joke.

[publicatlarge]

21. CNN has racists commentators?

From the CNN website:

'Mississippi could make it two for Obama -- he has a double-digit lead over Clinton in the latest state opinion polls.

The state has a larger proportion African-Americans (36 percent, according to the 2000 census) than any other state in the country. And black voters make up nearly 70 percent of registered Democrats. Those numbers appear to benefit Obama, who's overwhelmingly won the African-American vote so far this primary season.'

[TBF]

26. How is that racist?

They're basing their projections on demographics. They could have inserted the word "Caucasian", "Hispanic", etc... I would agree with you if they had only written the first two sentences, but the third indicates that they are making the connection because of African American voting trends this campaign season.

I'm not trying to say racism is not present in our society, because we clearly see examples of it every day, but I don't think this is an example of it.

Try FOX news and you may be more successful in coming up with an example.

[Dinger]

22. I Don't Think Race Has Anything To Do With Obama's Current Status, I Think

it has more to do with him being a MAN, race nonwithstanding.

[applegrove]

25. She's wrong on so many levels.

[fujiyama]

34. Thank you!

It's nice to see a Clinton supporter not agreeing with these sorts of vile attacks!

[applegrove]

38. I don't think it was a tactic. I think she just opened her mouth and

said something stupid. If you made Obama white had him doing the same actions - he would be as popular as he is - maybe even more popular. But also it was wrong to suggest race.

[loveangelc]

27. she is a dried up woman who has nothing exciting going on in her life.

[OzarkDem]

31. What an incredibly ignorant, sexist remark

But then what else can we expect from the generation whose female idol is Madonna. Good luck with the STD vote.

[stevenleser]

35. No, GERALDINEs remark was sexist AND racist. And YOU are on ignore

[stevenleser]

36. I think you are sugarcoating it too much. And that is not sarcasm or a snark...

Ferraro is showing herself to be a piece of shit.

[OzarkDem]

29. Read the full quote of her comments and get back to me

otherwise you're just another crybaby, whiny Obama supporter who is mad because he can't run on anything but phony claims of racism.

[Dinger]

33. She Would Have Been A LOT Better Off If She Said:

"If Obama was a woman."

[knixphan]

39. GF is ass-backwards.

And she just gave the Obama campaign a reason to bring Samantha back.

[VotesForWomen]

40. any honest person has to admit there is more than a little bit of truth in what she said. if he was

a black woman running for prez, (s)he wouldn't have gotten out of the single digits. to have obama folks deny this just further paints them messianic dreamers.