Ferraro, again: "Attacking me because I'm white"

[gabeana]

Interesting defense

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/

"Racism works in two different directions. I really think they're attacking me because I'm white. How's that?"

[Drunken Irishman]

1. Uh, come again Gerry...

[Cali_Democrat]

2. WTF? She's fucking nuts

:crazy:

[cliffordu]

31. Maybe she has tertiary syphilis N/T

[populistdriven]

123. Wow, those were my thoughts exactly and I was about to post this.

A parasite must be eating her brain.

[cliffordu]

132. MAD COW

[galaxy21]

3. Did she think she could make a comment like that and not get attacked?

[dchill]

61. Short answer - yes, she did.

:eyes:

[roguevalley]

69. what a complete ass she is. what the hell?!?!?!?!?!?! Oh god, I am

speechless.

[dchill]

80. It's a characteristic I'm going to call "blind racism"...

Not necessarily intentional, but harmful nonetheless, and it's victims are either blind to it - or believe that their listeners will be blind to it. Their complete lack of sensitivity to the pain caused by centuries of racism is indeed shocking.

[Dinger]

4. Maybe politico is Your Friend NOW, But They won't Be Later, For Obama or Hillary (nt)

[gabeana]

11. Whats that have to do with Ferraro?

If anything Smith leans towards Clinton, In my opinion

[Dinger]

21. politico Is Pretty New, And They Get Referenced ALL The TIme, & Their Commentators

are all over the place. There are other decent political blogs/websites that are a lot more deserving.

[2rth2pwr]

45. If they get the stories what's the big deal? nt

[City Lights]

19. Fox is Geri's friend.

She, apparently can't get enough of them. Billo and Gibson. :puke: Has to head over to Fox to find a sympathetic ear.

[meow mix]

5. wth, she's digging deeper? someone needs to advise her to check into a seniors home

and stop talking

[spotbird]

103. To keep reminding voters

Obama is black.

[OzarkDem]

6. and because she's a woman

but apparently Obama supporters, like feepers, think women are fair game.

[ecstatic]

14. so you think she's being attacked because she's a white woman?

There are no white women in Obama's campaign? :crazy:

[OzarkDem]

Yes, I do

and its not the first time Obama or people in his campaign have shown sexist attitudes.

That may be ok with you, not so much with other people.

[mod mom]

74. You're not really serious Ozark are you? and I'm saying this as a white woman.

[OzarkDem]

88. Obama is "swiftboating" Ferraro

if anyone would take the time to read her comments in context you would plainly understand what she's talking about and realize its not racist.

But to sieze on a portion of her comments and try to railroad her as a racist is beyond the pale. Obama doesn't have the balls to do this to a fellow male Dem. But time and time again we have watched him show condescension, tell lies and play dirty tricks on Clinton in ways he would never attack a man.

Enough is enough. I'm sick of his sexist behavior and I'm glad to see the women leaders of this party call him out on it.

He's an asshole.

[DerekJ]

125. you should be stopped from posting..

You lost your credibility when you started attacking Obama by calling, him a a Muslim, then started attacking the religion itself.
You are a bigot.

[mod mom]

131. WOW-Just wow! I can't even comprehend your mindset. I am a woman. Although

I am a stay at home mom right now (as well as an activist), I have both owned my own business and worked in a professional role in a male dominated industry (health care) and yet I don't comprehend these cries os sexism. I truly see it as a political attempt to try and turn the table on racist remarks.

I'm at a point where I feel as distant from some folks here that I used to consider allies as I do with *'s 20%. It's a sad testimony to the divisiveness of Hillary campaign staff and those she surrounds herself with.

[cali]

96. I don't like sexism and I don't like racist bigots who

spread lies.

[superkia]

116. Does anyone on this board see what the system has done to us...

all? Divide and conquer, together we(the people)stand, divided we fall. Everyone in America hates someone else something they are doing and is always pointing a finger. Americans I guess are hateful people, I wonder what we look like to the world? Every other post is you, they hate women and are sexist or you, they hate blacks and are racist. Nothing gets accomplished as the elite and corrupt politicians sit back, laugh at us all and continue to steal our country from us. How can we ever have a government that is ran for and by the people when they have us all hating each other and fighting each other over everything...EVERYTHING! Sexism, racism, gun control, censorship, abortion, religion...you name it and Americans are fighting tooth and nail over it but never accomplishing anything. Nobody talks, its all a blame game and a screaming match about how my position is right, while no ones problems are fixed.

I wish everyone would stop falling for this WWE wrestling style of politics that most have now accepted as normal. I always hear, " you have to be able to handle lies and all the bullshit to prove you are worthy to be president" BULLSHIT! If the American people would stop the nonsense that we all take part in and vote on the issues, its pretty simple. I don't care if one party drums up some mud to throw around, I will research the facts and choose my childrens future president on them. How many of you are gaging your childrens future off of knee jerk response to some bullshit being thrown around? Those are the sheeple that are enabling our country to be stole right in front of our face.

Everyone take a step back, think to before everything in the country was labeled and became about political correctness. Back then people actually tried a little to resolve things and werent always bitching about something. Now if something happens on tv and we think it wasn't politically correct, we are so offended, we get together on the internet or neighborhoods and call or email enough complaints to get someone in trouble until we get that change.

Why cant we look at the bigger picture and fight together to keep the constitution and our rights, impeachment, corruption in government, shouldn't that be a little more important than allot of the other nonsense that people stand up for?

Yes, issues like sexism and racism are huge and should be dealt with but we cant continue to let the agenda driven media drive us to bickering with each other over everything EXCEPT the critical issues. If we lose our rights, for instance, sexism and racism will mean nothing if we have lost our right to express ourselves. Its even tough just for groups to get together and peacefully protest without being labeled as terrorists...IS THIS OKAY WITH EVERYONE!

Please people, wake up and stop being enablers, you are destroying your childrens future so your candidate can win?

[gabeana]

16. I think you are the sexist?

I've been reading your post all you do is bait. Any criticism against a woman you like is sexist, your a hypocrite, and I'm pretty sure you know it

[Hepburn]

66. ...........

.....Yeppers! :applause: Tell her, gab!

[cali]

97. Worse.

a lot worse.

[angie_love]

49. yeah b/c all obama supporters are men. Give me a fucking break.

delusional. wow.

[Hepburn]

57. Hello????

She is a FEMALE bigot. The important part of that sentence in regard to my very negative feelings about her present conduct is BIGOT, not female!

Bigots come in BOTH sexes, OK? What is the deal here??? Cuz she is a female Clinton supporter, it is OK for her to make complete, asshole bigoted remarks????

You cannot be that deep into the Clinton Kool Aid, can you???

[dchill]

84. "deep into the Clinton Kool Aid"...

is the reason for the silly season. Sexism has nothing to do with Ferraro's ignorant rants. Her bigotry obviously does. But those who are "deep into the Clinton Kool Aid" can't (won't) see it. They are all "victims" of the rest of creation.

[roguevalley]

78. don't blame women for her remarks. don't associate women with

her remarks. she is a total ass for this and she's only digging deeper. Don't blame an entire sex for her ignorant stupidity.

[cali]

94. People who spread the false meme that Obama is a stealth Muslim

are freeper bigots. You just did that on another thread about this. You'd fit in much better in freeperville or at Stormfront where they think like YOU do.

[IndianaGreen]

117. She is wealthy, white, over sixty, and a latent racist

She speaks the same racist shit as the rest of Hillary's hatchet people. Nothing like appealing at the bigots in Pennsylvania. Frighten them of the "Black hordes" taking over the country.

How is this different from the Willie Horton ad?

[Ian David]

7. I never noticed she was white. I thought she was Inuit. n/t

[JimGinPA]

8. Is That Mean Black Man Picking On The Poor Old White Lady?

Give me a fucking break. She put her foot in her mouth and now she's wiggling her toes without pulling it out.

[ecstatic]

9. OMFG! She has jumped the shark, like many other HRC supporters

:crazy: :wow:

[ananda]

10. Isn't it getting a little absurd when Obama..

.. is accused of playing the race card card? Lol

So the next speaker will be playing the
race card card card?

Still laughing out loud....

[Voice for Peace]

119. thats funny... race card card card

[NJSecularist]

12. Whether she is Half White, Half Black, she is 100% Bitch

And 100% nuts.

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[JBoy]

111. You should get that knee-jerk problem checked out.

[Cali_Democrat]

13. I think its best for the Obama campaign to just let the issue go

Who cares honestly. Let hillary and her surrogates look like the crazies they are.

[TwilightGardener]

26. I agree--they're goading him now, trying to provoke him on race ahead of PA.

[sandnsea]

15. I think they're purposely trying to start another race war

To turn out the white racists in Ohio.

[GodlessBiker]

18. I think you may be right.

But I think you mean Pennsylvania.

[fujiyama]

105. I'm thinking that too

Someone was writing that the Clintons think only in the short term and if that means getting out the racists to vote for them so be it.

[GodlessBiker]

17. OMG. She didn't say that. Please, tell me. Poor dear.

[meow mix]

20. in her mind only blacks are in the obama campaign

shes jumped

[onenote]

38. yep. I guess my support for obaman means I'm just a self loathing white guy

Ferraro needs to disappear.

[meow mix]

64. yup... in her race war, that leaves us as self-loathers

[redqueen]

22. So they're just going all-out for the racist vote, then. (nt)

[bicentennial_baby]

25. Sure looks like it...

x(

[redqueen]

39. I would have bet good money that this kind of shit wouldn't ever happen...

:(

[JVS]

29. I don't recall having seen even Republicans be so openly racist.

This is just fucking pathetic.

[redqueen]

33. It's beyond sad.

*sigh*

[JVS]

37. You're right. It's infuriating, and I shudder to think how this feels for Black democrats.

I wish Ralph Nader would chime in on this.

[redqueen]

44. I bet he will.

More ammo for Ralph to use to destroy the party. Whoopee.

[JVS]

48. I don't even care about that. He is at least a voice with some moral clarity...

and is able to hold a mirror up to our party to show us our flaws.

[redqueen]

58. Not that many care to see them...

preferring instead to demonize him. All the while proving his fucking point for him.

[Emillereid]

23. Now she's just being stupid!

[NeedleCast]

24. If by Interesting defense you mean

completely off her fucking nut, then I agree.

[Johnny__Motown]

27. Was it white people attacking her? I am white and I would like to say FUCK YOU FERRARO.. how is that

This racist is an embarrassment to our entire party. And to think she was once on our ticket for VP.

[MagsDem]

36. What's racist about what she said?

Do you think a white guy who was a state senator up until 3 yrs ago would even be given a second look? I know you BO supporters will foam at the mouth over this, but Ferraro is only saying what many people think. The more they publicize it the more it hurts Obama. Because it validates what many people think.

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[eeyore]

87. You mean like John Fucking Edwards?????

You just need to back away before you fall deeper into that race-baiting hole you're digging.

[Hepburn]

90. OMG........

.....you have NO clue what in the hell was racist about what she said???

No wonder you support Hillary!

[redstate_democrat]

108. Did anyone say that Edwards

was where he was four years ago when he was running for president BECAUSE he is white? Remember, Edwards was a ONE TIME senator with NO legislative or executive experience prior to that. OBAMA, in this case, ALSO has approximately the same length of experience in the Senate IN ADDITION to his experience in the Illinois STATE LEGISLATURE.

Did Edwards get to where he was because he is a WHITE MAN?

YOU HAVE NO CLUE OF WHAT YOU TALK ABOUT.

[JBoy]

28. The media needs to give her the ridiculing she rightly deserves.

She's batshit insane.

[robertpaulsen]

30. Reverse racism? Where have I heard that before?

:eyes:

[MagsDem]

32. She's saying what many people think -- it's not going to hurt HRC

[onenote]

34. just like Bill's comments didn't hurt HRC? Think again.

Ferraro's comments crossed a line and HRC is going to have to deal with it.

[MagsDem]

41. Nah, the more they publicize the more it hurts Obama

... because it validates what a lot of people think.

[onenote]

53. and what exactly is it "validating"?

That Obama benefits from being African American? Maybe so, but hand in hand with that goes the reminder that HRC has benefitted from being a woman and being Bill's spouse.

All political candidates benefit from a variety of factors that they only tangentially control. But a lot of Democrats will be very uncomfortable with Ferraro's comments -- including a lot of Superdelegates who will need AFrican American support to win in November.

[redqueen]

62. Re: those superdelegates...

Yet another example of the Clinton campaign's utter incompetence.

Frickin unreal...

[MagsDem]

70. It's validating that the media is hyping him because he's black

I really can't see where Hillary has benefited from being female. The sexism in the coverage is unfuckingbelievable. If they made the kind of comments about Obama's race that they do about Hillary's gender there would be exactly this kind of hell to pay. I mean, hell, the pundits make fun of her even though half the voters support her. I've never seen them make fun of a male candidate unless he was gay. Gays and woman are okay to disrespect. Not acceptable to even mention that Obama is black. You're crazy if you don't think voters notice that.

[redstate_democrat]

113. I can hardly understand

how Shelia Lee Jackson and Tubbs-Jones still support this woman. They have no self-respect at all.

[redqueen]

35. People think someone's attacking her because she's WHITE?

Get the fuck outta here!

Who the fuck with half a functioning brain thinks that?

:crazy:

[MagsDem]

47. It sure looks like they are - Obama plays the race card weekly

It's like you're not even allowed to discuss the fact that some of the media hype is based on him being black. Do you really think most thinking people don't think that?

[redqueen]

56. I think the way people say things gives a lot of insight into the subtext.

There is a way to talk about the media's treatment of Obama without puffing up racist sentiments. But sadly this woman seems to be either ignorant of that fact, or she's doing this with malice.

Either way, Clinton's campaign is a sad sorry joke.

[MagsDem]

73. Well post the entire comment by her then, and not the edited

spin the media has put on it. You don't even know what it was, do you? Another example of the media hype for Obama, and sexism against Clinton.

[redqueen]

77. Where the hell are you getting seixsm from?

This is just sad. I'm gonna bow out and let you keep on trying to rationalize this away with other posters.

Good luck. You're gonna need it.

[MagsDem]

79. Her quote was primarily about sexism -- or did you not realize that?

"I think what America feels about a woman becoming president takes a very secondary place to Obama's campaign - to a kind of campaign that it would be hard for anyone to run against," she said. "For one thing, you have the press, which has been uniquely hard on her. 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," 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."

Is there something untrue about that statement? Seems pretty fucking obvious to me.

But by all means, play the race card. Your candidates entire campaign is built on it.

[redqueen]

82. Are you addressing her first offensive comment, or this one?

Did she say all that that you just quoted before or after she said this:

"Any time anybody does anything that in any way pulls this campaign down and says let's address reality and the problems we're facing in this world, you're accused of being racist, so you have to shut up," Ferraro said. "Racism works in two different directions. I really think they're attacking me because I'm white. How's that?"

Cause that's nothing but bullshit, from start to finish.

[MagsDem]

86. that is her so-called offensive comment in full -- inform yourself much?

That is THE comment Obama supporters are calling racist. And I'm sorry, it's bullshit. There was nothing racist about what she said. In fact she said what a lot of people believe. His is completely unqualified for the job, and he wouldn't have gotten a second look if not for the fact that the media hates Clinton, and wanted to hype the first "viable" black candidate.

[mckeown1128]

91. So on one hand...

she was saying that he has an advantage because he was black... and on the other hand she was saying that Hillary has a disadvantage because she is a woman.

That makes it worse.. sounds like the gender card and race baiting have met in the same paragraph.

[GarbagemanLB]

40. How is the weather in that bubble of yours?

[Umbram]

50. Yep - she's shoring up her support amongst racist democrats - a key group for her. nt

[MagsDem]

59. Why is it racist to admit that some of the media hype is about...

the fact that the media wants a race between the first viable black candidate against the first viable female candidate? Where you BO supporters fuck up is when you scream and yell about this stuff. There are plenty of voters in this country that won't for a person who they are afraid will play the race card on a weekly basis. YOU are convincing them that their concerns are valid.

[Umbram]

95. Do you always support racists with this much intensity?

"There are plenty of voters in this country that won't
[vote] for a person who they are afraid will play the race
card on a weekly basis."

I suggest you do a values check every so often.  I hope that
outside of an election season you'd find your present
arguments reprehensible.  If so, I suppose you are just being
a good little foot soldier.  If not, well, I guess you are
just another one of those voters who need to be reassured that
Obama isn't too black, right?

[loveangelc]

55. Hillary should distant herself from the old lady's comments.

[Cali_Democrat]

60. What? Many people think Obama is attacking Ferraro because she's white?

Are you serious?

[angie_love]

67. I swear, you've got to be the most hateful person on DU.

[Quixote1818]

92. I am beginning to think it's time to Tombstone this person. nt

[Bjorn Against]

98. She is saying what many racists think I am sure...

But the bottom line is that everyone who agrees with her is racist and completely ignorant of history. If being black was such an advantage then why have we never had a black President before? Why are blacks underrepresented in every branch of government for that matter?

When a black candidate does poorly they say it is because "America is not yet ready for a black leader", when a black candidate does well they say "people are only voting for them because they are black", if they perform poorly it is said to be because of their race, and if they perform well it is said to be because of their race. Blacks can not get a fair shake either way, no matter how they perform their performance will be judged by racist attitudes.

[redstate_democrat]

115. Thank you for saying this.

I was going to make a similar post. As you said, if a black person fails at something, well, obviously it is because they are "black". If they happen to succeed at something, well, obviously it is because they got some advantage for being "black". There is no winning either way. If a black person fucks up, it couldn't possibly be because that particular individual is a fuck up. If one succeeds, it couldn't possibly be because that person has worked hard, etc. It all boils down to race. This is why Dr. King said not to judge on the BASIS of race, but on the CONTENT of character. Unfortunately, though, for black people, being judged on the content of their character may never be a reality here in this country, or many other places in the world.

[gmudem]

42. They're attacking her because she's an IDIOT

Why can't she just admit what she said was unbelievably stupid?

[Hepburn]

43. Jesus H. Fucking Christ....

...someone PLEASE take away her membership card to the Democratic Party and give her the info on the Free Republic!

She is an absolute unmitigated bigot, IMO. :puke:

[Dinger]

46. She's Wrong,

It's because she's a woman. Makes people colorblind.

[EmilyAnne]

51. So she is admitting that she is racist? Holy Shit! She's acknowledging the racism that comes

from her direction!

"Racism works in two different directions."

What a truly stupid defense.

I hope she brought a pillow and a sack lunch under the bus she dove beneath. Looks like she wants to stay there for a while.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

52. I can't believe she said that! Stunning!

[Jonathan2000]

54. Ferraro

Don't forget that Ferraro played games in releasing her tax returns and it destroyed her in the GE. Will we ever learn.

[redqueen]

68. I never knew that.

*sigh*

[JVS]

65. Hey look, she made an appearance on Monty Python back in the day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT-JIJTSpF0

[whatchamacallit]

71. No no no, you've got it all wrong, you're being attacked because you're SWINE.

x(

[Thrill]

72. This is Clinton's plan. They put her up to acting this way

[skooooo]

81. To accomplish what??

[Bread and Circus]

93. It rallies people around the notion that "whites are victims".... divide and conquer.

Classic Rovian bullshit.

[skooooo]

99. Well I think it will pretty much backfire....

Especially since all of this is playing out over national media, it makes her statements seem more grotesque and subject to scrutiny. It's ugly, but at least it's "unhidden." People will see it for what it is, and the vast majority will reject it.

[cbayer]

85. Clinton has renounced the statement. Don't kill me. I am just trying to be fair.

“I do not agree with that and you know it’s regrettable that any of our supporters on both sides say things that veer off into the personal. We ought to keep this focused on the issues. That’s what this campaign should be about.”

http://thepage.time.com/2008/03/11/obama-aide-calls-ferraro-remarks-far-worse-than-power-comments/

[jackson_dem]

75. Please resign. You are embarassing Hillary

[Quixote1818]

76. Are you sure that wasn't Bill O'Reilly? nt

[Az_lefty]

83. she's turned into a total flake....

really sad.

[Elidor]

100. Hello!

Her head's so far up her own ass, she can see daylight if she opens her mouth.

What a cretin. What a maroon.

[TheDonkey]

101. YOU ARE A COMPLETE DOUCEBAG FERRARO!

[uponit7771]

102. LOFL!! Now she's going to proclaim she's an alien & Obama is an alien-ist...This is sad!

[meow mix]

104. why does she keep being so racist

hillary needs to fire her

[ray of light]

106. Ferraro is delusional now!

[cindyw]

107. Note to White people. If you say something racist, don't say your being attacked for being white.

[IndianaGreen]

109. Has Hillary denounced and rejected Ferraro's racist comments?

Nyet, she has continued to enable Ferraro's racism just as she enabled her husband's serial philandering.

[annie1]

110. sounds like she's lost it. wow.

[Shakespeare]

112. And she goes on Fox to say this. What bullshit.

That's RWG Code (racist white guy) for "we whities are being persecuted by those uppity black folk!"

Ferraro is WAY out of line. And what she said dances much too close to real racism, especially from a freaking DEMOCRAT.

Hillary's campaign needs to apologize for the statements; they're doing FAR too much that, taken separately is obliquely racist, but the sum of which looks awfully blatant. I'm not even an Obama supporter, and I find it disturbing.

[JVS]

114. Shame on Hillary

[Bullet1987]

118. This nut of a woman represents whats wrong with this country

Damn closet bigots have a pretty big stake in the Clinton campaign it seems.

[Glimmer of Hope]

120. Wtf. This primary is just nuts. I am sick of it.

[dcindian]

121. Not my fault... Nasty black people just need to shut up

There is a sickness in the Clinton camp.

[Bright Eyes]

122. It's not interesting. It's ignorant.

Trying to cover up a racist remark, by crying racism.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

124. Not only is she offensive and unapologetic, but her basic premise is just weird

In her original comments, she claimed that Obama was "lucky" to be black and that he would not be where he is if not for being black. In addition to dismissing Obama's obvious intellectual abilities in having worked his way into Harvard law school excelling there, one of the most competitive institutions in the world in which to gain admittance, she's saying things that make no sense to me. We still live in a society with vestiges of racism. Since when has it been an advantage to be black? There haven't been that many black Senators elected to the Senate. There haven't been any black running mates as VP. There have been very few black Governors. I don't see how being black is any kind of advantage to Obama. In fact, I think Obama's African American roots have made it harder for him to become a national figure and it's an additional indication that Obama has real abilities.

[Medusa]

126. She's Crazy

Insane.

[alcibiades_mystery]

127. Pure racist code

Unbelievable from Geraldine Ferraro.

"Attacking me because I'm white."

Holy fucking crap.

[HYSplease]

128. **The Clinton strategy**

Push race while simultaneously pushing a Clinton/Obama ticket.

She wants to split the PA vote along race lines because that means she'll win PA handily.

Then, if she somehow weasels (not sexist, by the way) her way to the nomination, she'll try to get Obama as her VP in order to woo the black vote back for the general.

[HeraldSquare212]

129. What a coincidence that she's repeatedly noting race around the MS primary.

[Cha]

130. Just when you think a hilary surrogate

has crossed all the lines about "race", "victimhood", and "lying"..gerry ferrero creates a new line all in her little head.

ferrero needs one of these cryin' "I'm just White"!



How goddamn stupid do have to be to keep up this fuckin' shit against the Black Voters?