Geraldine Ferraro insults people of color

[musiclawyer]

Link http://www.dailykos.com/
"Ferraro: Obama is lucky he's black
by kos
Mon Mar 10, 2008 at 01:47:44 PM PDT
More classiness, from one of Clinton's top surrogates, Geraldine Ferraro.

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. "

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WTF! Translation, his accomplishments or skills or talents don't mean anything. It all has to do with his color. So she's insulting, um, EVERYONE of color. This is why a lot of people hate HRC. She surrounds herself with idiots, and her administration would be chalk full of them.

[NanceGreggs]

1. Last week, Obama was a "single speech from 2002" ...

... today he's "a concept".

Is that a promotion, or a lateral move in the political hierarchy?

Just wonderin' ... :shrug:

[Skidmore]

2. When politicians make abstractions, you can count on there

being some nasty and unsavory thing is being said. I would hope that Hillary would be denouncing and rejecting this bigoted remark.

[tishaLA]

6. we HAVE to ask her to

She cannot let this stand.

[NanceGreggs]

10. I would hope she would, too ...

... but I'm not holding my breath.

By vehemently coming out against this remark, Hill could undo at least some of the damage she's done to her own campaign of late.

[Cha]

15. And..

What A Concept!!

[NJSecularist]

3. Ferraro set the women's political movement back 20 years with her incompetence

almost 25 years ago.

She is an idiot.

[tishaLA]

4. It's hard to respond to that kind of drivel

[ecstatic]

5. You bring up a scary point. Most of her surrogates do seem

a bit off (regardless of their color). Your post is so true... between Bill, NOW, etc., she is surrounded by idiots and I fear what her administration might look like. :scared: Plus, she is setting the women's movement back decades.

[Bread and Circus]

11. ditto.

[bridgit]

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

another guy with great ideas I miss John

[Bread and Circus]

12. His rhetoric was decent but he "got religion" a little too late for me.

After all, Edwards was a DLC'er when he was in the Senate.

[AX10]

43. Ferraro is proven to be correct on this matter.

[bridgit]

49. The dumping of Ferraro by DUer's is the proof that DUer's do not know shit from shinola...

Believe it!!

[musiclawyer]

8. Sorry Moderator, I didn't see the other thread, Please combo

[FrenchieCat]

9. Did she get in line in order to insult us or did she cut?

Cause there appears to be a long one of people willing to insult the very voters who's ass they kiss every so often right before an election that they need to win.

[PurityOfEssence]

13. She's long pointed out that she wouldn't have been the nominee had she been a man

She very flatly states that it was her gender, along with her accomplishments, that got her on the ticket, but that she wouldn't have gotten it on her accomplishments alone.

Like her or not, she's got a point.

Ask those of us who are not swept up with the extreme adulation of Barack Obama, and you'll probably find that he doesn't have the room-lighting charisma and oratorical genius that many claim. He came around at the right time, winning in an election cycle where we were disappointed, and he stands out for many reasons.

She's speaking her mind, and when you listen to her, she's quite well-reasoned.

[TheWraith]

18. Yeah, actually he does.

"Ask those of us who are not swept up with the extreme adulation of Barack Obama, and you'll probably find that he doesn't have the room-lighting charisma and oratorical genius that many claim."

Yeah, actually he does. Try listening to his speeches some time. I highly recommend his 2004 convention speech.

[roguevalley]

19. she's a pinhead. she was one in the day and she still is. this kind

of rhetoric is shit. it doesn't help anyone take a woman seriously when she says stuff like this. instead of saying why Hillary should get the job, which she didn't get in her vp run, she is making this kind of remark. She should go home to her crooked husband and shut up.

[AdHocSolver]

47. Wrong! It was being a Clinton that got her on the ticket. She doesn't have enough accomplishments...

to become president. If Barbara Boxer were our candidate, I could wholeheartedly support that woman for president.

My first choice was John Edwards. When he suspended his campaign, I switched to Obama. Bill Clinton turned out to be a big disappointment. Clinton laid the groundwork for a lot of the problems this country is experiencing today (NAFTA, media deregulation, repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act). The only reason he got elected is because Ross Perot took a lot of republican votes. Hillary is running on Bill's record which is not a very good one.

I do not support Hillary because she is a Clinton and the DLC is trying to force her on the party. Someone once called Bill Clinton the "best Republican president this country ever had", and I see Hillary as being cast in the same mold.

I am willing to give Obama the chance to make a difference. It is guaranteed that we will get the same old crap from Clinton. At any rate, Obama has a better chance of winning in November, and actually becoming president.

[backscatter712]

14. BUSTED!!!

This is classic Clinton campaign race-baiting.

Even worse than Bill Clinton's remarks in S. Carolina...

[Ian David]

16. If he'd been white, he would have been able to make enough money in the private sector...

that he wouldn't have had to fall-back on becoming President, which only pays like $300,000 per year.

[Whisp]

17. what a lucky guy! CWB (campaigning while black) and

he hasnt' been arrested yet!

I don't get what she's saying, really. but it sounds rank and putrid.

[cbayer]

20. I find this very regrettable and recognize that it can only hurt Clinton

But if we were to judge the candidates by stupid things said by their supporters, people on DU alone would win the election for McCain.

[democrattotheend]

21. I agree with that

Although to be fair, people on DU don't officially represent the campaign.

I hope Clinton denounces Ferraro's remark. She can't control everything her surrogates say but she should be asked to comment on whether or not she agrees. Otherwise surrogates can get away with doing all of the dirty work and candidates will never be accountable.

[OzarkDem]

24. Fantastic

Please do try to make hay of this. It will be fun to watch...

:popcorn:

[OzarkDem]

22. Obama folks clumsy attempt at playing the race card

Reveals they are actually sexists.

Really pathetic folks, can't you do better? What crybabies....

Read the entire article, in context.


She's saying that if Obama were Edwards, the news media wouldn't be giving him much coverage at all. But the fact that he's black means they give him special "hands off" treatment.

It makes him a difficult candidate for Clinton to run against since the media doesn't want to question or criticize anything Obama says. OTOH, the news media is very sexist and has no problem attacking Clinton on a regular basis.

Even Shirley Chisolm used to say when she ran for president she got more resistance because of her gender than she did because of her race. The news media objects much more to a candidate's gender than they do their race.

[anonymous171]

26. "Reveals they are sexist"?

:rofl:

[CreekDog]

27. You guess African Americans have all the advantages

:eyes:

[OzarkDem]

29. Still not reading?

or is it just a problem w/ low IQ?

You can take classes for it, you know.

[CreekDog]

32. I think you need the IQ boost actually

to say that race is a factor and then say that it is helping Obama is only looking at half the equation. that is that positive coverage (though it's not all positive) helps Obama while discounting or ignoring that he is losing some votes because of his race is the sort of "I don't believe it's racism until you prove it to me, but that guy got my job because he's black" mentality that says more about your ignorance than my own.

[NMMatt]

48. This is why nobody takes these unhinged feminists seriously -nt

[Barack_America]

23. Only a MONSTER would say such a thing!

;)

Seriously though, Geraldine, and if Hillary weren't Bill's wife...?

[Mike03]

25. Wow, that is an ugly quote

That surprises me that she would speak like this. It's not only insulting to "people of color" but just about everyone, including white males.

[bluestateguy]

28. What a stupid, ignorant woman she is

This woman was a lightweight in 1984 and she supplemented perhaps the most pathetic Democratic ticket in history.

Mondale/Ferraro.



I still crack up everytime I think of that pathetic campaign.

[styersc]

30. Exactly what "accomplishments" are you referring to?

[samara75]

31. yeah right..

so to be black or any other color is an advantage now??
so if Hillary wasn't Bill's wife,she would not be in this position!

[KaptBunnyPants]

33. Because it worked out so well for all the other black people...

How can one person claim to be the victim of discrimination and reverse discrimination? These people just refuse to accept responsibility for losing the nomination.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

34. More factual statements wished away with bogus cries of "racism"

If Obama was a white man he would be Evan fucking Bayh.

[TheDonkey]

35. have any explanation for that?

other than trying to make shit up and embarrass yourself in the process???

Would Hillary be in the Senate if she wasn't a woman? Should Ferraro try tackling that hypothetical?

[Nia Zuri]

36. She needs to apologize and she must be removed as a campaign advisor.

I'm serious. She needs to reject,denounce whatever. That is far more offensive than that "monster" comment...which was an offhand slip of the tongue. This was obviously thought out. Very offensive to me as a black person. It trivializes what he had to overcome as a black person which is a lot.

[cooolandrew]

37. Yep, the campaigns define what their america woud look like. Obama 08. A whole new world.

[JBoy]

38. A ridiculously stupid statement to for her to make.

I don't think saying that Obama is somehow more privileged than Hillary is a winning tactic.

[taught_me_patience]

39. As a minority

I find these types of comments disgusting.

[CTLawGuy]

41. as a human being

I find these comments disgusting.

[krkaufman]

40. Ferraro: "The Affimative Action Candidate"

Seems to me that this is what she's intimating.

[redstate_democrat]

42. Hillary's campaign

has hit the bottom of the pits in Hell. They are utterly GUTTER. There is NO WAY she would ever get any support from the African American community after this. If the last race baiting incident wasn't enough, this sure in the hell is! THEY ARE DONE in the African American community. DONE.

[AX10]

44. What about all the pundits and Obamites..

who claim that HRC is still "being allowed in this race because of her gender"?
:wtf:

[Hoof Hearted]

45. Under the bus with her too!

[wndycty]

46. Now there is audio

This one needs to be responded to:
Geraldine Ferraro: Obama's Winning Because He's Not White!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqL_sm0J8jc

[malletgirl02]

50. Watch for an OP

Watch from an OP from an Clinton support complaining about Obama supporters "throwing Ferraro under the Bus". There are already post on this thread saying the exact thing. The people who say this don't understand that this was an insult not a policy disagreement.