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Title: Ferraro's Remarks About Obama Decried
Source: AP
URL Source: http://www.ExperienceProject.com
Published: Mar 12, 2008
Author: ANN SANNER
Post Date: 2008-03-12 10:06:37 by Jethro Tull
Keywords: None
Views: 490
Comments: 44

Ferraro's Remarks About Obama Decried

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Mar 11, 4:27 PM (ET)

By ANN SANNER

WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she disagrees with Geraldine Ferraro, one of her fundraisers and the 1984 vice presidential candidate, for suggesting that Barack Obama only achieved his status in the presidential race because he's black.

In a brief interview with The Associated Press, Clinton was questioned about Ferraro's remarks. The Obama campaign has called on the New York senator to denounce them.

Ferraro told the Daily Breeze of Torrance, Calif.: "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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She's right, but will be soundly denounced for daring to state the obvious.

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#1. To: Jethro Tull (#0)

She's jealous and has to learn to wait her turn. Like with the franchise. First black men got to vote, then the wimmens.

Happiness is not a warm Iguana.

Tauzero  posted on  2008-03-12   10:47:38 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#2. To: Tauzero (#1)

First black men got to vote, then the wimmens.

boy that put a knot in my stomach

castletrash  posted on  2008-03-12   11:04:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#3. To: Jethro Tull (#0)

She's right, but will be soundly denounced for daring to state the obvious.

Denounced by some. DU is in complete and utter meltdown mode over this with about 1/3 supporting Ferraro and 2/3 climbing the walls and needing thorazine while machine-gunning their friends there.

Lots of Democrats in coffee shops even here in Little Beirut have been saying they'll vote for McCain over Obama due to the slinging of "It bees racism!" which is saying something. Most of them vowed in 2000 they'd never vote for an "R" ever again.

...and every time Michelle Obama opens her mouth complaining about how she spends $10k a year on her kids (out of her $400k income!) and that the students at Princeton worked out that she was unqualified because she was lost when a student (and its their fault too that she couldn't keep up!!) -- McCain or Hillary gets another ten thousand votes.

Funny how nobody likes Affirmative Action recipients with an attitude. Maybe the bleeding-hearts did learn something.

IF the Hildebeast gets the nod and IF she picks Ferraro as a running mate, she now has my vote in the General (as much as I despise Hillary) simply because I have to reward honesty. Honesty is something that the Manchurian Candidate has little of. His father would be ashamed of what he has become.

America is not at war. The military is at war. America is at the mall and the Congress is out to lunch.

mirage  posted on  2008-03-12   11:22:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#4. To: Jethro Tull (#0)

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

Victimology continues to enjoy fellating big brother.

nobody  posted on  2008-03-12   11:28:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#5. To: nobody (#4)

She sounds very bitter.

'He will make Cheney look like Gandhi.'
U.S. conservative pundit Pat Buchanan, imagining presidential hopeful John McCain in the White House.

robin  posted on  2008-03-12   11:33:45 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#6. To: robin (#5)

She sounds very bitter.

She like Gov. Rendell are only saying what is true and factual.

Cynicom  posted on  2008-03-12   11:42:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#7. To: robin (#5)

She sounds very bitter.

Using their god-given powers of empathy, any good politican can become a voice for the downtrodden. It seems to be a very genuine and authentic bitterness, with a hint of molasses and pine nuts. Real authentic bitterness is a good solid first step toward government-supported liberation.

nobody  posted on  2008-03-12   11:53:38 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#8. To: mirage (#3)

simply because I have to reward honesty.

What a steamin' pile.

A society grows rich by producing things…and saving money.

angle  posted on  2008-03-12   11:57:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#9. To: angle (#8)

What a steamin' pile.

Honesty is rare in this day and age. Given where I live, my vote won't matter anyhow but I've got to reward honesty where I find it.

America is not at war. The military is at war. America is at the mall and the Congress is out to lunch.

mirage  posted on  2008-03-12   12:00:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#10. To: robin (#5)

She sounds very bitter.

If Hillary becomes president, the good times will roll for Ferraro, head of Hillary's fundraising committee and managing partner of the national law and lobbying firm of Blank Rome.

If Hillary doesn't, the gravy train stops.

To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.

aristeides  posted on  2008-03-12   12:01:20 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#11. To: Cynicom (#6)

She like Gov. Rendell are only saying what is true and factual.

Ohhhhhhhhhh ...

In the same vein, we'd all be blind without you three.

nobody  posted on  2008-03-12   12:04:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#12. To: aristeides (#10)

No wonder, and Obama still has more delegates.

'He will make Cheney look like Gandhi.'
U.S. conservative pundit Pat Buchanan, imagining presidential hopeful John McCain in the White House.

robin  posted on  2008-03-12   12:04:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#13. To: Cynicom (#6)

I heard Rendell, here is Stephen Colbert's response to that screwy analysis:

freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=75525&Disp=0

'He will make Cheney look like Gandhi.'
U.S. conservative pundit Pat Buchanan, imagining presidential hopeful John McCain in the White House.

robin  posted on  2008-03-12   12:05:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#14. To: angle (#8)

It is resonating with some white women in pantsuits.

nobody  posted on  2008-03-12   12:08:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#15. To: robin (#5)

She sounds very bitter.

If I had to sum it up with one word, it would be either "pantsuit" or "yeast"

nobody  posted on  2008-03-12   12:13:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#16. To: nobody (#15)

either "pantsuit" or "yeast"

Spare us you personal hygiene problems.

Cynicom  posted on  2008-03-12   12:25:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#17. To: Cynicom (#16) (Edited)

Looks like you're the only old white guy in a pantsuit around here, pops.

Your reaction there to my earlier comment to you is a very sprightly one.

nobody  posted on  2008-03-12   12:30:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#18. To: nobody (#17)

Spare us you personal hygiene problems.

Spare us you personal hygiene problems.

Cynicom  posted on  2008-03-12   12:31:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#19. To: Cynicom (#18)

Pissed in your pantsuit, pops?

nobody  posted on  2008-03-12   12:34:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#20. To: nobody (#19)

"Noun 1. vulgarian - a vulgar person disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable ribald - a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language slob, sloven, slovenly person, pig - a coarse obnoxious person"

Cynicom  posted on  2008-03-12   12:37:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#21. To: Cynicom (#20)

You are the best topping of all the fruits, pops.

nobody  posted on  2008-03-12   12:41:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#22. To: Cynicom (#20)

obnoxious

ZOG forbid I be obnoxious around you, Gerry, and Gov. Rendell.

nobody  posted on  2008-03-12   12:42:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#23. To: nobody (#21)

Noun 1. vulgarian - a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar display of wealth) disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable ribald - a ribald person;

"someone who uses vulgar and offensive language, slob, sloven, slovenly person, pig - a coarse obnoxious person"

Cynicom  posted on  2008-03-12   12:44:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#24. To: Cynicom (#23)

Fart in your pantsuit again, pops?

nobody  posted on  2008-03-12   12:45:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#25. To: nobody (#24)

Nice social manners you display for all to see.

Cynicom  posted on  2008-03-12   12:47:00 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#26. To: Cynicom, nobody (#23)

vulgarian

Much much worse than cynical.

A society grows rich by producing things…and saving money.

angle  posted on  2008-03-12   12:49:02 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#27. To: Cynicom (#25)

You're interrupting my discussion of Ferraro with incessant whining about the greatness of you and her and the irrelevant Gov. Rendell, pops. Grow up.

nobody  posted on  2008-03-12   12:51:23 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#28. To: angle (#26) (Edited)

Cynicom  posted on  2008-03-12   12:54:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#29. To: angle (#26)

I liked this from Ferraro....

"Former vice presidential candidate and Hillary Clinton supporter Geraldine Ferraro fought back against charges of racism Wednesday, defending comments she made earlier this week that Barack Obama “would not be in this position” if he were white.

Speaking with FOX News on Wednesday, Ferraro said her comments are being misconstrued, and that she was only saying that race in Obama’s case, and gender in her own case, can be a reason why a candidate gets chosen over another candidate.

She said that in her comments to a California newspaper earlier this week, “I referred again back to the historic campaign of mine, and I said in Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Four, if my name had been Gerard Ferraro instead of Geraldine Ferraro, I would never have gotten the nomination." It doesn’t mean that I wasn’t capable of doing the job. I certainly was. I believe that if we had gotten elected, I not only would have been a good vice preisdent, but I would have probably run for president in 1992.”

She is candid enough to admit it.

Cynicom  posted on  2008-03-12   12:54:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#30. To: Cynicom (#23)

The incessant greatness of you and Gerry and the very-relevant Gov. Rendell is now interrupting my whining about you, pops.

It's a topsy-turvy world. You win, pops.

LOL.

nobody  posted on  2008-03-12   12:56:30 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#31. To: nobody (#27)

Your intemperate language and total lack of social manners is apparent to all. If that is how you want to be viewed, so be it. It adds nothing to any discussion.

Cynicom  posted on  2008-03-12   12:58:34 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#32. To: Cynicom (#28)

I think she may well be irrelevant.

A society grows rich by producing things…and saving money.

angle  posted on  2008-03-12   12:58:35 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#33. To: Jethro Tull (#0)

A greatly misunderstood liberation artist. People would understand her work better if she shot herself in the head first, IMO.

nobody  posted on  2008-03-12   13:02:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#34. To: angle (#32)

I think she may well be irrelevant

She may be irrelevant but the media and Obama/Clinton did not see it that way.

Ferraros gender determined her VP place as she honestly admits. We now have a campaign that is being determined by gender and race.

Cynicom  posted on  2008-03-12   13:04:24 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#35. To: Cynicom (#31)

You've gone part-time Victorian on me because I ridiculed your ridiculous take on Gerry and your ludicrous injection of Rendell into the picture. Time for your pills now, pops.

nobody  posted on  2008-03-12   13:04:30 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#36. To: nobody (#35)

Why not try ADDING something of substance, something of your own thought process. I am perfectly willing to read and discuss.

Cynicom  posted on  2008-03-12   13:06:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#37. To: mirage (#3)

Funny how nobody likes Affirmative Action recipients with an attitude. Maybe the bleeding-hearts did learn something.

IF the Hildebeast gets the nod and IF she picks Ferraro as a running mate, she now has my vote

Agree on all points.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2008-03-12   13:07:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#38. To: angle (#32)

I think she may well be irrelevant.

Does that mean I can stop feeling dizzy?

nobody  posted on  2008-03-12   13:08:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#39. To: nobody (#38)

Does that mean I can stop feeling dizzy?

Yes, it's going around. Literally. Takes about a week to get over.

A society grows rich by producing things…and saving money.

angle  posted on  2008-03-12   13:16:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#40. To: aristeides (#10)

If Hillary becomes president, the good times will roll for Ferraro, head of Hillary's fundraising committee and managing partner of the national law and lobbying firm of Blank Rome.

If Hillary doesn't, the gravy train stops.

Oh, so she's gone all "white power" on us for the money.

nobody  posted on  2008-03-12   13:16:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#41. To: nobody (#40)

We hear that Hillary's top fundraisers will be sitting down to a private meeting with her today for a pep talk and a wide-ranging look at the state of the race.

According to a copy of the invitation, which was sent our way, the fundraisers were set to start their day getting a policy briefing from top Hillary supporters like Senators Bill Nelson, Robert Menendez and Debbie Stabenow.

Following that is a private luncheon with the candidate herself, at an upscale restaurant in D.C.'s Union Station.

Hillary To Huddle With Her Top Donors In D.C. Today.

I suspect that Ferraro, as head of Hillary's fundraising committee, will be (or was, or is) at that meeting.

I wonder what restaurant is meant. I'm not aware of any particularly upscale restaurant at Union Station.

To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.

aristeides  posted on  2008-03-12   14:59:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#42. To: Jethro Tull (#0)

Of course, if a white junior Senator ran for President, saying the exact same things that Obama does, nobody in the MSM would pay him any notice, and he'd get fewer votes than Kucinich or Gravel. So in that way, Ferraro is right.

The problem is that Ferraro just couldn't help throwing in her own victim politics and bitterness over her VP loss in 1984 into the mix. Right message, wrong messenger and wrong motives.

Rupert_Pupkin  posted on  2008-03-12   15:01:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#43. To: Jethro Tull (#37)

As much as I hate to admit it, the big windbag Rush Limbaugh gets it too.

The transcript really gets it right and in detail too.

America is not at war. The military is at war. America is at the mall and the Congress is out to lunch.

mirage  posted on  2008-03-12   20:07:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

#44. To: Jethro Tull (#0)

He happens to be very lucky to be who he is.

Oh what a lucky man he was.

I've already said too much.

MUDDOG  posted on  2008-03-12   23:33:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

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