Shame on you, Geraldine Ferraro.
Submitted by knittingliberal on Tue, 03/11/2008 - 12:26pm.
Oops. Did I plagiarize, Mrs. Clinton?
While we were all agog about Eliot Spitzer, news broke that Geraldine Ferraro made a ludicrous and extremely offensive statement to the Daily Breeze.
"I'm on Hillary's finance committee. I've done a fundraiser for her here at my firm. And I went and worked the phone banks before Super Tuesday. I have to tell you, this is a very emotional campaign for me," Ferraro said.
When the subject turned to Obama, Clinton's rival for the Democratic Party nomination, Ferraro's comments took on a decidedly bitter edge.
"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."
Right. Because Black men hold such a privileged place in this country. So privileged, according to Ms. Ferarro, that they rank above White men in the advantages they enjoy in the United States.
Allow me to school you for a moment, Ms. Ferraro.
- African American men, while only 13% of the population, comprise 49% of the prison population.
- Due to this, and discriminatory disenfranchisement felony laws, 13% of African American men who are free cannot vote.
- African American men's incomes have declined over the past 30 years.
- 50% African American men in their 20's were jobless in 2004.
- African American men are less likely to go to college, and if they do have only a 35% graduation rate
- In 2006, the poverty rate for African Americans was 24.3%, double the national average.
- African American men have the worst health and the highest death rate of all races/ethnicities and both genders.
- African Americans received the largest percentage of subprime loans, and will suffer the most foreclosures and loss of wealth due to the unscrupulous loans.
So you explain to me how it is that you think it is extremely easy for a Black man to become President of the United States.
Geraldine Ferraro, you should be ashamed of yourself. I understand that it might be hard for you to see the inequality from way up high on your post as principal to the Lobbying firm Blank Rome Government Relations LLS, and on the Board of Goodrich Petroleum, but it is there.
And Hillary Clinton, you're not off the hook. I call on you to "Reject and Denounce" this offensive, and factually insane statement.
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Ferraro and Hillary
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/14/2008 - 3:06pm.Hillary and Bill have morphed into everything they started out fighting against. With the Clintons, it is, and always has been, the Clintons first, the country second. They did nothing to build the party during his presidency, he could have resigned in 1998, they did not go all out for either Gore or Kerry, and now this. I'm a lifelong Democrat. If Hillary is our nominee, I'll be broken hearted. They have become dispicable.
Your arguments are not
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 1:20am.Your arguments are not persuasive. I concur with Ms. Ferraro. Obama does not have the experience that one would expect to put him in a ready position for President. He has starpower - his supporters have lost site of the goal - Hillary will NOT back down nor should Ms. Ferraro. Ms. Ferraro did not name call Obama as his staff member did to HRC - Do you actually think that someone as smart as Ferraro doesn't already know all those statistics you quoted? Those are EXACTLY what ungirded her remarks.
Welcome to the big leagues of REAL politics. If he can't take this the Republicans will eat him alive.
Is that the best you can do?
Submitted by knittingliberal on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 10:55am.smrt?
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 8:15am.yes, i suppose ferraro seems smart to someone who misuses 'site' for 'sight.'
I am smart. I am also
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 6:47pm.I am smart. I am also typing quickly because I work full time, have a partner, 3 kids and many other duties. You all can name call all you want, and put down my personhood all you want etc. etc. I stand by my thoughts, words and well thought out opinions.
Yes! What a ridiculous thing
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 03/11/2008 - 10:09pm.Yes! What a ridiculous thing to say. If Obama's girl had to resign because of the off the record monster comment, Ms. Ferraro certainly must for this.
yikes.
Submitted by spoons on Tue, 03/11/2008 - 2:27pm.yikes.