Comments on: Geraldine Ferraro: If Obama weren’t black and male, Hillary would be winning

By: TooTall

TooTall — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:07:45 +0000

Would you like a little cheese with your whine?

By: clawjockey

clawjockey — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:42:41 +0000

But, is Ms. Ferraro correct? I say yes, at least partly. Let’s pretend that Obama is a white senator from Indiana, has never ran a business; been a governor, mayor, etc.; never headed a law firm; never been the “leader” of anything; and the only bill to become law is some throwaway bill about the Republic of Congo. He would be taken as seriously as Kucinich.
But since he is black, and as Senator Biden put it, he is “clean and speaks well” he is taken seriously. The true irony of all of this is that even though his wife, supporters and himself speak of all this equality and living the dream of MLK type B.S.; The Obama frenzy is the exact opposite of what MLK;s dream. Obama supporters are not judging Obama by the content of his soul or character, they are judging him solely on the color of his skin! Do you honestly think Black America would get behind a white guy saying the same crap as Obama?!

By: MSGTAS

MSGTAS — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:20:06 +0000

Way to go Ms.Geraldine Ferraro, wonderful display of a leftest being a racist and sexist all in one package. So what is the g(ist) of he message?

If you are not like me you are inferior to me.

By: ArtLindsey

ArtLindsey — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:38:29 +0000

Wow, I can’t believe it, but I think Gerry has it right. All Barack Obama is, is a pigment-enhanced version of John Edwards. The speeches are a little more flowery, but the class warfare rhetoric is the same. If Barack Obama were white, he wouldn’t be anywhere near this nomination. Like Edwards, he’d be a forgotten also-ran. He’s the Toyota Prius of American politics. No real value, but he makes you feel good about yourself.

“I can’t not vote for Obama! That would make me a racist! I have a chance to vote for a real life DAVID PALMER! *I* want to be part of *history*

That’s *exactly* what’s going on here.

It’s sad how playing the “truth card” will be inevitably spun into the “race card”.

By: JonRoss

JonRoss — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:42:49 +0000

Hog Wild has it right. All of those damn Donk primary voters are racists and sexists. Someone needs to straighten them out. Maybe they will hire Castro to spend some of his vacation time in the U.S. advising Geraldine and her buddies on how to “re-educate” those Donk bigots.

By: Wade

Wade — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:36:19 +0000

This old timer needs to take a long walk with Jimmy Carter and STFU.

By: trigon

trigon — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:21:06 +0000

The irony of this is that Hillary may actually be the victim of a vast left-wing conspiracy.

By: Hog Wild

Hog Wild — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:39:59 +0000

That sound you hear is not someone knocking on your front door… it’s yet another nail being driven into Clinton’s political coffin.

Obama is leading only because he’s a black male? That’s the opinion of Democratic voters from one stupordelegate?

“Relax minions, us “leaders” will make sure the right choice is made.”

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:36:07 +0000

Love the exit question – spot on!

By: Tzetzes

Tzetzes — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:27:33 +0000

(Oh, I don’t mean snidely to suggest that he isn’t masculine. I mean that his being male isn’t some sort of ace up his sleeves. Being male doesn’t help him with identity politics, as being [half] black does.)

I’m sure he’s all man…

By: Tzetzes

Tzetzes — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:26:22 +0000

Black…and male?

By: TeeDee

TeeDee — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:18:01 +0000

That’s one of the things I love about the dem primary. Hillary runs, wanting to be the first woman president, and she’s in real danger of being kicked to the curb by a man wanting to be the first Black president. Blacks are a minority group which the dems have always felt they had in their pocket, and now The Inevitable One has to watch what she says or does against Barack and how it’s perceived.

Another thing I really love is that Bill’s reduced to going around to all the little towns in his red pickup truck stumping for votes, away from the media spotlight!

By: hadsil

hadsil — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:08:48 +0000

I blame Jeri Ryan.

By: TheSitRep

TheSitRep — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:01:01 +0000

If a white male made a remark like that, he hand at dawn.

By: shooter

shooter — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:52:17 +0000

Update: Belated exit question: Where would Hillary be if she wasn’t Mrs. Bill Clinton?

INCARCERATED!

By: cjs1943

cjs1943 — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:51:29 +0000

Another woman whose voice I can’t stand to listen to. Couldn’t get through to the end of the audio.

By: evenkeel

evenkeel — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:26:45 +0000

I’m surprised she waited so long. I love the dilemma they’re in!

By: JiangxiDad

JiangxiDad — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:20:51 +0000

Anton on February 27, 2008 at 5:19 PM

what you said.

By: Anton

Anton — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:19:26 +0000

Hening on February 27, 2008 at 5:01 PM

Eh. I was a Condi-phile two or three years ago, as we all were. But since she’s gone to State and gone native, I’m no longer enthusiastic about having her run for anything.

I am quite happy to send anyone who can utter the words “Palestinian peace process” with a straight face off to the retirement home. Thank you for your service, Secretary Rice. Enjoy your retirement years back in academia.

Personally, I think Jeanne Kirkpatrick should have run for President or at least VP. She had the requisite conservative disdain for the UN despite being our ambassador for many years.

By: newton

newton — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:14:51 +0000

Kini on February 27, 2008 at 3:47 PM

It definitely matches! Here.

By: JiangxiDad

JiangxiDad — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:12:11 +0000

The race-based special interests are pitted against the feminists in a winner-take-all smackdown!

highhopes on February 27, 2008 at 4:41 PM

Open the popcorn, dial the recliner back, loosen the waistband, and enjoy. You deserve it.

By: orlandocajun

orlandocajun — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:03:54 +0000

If Obama wasn’t a black supremacist, socialist liberal with absolutely no clue how to run the country he might also have a chance to beat McCain.

By: Hening

Hening — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:01:02 +0000

Some chick on a radio station here was whining about how other countries have had female leaders, why is the US so far behind? Then it was “vote for Hillary!”

Condi is actually from the South, lived through the Civil Rights era, is brilliant and could be a great candidate. Yet her conservative leanings leave her subject to racial slurs, and to be painted as a sell-out to her race. The liberals can only come up with women who should get elected based on their support of radical causes or how much they don’t like this country.

When Obama winds up on an Uncle Ben’s box or with some black face touch-ups, I’ll consider the suggestion of equal rights in action. After watching what the left has done to Condi Rice, and will do to any Black American that is a conservative, I’m not very hopeful.

That’s why.

By: Brat

Brat — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:57:24 +0000

ErikTheRed on February 27, 2008 at 4:51 PM

Right! We had already suffered under two in there 1977-1981 known as GRITS AND FRITZ

By: crazy_legs

crazy_legs — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:57:10 +0000

Still, lack of any progress in the Democratic party since 2004 is truly astounding.

Even moreso when you throw in the fact that they’ve been the majority for the last 2 years.