At this point her mouth is flapping simply because she is getting attention; the type of attention she has not garned in decades. Expect even more!

Today's new media/cycle is completely phreaking the process because every second of dialog is recorded and every person attached to the campaign is getting injected into the spotlight when they really SHOULDN'T be. Undoubtedly future doctoral thesises could be written about this.

"I think they got as far as they could go politically," she said. "They're looking at their base. Their base is African-Americans."

Shut the FUCK UP.

Sincerely,

All of the Democrats that actually want to win in '08.

"I could not believe that," she said. "That's my mother's generation."

Because if circa-1920 views on race relations were good enough for her mother, then they are good enough for Geraldine.

I think keshmeshi @7 nailed it. She should be sent to a home.

In church.

And go on about how evil everyone who isn't white like her is.

Yeah, I'm sure that would work ...

http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/03/14/ferraro_clinton/

Porkchoppers and kneecappers. Hillary is a class act.

that article is worth reading, though, to get the full effect.

Can someone please tell me when and where he said KILL WHITEY?

I'd like exact quotes and links please.

Thanks in advance!

That's the thing. Wright's comments included earth-shattering notions like America treats poor people and racial minorities like shit (true), we were attacked by people with specific complaints about our decades of abusive foreign policy (true--it's called blowback), and also that rich white people control the country (true--can anyone seriously argue that?).

Actually analyzing these comments requires, you know, thinking, of which our failed, mainstream Drudge-controlled press and frankly most Americans are simply incapable. Instead, they portray him as a crazy, angry black man with no legitimate concerns. QED.

get off the stage, witch

In my opinion, that sentence was one of the most poignant and powerful moments of his brilliant speech. It was the first honest discussion of race that I've ever heard from a politician, much less a politician running for President.

"On one end of the spectrum, we've heard the implication that my candidacy is somehow an exercise in affirmative action; that it's based solely on the desire of wild- and wide-eyed liberals to purchase racial reconciliation on the cheap," Obama said.

"On the other end, we've heard my former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, use incendiary language to express views that have the potential not only to widen the racial divide, but views that denigrate both the greatness and the goodness of our nation and that rightly offend white and black alike."

if he can't say that, then he can't address ferraro's comments at all, let alone race issues in america. the fact that ferraro got mad about it kind of proves his point.

obama is saying that the older generations have anger about this issue, and used his grandmother as an example. he understands the anger, but wants to push though it. he's speech was both personal and productive because he addressed those concerns. without mentioning ferraro's comments, or referring to his grandmother, it would not have been.

Thanks. I thought I was missing some quotes or statements made by the pastor that everyone saw but me to base these allegations of racism on. If these are it, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004290134_apobamapastorsquotes.html?syndication=rss
I’m going to have to go with FAIL on the racism charges.

jesusmutherfukkingchrist lady, shut the fuck UP! there has been more than enough shit-hurling from the republicans in the past few days without you adding the contents of your depends to the fray.

somebody call shady acres, there's an escapee on the loose. and fire the nurse who's supposed to be looking after her, they're obviously not doing their job.

Because he's not where he is due to his race. He's where he is because he's an incredible orator and speaks to people in a way that they understand and that also happens not to patronize them.

Is Hillary where she is only because she's a woman?

i have no problems with being seen as hostile towards hillary. pick a topic - if i haven't gone there already, I WILL. all you have to do is ask.

thing is, i'm past that now. all this quibbling and infighting is getting really, really tiresome. no matter how much disdain i harbor for hillary, she's better than anything the knuckle-draggers have to offer up. put a ballot in front of me with her name on it, and i'll vote for her. really!

for this exact same reason, i'm sick and fucking tired of this whithered old skank whining about being mischaracterized by obama in his speech. who cares about you, geraldine? WHO? just take your meds and shut up already. you're not helping.

wtf? Yes he did. He addressed it by saying that Wright has some bitterness that he, Obama, doesn't have because of when he came up and what he experienced. That this is typical of a lot of black people of that generation in particular, and while the response is often counterproductive, it's understandable. wtf -did she not see that big-ass part of the speech? And yeah, Obama believes America can form a more perfect union and disagrees with Wright. How many times does he have to say this?

Ferraro and her ilk - Mickey Kaus, etc. - are just clinging to their outrage. Their outrage is some kind of warm friend, and if you try to get them to let go they will shriek and cling harder.