Comments on Still More from Geraldine Ferraro

Yeah, because her remarks were the political equivalent of "Ebony and Ivory." I'm surprised she hasn't shut up yet.

Is Hillary so low on cash that she can't pay Ferraro to STFU?

Remember, the Democratic leadership felt THAT was okay to have be a heart beat away from the President of the United States. Just remember that.

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!

Stop. making. comments. on the record.

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 like this comment:

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

Geraldine Ferraro speaks the truth! Fear not - we feminist Daughters of the Revolution are at NOW meetings as we speak, donating our family inheritance and working hard to save our sisters from the big scary colored fellow. HILLARY 08!

Yeah, well, at least Wright isn't crazy. Seriously, are we looking at dementia here? Alzheimer's? What?

Dear Gerry:

Shut the FUCK UP.

Sincerely,

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

let it go Geraldine. and eli.

She's batshit crazy. STFU, Geraldine. Jesus Christ!

I 11th that "Shut Up"

shes like the nancy grace of race. she just can't get over it.

Ferraro also said she could not understand why Obama had called out his own white grandmother for using racial stereotypes that had made him cringe.

"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.

I think she needs to make a speech.

In church.

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

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

Nascent Alzheimer's makes people argumentative and delusional. She's got a bone and won't let go. I love that Joe Conason called her a pork-chopper:

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

Porkchoppers and kneecappers. Hillary is a class act.

fuck, her.

ouch.

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

I'm still not convinced Obama's former pastor is a racist or a bigot. Throwing these terms around for sensationalism and to scare white people is ridiculous to me.

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

I'd like exact quotes and links please.

Thanks in advance!

@ 18,

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.

transition has taken its toll - now, old lady loudmouth witch

get off the stage, witch

Ferraro is crazy and unhelpful here, but she does have a point. I don't really think that Obama should have brought her or his elderly white grandmother into the speech.

I do. If you can't personalize the story and show where it runs through you and all of us, you shouldn't be talking about it. Geraldine Ferraro shouldn't be talking about it, or anything. Fucking cow; why is she all over the news NOW, for the first time in 23 years?

Ferraro's just trying to get her Q-rating higher than James Stockdale's.

Rarely have I wondered, "What does Geraldine Ferraro think about X?"

So Obama comes out with this stirring speech that acknowledges the problems this country still faces when it comes to race relations and ends on a message of hope and civic duty to make our country better. Ferraro responds with anger, hate, and continued race-baiting. Nice one.

@21 - I disagree. Obama went on to say that his elderly white grandmother "is part of me."

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.

OK - you're probably all thinking it, but I'm gonna say it - what a stupid hateful cunt (yes, I know - sexism, etc. But if the shoe fits...)

@21 obama actually said they were on opposite ends of the spectrum:

"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.

@26 if the show is sexism, the shoe doesn't fit. responding with sexism is unacceptable... always.

@15 - sadly that was my first thought too, and McCain's showing some symptoms as well, FWIW.

@29 - I assume you meant not @27 and not @26. But, on that note, Ferraro is being a total dick about this issue.

I don't doubt for a second that Ferarro would call you a cunt, bitch, jerk off, pussy and probably any number of ethnic insults as well. If you could say it on TV. And she would also not hesitate to call the PC police on you if she caught you saying any of these things. Fuck her.

@ 19

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.

What the FUCK is wrong with this woman? Good lord.

@31 @32 i like what you are saying...

does anyone else's brain ACHE after hearing this?

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.

Hey there's some misplaced anger towards Farraro from people who don't want to be seen as hostile to Hillary.
She was right. What is the problem with Obama being where he is simply because of race? It's like the elephant in the room and she's the least passive aggressive about stating it. What I don't get is why everyone assumes that (and that she meant) it is a BAD thing. Maybe she did mean it that way because she supports Hillary but you would think this would finally bring some dialogue about it rather than everyone getting all "PC" about it.
That's like saying George Clooney is only where he is as an actor because he's "hot". Duh.

@37,

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?

@38- technically yes. Hillary Clinton is where she is because she is married to a former president. since all the presidents in the US have been men this far, and since a man cannot marry another man (weee!), it is logical to assume that the spouse of a former president would be woman. and therefore have the national attention and political clout that she does because she is a woman who is married to Bill Clinton.

Yes, he is where he is because of his race. Seriously. So what? It's time we have a black man or white woman in office. Thats why they are where they are. Why are people so offended by that? Just embrace it, it's what you want! Win/win situation.

37 - oh, dear. what to say, what to say?

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.

It's this that kills me:
"but he did not address the fact that this man is up there spewing hatred"

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.