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Geraldine Ferraro: Obama lucky to be black

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by basso, Mar 11, 2008.

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  1. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
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    "Nomination?! Don't talk nomination! Are you kidding me? Nomination?! I'm just hoping we can win a state, another state!"
     
  2. SamFisher

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    She's lucky to be a woman and not have to be attracted to beautiful, beautiful prostitutes.
     
  3. mc mark

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    LOL!!! Josh Marshall asks an important question.

    :D
     
  4. glynch

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    Hillary needs to fire Ferraro quick.
     
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    BINGO! Its a DAMN shame to! Republicans have nothing to worry about once again the DEMS will shoot themselves in the foot! She might as well hand the presidency to J.McCain on a platter...
     
  6. Cohen

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    How true. Based on today's exit polls, more Hillary supporters won't vote for Obama.

    She's doing such a fine job.
     
  7. mc mark

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    Or Obama rehires Samantha Power.
     
  8. Mr. Clutch

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    Hillary and her supporters are borderline insane.
     
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  10. FranchiseBlade

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    I don't hear any of Obama's workers saying Hillary wouldn't be where she is if it wasn't for her husband, and that if she hadn't married Bill, she'd never have been elected to the Senate.

    Hillary's campaign is rotten.
     
  11. pgabriel

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    Apparently her original comments were right before the primary last week and then the most recent comments were in defense of last week's comments. so she has actually done this twice. the first time she said it was easy on him. then when questioned, she said you can't criticize him or you'll be called racist.
     
  12. basso

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    a blast from the past

    [rquoter] Placid of demeanor but pointed in his rhetoric, Jackson struck out repeatedly today against those who suggest his race has been an asset in the campaign. President Reagan suggested Tuesday that people don't ask Jackson tough questions because of his race. And former representative Geraldine A. Ferraro (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that because of his "radical" views, "if Jesse Jackson were not black, he wouldn't be in the race."

    Asked about this at a campaign stop in Buffalo, Jackson at first seemed ready to pounce fiercely on his critics. But then he stopped, took a breath, and said quietly, "Millions of Americans have a point of view different from" Ferraro's.

    Discussing the same point in Washington, Jackson said, "We campaigned across the South . . . without a single catcall or boo. It was not until we got North to New York that we began to hear this from Koch, President Reagan and then Mrs. Ferraro . . . . Some people are making hysteria while I'm making history."[/rquoter]
     
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    Unbelievable.

    Nice find basso.
     
  14. Cohen

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    FB ... always insightful.
     
  15. deepblue

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    What's wrong with saying that? It's pretty obvious Hillary will never be in this position of possibly becoming the president if not for being a women and married to Bill.
     
  16. rhino17

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    I dont support Hilary or anything but that is a pretty accurate statement
     
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    While most of us are righteously aghast at Ferraro's undemocratic statements, we are overlooking Hillary's strategy of using surrogates to spread the hate / fear message. Afterward, she says something to the effect that she didn't say it and she can't control what other people say. But will she fire, repudiate or at least distance herself from the culprit of the moment? No ... because IMO she is orchestrating the whole dirty tricks strategy.

    PS -- Deckard, my sympathies in seeing a Democratic icon acting in such an undemocratic way.
     
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  18. pgabriel

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    prove it.

    did people claim racism after the rezko issue popped up
    did people claim racism after the experience issue

    it all in your head and its pretty sad that people actually make this argument. and the the idoic thing about is, the only time race is brought up is when hillary's camp says something, and then obama's camp gets criticized about responding
     
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    How does that play into the idea that Hillary should step down to unite the party?
     
  20. rhino17

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    If you say anything offensive to most black people, they call you a racist. It happens all the time. I have experienced it plenty of times. I dont even support Hilary, Im just saying that this crap happens a lot.
     

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