The Trail: A Daily Diary of Campaign 2008

She'll be missed... by all th eracist bigots.

Good riddance.

I'm almost sad to see Ferraro go. She was the clearest evidence yet of the insulting "wait your turn" undertones of racism that have permeated the Clinton campaign. Having her stay on board would've been a constant reminder of just how low the Clintons have sunk during this election cycle.

Now I just need to find out where to go to revoke my 1984 vote for the Mondale/Ferraro ticket. God, in retrospect we dodged one hell of a bullet there.

Race is an issue, as one can see from the "demographic" figures from Hillary's and Barack's web pages:

http://newsusa.myfeedportal.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=57

FLASHBACK 1988, GERALDINE FERRARO:

"If Jesse Jackson were not black, he wouldn't be in the race"...

This is at least as bad as when Chris Matthews implied that Hillary won her Senate seat because of Bill's indiscretions ...

And they forced him to apologize.

Yeah, we'll all miss another bigot who "fought for civil rights".
Bu-bye again Geraldine.

First Barak was not black enough (see Andrew Young) then he was too black (his minister, etc.), now we hear he is only popular because he is black.

Can you Clintons stop with this? You are not helping Hillary by attacking how people got to where they are today.

Now, she must step down from politics and disappear.

ceton, you make me laugh, thank you.

she quits after the damage has been done.the clinton campaign is fanning the race issue.they are polarizing figures,they are attempting to create black vs white at the voting booth.

The "DON'T BEAT UP ON THE BROTHER!" Syndrome

Even being a white mid-lifer (that grew up in Atlanta during the desegregation days), there is some unconscious feeling that emerges whenever I hear Hillary Clinton's cackling, whiny voice as she and her flying monkeys spew and rail against Obama. Disregarding my choice of Obama for the nomination and my dislike of Clinton, I am aware that there is this subtle knee-jerk reaction when she goes on and on and on. It is like there is this unannounced feeling that zips into my consciousness that says in effect: Shut-up witch, stop beating up on the bro. I don't know if any of you have it, or recognize it- but I do.

And it could be a good thing, this "Don't beat up on the brother" syndrome might be just the tonic that our deathly ill political system needs. It might be a blessing that Obama's blackness and the hypersensitivity derived thereof, might enable us to look towards politics above the gutter, mudslinging fray. Perhaps his untouchable-ness is an asset to the system as a whole, because it forces us to see how nasty things have become. Regardless of culture, color, gender or religion- maybe we needed an untouchable to heighten our senses and bridle our tongues.

Regarding strategy, Obama needs to continue attacking the politics of lies, innuendo, and corruption, but leave the dirty work of addressing specific attacks and retorts to his minions. Maybe this is why the pseudo "we love everybody" liberal facade of Hillary is beginning to fracture in all its ugliness. How does a proud card-carrying liberal viscously attack a brother and come away with clean hands??? Marvelous. In all her hypocrisies, she deserves the predicament.

If Ferraro were honest, she'd acknowledge that the ONLY reason Hillary has come as far as she has is because she was married to Bill Clinton. It also helps that she's a woman -- and women's organizations everywhere support her JUST because she's a woman (talk about sexism). If she were a male, and the spouse of no one particularly famous, she wouldn't have a chance in Hell since she's divisive, secretive and widely disliked by millions of voters in her own party. I'm a white woman... I'll be voting for the candidate who seems humanitarian, intelligent, open... oh yeah, he happens to be black. Like I care, Geraldine.

I'm sorry to see her go. She was such a source of inspiration.....for the opponents.Still it makes me wonder why her and Mondale's candidacy never took off. Just maybe Hillary Clinton might look at Gerald Ferraro and see herself despised on the way out if she doesn't change her tone.

Ferraro served her purpose and is gone. The dried up old gasbag had a limited shelf life at best and was, in the time honored clinton tradition, used up and discarded.

Hillary has planted the seed and considers herself above the fray.

Nice work Hil. Obama has no idea what he is up against.

Clinton is really stoking the racist flames in central Pennsylvania isn't she? With Ferraro as her red-hot poker!
This is exactly what Clinton wants: awaken racism in every voter she can. Add in the Rush/Republican vote and she'll clean up in Penn.

Lordy, the things we sell our souls for....

She'll be missed...

By whom?

Can't believe I was one of the 3 people that voted Mondale/Ferraro in '84.

How about a new quote:

"If Geraldine Ferraro were not a dork, she wouldn't be in the the news..."

The Clintons are SCUM -- the racist assaults they have launched through their surrogates is simply astonishing. Is the USA public smart enough to see through it? I have my doubts. Suffice it to say that I am SURE the Clintons were behind Ferraro's "insights."

Does anyone think that Geraldine Ferraro was on the ticket in 1984 for any reason besides her gender? Who had ever heard of her before Mondale dredged her up as window-dressing.

Barack Obama is where he is now because millions of Americans--black and white, men and women, young and old--realize that he is the Real Deal.

Ferraro admits that she was a "token" woman on the 1984 ballot and not qualified to be VP.

So why did she run? Doesn't she have any integrity?

If you are listening Geraldine -- Obama could be Jewish, Hispanic or otherwise and many, many people would continue to stand behind his ideas and hopes for the future. He is as qualified as Hillary.

He appeals to what is good about people, not like you who brings out the worst in people.

(from a white, over 40, politically active female)

When Obama gets 90% of the Black vote, it seems hard for him to claim that race is not a factor. It seems that the contest has come down to Blacks and White elites versus middle class and working class Whites. Ferraro made the terrible mistake of saying what everybody else thinks.

Another victim of honesty, only a week after Ms Power. Is it strange only women are brave enough to tell the truth in this country, while man just running amuck witch hunting?

My question to Ms. Ferraro is this:

In 1988, you said Jesse Jackson only got to where he got because of race. Now you say the exact same thing about Barack Obama in 2008. So in twenty years, nothing has changed in this country? And there's no difference between Jesse Jackson's support and Barack Obama's support?

Will there ever be a time when a minority candidate is successful on merit and not on minority status?
Ms. Ferraro says her comments were not racist, but rather the truth. She said specifically that Obama would not be seeing the support he is seeing if he were a white man or a woman of any color.

Again, no one is realizing the sexism in these comments as well as racism - black people have an advantage in politics because people feel bad for them (or something like that, I guess) yet no woman of any color can capitalize on this advantage. So I guess Clinton, as the front runner for all of 2007, wasn't getting any kind of gender boost? With the race so close in the Democratic Party, how can she first say that no woman could see the kind of support Obama is getting when Hillary is nipping at his heels nationally and leading in Pennsylvania?

So, she thinks that people are supporting Obama because he's black. That's interesting because my liberal white parents didn't support Jesse Jackson in 1988, and they were just as Democrat back then as they are now. They supported Clinton until Obama came into the scene and put forward his stronger leadership skills and ability to bring people together. Race was no part in their decision, nor was it a part in my decision to abandon Clinton for Obama.

Ms. Ferraro is nothing more than an idiot. Her comment is self-contradictory on multiple fronts; she said no woman could ever do what Clinton has already done, and that Obama and Jackson are seeing the same "affirmative action" affect, even though Obama has a thousand times the support that Jesse Jackson ever had.

How these kinds of idiots with their sexist, bigoted and racist logic get into the high-profile political realm is beyond me. As far as I'm concerned, Ms. Ferraro's comments are no better than those of Ann Coulter, Newt Gingrich, Rush Limbaugh and all of the other right-wing wackos who are constantly trying to employ racist and sexist spin in this presidential campaign.

And I love that Clinton hasn't fired her. It shines a true light on how she feels about Obama's followers - that they are merely following him because he's black. How then, Ms. Clinton, are Obama's supporters so much more passionate than yours, if they are merely voting for race and your supporters are voting for you personally?

There are so many logical flaws in this approach from the Clinton/Ferraro campaign that it's hard to cleanly approach it from any angle. It's so sick and twisted - I guess we can expect this kind of stuff from the Clinton Machine.