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Ferraro: Obama chosen because he's black; a sacrifice fly...

 
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 4:34 pm    Post subject: Ferraro: Obama chosen because he's black; a sacrifice fly... Reply with quote

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/12/ferraro-quits-clinton-campaign/

I think the Clinton campaign offered Ferraro up as a kind of sacrifice fly, as we would say in baseball.

She's right, though. It's good to see people finally calling-out the levels to which the whole race issue is clouding peoples' judgment in the USA. I'm not a Clinton fan, but it's good to finally see people discuss this.


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Ferraro was unrepentant about her comments, in which she said Obama is �lucky� because this election is being run at a time when �the country is caught up in the concept� of a black president. She said she has a 40-year history of opposing all kinds of discrimination and that she was speaking from a historical context, noting that she would not have been chosen as Walter Mondale�s running mate in 1984 if she had been a man.

�I�m sorry I said nothing negative,� she told FOX News on Wednesday. �I care about the black vote in this country. I really don�t think this is right that they should attack me as racist.�

Former Maryland Lieutenant Gov. Michael Steele, who is black, said that Ferraro�s comments are true, and the fact she can�t speak them �goes to the heart and ugliness of racism.� He said Obama�s candidacy is not diminished by her words, but an oversensitivity is harming debate in America.

�It just speaks to the fact that race, no matter how you slice and dice it,� is all too present in people�s minds, he said.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 4:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

As someone who prefers Clinton over Obama: no, no, no!

Ferraro is an idiot.
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