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Geraldine and the ease of being Black in America

The VP nominee of the worst performing ticket in modern electoral history has some pearls of wisdom about Barack Obama's appeal. Geraldine Ferraro was quoted thusly:

"If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position, and if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept."

What Ferraro WANTED to say was, "Hoke, you're supposed to DRIVE Ms. Daisy, not drive her campaign into the ground."

Lest we think this some errant comment, there's this "...if Jesse Jackson were not black, he wouldn't be in the race."

Ferraro COULD have said that Obama is an outstanding candidate who achieved better than expected success in the South because of overwhelming Black support.  That statement in no way diminishes his successes in states without large Black voting blocs.

She didn't; and her quoted comment IS racist in the same way she accuses the networks of being sexist against Hillary.

Black people are citizens of this country too. We face economic challenges like non-Black Americans, buy the same over-priced gas as non-Black Americans and have disproportionate numbers of our children engaged in this mindless occupation. There are plenty of reasons to favor a candidate other than Clinton and her inherent baggage.

That Barack Obama is such an inspiring candidate is a bonus. Geraldine Ferraro may think that he wouldn't be where he is save for his melanin, but Edwards beat Clinton in Iowa too.

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matt williams said…
Bro, I saw your comments on Rhymes with Snitch and I must say you have a very powerful blog here. this is stuff people need to see. I got some blog buddies who have a good number of readers. If I can get them to highlight you, maybe more traffic will come here.
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TomIsTalking said…
Thanks, Tasty Chic. Your encouragement is appreciated.
I hit a good stride at one point during the campaign, but then started doing more posting on HuffPost and TPMCafe instead of my own.

I should probably dig through some of that stuff and beef up my own blog when I get a chance.

Send everyone you can! I'm tired of being a best kept secret. I want some page views, dammit! 8^)
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