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| Ferraro Steps Down From Clinton Campaign | ||
| 2008-03-13 | ||
| After making racially-charged comments about Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, former vice presidential Democratic nominee Geraldine Ferraro stepped down Wednesday as a surrogate and a member of the finance committee for the presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY. "She made the decision that she wants to continue talking about this and didn't want to do this in a way that would cause the campaign problems," a Clinton campaign source told ABC News. The source insisted that the campaign did not ask Ferraro to leave. That does not mean, however, that the Clinton campaign had not asked her to shut up.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #16 guess I'm mean too. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-03-13 21:24 |
| #15 if Clinton's rival, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, "was a white man, he would not be in this position. True. He'd be home at Chateau Breck. [Aris Katsaris has been pooplisted.] Mebbe I'm mean, but I smile when I see that... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-03-13 21:22 |
| #14 a party that can not effectively govern. Govern? Hell, they can't even figure out voting, what with all the super delegates and the Michigan/Florida snafu. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-03-13 20:24 |
| #13 You're a darling, Pancho Elmeck8414. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-03-13 19:32 |
| #12 affirmative action taken to a whole new level. |
| Posted by: bman 2008-03-13 17:00 |
| #11 [Aris Katsaris has been pooplisted.] |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2008-03-13 12:44 |
| #10 The real, but unspoken, issue is that Blacks have decided to be completely racist and vote on skin color rather than substance. Shocking, absolutely shocking. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-03-13 11:36 |
| #9 Coming up next on Back to the Future, Walter Mondale asks "Who's the colored guy?"... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-03-13 10:54 |
| #8 In Liberal-Land it’s considered “Progressive” to vote for someone simply based on their age, race, or gender. But you are a bigot if they vote against someone based on those very same characteristics. Of course, unless your talking about “Old White Men”. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2008-03-13 10:16 |
| #7 Shame of it is, she got forced out for telling the truth. Were Obama a white female, he would be of no account based on his accomplishments. Were Obama a white male, he would be of no account based on his accomplishments. He'd not be pulling 90% of the black vote, thats for sure, not against Hillary. His only assets are that he is glib, and black - and the press covers for him in terms of not publicizing negatives and going along with "the race card" every time it is played by the Obama team. The real, but unspoken, issue is that Blacks have decided to be completely racist and vote on skin color rather than substance. And that's the ugly truth that nobody in the press will speak. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-03-13 10:12 |
| #6 A party that can not run on truth is a party that can not effectively govern. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-03-13 09:39 |
| #5 TW's right, as usual. |
| Posted by: Pancho Elmeck8414 2008-03-13 09:31 |
| #4 Ms. Ferraro is correct, both in the original statement and in her choice to speak on this important subject rather than campaign. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-03-13 07:16 |
| #3 THE AUSTRALIAN > BLACK VOTE GIVES OBAMA THE VICTORY [Mississippi]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-03-13 02:23 |
| #2 Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, "was a white man, he would not be in this position. Appears she was actually half right... er, uh, half wrong. You decide. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-03-13 02:03 |
| #1 Spoken by a woman who, had she not been a woman, would never have been a vice presidential candidate. A point, IIRC, she has also stated publicly. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-03-13 00:53 |