Earlier in the day, Hillary Clinton supporter and fundraiser Geraldine Ferraro gave up her honorary position with Clinton's campaign after she said in an interview last week that Obama would not have made it this far if he were white. Obama said Ferraro's remarks were "ridiculous" and "wrong-headed."
Of Ferraro's comment, Hillary Clinton told her audience: "I certainly do repudiate it and I regret deeply that it was said. Obviously she doesn't speak for the campaign, she doesn't speak for any of my positions, and she has resigned from being a member of my very large finance committee."
"Under the bus, my pretty! You and your little dog, too!"Geraldine Ferraro serves as a warning to anyone who wants to help a Clinton. Here she was, just another Clinton campaign chick going out there trying to out-identity-politics the black guy. It's obviously a campaign strategy. But as things get to hot and heavy, Clinton dumps her. (Bill Clinton seems one of the few immune to that treatment.)
When Steinem made her actual outrageous remarks about John McCain a few weeks ago, Hillary had a little more respect for Gloria than she did Ferraro. But I guess that's reason and loyalty with the Clintons. It's a vast right-wing conspiracy when your husband actually abuses power. When a dedicated surrogate of yours does her job, playing the silly identity-politics game you all play, you cast her aside like a reckless and expendable young professor.