Well, as one of my friends stated, the Clinton machine and Republicans are going to throw everything but the kitchen sink at Obama.
First, Geraldine Ferraro, re-interjected race into the campaign dialogue, by stating:
If (Barrack) 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.
Observation I: It may help him with some black voters but being a black man (part Kenyan African) with a name Barrack Hussein Obama is probably more of a liability than asset.
Observation II: Ms. Ferraro, a virtually unknown congresswoman from New York, in 1984 was named Walter Mondale's running mate - becoming the first woman on the presidential ticket of a major political party. Did gender play a major role? Did Ms. Ferraro think she was the affirmative action candidate as she suggests about Obama?
By The Way: Ms Ferraro, in 1988 you said virtually the same about the reason Jesse Jackson was running - because he was black. You also claim that you are only telling the truth and are only being attacked because you are white. Funny, I have never heard you only tell the truth about George W. Bush - that is to say; as a self-acclaimed poor student who was accepted into Harvard and Yale because of daddy (can you say Affirmative Action) he benefited from his white status.
Well, to me the whole thing reeks of dirty politics. First, Ferraro, amid a blue collar state primary yells, Obama is an affirmative action candidate; fully aware it may negatively taint Obama as benefiting not from merit but only because he is black. The calculation is that blue collar, white America men would resent the perceived "unfair" advantage bestowed upon Obama.
Lastly, Hillary Clinton can appear to stay above the fray by asking Ferraro to resign and denouncing her comments; however, mission accomplished.
There is a wing of the Democratic Party that is ecstatic that an African American is on the verge of making history. Likewise, there is a wing of the Democratic Party that is ecstatic a woman is on the verge of making history. This narrative that began as a win-win scenario is now creating mistrust and division among the rank and file.
This benefits the Republicans.
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