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I think this says it all: "Geraldine Ferraro's comments were uncalled for regardless if it's true or not."
Yes, don't speak the truth if it's politically incorrect. However people don't vote for political correctness, and they can scream "racism" when he loses. Suit yourself.

Obama for Vice President in 2008!

Geraldine is right but the media is not interested in truth. What white man could take 90% of the black vote in southern states against a Clinton, whose husband was called the first black president. Note that Obama does not win the working peoples vote.
Note also that the states he wins generally vote republican in the national elections. Isn't it ironic that republican states are trying to choose the democrat nominee.

This just goes to show we are not ready to really discuss race in this country. JFK is a silly comparison, he was rich and groomed in politics by a political family. Sexism is the real issue in this campaign. Maureen Dowd's op-ed piece in the NY Times about Clinton's "emotionalism" was perhaps the most sexist article ever published outside of fringe far-right publications. If a man had written that article it would never have been published. Ferraro was wrong, the country is not ready for this level of discussion, she should have known that as a white person she could not say what she said without being swiftboated.

If anyone can relate to Barack Obama's position, it should be Geraldine Ferraro whose own vice-presidential campaign was clearly hurt by the fact that she was a woman (as she perhaps hints at with the comment, 'he wouldn't be in this position...if he was a woman.'). As we can all see from his speech yesterday, Obama is taking the right approach to these comments of questionable integrity. Obama supporters should applaud Clinton's camp for using such questionable tactics; they're only going to help Barack in the end.

Ferraro's comment was not a racist one; it was an objective one. The fact is that a significant portion of Obama's support is derived from his message of "hope," which is inextricably tied to his own ability to have pulled himself up by the bootstraps in spite of his race. Obama is receiving an overwhelming amount of the black popular vote; I do not believe for one moment that 90% of black Americans in Mississippi firmly believe that Barack Obama is the best candidate regardless of race. They believe he is the best candidate, at least in significant part, specifically because of his race.

I do not want to discredit Obama's accomplishments. As a social worker, I firmly support his work as a community organizer and have a great deal of respect for that. However, being a community organizer and working in public defense does not mean that Obama is ready to lead our country in the White House, nor does it provide a better resume than his competitor's.

Senator Clinton has significantly more experience than Obama, and she has a history of fighting for the constituents of the Democratic party. I think this campaign just goes to show that sexism is as strong as ever in our country, and unfortunately the policy of affirmative action is playing out in the unfair way its opponents proclaim that it does. Obama is receiving a hand-up over Hillary Clinton, in spite of clear evidence that she is significantly more qualified to lead our country.

Okay. Geraldine. I'll take you up on your hypothesis. Let's do a portrait of an imaginary white guy, running for president, a young guy with not a lot of years of political experience in comparison to the stalwarts running his party. He is one of the more intelligent people in the race. He does have a lot of experience , but not the same kind as his opponents in the race for his party's nomination. He is a great orator and has developed almost a cult following.He connects with people with a simple message, but underlying that message is a broader understanding of his generation and where the country needs to go at home and abroad.
Yep..no doubt about it, the guy is going to lose. Wait! I forgot, I am so wrong. We've already elected that white guy-his name was John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Oh... right. No..I guess I was wrong. He only won because he was Irish-Catholic. I forgot.
And what will you say. You'll say "I knew John Kennedy and Barack Obama is no John Kennedy." And again your right. Barack would be better.

Ferraro is just another goon for The Clinton Campaign. They are trying to pull out reverse psychology here on the media too in yet another attempt to play the refs. Ferraro is hurt and appalled?...by comments that SHE made!!! The Obama Camp are trying to distract voters from issues with the race card?...SHE brought up the issue of race. You can't say "play fair and focus on the issues" in front of the camera, but take a cheap shot aimed at race as soon as the camera is off. We saw Samsntha Power resign for a comment much less offensive than this, yet Clinton simply "disagrees" with Ferraro's comments; much like an unknown "staffer" circulated a photo of Obama in African garb to try and convince voters he is Muslim, which according to the Clinton Camp is a bad thing; and, much like The Republican John McCain would make a better president than Obama.

What more does Clinton need to do to fall out of grace with Democrats and be portrayed in a more negative light? People keep waiting for Obama to slip up, yet it is the Clinton Camp that has slipped up 3 times now with the photo, the McCain comment, and now Ferraro. She is dividing the Democratic Party in order to convince people that she should be given an election that she has clearly lost.

This is hurting the Democratic Party and she needs to be stopped before she destroys it for her own benefit. Blacks make up a large portion of the party, and she is refusing to disown a comment that claims that it's easier to run for president being black than it is being white. How does she say now that Obama should be her VP when she has associated herself a comment that suggest that Obama's only qualifications are his speeches and his race? How does she win black votes now if she was to steal the nomination? How does she get anybody to endorse her with her message of racial division?

She is killing the Democratic Party by using the very thing that the party is against, racism. She needs to be stopped here, and the only thing that can stop her before she destroys the party is an endorsement from major party leaders in an attempt to re-unify the party. Al Gore, John Edwards, and Bill Richardson need to come out and endorse Obama and reject these comments and reject the tactics taken up by the Clinton Campaign or this party will be destroyed.

Ms. Ferraro,

I am terribly disappointed. Your recent suggestion that Mr. Obamas’ success happened only because he is black is especially painful. To think that being black in America is a lucky thing strikes me as being inconsiderate.

I am a black person born the same year as Mr. Obamas’ wife 1964, and I can tell you at no time in my life was being black a lucky thing, or are you unaware of the sad and continuing legacy of American race relations. You disregard Mr. Obamas’ legitimate and laudable accomplishments by attributing them to one thing, and it’s the one thing Mr. Obama tries least to be – a man of race. Mr. Obama is a child of God, a husband, a father, a university graduate and a lawyer. Mr. Obama has been a stellar state representative of Illinois and he is currently a United States Senator, and great American. Somewhere probably in the high teens of the list of things Mr. Obama is would be black man.

The statements you have made and defend amount to making his race his primary attribute. You are playing the race card in a manner that is insulting, and quite frankly would be more expected from the kind of reactionary people America has hopefully outgrown.

In 1984 I was a student at the University of Southern California an institution with a traditionally conservative bent. I remember campaigning for and ardently defending a certain congressperson from New York as being more than just a woman, but a person regardless of gender worthy to potentially lead this country. I’m sorry to know now that I was wrong, and all the time any Gerard really would have sufficed.

Geraldine Ferraro's comments were uncalled for regardless if it's true or not. Sen. Obama has gotten this far due to his accomplishments,hard work, helpers, etc. Why would you make a racial based comment when your complaining of sexism toward H Clinton? A perfeshional being televised knows that there are just some things you shouldn't say out loud.

What is with all the women supporting Hillary to the bitter end? Don't any of them even realize how many women the Clintons have destroyed over the years? When Bill was done using a woman or got one that said no it was Hillary's job to destroy that woman's reputation and career and smear her in the press and Hillary always went at it with gusto. If you're going to be mad at someone for mistreating women, get mad at Hillary. At the very least she enabled Bill Clinton, for goodness' sake don't enable her. "Sister" my eye. The women who think Hillary is all that are getting used.

I subscribe to the Daily Breeze and read her entire interview -- what she said is true. Liberals give blacks a pass because they are afraid of being called racists, yet when blacks or other minorities say the same thing about whites, nothing is said. Ferraro is a liberal who has the guts to speak the truth, just as Bill Cosby is a black with the guts to speak the truth -- and both get slammed for it.

I subscribe to the Daily Breeze and read her entire interview -- what she said is true. Liberals give blacks a pass because they are afraid of being called racists, yet when blacks or other minorities say the same thing about whites, nothing is said. Ferraro is a liberal who has the guts to speak the truth, just as Bill Cosby is a black with the guts to speak the truth -- and both get slammed for it.

and H. Clinton...help me understand her 35 yrs. of experience oh wiat she gts credit for the debate team in college, sitting on her momma's lap at a civil rights meeting...wait no...they were repubs...first lady of Arkansas working on numerous initiatives, first lady of US and her failed Healthcare plan, 6 years in US Senate

that about sums it up

now...let's look at how qualified and experienced Bush was...

George Walker Bush born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America. He previously served as the forty-sixth Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000 and is the eldest son of former United States President George Herbert Walker Bush. He was inaugurated as President on January 20, 2001 and his current term is scheduled to end at noon on January 20, 2009.[4]

Barack Obama has dedicated his life to public service as a community organizer, civil rights attorney, and leader in the Illinois state Senate. Obama now continues his fight for working families following his recent election to the United States Senate.

Sworn into office January 4, 2005, Senator Obama serves on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which oversees our nation’s health care, schools, employment, and retirement programs. He is a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, which plays a vital role in shaping American policy around the world, including our policy in Iraq. And Senator Obama serves on the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, which is focused on providing our brave veterans with the care and services they deserve. In 2005 and 2006, he served on the Environment and Public Works Committee, which safeguards our environment and provides funding for our highways.

During his eight years in the Illinois state Senate, Obama worked with both Democrats and Republicans to help working families get ahead by creating programs like the state Earned Income Tax Credit, which in three years provided over $100 million in tax cuts to families across the state. Obama also pushed through an expansion of early childhood education, and after a number of inmates on death row were found innocent, Senator Obama enlisted the support of law enforcement officials to draft legislation requiring the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases.

so 8 years in Illinois Senate and just about 5 years in US Senate.In 1991, Obama graduated from Harvard Law School where he was the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review.

yeah, he's totally not qualified to be President. Just like Kennedy wasn't qualified when he won or Abe Lincoln.

Ferraro wants gender to trump race in the hierarchy of oppression, well I have one better for her I'm black AND female so take that!Or did she forget that not all blacks are male and not all females are white?

I agree with Ferraro 100% - also voted for her way back in the good old days... when will women wake up and stand together for change!

My favorite Ferraro comment; "This has made me more commited to raising money (for Hillary). Yeah! I know what you mean sister!

If Obama were white, he would not be viewed as the "symbol" of hope all of his supporters bragged about. That is precisely what his skin color has provided some people. If he were white, it would have been okay to go into his record with fervor, but any attack is turned into being "bamboozled" or "racist". He's got that extra angle and he and Axelrod flash that card everytime they can whether it's ridiculous or not, just throw the accusation out there because some will buy it. The media definitely will run it, that's how they get an audience.

There is no way I think the majority of black voters know what Obama's plateform is.

The democrats never yelled racism when 75-80% of "Black" people supported Bill Clinton and other "Democratic Canidates". Bill Clinton would have never been elected President in the 92 and 96 elections if not for the "Black" support. In both he got greater than 80% of the vote. From my perspective "Blacks" have been and remains the unifying force in several areas of our society. That is why I am suprise that the Clintons and their surrogates are attempting to make the "What" in this election seasons the fact that Seanator "Obama" happens to be considered a "Black" man. I suspect that "Blacks" are supporting him for the same reason that I am. Simply stated he is a man for the the times we are living in to help make the world a better place. He demonstrates wisdom beyond his years. This is clearly why he has not taken the bait and attacked the Senator on several of the key issues she attacks him on. He knows they are attempting to create a racial backlash. You are indeed wise Senator Obama. Keep the high ground and "God" will get you home.

Has BHO ever even mentioned his white roots...you know, his entire youth when his white mother raised him?

So, I just want to be clear: has Hillary "rejected and denounced" Geraldine Ferraro yet?

Ms. Ferraroh, What was the purpose of your remarks? What good do you think would come from them? You were oki-doked into the mud slinging the Clintons promised. If you are mad you should take your anger out on the Hilary because she is using you to help salvage her faltering presidential campaign. Your comment on race and gender are in bad taste and is helping destroy the unity of the Democratic Party. If you are a true Democrat, then you should apologize to those you offended, and help stop the party implosion, which you have precipitated, much to Senator McCain’s pleasure

When Ms. Ferraro says "Barack Obama is only in this position because he is black" or "Jesse Jackson is only running because he is black" (back a few years ago) she is NOT "simply stating a fact".

It IS a fact that these two candidates (in different election cycles) DID benefit from the black vote. But there are a lot of other big factors at play. Obama is disadvantaged by not being married to a former president and by not being a woman, and by not being white in this race.

The fact Ms. Ferraro is that Obama's success is primarily due to his intelligence, character and political skills in interpreting the public mood.

Geraldine Ferraro's comments yesterday and today are the most blatant kind of cynical race baiting. She is simply engaging in a carefully calculated strategy to bring the campaign down to the lowest level without directly publicly involving Clinton because of the Clinton campaign's belief that it will work to their advantage. They believe that they can appeal to an underlying racial resentment within the remaining non-black primary voters. They are trying to convince people who aren't racist that they "play the fool" by allowing the blacks to take advantage of them somehow, and thereby convince them to vote for Clinton instead. So far, the democratic voter has been, for the most part, immune to this very unfortunate retrogressive message.

Just consider Ferraro's comments as though they have come directly from Bill and Hillary Clinton and you will have the accurate picture.

Clinton supporters have been quick to paint the Mississippi win as "defined by race". This is exactly the same thing Bill Clinton did immediately after the South Carolina win. To try to denigrate, belittle, and dismiss.

In fact, it is like there are two elections going on simultaneously. Obviously Obama is benefiting from overwhelming black support.... and in those states with a large black Democratic population, the vote is strongly affected by race. But to emphasize that point and pretend... therefore... that Obama is just winning because of race... is totally ridiculous. He was won many almost completely white states by larger margins than he has won largely black states and has he done very well in the largest states where the proportion of blacks is relatively small.

The Clinton campaign is proudly and unapologetically using any and all sly tricks, no matter how dirty and misleading, to try to mold public perception. Apparently to them this is "just politics" and to them the ends justify the means.

Sadly, as this type of thinking has become more the norm, the country is worse off for it because it works against productively dealing with the issues of concern to the public. It would seem ... for those who enthusiastically engage in such tactics... that "the issues of concern for the public" are not that big a priority.

rationalpsychic, I agree with you. That is precisely why there so many folks always are looking for 3rd party candidates. I suspect if Blomberg decided to run he would probably do at least as well as Perot did in 1992. Heck, if Perot can garner 18% of the vote any reasonable 3rd party candidate could do much better. I think the majority of Americans are tired of the Democrats vs. Republicans nasty campaigns. And Hillary\Bill vs. Republicans would be the epitome of nasty campaigns demonstrated by her tactics recently. It will turn people completely off.

Mrs. Ferraro is out of touch with the public. Otherwise she would not make such a belittling statement.

Wow! Being a black man is a plus now? I didn't get the memo.

What garbage?

Obama is where he is...because of his intelligence and ability to bring groups together that have very different interests.

I have been for Barack Obama only since January when I began to compare what he is offering compared to what Clinton is offering. I started to see the same old divisive rhetoric and a real inability to connect with people except when she was feeling sorry for herself (crying at the diner because it's just so tough).

What I see in Obama that I really like is his consistent behavior (no one's perfect) and his slowness to anger. He doesn't react--he thinks about consequences before he opens his mouth. I see self-centeredness in Clinton's campaign and a willingness to sacrifice the national good for her own aggrandizement.

That Geraldine Ferraro (who I once admired) would make such statements--not just a slip but a complete line of reasoning by her--is almost inexcusable for a person of her standing and supposed understanding of how her statements will be taken. I say "almost inexcusable" because I'd like to see her apologize.

Obama gives people hope! How can a man turn hope in to a trivial argument into a burden. Synics laugh and say "he talks about fairytales of hope" they say it as if hope is a bad thing these are the real fools. I say if you think hope is a joke...the jokes on you...to hope is American! Barack obama for change for hope in 08'

When Ferraro ran for VP she was very sensitive about being singled out for scrutiny because of her Italian ancestry, especially when it came to an investigation of her campaign finances.

Funny, Hillary still hasn't released her financial statement has she?

Is it because he is black that Mr. Obama has no trouble raising millions over the internet and can be transparent about his finances?

No, it is because he is a true leader.

Is it because there is indeed a latent racism in the Clinton campaign that Mrs. Clinton cannot only officially disavow and repudiate Mrs. Ferraro's comments but also distance herself from Mrs. Ferraro completely?

Perhaps.

Has anyone really inquired as to what made the Arkansas Grifter/Governor so qualified to be President of the United States in 1992? When you compare his then experience with that of President George Herbert Walker Bush's experience at that time, there was absolutely no contest. Billy Jeff had been a governor of a Hillbilly state whose primary export was and is Chicken manure and who cornerstone business is Wal-Mart, and whose involvement with various schemes stink of scandal. Indeed, Billy Jeff was unknown until he gave a tedious speech at the democratic convention in 1988.

Its quite notable that all of these democratic big-wigs who are alleged champions of racial equality are ever so subtly rearing their racist heads.

If the Clinton mafia steals the nomination, an entire generation of idealistic young white voters will be completely disillusioned with the democratic party and a huge plurality of African Americans will feel disenfranchised because a former First Lady, who made a mess of her Health Care legislation in 1993 and who carpet - bagged her way to the Senate and has served 6.5 years "pork barreling" is deemed by the White big wigs to be the "Great Veteran of National crisis."

Sen. Obama is the best nominee for the McCain campaign. He is the weakest candidate the Democrats could possibly nominate. Obamamania will start to peter out as Americans find out more about Chicago politics. Sen. Clinton would be a lot harder to beat because she knows how to use hatred and envy better than anybody else, except for her husband.

After reading countless comments here, it looks as if our country is in serious trouble. We need to choose a leader who knows how to lead, who is moral, who is above enticing people with the empty rhetoric of "change" and "hope"--empty that is of any operational definition. And we need to look beyond such craziness as skin pigment in selecting a U.S. President. May God have mercy on our country this election year. The Democratic candidates have exposed their rival's many flaws. That leaves McCain standing (Ron Paul did not have the support of large numbers of people). I hope McCain will bring what this country needs. Kyrie Eleison. LORD, have mercy upon these United States.

I can see that the people will have to have the well run dry before they realize their mistakes in voting in this up coming election. to put a no experience in that position is tantamount to being on a fringe that is destructive to say the least. would someone in the audience ask him a straight up question and lets see how he answers that , its going to happen if he is the choice because McCain will ask some pretty hard things of him and I wonder if Obama can come off of the same ole same ole and ask McCain some hard questions also . we will see when the vote is counted and when either one that wins it, we will see if they have the salt to run this great country . But remember your choice is there for four or more years and we have to live with it , Impeachment is out of the question that is harder to do then you think

Clarence,

Obama is not now in the same position as John Edwards- Obama is likely to win the primary. Your vitriolic reaction proves my point that the mere mention of race has become so taboo that the health and vitality of public discourse has suffered.

"For those of you hollering that Ferraro is a racist, please back it up with reasoned arguments that support the position that Obama would be in the same position were he a white male with absolutely no experience."

John Freakin Edwards!!!

He had no experience...finished second was nominated for VP. There's your argument right there.

BTW Blacks were with Bill Clinton...a majority of them never cared for Hillary..research it! But you know blacks so much!!!!

We are facing a national nightmare,if Al Sharpton and his mail order reverend
certificate in hand ,is indeed our next vice president,God help us as we slip into a civil war !!!!!!!

Enrico,
Okay, I just want clarify how I feel about the issues you brought up, first of all I believe strongy that abortion should be illegal but unless ALL of congress wants to vote for a ban on abortion (which is not happening in the next 8 years) then the only power Obama has is electing the Supreme Court Judges. I doubt many of those will be changing in the next 4 years. I don't want this to turn into a War conversation, I do not believe that we should police the world and I do not believe we should be in Iraq. I feel strongly that McCain or any americans can dispute the money that Obama wants to spend on government programs when he wants to continue to run us into debt with this war. Not saying I agree with every program Obama wants to put through (most of them are good ideas, but alas so was social security and now it is a mess), just like you probably wont agree with everything McCain does.

If it weren't for the "black" vote in 1991 Bill and Hillary Clinton wouldn't be where they are today.

If it weren't for his white mother and grandparents who stuck by him, Barack Obama wouldn't be where he is today.

If it weren't for the contributions of all races, America wouldn't be what it is today.

If Geraldine were black she wouldn't be where she is. If Hillary were black she wouldn't be where she is. If McCain were a woman...well as well as all of us. What the hell?? If my uncle was a woman he'd be my aunt! We are all very lucky as well as all of us are unlucky. For a person of her stature to say something that ignorant, she must have another agenda.

The last thing I want is a president who will get things done. The only things they accomplish is wasting more money and turning this country into more of a police state. What we need is some good old fashioned deadlock between congress and the executive so that they quit spending us into bankruptcy.

Oratory skills my foot.Obama is not that great of a speaker unless of course you count his ability to rehash the same old tired speech that he has mastered and repeats at every stop.

If you listen carefully the fool speaks about three words,four at the most and pauses to search his empty brain for three or four more words.The ineptness of his approach in speaking has apparently rubbed off on his wife as she displays the same broken thought process.Just telling it like it is.

The media and others who praise his approach use it as a way to say something good about him when in fact it is the only good thing they can find to say about him.

You can always tell when obama is about to say something that he has not previously rehashed over and over again.As he always uses the word UNDERSTAND prior to saying anything that has not been rehearsed and rehashed.

How is that a man who claims to have chosen to help the unfortunate people in Chicago by not taking a high paying job can now afford a $1.6 million dollar dream home on the low pay of a state senators income and now that of a U.S. Senator???

The math does not add up no matter how you try and figure it.The guy has been caught with his hand in the cookie jar and is obviously complicit to some degree with Rezko in obtaining his dream home.

Geraldine is correct in her observation.

Heidi, you are naive, as you say. Obama has a record as far to the left as you can get. There will be no uniting America, but more dividing. Unless you call uniting Americans into a huge tax increase good. In the 2 years he has been in Congress, he has not voted once with anyone who is remotely moderate, much less conservative. If you support a woman's right to murder her baby and the government's right to take your money and give it to someone who doesn't work, then go ahead and vote for him.

I for one am offended as young republican of his comments. I'm a 23 white female and my husband is a 23 white male and we believe that Obama will help unite our two major parties, Ferraro basically clarifies the problem to me, he and Clinton cannot see a problem meaning she cannot fix the problem. Every ten minutes you hear Clinton talk about the democractic party and the democractic nomination. Obama sees past his party and sees the American people, I'm not niave, I know that he understands politics and is a politician but he also sees that Americans are sick of this trivial bickering of parties and the get nothing done congress.

If Obama was white, this would have been over a whole ago, with him the winner. What a nut job for Ferrarro saying he's lucky to be where he is due to "who he is". Is that Black? "Sexist media, some just don't like her"? Hey, her is a tip, when you run for President, don't try and manipulate, influence, screw the media, maybe, just maybe they will treat you like crap, and then you seem like you are a baby whining about it. Good plan Hillary camp. I have had enough of that couple. Done like toast. Obama no matter how inexpreienced he is he will be 10 times the Pres that this idiot Bush has been.

Blacks are judging Obama based on the color of their skin, and not on the content of his character.

Black voters have defecated on MLK's Dream.

Show me one Democrat primary candidate that more blacks have voted for? EVER

The truth really does hurt. Democrats are in denial.

I noticed that as you were attacking me, you "forgot" to say why Obama is so qualified?

If Hillary Clinton was a white man she wouldn't be in this position either. A marginally successful, white, male, liberal senator that had utterly failed at the largest government task undertaken would have resigned the contest with Joe Biden and Chris Dodd. If Hillary was a white, male senator she couldn't play the victim card over an unfaithful spouse or survive the campaign finance feau paux that have continued in your campaign. Name the last white male senator whose spouse recieved a $10,000,000 advance for her memoirs or received $10,000,000 making speeches all over the world to help finance their campaign.

Geraldine, you are selling yourself short sweetie, you earned your place on the ticket honey, you didn't marry into it!!!!

Hey, come on guys. Ferraro was on a ticket that won 1/50 states and 40.5% of the popular vote in the 1984 election. She clearly knows how to win a campaign.

Obama has the support of the young vote - people who grew up under different circumstances and really don't care what color someone is. Maybe some of Ferraro's friends and advisers feel the need to make reparations, but I don't. I support Obama because I think he is vastly superior to Clinton. All you need to do is see how Clinton has botched this primary campaign to see how she would perform in office.

If she can't choose the right advisers to help her manage what should have been a simple campaign, how can I expect her to choose the right advisers to help lead the country?

America is asleep. Of course Ms. Ferraro is correct! Obama has got zero qualifications to be president! He talks about hope & change ? Hope FOR what and change TO what ? " Hope And Change " is nothing more than a bad MTV slogan. And who says this guy is charismatic ??? Compared to what or whom ??? He is way too liberal, way to leftist. He is so liberal he is the type of person Arnold would call a Girly Man.
Besides, I know many " Union " people who would never in a million years vote for either Hillary or Obama. A Clinton- Obama/Obama-Clinton ticket is a sure loser. Don't believe those polls out there either. They are ask in such a way as to favor either Clinton or Obama against McCain. America, do your homework !!!

Obama is where he is today because of the racism of black voters. Black voters are judging Obama based on the color of his skin, and not on the content of his character.
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Oh really!! So when BLACKS came out and vote in droves for the Kennedy's how you explain that.have it ever occure to you that Obama is the best candidate.

And if you want to go there then explain why so many white women especially the older ones is voting for Hillary.a wide contrast to males.ya see we may not like the answers.

This is great! Denver '08 is going to make Chicago '68 look like an old ladies' tea party.

I just hope that John McCain has the courage to choose Condi Rice as his running mate.

Why can't we openly discuss race without venom being heaped upon the discussion by supposedly color-blind liberals (not color-blind when it comes to affirmative action or denying that Obama may have been helped by the circumstance of his race)?

For those of you hollering that Ferraro is a racist, please back it up with reasoned arguments that support the position that Obama would be in the same position were he a white male with absolutely no experience. If you cannot do so, or if it is at least open to a lively debate, Ferraro has made a point worth discussing.

One of the pillars that our country was built upon was the belief that ideas should be openly discussed and that the marketplace of ideas would anoint a fully-vetted way forward for America. This environment of repression of freedom of speech under the guise of political correctness distorts the marketplace for ideas and frankly makes me sick.

Clinton "has all the solutions".
Obama gives people hope.
Clinton "is ready on day one".
Obama give people hope.
Clinton "has thity-five years of experience"'
Obama gives people hope.
Clinton HAS ALL THE ANSWERS and is ready to RULE on day one.
Obama is ready to LISTEN to the people.

I am a 52 year old man, who has always voted Democrat, but not this year, I will vote Republican because I can neither trust a liar (Hillary Rodham Clinton) nor a completly inexperienced man (Barak Hussein Obama)whose rethoric is scary and full of empty hope.
Damn with the color of their skins, they both are just BAD. (oh, btw, aren't you guys tired of people who say they belong to one party but will vote for the other one?)

whine...whine...whine...

That is all I ever hear out of any Obama or Hilary supporters! 'Oh...she said that...how hurtful'... GIMME A BREAK! It is OKAY for someone to say what Geraldine said...why? BECAUSE THIS IS THE USA!!! It is called freedom of speech you yardbirds! AND...Obama is running for POTUS, so he best have some thick skin when it comes to these things...

I am so tired of hearing "how disgusting"...and..."I denounce that"...just grow some more layers of skin...on your backbones preferably.

All I can say is this election is truly bringing out
anti-black sentiment in this country. I can't wait forr the comments that come out when he is the nominee, No wonder Obama has has had secret service detail since last September.

In the first 5 months since Obama anounced his candidacy, 95% of the stories in the media mentioned the color of his skin. Why is that? What percentage of artivles mentioned the color of Hillary's skin? McCain's skin? Anyone else's skin? ZERO

Obama is the Affirmative Action candidate, and he is where he is solely because of the color of his skin.

Only fools would argue otherwise.

Democratic Party SHOULD repeal caucus VOTING. confusion, CHEAT, foul and rotten social conditions

this statement may not be racist, but it is extremely condescending and belittling to what Obama has accomplished. When she ran as VP she definitely was selected only because she was a woman...so if anything...she's probably jealous. Obama has run a masterful campaign and reguardless of what you think about his politics we should be proud as americans for that. But for her to say he is only where he is because he is Black is just sad. If the republicans were smart they would pounce on this so if Obama doesn't get the nomination people may look to the republicans. Obama is a true american success story...leave it to the liberals to stomp on it.

Linda G:

"It's better to hope for a change for the better, even if we might end up being disappointed..."

Spoken like a true liberal. Don't worry about their positions on the issues, don't worry about their experience (or lack thereof), don't concern yourself with the enormous strategic risks this country faces... Just "hope for the better."

The politics of hope. Hoping that the Democrats are sincere when they offer you free healthcare, an end to war, no more disease, an end to suffering...

This is called "magical thinking." It is the depth of thought that characterizes a child. And it's frightening to think that almost half the country is so arrested in their development that they actually live in this kind of fantasy world. God save us if either of these clueless fools gets elected.

I though it to be impossible for enlightened liberals to see anything in terms of color.

Hillary may be a monster, but at least she's not the Antichrist!

(Neither is Obama, as far as I know.)

Barack Obama might be where he is simply because he is the right person at the right time, who is able to restore our vision of ourselves as Americans. Ronald Reagan had that rather rare quality. His candidacy is certainly helped by the fact that Hillary Clinton is carrying none of the experience she claims, but is lugging around a lot of baggage created by herself and her husband, the former president. Political pundits have for months analyzed why Clinton is having so much trouble uniting the Democratic base behind her. Could it be simply because she is who she is, and there's nothing sexist about it? I think voters are indeed ready for a female president. Unfortunately, it is unlikely Clinton would be able to beat John McCain in November, while Obama stands a good chance at bringing home the prize.

I Hillary were a white male she too would be no where on the political horizon. These two make Dan Quail look great.

What losers, both of them, full of sound and fury but no substance.

Geraldine Farrero is neither racist nor stupid. Voters who feel this way aren't either. I am a liberal who wants someone who has worked! for a while at their respective job before getting a promotion. I am not voting on ideology which, to my regret, many others liberals are doing. It is this spoiled mentality characteristic of American behavior that one should get anything they want at any time they want it. Obama hasn't earned presidental qualifications
but that doesn't matter to selfish, self serving, fanatic brats with Degrees who think progress means voting for a Black Man. We all need to gow up in this country- All of us, and soon.

Sorry Digger, facts are not racist. Can Democrats ever engage in debate w/o playing the race card?

Please tell us what qualities Obama has that got him where he is today. Would over 90% of blacks be voting for him if he was white?

What a tool

Hillary continues to let surrogates spout racist comments while she stays clean as a whistle. Typical.

Geraldine Farrero is neither racist nor stupid. Voters who feel this way aren't either. I am a liberal who wants someone who has worked! for a while at their respective job before getting a promotion. I am not voting on ideology which, to my regret, many others liberals are doing. It is this spoiled mentality characteristic of American behavior that one should get anything they want at any time they want it. Obama hasn't earned presidental qualifications
but that doesn't matter to selfish, self serving, fanatic brats with Degrees who think progress means voting for a Black Man. We all need to gow up in this country- All of us, and soon.

I for one cannot believe it has taken this long for someone to brooch this subject.I as a non american having spoken tomany other non americans came to the same thought long ago.
Mr.obama has really said less of anything signifigant in all his rhetoric than Mr Edwards did in one week.
Where is Mr. Edwards??
Mr. obama has lots of charisma, but so did Pierre Eliot Trudeau [former Canadian P.M] and Adolph Hitler, LOTS of charisma but no substance.
Using the race card against anything factual or negative may play well @ home
but I doubt anywhere else
Remember the Clinton Years ,High dollar value, low unemployment, Americans
traveling abroad did not need to put
Canadian flags on their luggage or backpacks. Yep those Clintons were sure awful.