Ferraro v. Obama
12 March 2008 12:22 pm by Taylor Marsh
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The controversy continues. Today on “Good Morning America” she
stood by her comments.
Geraldine Ferraro stood by her controversial comments about Sen. Barack Obama’s
presidential candidacy today.“I am sorry that people think this was a racist comment,” Ferraro
said in an interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer on “Good Morning America.”She declined to apologize directly for the firestorm she created when she
told a newspaper last week that “if Obama was a white man, he would not
be in this position.” … ..
Obama’s got another problem that’s bigger than Ferraro, especially given last night’s numbers. Via TNR:
Ferraro’s original statement to Daily Breeze, which suggested that Obama has gotten preferential political treatment because of his race, was a dog-whistle to white voters who resent affirmative action. (Her subsequent statement to the New York Times, in which she defiantly defended herself by proclaiming “I will not be discriminated against because I’m white,” wasn’t a dog whistle. It was a huge, screeching megaphone.) Dwelling on that probably won’t help the Obama campaign in Pennsylavnia (sic), particularly given the racial voting patterns yesterday’s Mississippi result confirmed.
PS – Sorry for the late word. No radio show today. Also, due to a tech snafu on my end, a draft post went up on Keith Olbermann that shouldn’t, which has now been deleted. It will appear in finished form later today. Apologize for the confusion. Tech gremlins galore today.
