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Ferraro's folly, Clinton's lie
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 Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:00 am Post subject: Ferraro's folly, Clinton's lie |
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 Ferraro's folly, Clinton's lie
There was a tissue of truth to what Geraldine Ferraro told a California newspaper last week about Barack Obama. His race is certainly a key part of his political persona."If Obama was a White man," Ferraro said, "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."
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There was a tissue of truth to what Geraldine Ferraro told a California newspaper last week about Barack Obama. His race is certainly a key part of his political persona."If Obama was a White man," Ferraro said, "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."Pundits have written similarly without the blowback. Even Obama, himself, acknowledged his skin color brought him greater celebrity in the Senate and a big book deal, notes syndicated columnist Maureen Dowd. So what gives in Ferraro's case? Why has she been widely criticized and compelled to quit the Clinton campaign finance committee?Simply, Ferraro was using race to kneecap the Black candidate.Her comment points once again to an attitude in the Clinton camp that has been expressed so many times now it cannot be accidental. In their universe, Obama is an apparition, devoid of substance, elevated well beyond his abilities by the novelty of race. He is, as Ferraro says, "lucky to be who he is."And that is Clinton's big lie. If it is the happy good fortune of mere complexion that can make a candidate formidable, why is Obama the first and only Black man to be a viable contender for the White House?
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