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Another Racial Imbroglio For The Party of Inclusion
It's funny the things some Democrats will say about other
Democrats, particularly about those who happen to be black
and running for president. Take Geraldine Ferraro, for
instance.
Remember her? She was the first serious female vice
presidential candidate in our nation's history, stuck on a
doomed ticket with Walter Mondale as he went up against a
monolithic Ronald Reagan. Before the ticket was annihilated
in the general election, you may recall there was a vice
presidential debate between Ferraro and George H.W. Bush,
after which an open microphone caught Bush saying that he
had "kicked a little ass."
Funny, the things some Republicans will say about their female
Democrat debating opponents.
But returning to the current campaign season and my original
point, take a wide-eyed gander at what Ferraro said in a recent
interview with the Daily Breeze of Torrance, Ca.:
"If 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."
Wow! It kinda, sorta sounds like Ferraro is saying that Obama
is basically an affirmative action kind of candidate, which is to
say he isn't particularly qualified and probably doesn't have
the necessary skills to be president, but it's all being handed to
him because he's black.
Now, does this make Ferraro a racist? No, of course not. She's
a Democrat and, as everybody knows, the Democrat Party is the
party of diversity and inclusion. What Ferraro is, however, is a
Hillary Clinton supporter and no uppity black guy can be
allowed to stand in the way of Hillary's blind ambition for
ultimate power.
We'll get back to the race thing in a moment, but take a look at
what else Ferraro said in her now infamous interview:
"I was reading an article that said young Republicans are out
there campaigning for Obama because they believe he's going to
be able to put an end to partisanship. Dear God! Anyone that
has worked in the Congress knows that for over 200 years this
country has had partisanship -- that's the way our country is."
In other words, Obama is not some kind of messiah and all the
"young Republicans," and everyone else for that matter, who
have fallen under his bewitching spell and think that the
nation led by him can progress to some utopian post-politics
plane of existence, are, politically speaking, a bunch of
guileless patsies who just fell off the turnip truck.
She has a point. What do they think politics is, anyway? It
doesn't exist because everyone agrees on most things. It exists
precisely because they don't.
Maybe all the euphoric Obama supporters haven't heard, but in
terms of politics, America is a 50-50 nation. That means that
half the population despises everything Obama espouses, not
because he's black and not because he's a Democrat and not for
some other superficial reason, but because they think his
policies would be bad for the country. Ferraro wouldn't agree
with that conclusion, but she's spot on in pointing out the
naivete of head-in-the-clouds Obama supporters
Unfortunately for her, that won't get her out of hot water and
she has since magnanimously stepped down from her role on
the finance committee of Hillary's campaign. Here's how she
described the situation in her resignation letter:
"Dear Hillary, I am stepping down from your finance
committee so I can speak for myself and you can continue to
speak for yourself about what's at stake in this campaign. The
Obama campaign is attacking me to hurt you. I won't let that
happen. Thank you for everything you've done and continue to
do to make this a better world for my children and
grandchildren. You have my deep admiration and respect,
Gerry."
As usual, it's all about the children.
Ferraro has so far declined to apologize for what she said,
which, in an interview with Diane Sawyer, she described as
meaning that "the black community came out with . . . pride in
[Obama's] candidacy. You would think he would say 'thank
you' for doing that. Instead, I'm charged with being a racist."
Huh? I don't even begin to follow that logic. Actually, though,
Obama probably is thanking her, just for a different reason,
which is that the Hillary campaign has once again shot itself in
the foot since it will stop at nothing and say anything to get her
nominated.
It's a wonderous and not altogether unpleasant thing to watch
the Party of Inclusion enmesh itself in one racial imbroglio
after the other over the country's first serious
African-American presidential candidate. Ordinarily, they're
all about affirmative action, but when a black guy get's in
Hillary's way, all bets are off.
It's funny the things some Democrats will say about other
Democrats, particularly about those who happen to be black
and running for president. Take Geraldine Ferraro, for
instance.
Remember her? She was the first serious female vice
presidential candidate in our nation's history, stuck on a
doomed ticket with Walter Mondale as he went up against a
monolithic Ronald Reagan. Before the ticket was annihilated
in the general election, you may recall there was a vice
presidential debate between Ferraro and George H.W. Bush,
after which an open microphone caught Bush saying that he
had "kicked a little ass."
Funny, the things some Republicans will say about their female
Democrat debating opponents.
But returning to the current campaign season and my original
point, take a wide-eyed gander at what Ferraro said in a recent
interview with the Daily Breeze of Torrance, Ca.:
"If 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."
Wow! It kinda, sorta sounds like Ferraro is saying that Obama
is basically an affirmative action kind of candidate, which is to
say he isn't particularly qualified and probably doesn't have
the necessary skills to be president, but it's all being handed to
him because he's black.
Now, does this make Ferraro a racist? No, of course not. She's
a Democrat and, as everybody knows, the Democrat Party is the
party of diversity and inclusion. What Ferraro is, however, is a
Hillary Clinton supporter and no uppity black guy can be
allowed to stand in the way of Hillary's blind ambition for
ultimate power.
We'll get back to the race thing in a moment, but take a look at
what else Ferraro said in her now infamous interview:
"I was reading an article that said young Republicans are out
there campaigning for Obama because they believe he's going to
be able to put an end to partisanship. Dear God! Anyone that
has worked in the Congress knows that for over 200 years this
country has had partisanship -- that's the way our country is."
In other words, Obama is not some kind of messiah and all the
"young Republicans," and everyone else for that matter, who
have fallen under his bewitching spell and think that the
nation led by him can progress to some utopian post-politics
plane of existence, are, politically speaking, a bunch of
guileless patsies who just fell off the turnip truck.
She has a point. What do they think politics is, anyway? It
doesn't exist because everyone agrees on most things. It exists
precisely because they don't.
Maybe all the euphoric Obama supporters haven't heard, but in
terms of politics, America is a 50-50 nation. That means that
half the population despises everything Obama espouses, not
because he's black and not because he's a Democrat and not for
some other superficial reason, but because they think his
policies would be bad for the country. Ferraro wouldn't agree
with that conclusion, but she's spot on in pointing out the
naivete of head-in-the-clouds Obama supporters
Unfortunately for her, that won't get her out of hot water and
she has since magnanimously stepped down from her role on
the finance committee of Hillary's campaign. Here's how she
described the situation in her resignation letter:
"Dear Hillary, I am stepping down from your finance
committee so I can speak for myself and you can continue to
speak for yourself about what's at stake in this campaign. The
Obama campaign is attacking me to hurt you. I won't let that
happen. Thank you for everything you've done and continue to
do to make this a better world for my children and
grandchildren. You have my deep admiration and respect,
Gerry."
As usual, it's all about the children.
Ferraro has so far declined to apologize for what she said,
which, in an interview with Diane Sawyer, she described as
meaning that "the black community came out with . . . pride in
[Obama's] candidacy. You would think he would say 'thank
you' for doing that. Instead, I'm charged with being a racist."
Huh? I don't even begin to follow that logic. Actually, though,
Obama probably is thanking her, just for a different reason,
which is that the Hillary campaign has once again shot itself in
the foot since it will stop at nothing and say anything to get her
nominated.
It's a wonderous and not altogether unpleasant thing to watch
the Party of Inclusion enmesh itself in one racial imbroglio
after the other over the country's first serious
African-American presidential candidate. Ordinarily, they're
all about affirmative action, but when a black guy get's in
Hillary's way, all bets are off.