Ferraro calls it like she sees it
The smell of spring is in the air, and mainstream media, having picked up the scent, is pulling out not just the garden hoe, but the rake, and is systematically dragging it across the back of former Democrat V.P. nominee, Geraldine Ferraro.
The tail end of the audio on the video montage accompanying this commentary has Ferraro in an exchange with radio personality, John Gibson.
"John, between me and you and your millions of listeners, if Barack Obama were a white man would we be talking about this as a potential real problem for Hillary?" asked Ferraro.
Gibson then interjected, "You mean if he were John Edwards?" After which, Ferraro asked a second rhetorical question, removing all doubt as to what she was implying, "If he were a woman of any color, would he be in this position that he's in? Absolutely not."
Next, Gibson goes on to do what every "normal," "well adjusted," and "predictable" media personality does in his position; he makes the conversation about race, instead of about the pragmatism of politics. He asks, "Geraldine, are you playing the race card?" To which Ferraro replied, "No. And that's the problem. Every time you say the truth. I'm the first person, John, (and you know how honest I am)."
For the "if Barack Obama were a white man" statement, Ferraro has been "castrated" by the media, by the Obama campaign, and by Obama supporters. They want apologies. They want her removed from Hillary Clinton's campaign (as if she were employed by Clinton; she isn't. And, as if they have the right to make those demands in the first place). They want her head on a platter. This is in spite of the fact that she made her meaning clear in her parting statement. "I'm the first person who will say, in 1984, if my name were Gerod instead of Geraldine, I would never have been picked as the vice presidential candidate." With this statement, Ferraro sums things up perfectly. In her opinion, the same political pragmatism which applied to her, also applies to Barack Obama. In 1984, she was the Democrat V.P. nominee because of her gender. In 2008 a similar scenario might be playing itself out with Barack Obama. But this time, the qualifier isn't so much gender as it is race.
But wait, I've got a little rhetorical question of my own. What if Ferraro is right? And while we're at it, here are a few more little teasers. What if the situation had been reversed? What if the same statement was made by a black woman about a white man…or ("God forbid") a black man about a white woman? Would this have been news? Does the question Ferraro asked, or the scenario which framed it even matter? The answer to the last question is, "No." The only thing that matters is whether the implied statement is accurate. But the P.C. thought police don't give a flip about that, because now we all know the unspeakable "truth": Geraldine Ferraro is a racist and Barack Obama has been "victimized" by her crass, tasteless, and insensitive "hate speech."
Clearly, reading comprehension is down and P.C. Kool-Aid consumption is up in both the mainstream media and at least one wing of the Democratic Party.
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