Okay, I get it now. You guys are never going to let up until we all feel like we’re up to our eyeballs in name-calling, recriminations and counter-recriminations over racism.

It’s too much fun to leave alone, isn’t it? It’s almost as good as the coverage of Clinton’s impeachment – that the press couldn’t let go of even when the entire nation begged them to stop filling every page and every second of TV with it.

Mr. Silva: You and your friends in the journalism profession are doing us no favors by fueling all this mud slinging redux. The campaigns have been going on so long now that they are already as painful as watching JFK’s funeral on continuous loop. [If you aren’t old enough to remember what that means, pull up the archive footage and watch it some time.] This is only making the whole mess more miserable.

Please stop. Please.

Geraldine Ferraro is a Roman Catholic, which blatently discriminates against women.

Why is she, and every other Roman Catholic politican ,not asked to completely disavow their church on that basis?

I asy this as a Roman Catholic myself. We are not sinless in this regard, and should not be casting stones.

John W - to your point, this is the endless news cycle. If the Clinton/Obama race ends too soon, what would there be to sell? Iraq? No, that's already played out. The economy? Too much of a downer, and again- played. Terror threats from Bin Laden? No, that's been done too.

See through it. January was selling Obama. March has been bashing him. As long as it's close, papers sell.

"We would be making the same mistake that Reverend Wright made in his offending sermons about America – to simplify and stereotype and amplify the negative to the point that it distorts reality."

"-no more than he could disown his own white grandmother, who had sometimes voiced her own racial prejudice."

Can Obama disown his simplification and stereotyping of the "typical white person."
Last I checked what he attributed to his grandmama can't be considered "typical" if it's not exclusive to one side; unless..he was being blatantly stereotypical.

Wow!!!

This woman has absolutely ZERO self-awareness...

You would think that the Clinton campaign would put this woman back in her box since she already did her job of getting the racist white vote for Hillary in PA.

The Clinton's are, as usual, pushing their luck.

Thanks John W. Why must every election degenerate into accusations and negativity? Damn, if we were all held accountable for what our acquaintances say or do, we'd all be shamed. Enough already. Not only must we change the course of this country, but our election coverage as well...

Like all of the rest of the Clinton Camp, she can dish it but can't take it.

"They're looking at their base. Their base is African-Americans..." That's as calculating and baiting as President Clinton comparing Sen. Obama's win in South Carolina to Jesse Jackson's. Gerry's all dressed up in disingenuousness with no place to go--except perhaps to an uncritical platform in the pages of the Trib. Mr. Silva and editors: Are the millions of non-black Democrats who have voted for Obama not worth mentioning when a public figure states 'for a fact' who is and who isn't Sen. Obama's base?

good point JT

would Jesus want us to say, "at least my racist comments are not as bad as some people's"

even if her comments were less harmful than Rev. Wright's (which I SERIOUSLY doubt), that would hardly be a Christian point of view

everything written about the ministry of Jesus tells us otherwise

even if Geraldine's comments were less harmful than Rev. Wright's (which I SERIOUSLY doubt), her "HOLIER THAN THOU" attitude would hardly be a Christian point of view

Happy Easter, everyone

I'm so sick of this Media intervention to put so much Race baiting in this campaign that i'm literally sick. I've taken a day off work purchased me so Hennesey and have vowed not to watch or listen to these media pundits until perhaps May; and hopefully, by then, these journalist of print, radio and broadcast media can stop getting a "nut" off of divisive, slanderous, incinderary racist politics. Dang

Enough with the race stuff please! I want to read about the economy, health care, social security, the war. There are real issues out there! Ferraro's relevance ended in 1984. Pay her racist mind no more attention please!

OK, so now Ferraro is upset that she is being portrayed as someone, though saying something different, like-minded as the Rev. Wright, and rightly so. However, were she to employ the same honesty in her evaluation of Pastor Wright as she would like passed upon herself she might come to the realization that her words, just as Pastor Wright's, are not the sum of either of their existence. Nor do moments of words spoken stand representative of the entirety of either of their lives.

An honest evaluation of what has been said by them both would find the latest media dust up not only unfair, but having crossed the line into the craven. Neither she nor Wright live lives of evil racism, neither deserves the
demagoguery heaped upon them, but Ferraro should realize that she is just as much a victim of our current culture as Wright. Were she to claim that her words were taken out of context, and that she did not exactly mean what she said in the last week, she should also remember that those same said words, though not exact, had been uttered by her about the candidacy of at least one African American in the past. Though she may be angry and decry the "unfairness" of her being cast in the light she claims, she might well reflect on the result of her own particular biased treatment and apply the same level of fairness or benefit of the doubt on Pastor Wright that she would have the larger public extend to her.

Her insistence that Pastor Wright somehow preaches such sermons to the youth of his congregation bespeaks of a heart determined to maintain its narrow, hardly fair view regardless of the protestations of Wright's congregation and of Senator Obama. Her determination to refuse to try to reach a more realistic accommodation with the realities of just what Pastor Wright may or may not stand for is the exact same crime she is angry that others are visiting upon herself. If we are to overcome this circular pattern of continued dissonance over matters racial, and the insistence of out culture to distill every issue to the shortest declarative sentence possible, then both Ferraro and Wright will get no better shake than they current enjoy. However, should Ferraro realize that the deprivations visited upon her in the form of casting her words into the same light as Wright's as are as criminally careless to both, then, as Sen. Obama stated in his extraordinary speech, we can begin to form that more perfect union.

Rev. William Hayashi

OK, so now Ferraro is upset that she is being portrayed as someone, though saying something different, like-minded as the Rev. Wright, and rightly so. However, were she to employ the same honesty in her evaluation of Pastor Wright as she would like passed upon herself she might come to the realization that her words, just as Pastor Wright's, are not the sum of either of their existence. Nor do moments of words spoken stand representative of the entirety of either of their lives.

An honest evaluation of what has been said by them both would find the latest media dust up not only unfair, but having crossed the line into the craven. Neither she nor Wright live lives of evil racism, neither deserves the
demagoguery heaped upon them, but Ferraro should realize that she is just as much a victim of our current culture as Wright. Were she to claim that her words were taken out of context, and that she did not exactly mean what she said in the last week, she should also remember that those same said words, though not exact, had been uttered by her about the candidacy of at least one African American in the past. Though she may be angry and decry the "unfairness" of her being cast in the light she claims, she might well reflect on the result of her own particular biased treatment and apply the same level of fairness or benefit of the doubt on Pastor Wright that she would have the larger public extend to her.

Her insistence that Pastor Wright somehow preaches such sermons to the youth of his congregation bespeaks of a heart determined to maintain its narrow, hardly fair view regardless of the protestations of Wright's congregation and of Senator Obama. Her determination to refuse to try to reach a more realistic accommodation with the realities of just what Pastor Wright may or may not stand for is the exact same crime she is angry that others are visiting upon herself. If we are to overcome this circular pattern of continued dissonance over matters racial, and the insistence of out culture to distill every issue to the shortest declarative sentence possible, then both Ferraro and Wright will get no better shake than they current enjoy. However, should Ferraro realize that the deprivations visited upon her in the form of casting her words into the same light as Wright's as are as criminally careless to both, then, as Sen. Obama stated in his extraordinary speech, we can begin to form that more perfect union.

Rev. William Hayashi

Good for you Ms. Ferraro!

This paper has ignored the comments Senator Obama today made on a radio program, equating his grandmother to acting like "a typical white person". This man is unreal. Not only has he shown poor judgment in a 20 year relationship with this racist, anti-American, bigoted and adopted spiritual mentor, but his supporters equating your observation with the hateful rhetoric of David Duke, or Obama's willingness to throw you under the bus as a relic of a different generation (while rationalizing the real hatred spewed by his pastor) reveals just how unprincipled and unelectable this man is.

I loose more and more respect for Obama every day that goes by.

Racist Bigot? Well I suppose it takes one to know one!

actually, I consider Ferraro's statements as egregious, if not more egregious than Wright's, for the specific reason that they were calculated to cause a political reaction in favor of Clinton. Wright, on the other hand, was spouting off to his congregation. Both were offensive, but the intended audiences were quite different.

Typical white woman.

She's a handsome woman. There's no getting around that fact.

"This paper has ignored the comments Senator Obama today made on a radio program, equating his grandmother to acting like "a typical white person". "
Posted by: Chris | March 20, 2008 7:42 PM

Chris, you've been listening to Rush instead of listening to Obama's speech. Typical Rush listening, hatin' angry white man. What is it about Obama that scares you guys so much?

Wright, on the other hand, was spouting off to his congregation.

Spouting off what to his congregation? Yes, the good reverend preached politics to his congregation--timed to make Obama look more electable.

Wright, on the other hand, was spouting off to his congregation.

Spouting off what to his congregation? Yes, the good reverend preached politics to his congregation--timed to make Obama look more electable.

Ok, I'm sick and tired of this devious tactic used against Obama. Hillary and Bill are NOT angels either, and nor is McCain. But there is this biased, condemnation of this one particular candidate. Why, has America already decided his fate? Seriously is it that still others only see the color of his skin? What affiliation with this demise are the Clintons or does that even matter, because the target is Obama. You really need to google Bill Clinton and ask about all those mysterious co-workers that died when he was attorney General and all those guards, again they were setup or killed. But that was quite quiet, wasn't it?

Also read what Frank Schaeffer wrote;

Fair is fair. So where are the clips -- playing incessantly next to Hillary Clinton's picture -- of her antiwar friends and Bill Clinton's fellow draft dodger members of the New Left, cursing and damning America during Vietnam War protests and since? The company that Bill and Hillary kept in the late 1960s through the 1970s was defined by damning America and sometimes by rooting for the North Vietnamese. Anti-American spewing also came from left wing white preachers. Read the fiery sermons of the late Episcopal bishop of New York Paul Moore, Jr. who raged against America.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/mccains-church-hates-ame_b_92140.html

Posted by: Pat | March 20, 2008 10:39 PM

This wouldn't be Katybot now would it? You've been missed.

Face it, nothing would make you satisfied. And, yes Messiah is coming. I'm told everyone is to report to the nearest bridge and jump off.

Ok, I'm sick and tired of this devious tactic used against Obama. Hillary and Bill are NOT angels either, and nor is McCain.

That either means that Obama is not an angle, or that Clinton's are excused.

Anyone know who produced this Reverend Wright montage? Was it the Hillary campaign?

If I had access to Limbraugh and O'Hannity shows, I am sure I could produce a pretty nasty series of tirades against this country. Don't think they haven't said anything like Wright.

As for Geraldine, well, the woman doesn't know when to quit, does she? I'm so sorry I voted for her, back in 84. But she's a lot older now, so maybe I'm just sorry for her. She may have some minor points, but she thinks she's so damned smart. Well, last I checked, Obama's core constituency was highly educated professionals. So either she's misinformed, she's lying, or there is a lot more overlap among Ivy college graduates and African Americans than I thought.

I ALMOST feel bad for her. I can understand wanting to make it clear that you're not a bigot but she's not doing herself any favors at all. She needs to make like Rev. Wright and go on a nice cruise.

"They're looking at their base. Their base is African-Americans..." That's as calculating and baiting as President Clinton comparing Sen. Obama's win in South Carolina to Jesse Jackson's. Gerry's all dressed up in disingenuousness with no place to go--except perhaps to an uncritical platform in the pages of the Trib. Mr. Silva and editors: Are the millions of non-black Democrats who have voted for Obama not worth mentioning when a public figure states 'for a fact' who is and who isn't Sen. Obama's base?

BHO commented on a radio show in Philadelphia today that his grandmother's speech was from a "typical white person". One might say his Reverend of 20 years spews hatred from a "typical black person", from the Pulpit no less. Also remember, this talk of racial relations and his speech only came about after we learned of BHO's Reverend, only to save his political ambitions to be President. I am very happy to see Geradine Ferraro defend herself from BHO's political attack regarding what she said comparing to his "spiritual leader" of more than 20 years twice in his "great speech" on race relations. Is is fair to consider Rev. Wright's sermons as "typical" from a black church, absolutely not. One might say BHO has a "typical stereo-type" viewpoint from a black man towards white America, especially through the teachings of his moral and "spiritual" leader of 20 years to bring him closer to God.

Once again, this shows the BHO does not possess the "unifying" leadership qualities to be President of the USA, let alone his lack of accomplishments from his experience in any public office he has ever been elected to represent his constituents.

If a Republican were to make these similar statements, he would be shouted out of office and would be forced to resign in disgrace. If a Democrat makes these comments, we are all just expected to "move on" to other more important issues. This is Obama's problem because he refuses to separate himself from a racist bigot anti-American Reverend, and shows his lack of judgement, not to mention his associations with Tony Rezko.

Organized religions are the bane of society! They are all inherently arrogant and divisive.

Rick/SneadsUfairy,NC.

Obama DID make those comments, not in a speech, but on a radio program today...you idiot!
Quit being an Obama sheep!

'typical white person',

Paulo

From Frank Shaeffer;

Bishop Moore, in his 1997 autobiography, Presences: A Bishop's Life in the City, wrote that the end of the Cold War had left the United States "like a wounded rooster crowing on the top of the dung heap." Blaming "corporate greed and lust" as well as "unbridled nationalism" for manufacturing causes for war, Moore cursed America as often as he served communion.

McCain is an Episcopalian. Where are the clips of the anti-American rantings of Bishop Moore and not a few other Episcopalian pastors and bishops, next to McCain's picture?
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Preaching is a style of communication with its own cadences that is easy to mock and/or twist-by-sound-bite. The Clinton's smear machine, now tied to the FOX smear-machine, is playing a very dirty game. And the Clinton's know better.
As I recall both Clintons have been in plenty of black churches and understand the preaching style. If the Clintons were authentic progressives, or even authentic patriots, or just ordinary decent Americans, or just members of the Democratic Party who wanted their party to win in November, they would have led a furious defense of Obama and his pastor by putting things in perspective.

If the Clintons were decent people Obama would never have had to give a speech on being black and being a presidential candidate, let alone explain his pastor. The Clintons would have stepped up for him. And if FOX News, MSNBC, CNN et al. weren't playing a filthy game for ratings this wouldn't be a story.

-end of Shaeffers report-

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But why is this not news worthy for more of the media to bring to light.

Obviously there are two types of Americas, the one that Europians see, and the one that shameless politicians make it.

PS, Hillary leave us Floridains alone. You only want the votes for your own selfish reasons. Stop trying to change the rules for your personal gain.

Who needs a woman like that to represent the presidency ?

Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Louis Farrakhan and Barack Obama! Racial tensions in this country have led us to this. Obama in South Carolina called the Clinton race baiting for Bill Clintons comparison of Obamas voting record on the war a Fairy Tale.
January 23, 2008 8:06 PM

ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., warned a Sumter, South Carolina crowd against the "hoodwinking," "bamboozling" and "okey doke" by people in other campaigns.

"Don't be confused when you start hearing a whole bunch of this negative stuff. Those are the same old tricks. They're trying to bamboozle you. It's the same old okey doke……Don't let people turn you around because they're just making stuff up! That's what they do. They try to bamboozle you…. to hoodwink you!"

"You've been hoodwinked. You've been had. You've been took. You've been led astray, led amok. You’ve been bamboozled." - Malcolm X

According to founder Wallace D. Fard Muhammad, the Muslim Cult of Islam started in July 4, 1930. Ford proclaimed he was sent to wake "the black nation to the full range of the black man's possibilities in a world temporarily dominated by the blue-eyed devils." He taught that the African American culture was unique and separate from that of "the Caucasian devils." SOUND FAMILIAR?

I HAVE A DREAM JUST WORDS!

BARACK OBAMA RACE UNITER?

BARACK OBAMA RACE DIVIDER?
MALCOLM X UNITER?
LOUIS FARRAKHAN UNITER?
MARTIN LUTHER KING UNITER?
REVEREND WRIGHT UNITER?
YOU MAKE THE CALL!

OK, so Geraldine Ferraro is a racist bigot. Lets go on to other things.(And, yes, I'm sorry I voted for her.)

I stumped for Jesse Jackson in '88. I still think he'd make an excellent President. Obama worries me a lot.No one ever talks about who he's likely to put in important spots to run this government ,once he's elected.We forget that every election.We always live to regret it. Obama's revealed support system seems to get tackier and tackier each day. I don't have nearly that much of a problem with Clinton.She'll do fine.
"Typical (?) white woman"?
I guess that's me.

Will Ferraro just go away? I voted for her way back when and I am now ashamed that I did. I was hoodwinked. Obama did not equate her to Rev. Wright. Where is the balance? Where is the thoughtfulness? Where is the intelligence?

Ferraro hit it on the head!

The issues are the minister
represents lunatic fringe
hatred & thinking, consistent with the charter of HIS church and black liberation philosophy.

Also, sadly Sen. Obama aligned himself with a militant fringe church &
minister whose thinking is similar to Rev. Farrakhan and won't admit those facts; instead he diverts
the issues to a "typical
white person"!

It appears that if he were elected president he would represent fringe beliefs and values and not values of the majority in this country.
Would he be able or willing to fulfill the wonderful message of his brilliant speech on race?

I think not because of what's in his head and heart!

Could he be trusted to fulfill
the wonderful message of his brilliant speech
on race if he overcame what's in his head and heart?

I think not sadly because of his recent record for honesty.

Ms. Farraro is one of the few American poliiticians who has balls. She is basically tellling it like it is and not telling what the people what they want to hear. It is very unlikely that an American white person [female of male] could run for any high office with Obama's credentials. Obama certainly would qualify with a few more years as a senator and with some sponsorship of movements within the Senate. He needs to do more and say less!

As a voter I don't want to hear anymore racial banter It is wasting our time. I want to hear about all the changes that Mr Obama is going to make. CHANGE! this is the main catch phrase for the campaign. CHANGE is great I agree with CHANGE but change what? neither canidate has told us what their going to CHANGE what the new programs will be about how are you gonna change healthcare, national defense and the ecomony. Sounds like political promises so far. I'm sure their intentions are good but there seems to be alot of talk. Let us get deeper into the hard realities of running this country. I ask the 3 remaning canidates What do you offer us? CHANGE!! CHANGE WHAT!

she is a has been bigot who s bitter she could not cut the mustard herself

Rev. William Hayashi I complement you on your fair and balance assessment [posted on Posted by: Rev. William Hayashi | March 20, 2008 7:30 PM] I would recommend that everyone, those for or against Obama, to read your posting. We all can ask ourselves do we really want another 4 years of the same politics of Division: Poor Vs Rich, Black Vs White, Illegal Vs Legal Immigration, Against the Death Penalty Vs. For the Death Penalty. Meanwhile, China is building a massive Army, for what end? To take over Taiwan —Really. Russia is backing the Serb against Kosovo independence, for what purpose? To promote unity in the Balkans—Really.

Sunni are growing effective in fighting Al Qaeda forces. Shiites are increasingly effective in blowing up American Tanks. This is slowly becoming a proxy war ---Ask yourself who would benefit the most if America stays in Iraq? The Iraqis—No, The so-called Arabs----No, Israel---No, American “Strategic Interest---No. As long we continue to spend 12 Billion dollars a month fighting this war, we will only weaken the American’s Treasury. Money that could have been invested At Home for healthcare, education, infrastructure, retooling the Armed Forces to deter an adventures Russia or China is being spent in a war that we surely have nothing to gain from winning it.

Iraq will not join the fold of Democratic Nations by us deploying more troops and by dropping more smart bombs. We can continue on this road for 100 years, the result would be same as it is today…Case in point, Israel and Palestinian conflict or the Hundred Years’ War from 1337 to 1453 between France and England. We cannot afford to stay this course for another 4 years.

We can begin to form that more Perfect Union by selecting the person We Trust the Most to end the war and begin to invest At Home.

Let's face it, we're all racists.

Ferraro, Wright, Obama and everyone of us.

We're not racists in the sense that we hate each other, but we are racists in the sense that we are very capable of hating groups of people.

And that's okay because when push comes to shove, we don't always think straight. We act irrationally.

But in the end, we have to live together so let's not get too excited about this racism business. Yeah, it's a hot topic issue and people can discuss it easier than they can discuss economic issues that really affect us. But so long as we're not getting to beligerent about it, we'll be alright.

Peace out, whities.

Ms. Farraro is one of the few American poliiticians who has balls.

Posted by: Zodiac

Whoa! She's a woman, dude. Do you think that really helps her?

Geraldine is one of the reasons this nation needs CHANGE. Same old "gutter" attacks, same old "whining", same old victim's role, and she got it straight out of the Hillary's victim role. Poor Hillary has suffered, but you wouldn't know it with all the exaggerated lies she tells - look at the release of her white house papers... 35 years of experience of doing what? Reading to toddlers in the classroom, setting up conference rooms, having a front row seat and witnessing history...
She is clearly someone who the nation can't trust... the white house papers reveal secrecy...

So now it turns out Obama's grandmother is a racist bigot, just like his preacher and his wife are anti semite racist bigots.- Obama's own words. not mine.

This guy Hussein Obama appears to surround himself with racist bigots and slum landlords.

I cannot possibly vote for such a man who apparently abides and is comfortable with racists and anti-semites.

Thank you Geraldine Ferraro for inadvertantly exposing this guy who basically admtted his views that "It is OK to be a racist if you are black, but not ok to be one if you are a typical white person"

bye bye Obama

NOT.
THIS.
TIME.

“To equate what I said with what this racist bigot has said from the pulpit is unbelievable," Ferraro said of Wright, according to the Breeze's report today. "He gave a very good speech on race relations, but he did not address the fact that this man is up there spewing hatred."

Ms. Ferraro is absolutely 100% correct. She was making a political analysis that unfortunately touched on that sensitive issue that only black people are allowed to discuss. The ignorant ass, Reverend Wright was rolling with the hate - Hate America, Hate Jews, Hate the rich, Hate success, Hate the wife of the 1st black president, and oh, by the way, here is a litte history lesson laced in with the Hate of the day, filled with an endless list of inaccuracies.

I could live a 1,000 years and never play guitar like Stevie Ray Vaughn. I could live a 1,001 years and never understand the illogic reasoning of a liberal democrat. Ms. Ferraro should never stop defending herself from this bogus comparison. democrats have turned the Hate rhetoric into an Art Form.

I am sorry, but I am going to have to roll with Obama on the typical white woman comment, because as a black woman, I too have had white women clutch their purses on elevators when I get on, mind you dressed in the same, if not better, business attire, or hear the lock of car doors when my boyfriend and I walk down streets. Oh the ever popular being followed around a department store like I am going to steal something, when in fact the white teenager and her friends are lifting stuff left and right while you follow me around (trust, I have seen it done, so I am not just spouting off). Now I could decide to wear rose-colored glasses and say maybe this is because the world has become such a violent and suspicious place and white people are just being careful, but this has happened all my life, and 30 years ago, the world was not that violent and I guess there were no serious black presidential contenders for the midget-minded Americans to fear, so what was the excuse then? You know what is sad? I took my daughter to a restaurant in Addison once, as we left a car of white kids, drove up on us and called up the N word and told us to go back to the ghetto. This was in Nov 2007, not 1967, not 1957. I can guarantee you that if we had been white and left a restaurant in a black neighborhood, nothing would have happened, because black people have been trained and conditioned in this country to fear and respect whites. Now they would have laughed and talked about the white people, but they would not have made them feel uncomfortable. I am gald that Barack has put this out there for more people to feel uncomfortable, it's about time more people than minorities feel it. Every ethnic group here experiences it at the hands of white people, I am sorry but it is the truth. Maybe this look into a day in the life will begin the dialogue we need to truly become a united states.

Rick/SneadsUfairy,NC.: What the hell are you talking about? How is it you know so much about others' radio listening habits? If you paid a bit more attention to the media, you would know that Obama's comment was made in a speech - readily accessible on many radio stations. But I guess anyone who thinks that Obama is less than perfect must be a "Rush" listener.

By the way, when you say "you guys", do you mean "the typical white person" that Obama was referring to?

Ms. Farraro is one of the few American poliiticians who has balls.

Posted by: Zodiac

Whoa! She's a woman, dude. Do you think that really helps her?

Posted by: Roger | March 21, 2008 10:20 AM

Roger very adroitly pulled the first line of Zodiac's post, ignoring the balance of it, and altering the intent. This "out of context" quoting and twisting of meanings is one of the problems with media reporting. Snippets of speeches, or sermons, or writings, can be disseminated to support the bias of the reporting agency. An old trick and something we must always be on guard against.

As long as the media focuses on sensationism, it will be the responsibility of the consumer to think analytically. We're getting little-to-no help from newspapers and television.

this was all by design - the clintonians needed to remind white america that obama was black and that blacks should be feared - therefore they sent geraldine ferrarro onto the stage to stir up the racial divisiveness and then followed up with the rev. wright videos (which they must have had for a long time)

the clintons wanted white america to be saying exactly what geraldine did say

"obama is only where he is because he is black"

it isn't remotely true - are you telling me obama wouldn't be ahead of edwards and richardson and biden and the other democratic candidates whose names you cannot remember if he were white ??? of course, he would be - he's a more appealing candidate than they are on practically every level

but this lie was directed at the heart of white america who were looking for a reason to dislike obama anyway

Bud:

150 years ago someone in this country might have looked you straight in the eye and said (in all sincerity): “I don’t hate ******s. I think everyone oughta own a couple of ‘em.” Slave holding southerners didn’t hate black people. They were the backbone of their economy. But many people, north and south, were still racists because they viewed black people as inferior or even subhuman. Even Abraham Lincoln – “the great emancipator” – did not believe black people could live together with white people in the same society. He actually toyed with plans to put them all on ships and send them away after they were free.

Racism is simply the attitude that looks upon a group of people as inferior in some respect because of their ethnic background. It doesn’t take hatred to make one a racist. Simple indifference and/or arbitrary second-class treatment based on an assumption of racial inferiority is enough.

This is why I can tell you with a straight face that I am not a racist. I take conscious steps to insure I don’t treat anyone differently, or even cop a different attitude, simply because I am dealing with a person with a different ethnic heritage.

I can’t help it if you want to call yourself a racist. You probably aren’t, and I'm sure you don't try to be. But, please, don’t include the rest of us.

Rick/SneadsUfairy,NC.
Obama DID make those comments, not in a speech, but on a radio program today...you idiot!
Quit being an Obama sheep!
'typical white person',
Paulo
Posted by: Paulo | March 21, 2008 12:50 AM

Paula,
I see you are still hatin'. You go, girl. I'll get the last chuckle in November. Maybe he'll scare you enough that you will return to wherever it is you came from.

By the way, when you say "you guys", do you mean "the typical white person" that Obama was referring to?

Posted by: VH | March 21, 2008 12:01 PM

No, VH. I mean you guys who are the typical, angry, hating and frustrated Rush listening white guys. Like you.

It is amazing how Ferraro can say this..."If Obama were white...." Once she gets her head out of Hillary's b_ _ t; isn't he half white and half black? What part of him is she dicing? She is a racist, blinded by her new white privilege (off-white...she is Italian after all... remember when they (Italians) came to America en masse...and the reception they got? Yet over time, by some strange metamorphous...they became "white people!")
If the Constitution was amended today to state all people in America are "white" what would happen to the racism so embedded in this society from the invasions of 1504?

Everyone else is missing thr same point Ms. Ferraro is. She made a racist remark about Barack Obama. Rev. Wright, as xontemptible as his racist remarks were, didn't make them about Hillary Clinton. In the context of the presidential campaign, she has disgraced herself and should fade away. P.S. to Ms. Ferraro: Just why was it that she -- an undistinguished backbencher in Congress virtually unknown outside her own district, was nominated for Vice President? Oh, I guess it was lucky that she was a woman.

Rick/Sneads: "typical, angry, hating and frustrated Rush listening white guys"? I don't know...you sound pretty typical, angry, hating and frustrated. Forget your happy pills this morning?

For the record, I've never listened to Rush in my life. I think he's a buffoon and I wouldn't even know where to find him. But you keep thinking what you want and and promoting your own brand of racism.

Acropolis Review, Charles Murray and Drew Westen summarize some of the important points concerning the Philadelphia speech:

http://acropolisreview.com/2008/03/video-barack-obamas-philadelphian-unity.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/drew-westen/the-meanings-of-obamas-s_b_92381.html

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MjI3MWMyOGFkNmQ2MGFjNzRhYzYwMGVhZWJhMjcyOGM=

obama belongs to a church that shouts hate!! hate against white people and goverment. hate my friends for which shows up in the crimes against WHITES!!! alarming statistics? 20 years a life time to belong listen to rev. wright don't you think? must not forget supporters OPRAH? HOLLYWOOD?FOREIGN BANKS? one does not wonder of their knowledge of obama's past and worship of a store front preacher? oprah millions of viewers,white? hollywood extras like fill ins for events like speeches debates just thoughts not facts! fact endorsments? fact racist hate talk about a race one race white? ABC says nothing about oprahs endorsment of obama? news? anyone? she quit the minister herself? why? but endorses obama who belongs? like talking nice to your face and trying to bump you off from behind don't you think? ferraro is not even a issue, rev. wright is! oprah big front and back oprah miss nicely nice? influence is my meaning.CRIMES AGAINST WHITES FACT. women being rape!! our elders being beaten rape murdered! hate that is so much one sided that is a major issue. being bread into negro's? rev.wright obama and his followers ministers across the country? 90% blacks support obama? yeah this is a major issue make not a mistake about it! all trying best to defuse this issue too!!! michigan little big horn. AMEN.