(Mar 10, 2008): "Obama adviser says Clinton must 'repudiate' backer's comments"

[Viktoriya]

Here is top story from CNN
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/11/obama-adviser-says-clinton-must-repudiate-backers-comments/#comments
Obama cam is looking now for any words that had been said by Hillary campaign, supporters, who ever. Where is his dignity, his clean campaign? Why no body pointing it out? He is attacking. What a horrible man!

[Disfranchised]

The comment section is closed! This is exactly what she said. ""If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman 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."
Too freaking bad! It seems to me that O and his camp don't like the truth or can't handle the truth.:rolleyes:

[bernie gagliano]

The heat is on. He is being drawn out by the collapse of his momentum.

If we could get the press into the scandal of the caucuses in Texas we would discredit all his small state victories.

Naturally, Hillary's campaign is not ready to jump on opportunity.

They still suffer from mirror gazing, Penn, Wolfson, and the others are brain dead.

[Renee in Florida]

The heat is on. He is being drawn out by the collapse of his momentum.

If we could get the press into the scandal of the caucuses in Texas we would discredit all his small state victories.

Naturally, Hillary's campaign is not ready to jump on opportunity.

They still suffer from mirror gazing, Penn, Wolfson, and the others are brain dead.


yes Bernie, and the busing in of students from Illinois and other states to iowa for that first caucus. And the payments made to those students for going to IOWA>

OBAMA needs to resign like Elliot Spitzer will do today!!!

Why isnt Hillary's campaign exposing the caucus BS pulled off by OBAMA?

[Frances]

Is the Susan Rice, the Obama foreign policy advisor, the woman
who was involved in the Gary Hart scandal?

I might be wrong.

[lanney]

After Ohia and Texas loss, BHO knows his race is over. He knows he can't win election by primary win in Idaho, Nebraska, South Dakota or South Carolina or MS, only for media they are milking BHO, contious revenue through advertisement.

HRC is defing BHO. I am enjoying it. She is doing a good job. Now news are not talking about great gathering or inspiring speeches but rebuttal etc.
HRC able to break glass Halo around BHO.:D

[lakerchick4life]

What Ferrerro said is absolutely right. The media is only supporting Obama because of his race, they know that if they say anything bad about him the Al Sharpton's of the world will come and protest outside their studio accusing them of being racist. They would rather be known as a woman hater then a racist, they lose more ratings if they were known as a racist network. And as far as Hillary commenting on those comments by Ferrarro..maybe she can say it the same way Obama said about his good buddy Farrakhan, "I denounce him, uh, but he can still support me if he wants." :):)

[G4Hillary]

Hillaryland needs to slap the Obama campaign with a sexism charge. If they throw bricks at you throw boulders at them and keep throwing.

[Patsy]

What Ferrerro said is absolutely right. The media is only supporting Obama because of his race, they know that if they say anything bad about him the Al Sharpton's of the world will come and protest outside their studio accusing them of being racist. They would rather be known as a woman hater then a racist, they lose more ratings if they were known as a racist network. And as far as Hillary commenting on those comments by Ferrarro..maybe she can say it the same way Obama said about his good buddy Farrakhan, "I denounce him, uh, but he can still support me if he wants." :):)


Ferraro was right on the money and now little whiner has his panties in a wad.

What HRC has done is have a surrogate respond. Very wise.

I am walking on thin ice here, but Karl Rove said it right last night... Obama had the right answer to the VP question, but should NEVER have answered it himself. He now looks like a divider while Clinton looks like she wants to unite the party. He played right into it.

Funny about that. Obama's arrogance is going to do him in. He has his back up now and he can't stay off that microphone long enough to let someone else play dirty for him.

I think he can no longer play the "above the fray" card anymore, but of course he'll whine and blame it all on Hillary for starting it and how dare she... And the MSM will agree and blast it across the airwaves.

He should pack it in for the good of the party!

[Disfranchised]

Is the Susan Rice, the Obama foreign policy advisor, the woman
who was involved in the Gary Hart scandal?

I might be wrong.


Susan Rice Says Obama Isn't Ready For 3 A.M. Phone Call! OOPS

Rice Says Clinton Full of Beans! OOPS


I guess she is trying for another OOPS I did it again! LOL The more the TV shows her comment they would have to show Ferraro's comment as well. Check mate O camp!:D

[CGP]

Mmm....this is reminding me of South Carolina when the Obama campaign tried to shamelessly whip up anti-Clinton sentiment through making false and erroneous links to racism. And how convenient they are doing this again on the day voters go to polls in another state which has a large African-American population. Anyone else see the obvious link here???

Ferraro's statements are not racist. She is simply stating a fact. It is the case, and even the media has aknowledged it, that Obama has been less scrutinized because people fear being called a "racist". And, therefore, he has been given some advantages in this process. Well, I have NO FEARS in criticizing him. I have an African-American partner and have ZERO hangups about "race" and I have ZERO hesitation in critiquing Obama on his SHAMEFUL politics and ARROGANT behavior. And my criticism has ZERO connection with his "race".

It is also the case the that the Obama campaign has ridden to "popularity" by tapping into sexism that exists in society and allowing Obama to use "male privilege" (benefit of living in a patriarchal soceity where men dominate women) as a way to leverage power in this nomination campaign. Obama has no interest in "standing up" for women's rights at this point in time as to do so would threaten the very core of his campaign - would threaten the opportunity which he currently has to (mis)use his "male privilege" to defeat Clinton. Yeah, great unifier. And Obama's greatest resource in using his "male privilege"? A highly SEXIST media which actively promotes him.

[BooskerD]

The comment section is closed! This is exactly what she said. ""If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman 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."
Too freaking bad! It seems to me that O and his camp don't like the truth or can't handle the truth.:rolleyes:

Apparently, the truth hurts. What a baby! You don't see Hillary ordering Obama to rebuke his nasty supporters for the vile things they're saying about her.

[CGP]

Apparently, the truth hurts. What a baby! You don't see Hillary ordering Obama to rebuke his nasty supporters for the vile things they're saying about her.

There is one activity Obama is good at: HYPOCRISY!!!!!

[skc1976]

In order for his camp to call for Ferraro to resign, Hillary would have had to make the statement about her campaign that he made about his own campaign. She didn't make a pledge, as I recall, to fire anyone for their comments. He did and had to have someone resign. There's no reason for Ferraro to resign at all and I hope she doesn't.

And some of the ignorance of his supporters, the top comment mentions her not helping out in 1988...it was 1984 when she was on the ticket and states it in the article. FOOL!

[Bacio83]

People are so hyped up they forget what racism really is. It drives me crazy an Italian politician stated, "I don't think the American people are ready for an AA President." And he got attacked for stating that. I don't get it..

How is stating something an opinion of US's society racist? We have become so PC that we're completely removed from reality or real racism. It's sad no-one can identify it anymore... And to say her comments are racist which the Obamabots have been doing arg, makes me see red.

I think it's as bad as someone falsely crying rape, or fire when there is none. Eventually when someone does experience real racism there will be no action since we've been over-reacting since Rodney King.... *sigh* I shouldn't be ashamed to wear my Hillary Clinton Pin no matter my race, gender or religious beliefs but since my state went for Obama it feels that way.

Although when they ask me "Why do I support HRC and to name one accomplishment....." lol I blow them away they end up nodding and thinking and I always end with just look her up and you'll see.

:)

[Patsy]

In order for his camp to call for Ferraro to resign, Hillary would have had to make the statement about her campaign that he made about his own campaign. She didn't make a pledge, as I recall, to fire anyone for their comments. He did and had to have someone resign. There's no reason for Ferraro to resign at all and I hope she doesn't.

And some of the ignorance of his supporters, the top comment mentions her not helping out in 1988...it was 1984 when she was on the ticket and states it in the article. FOOL!

Perhaps they would prefer that her spokesperson have come out and "denounced" the comments. :)

A spokesperson has already commented on that and the media just can't let anything go. Geraldine Ferraro is no more in the Clinton campaign than Robert de Niro is in Obama's.

We can give them an ultimatum....Ferraro only goes if Dowd does.

Seeing as Geraldine Ferraro is not trailing around the Clinton campaign like some other op-ed people, I find this absolutely ridiculous.

Grasping at straws. Can't go after Hillary, so go after someone writing their own piece in a Newspaper.

I guess we can go after Kristol, Alter, the entire HuffPost and Politico at this rate. This is insane!!!!!

[Sherry]

Yeah right!. She is not going to repudiate the "TRUTH". He better get a grip. I am so tired of him crying "WOLF". Grow Up. There was absolutely nothing "racist" about what Geraldine said. What's racist is his ability to whine about his color when his allegiance is to himself. No facts, no help for the working people of America and no solutions to the multitude of problems that face our country. He needs to do as Hillary has, and provide his solutions to the problems our country faces.

[lanney]

We should send some used diapers to BHO campaign.
Let them have fun.

[floorrunner]

This is the kind of reaction the media is afraid of. They are afraid to scrutinize Obama for fear of being labeled a raicist. Ferraro told the truth. Any intelligent person can see that she was talking about his inexperience and naivete.

[SD]

hillary said "she disagrees with ferraro".

ferraro's response to the blast from the media:
A defiant Ferraro dismissed the criticism in an interview with Fox News.

"I have to tell you that what I find is offensive is that everytime somebody says something about the campaign, you're accused of being racist." :D

i want her for vp!

[lakerchick4life]

Unfortunately this has become a race issue. They just did the exit polls in Mississippi, and 9-1 blacks voted for Obama while 3 out of 4 white women/men voted for Clinton..White men voted for Clinton 69 percent to 30 percent Obama..but but, in Wisconsin he had the white men vote..hmmmm..tides are a turning in Hillary's favor :D

[mooaks]

She told the absolute unequivocal truth. How many times have we heard the newsmedia say things like "Obama will be campaigning heavily in Philadelphia, due to the great number of Afro American voters in that area. Shame on you news people also for reporting just how many Afro American voters cast their votes in every election to date. Ferraro stated the cold hard facts of the matter. Even Pat Buchanan agreed with Ferraro and stated so in front of two other Afro American panelists. SIMPLY RIDICULOUS! Come on. I hope Hillary shines it on, and doesn't feel like she has to defend it around every turn. Can't you see it is designed to take the focus off of her Pennsylvania campaign.

[floorrunner]

She told the absolute unequivocal truth. How many times have we heard the newsmedia say things like "Obama will be campaigning heavily in Philadelphia, due to the great number of Afro American voters in that area. Shame on you news people also for reporting just how many Afro American voters cast their votes in every election to date. Ferraro stated the cold hard facts of the matter. Even Pat Buchanan agreed with Ferraro and stated so in front of two other Afro American panelists. SIMPLY RIDICULOUS! Come on. I hope Hillary shines it on, and doesn't feel like she has to defend it around every turn. Can't you see it is designed to take the focus off of her Pennsylvania campaign.
This is absolutely fabulous. I can't believe that we are saying something positive about Pat Buchanan. I heard him talk about it too. Finally the other side is seeing Obama for what he is.

[BloodDAnna]

I have never and will never understand this campaign with all the focus on one candidates skin color and the others uterus.

Every election/caucus the focus is on how many old uteruses voted for the other old uterus and how many penises voted for the old uterus.

Oh and then how many people with lots of pigment in their skin voted for the candidate with lots of pigment in his skin? OMG DO NOT MENTION THE EXCESSIVE PIGMENT!!! ONLY the people with the excesive pigment can mention it or they will call you names!!!!

I am kinda rambling here but come on people, really how petty and rediculous it all sounds. It disgusts me that people in this country still cannot get passed those two things that have absolutely nothing to do with being the president.

[skc1976]

I have never and will never understand this campaign with all the focus on one candidates skin color and the others uterus.

Every election/caucus the focus is on how many old uteruses voted for the other old uterus and how many penises voted for the old uterus.

Oh and then how many people with lots of pigment in their skin voted for the candidate with lots of pigment in his skin? OMG DO NOT MENTION THE EXCESSIVE PIGMENT!!! ONLY the people with the excesive pigment can mention it or they will call you names!!!!

I am kinda rambling here but come on people, really how petty and rediculous it all sounds. It disgusts me that people in this country still cannot get passed those two things that have absolutely nothing to do with being the president.

LOL, this is great! Thanks, I needed a lighthearted take on this!

[SantaCruzen]

http://digg.com/political_opinion/Earl_Ofari_Hutchinson_Don_t_Fire_Geraldine_Ferraro _Pin_a_Me

Here is mine:

Dear Geraldine Farraro,



Thank you for stepping onto the plate and hitting a home run. You are 360 degrees correct.

A man can receive funds from another man who commits freud by fundraising for his campaign to run for the state senate. He can do as little as possible to not build a record or create waves. He is clean enough for the good old boys to mentor behind the scenes so that he can be the senator who has no record. The Senator has not Clothes. His only real sheild is that his mentors gave him a script to impersonate John F. Kennedy. Meanwhile, he is given the blessing of gathering all Martin Luther' Kings men. Really, now. How Hollywood. Yet our american eyes are witnessing this drama play out as if we are all fools to not see it.

Thank you Geraldine Farroro for calling the reality of it all.

[joeysky18]

I have never and will never understand this campaign with all the focus on one candidates skin color and the others uterus.

Every election/caucus the focus is on how many old uteruses voted for the other old uterus and how many penises voted for the old uterus.

Oh and then how many people with lots of pigment in their skin voted for the candidate with lots of pigment in his skin? OMG DO NOT MENTION THE EXCESSIVE PIGMENT!!! ONLY the people with the excesive pigment can mention it or they will call you names!!!!

I am kinda rambling here but come on people, really how petty and rediculous it all sounds. It disgusts me that people in this country still cannot get passed those two things that have absolutely nothing to do with being the president.


OMG! you are so undiplomatically Correct!. That's a mouthful of truth.

LOL.. We should try to post your comment at CNN and MSNBC and see if it will past the moderation.....NOT

:eek::eek:

[Joe from WI]

This is absurd.

Ferraro commented a fact : that BO wins overwhelming support from the AA voters, thats all. And BO pulls out the racist card faster than he draws a pistol.

C'mon, if he is soooo NEGATIVE about comments like that, how is he goin to be president? Thats why the racial divide is going to worse not better - not because of us : but because of BO himself; coz he's the one who plays the race card at his disposal. He ought to be personally responsible for the racial divide he's causing.

The media must take a stand; they should report this.

[SantaCruzen]

What Ferrerro said is absolutely right. The media is only supporting Obama because of his race, they know that if they say anything bad about him the Al Sharpton's of the world will come and protest outside their studio accusing them of being racist. They would rather be known as a woman hater then a racist, they lose more ratings if they were known as a racist network. And as far as Hillary commenting on those comments by Ferrarro..maybe she can say it the same way Obama said about his good buddy Farrakhan, "I denounce him, uh, but he can still support me if he wants." :):)

Yeah, I agree and have agreed. I recall when my father used to call my mother a racist (as his defense for their divorce). My mother was in love with my father and took her years to get over him yet that does not erase the fact that he impregnated another woman before my brother was born.

I mean, the racist card is a really old one for me. Barrack went to Harvard? Well, I grew up with a single mother and I had to pay for my own college, go to the junior college and get on the honor roll a few years while I was working full time. Then, I joined the Armed Forces to get my G.I. Bill to complete my education. I graduated cumme laude in Philosophy.

Who cares? I make less money than an average person in my state. I mean, how can he be so disadvantaged that he feels that he is so victimized by white people that he cannot see that average yearly income for Native Americans on Reservations is $4,000 annually. Cherokee Chief Wilma Mankiller endorsed Hillary Clinton like the Caesar Chavez leaders and other Civil Rights leaders. Does he not realize that Martin Luther King, Jr. had come to the conclusion at an early age the poverty creates social injustice not racism. Social injustice creates racism. Does Obama care about anyone but himself? NObama, Stop Playing Victim.

Who is drinking his Fool Aid?

[Frances]

Ferraro said, "I'm exercising my First Amendment rights. If they (my notes
Obama camp) don't like it, tough. I don't intend ever to have anybody tell me that I can't say what I want to say".

I feel the same way she does, she hit home with me on this statement.

[Arkansas Hillarized]

this comment caught my eye in the comments section of the article. talk about 'ability to reason'...

get this:

"Americans are not that stupid. We don't support people just becuase of their color or ethnicity. If anything, this would cause for less support. Barack Obama is the right man for the job, and will lead our country much further than Clinton could ever imagine."

Don't support people just because of their color or ethnicity? Excuse me.. what do you think happened today in Mississippi????

Oy Vey :eek: I shudder at the thought of HIM as the nominee

[CGP]

this comment caught my eye in the comments section of the article. talk about 'ability to reason'...


As much as possible, I try not to read comments submitted to these articles as many of them are just SO disturbing....

[G4Hillary]

This is totally and completely a hit job. There have been MANY MANY SEXIST anti-Hillary columns and comments by tons of people but the garbage media didn't even whisper a word about that.

Criticizing Hillary is "freedom of speech" and fair discourse. Criticize Obama and you are racist.

Bunch of nonsense!

Just don't take it. Just keep throwing stuff at him. I am so glad Geraldine responded the way she did. You can only teach race-mongerers like Obama a lesson by dragging him into an all out battle about this. The truth shall overcome.

[SantaCruzen]

I would like to decry Senator Obama for making the statement at the South Carolina Debate with Senators Clinton and Edwards that of course Senator Clinton wants the womens's vote and Senator Edwards wants the White Man's vote.

That made Senator Edwards highly uncomfortable and he stated that he did not just want the White Man's vote but everyone's vote. Poor John Edwards never claimed that Senator Obama was being racist although he was being racist.

Shame on you Obama!

digg it:
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Nick_Graham_Ferraro_s_Remarks_About_Obama_Decried

[lakerchick4life]

I would like to decry Senator Obama for making the statement at the South Carolina Debate with Senators Clinton and Edwards that of course Senator Clinton wants the womens's vote and Senator Edwards wants the White Man's vote.

That made Senator Edwards highly uncomfortable and he stated that he did not just want the White Man's vote but everyone's vote. Poor John Edwards never claimed that Senator Obama was being racist although he was being racist.

Shame on you Obama!

digg it:
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Nick_Graham_Ferraro_s_Remarks_About_Obama_Decried

And that is exactly why Edwards has NOT endorsed Obama and will not be. Obama met with Edwards and he still hasn't endorsed him, gee I wonder why

[floorrunner]

What I find really intereting is that Pat Buchanan agreed with Grealdine
Ferraro. This is the second time he has defended the Clinton Campaign. Thank you Mr Buchanan. Oh my I just said something nice about Pat Buchanan. It is about time these pundits are going after Obama. Lou Dobbs attacked Obama tonight too. This is only the beginning. Obama has played the race card one too many times and it is now backfiring on him. He had a quasi ally in Dobbs, but no more.

[HillYes]

Geraldine Ferarro is making the point that the media and public in general are hyper-aware of racism and deaf, dumb and blind to sexism.

Case in point: Can you imagine if someone in the audience at an Obama speech had held up a sign (as was done to Hillary Clinton - iron my shirts) that said "shine my shoes". Or if people were wearing vulgar and derogatory t-shirts about Obama that spoke to his race as they do against Hillary Clinton based on her gender. The world would be outraged and rightfully so.

But when it is done against women it is just accepted and expected. That's the reality she was referring to.

The reality SHOULD be that people would be just as outraged at the blatant sexism that is being leveled against Hillary Clinton.

[B positive]

Lou Dobbs attacked Obama tonight too

3/11/08: Fox News Channel (Hannity): Romney says "I want Sen. Obama to win because he is so inexperienced and unqualified to lead a nation at war that it will be the better match up for McCain to win."

The video clip won't be on the Fox site 'til tomorrow...

Romney's comments are simply a preview of what Obama is in for if he "steals" the nomination

P.S. I use the word STEALS to level the field 'cuz according to the MSM:
only FLUFF can WIN the nomination... If Hillary is the Nom then apparently she STOLE it.

[wwendiep]

as far as i know this is still united states of america..hillary should not play that game ...do not apologize.explaine to mr obama that in the united states of america ,as far as you know, there is still freedom of speech.....maybe when he takes office he could change that and sensor our speech. do not take the baite, do not play his game ,make him look silly like he does to you every time he gets a chance...as a matter of fact put in the form of a question so he has to respond.be nice but confused..the women in mexico may have been racist but she was explaining that the problem in her opinion was that african american who have held offiice ,have not helped that poulation with thier problems.therefore the trust was not there.... .that he would compare her comment to fharacam (don t know how to spell it)is really insulting.....and while i m at it maybe you should send in your advisor to expain wht you meant..maybe a video of obama s forign policy adviser saying what he meant would be good for saturday night live...she was on more shows , also please ask chris matthews why you are responsible for clarifying obama religion, if he can t ,,,if think if he wants to be president of the us he sould be able to convince people of that....