Geraldine Ferraro Steps Down From Clinton Finance Committee

CNN ^ | 3/12/2008 | n/a

[Pyro7480]

Geraldine Ferraro steps down from Hillary Clinton's Finance Committee.

[JavaJumpy]

Be nice to the McCain Democrats. There are more than you might think - they’re the ones keeping silent.

[katieanna]

“Dan Quayle is proof that Geraldine was right, he had a longer resume than Obama and got NOWHERE in the primaries because he was 1-white 2-looked young.”

This makes no sense. You’re reaching. 1) There were no people of color in the GOP race in 2000 to compete with Quayle therefore his race was not a factor. 2) Quayle didn’t win a primary because he nor any of the other candidates had the backing of the establishment. George W. Bush was the son of a president, for goodness sakes! There’s no comparison.

[expatpat]

My father used to love to spread pig fat on a piece of toast. It is good, though not so for the arteries.

[O Neill]

...and Hillary would obviously welcome anything that reduces the prominence of the Spitzer story (and the unavoidable mention of Spitzer supporting Hillary).

Good point...and for another pesky congruency as well:

As I recall, Bill's lying under oath about sex was CLEARLY NOT perjury, so shouldn't Spitzer's money laundering (ONLY that portion that was for sex) and Mann Act violations (ONLY those that involved sex) and interstate transport (for sex only) ALSO be overlooked by the Judicial Apparatus????

As I understand America's new Clintonian jurisprudence, any conduct otherwise criminal in nature becomes totally innocent if pursued solely for purposes of sexual gratification of the Liberal Libido...

[devolve]

Say What, Barrack?

By Paul R. Hollrah

Tuning in to C-Span recently, I found myself listening to a speech by Senator Barrack Hussein Obama, Jr. He was standing in the pulpit of a black church in Selma, Alabama , and as I studied the body language of the dozen or so black ministers standing behind the senator, I couldn't help but be reminded of the little head-bobbing dolls that people used to place in the rear windows of their 1957 Chevrolets.

If their reactions are any indication, the new "Schlickmeister" of the Democrat Party is actually a pretty accomplished public speaker.

However, as he spoke, I found my B.S. alarm going off, repeatedly. But I couldn't quite figure out why until I actually read excerpts of his speech several days later.

Here's part of what he said:

"...something happened back here in Selma, Alabama. Something happened in Birmingham that sent out what Bobby Kennedy called, "ripples of hope all around the world." Something happened when a bunch of women decided they were going to walk instead of ride the bus after a long day of doing somebody else's laundry, looking after somebody else's children.

"When (black) men who had PhD's decided 'that's enough' and 'we're going to stand up for our dignity,' that sent a shout across oceans so that my grandfather began to imagine something different for his son. His son, who grew up herding goats in a small village in Africa could s uddenly set his sights a little higher and believe that maybe a black man in this world had a chance.

"So the Kennedy's decided we're going to do an airlift.  We're going to go to Africa and start bringing young Africans over to this country and give them scholarships to study so they can learn what a wonderful country America is.

"This young man named Barack Obama got one of those tickets and came over to this country. He met this woman whose great great-great-great- grandfather had owned slaves; but she had a good idea there was some craziness going on because they looked at each other and they decided that we know that, (in) the world as it has been, it might not be possible for us to get together and have a child. There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma , Alabama , because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. Was born. So don't tell me I don't have a claim on Selma , Alabama . Don't tell me I'm not coming home to Selma , Alabama ."

Okay, so what's wrong with that? It all sounds good. But is it?

Obama told his audience that, because some folks had the courage to "march across a bridge" in Selma , Alabama , his mother, a white woman from Kansas , and his father, a black Muslim from Africa, took heart. It gave them the courage to get married and have a child. The problem with that characterization is that Barrack Obama, Jr., was born on August 4, 1961, while the first of three marches across that bridge in Selma didn't occur until March 7, 196 5, at least five years after Obama's parents met.

Obama went on to tell his audience that the Kennedys, Jack and Bobby, decided to do an airlift. They would bring some young Africans over so that they could be educated and learn all about America.

His grandfather heard that call and sent his son, Barrack Obama, Senior, to America .

The problem with that scenario is that, having been born in August 1961, the future senator was not conceived until sometime in November 1960.

So if this African grandfather heard words that ''sent a shout across oceans,'' inspiring him to send his goat-herder son to America , it was not a Democrat Jack Kennedy he heard, nor his brother Bobby, it was a Republican President, Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Obama's speech is reminiscent of Al Gore's claim of having invented the Internet, Hillary Clinton's claim of having been named after the first man to climb Mt. Everest, even though she was born five years and seven months before Sir Edmund climbed the mountain, and John Kerry's imaginary trip to Cambodia.

As one of my black friends, Eddie Huff, has said, "We need to ask some very serious questions of the senator from Illinois . It's not enough to be black, it's not enough to be articulate, and it's not enough to be eloquent and a media darling. The only question will be how deaf an ear, or how blind an eye , will people turn in order to turn a frog into a prince."

 

  ''Life's tough.....it's even tougher if you're stupid.''  

~ John Wayne        

[bannie]

She would never have been in the position with Herself, the Thieving and Criminal, if she had not been a woman.

She would never have been allowed to run for VP if she hadn’t been a woman.

[Spunky]

".....so shouldn't Spitzer's money laundering......"

I have a gut feeling that the money that was laundered was not his money. I have a gut feeling state funds were used for his liaisons.

[CatDancer]

“My god...it’s dueling resignations...last campaign with a staffer wins the nomination?”

Oh, I loved that post!

I wish the Republican party would make a campaign ad of the two democrats and a couple of chihuahuas barking and nipping, with Dueling Banjos playing for a sound track. But alas, all we have is McNasty and he’s only nasty to other Republicans. Besides not being hip enough to think of it. *sigh*

[potlatch]

Excellent post devolve. I was going to compare it to Hillary's namesake but then read it down in the article, lol.

         

[alwaysconservative]

I think the proper term is now “Spitzenfreude”. LOL!

[NewLand]

This is very interesting when compared to what Rush Limbaugh said about Donovan McNabb:

"I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well,'' Limbaugh said. "There is a little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn't deserve. The defense carried this team."

And the people who were outraged, and their responses:

From there, the firestorm spread quickly. Democratic presidential candidates Wesley Clark, Howard Dean and Rev. Al Sharpton called for ESPN to fire Limbaugh. Others in both political and athletic circles also lashed out at Limbaugh's comments. The National Association of Black Journalists also called for ESPN to "separate itself" from Limbaugh. ""ESPN's credibility as a journalism entity is at stake," NABJ president Herbert Lowe said in a news release. "It needs to send a clear signal that the subjects of race and equal opportunity are taken seriously at its news outlets."

[Paul Heinzman]

I try to be nice to everyone. I blame it on my upbringing. Mom insisted that we say things like “please” and “thank you” and “excuse me.” It was a real challenge to my self-esteem, I tell ya.

[devolve]

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Thanks potlatch!

More good O’Bomber .gifs from your too!

[b4its2late]

And FRESH!

[potlatch]

Lol, an addendum to your post!

[X-FID]

Rush sez the best and only way to pop popcorn is with coconut oil.

Rush is right, but it's been known for a long time that coconut oil was THE popcorn oil, but the fat police effectively had it banned a long time ago.

[Theodore R.]

Poor Geraldine, sometimes payback is b**ch.

[Theodore R.]

Now, you forgot, Mygirlsmom, there will still be Orrin G. Hatch there to stop Oprah’s Obama!!!!! Thanks, UT.

[Theodore R.]

Bob Dole proved the frivolity of resigning a Senate seat to run for president. It does not impress liberal voters to do that.

[Theodore R.]

All that would do is cement Chihuahua lovers to Oprah’s Obama.