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Mar. 11th, 2008 11:19 am"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."
Ignoring the irony of those words coming out of Geraldine Ferraro's mouth, and ignoring the fact that they're a restatement of classic anti-affirmative action rhetoric, she's still flat out wrong. Cast your mind back to 2004, and you'll remember a young first-term Senator who was in second place down the stretch and who eventually became the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee. Which is exactly the job Clinton's offered Obama.
Ignoring the irony of those words coming out of Geraldine Ferraro's mouth, and ignoring the fact that they're a restatement of classic anti-affirmative action rhetoric, she's still flat out wrong. Cast your mind back to 2004, and you'll remember a young first-term Senator who was in second place down the stretch and who eventually became the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee. Which is exactly the job Clinton's offered Obama.
