information to the rest of us? Does it demonstrate that Ferrarro is
less likely to have done what the record shows she did? Is it
evidence that the impact of what she did was contained? I'm just not
sure how your sharing that you do or do not remember something moves
the discussion.
--- In Dems2008@yahoogroups.com, nancy m gibson <nmgibson@...> wrote:
>
> I do not remember reading or hearing that in 1988 and I am surprised
> I didn't, as his was my first presidential campaign. This article
shows
> what a great guy Jackson is, which is something I already knew.
> Nan
>
> IF I HAD A CHOICE I WOULD KILL EVERY REPORTER,
> BUT I AM SURE WE WOULD BE GETTING REPORTS
> FROM HELL BEFORE BREAKFAST.
> General W.T.Sherman
> A Ferraro flashback
>
> "If Jesse Jackson were not black, he wouldn't be in the race," she
said.
> Really. The cite is an April 15, 1988 Washington Post story (byline:
> Howard Kurtz), available only on Nexis.
> Here's the full context:
>
> Placid of demeanor but pointed in his rhetoric, Jackson struck out
> repeatedly today against those who suggest his race has been an
asset in
> the campaign. President Reagan suggested Tuesday that people don't
ask
> Jackson tough questions because of his race. And former
representative
> Geraldine A. Ferraro (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that because of his
> "radical" views, "if Jesse Jackson were not black, he wouldn't be
in the
> race."
>
> Asked about this at a campaign stop in Buffalo, Jackson at first
seemed
> ready to pounce fiercely on his critics. But then he stopped, took a
> breath, and said quietly, "Millions of Americans have a point of
view
> different from" Ferraro's.
>
> Discussing the same point in Washington, Jackson said, "We
campaigned
> across the South . . . without a single catcall or boo. It was not
until
> we got North to New York that we began to hear this from Koch,
President
> Reagan and then Mrs. Ferraro . . . . Some people are making hysteria
> while I'm making history."
>
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