Re: [Dems2008] Re: What Ferraro said

libertylsmom@yahoo.com writes:

So why the big hoopla over Geraldines comments when Obama seemed to make the same statement?  Oh, is it because she is WHITE and he is BLACK?? 

Carol - she made the point for me - is it really that hard to see?  The media loves a scandal and they blew this way out of proportion, just as they did (with the help of some Obama supporters/campaign) other comments.    


Obama acknowledges, with no small irony, that he benefits from his race.

If he were white, he once bluntly noted, he would simply be one of nine freshmen senators, almost certainly without a multimillion-dollar book deal and a shred of celebrity. Or would he have been elected at all?

Fairly lengthy article from 2005:

http://obama.senate.gov/news/050626-when_it_comes_to_race_obama_ma/





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