Ferraro Sticks Foot In Her Mouth And Keeps It There

Geraldine Ferraro (former VP candidate in ‘84), who is a supporter of Hillary Clinton , recently said that Barack Obama wouldn’t be doing as well, if he were a white man. With friends like Geraldine and Gloria, Clinton has been getting plenty of negative press for their asinine comments.

Ferraro who was called a racist, fired back on Fox News, saying that she wasn’t a racist, but the people accusing her of being racist were the racist.

If former Democratic vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro is worried she has offended Barack Obama by suggesting his political success is due to the colour of his skin, she isn’t showing it.

Ferraro caused outrage in the Obama camp by telling a California newspaper that the Illinois senator would never be winning the Democratic race if he was a white man or a woman.

“If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position,” she said. “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.”

Facing calls for her ouster from a ceremonial role in Clinton’s campaign, Ferraro instead tried to turn the tables on Obama’s aides.

“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,” Ferraro told Fox News Channel.

” ‘Any time anybody does anything that in any way pulls this campaign down and says let’s address reality and the problems we’re facing in this world, you’re accused of being racist, so you have to shut up. Racism works in two different directions. I really think they’re attacking me because I’m white. How’s that?’ “

She then explained why she thought Obama was “lucky” to be a black candidate running for president, a statement that would seem to fly in the face of White House campaigns going back to, well, America’s origins.

“If in 1984 my name was Gerard Ferraro instead of Geraldine Ferraro, I would never have been the nominee for VP,” she said.

Ferraro was Walter Mondale’s running mate in the 1984 presidential campaign.

So far, Clinton has only half-heartedly disassociated herself from Ferraro’s remarks, saying she does not agree with them.

But her campaign manager, Maggie Williams, issued a much tougher statement — targeting Obama for trying to make political hay out of the issue.