Showing posts with label Geraldine Ferraro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geraldine Ferraro. Show all posts

Mar 12, 2008

Olbermann on Hillary and Ferraro's appeals to racism

Keith Olbermann on Hillary and Geraldine Ferraro's appeals to racism.

Geraldine Ferraro, Clinton Surrogate, Blows Dog Whistle to Racists





Update: BREAKING NEWS: NBC News confirms Geraldine Ferraro leaving Clinton campaign

Geraldine Ferraro and Hillary Clinton continue their deplorable appeals to racism, but now the denunciations are pouring in. The latest:

Ferraro's original statement to Daily Breeze, which suggested that Obama has gotten preferential political treatment because of his race, was a dog-whistle to white voters who resent affirmative action. (Her subsequent statement to the New York Times, in which she defiantly defended herself by proclaiming "I will not be discriminated against because I’m white," wasn't a dog whistle. It was a huge, screeching megaphone.) ...