Geraldine Speaks Out : If George Bush can learn to run the country, so can this guy [Obama]

[denem]

NYT interview - 12 March

In 1984 if my name had been Gerald Ferraro, not Geraldine, I would never have gotten nominated,” she said. “Was I qualified? Absolutely.”

The same, she said, is true of the Obama candidacy. “Why is his candidacy historic? Can you give me another reason why it is an historic campaign? Why are we afraid to say this? I am absolutely stunned by this whole thing. I’m not saying he isn’t qualified, never did I say that. He is very smart. He has experience issues, but if George Bush can learn to run the country, so can this guy.”

Ms. Ferraro, 72, said she had been the victim of a barrage of abusive e-mail and telephone calls in the last few days, organized, she suspects, by Obama operatives. Asked how she knew it was an organized effort, she said, “It was too orchestrated, bang bang bang. Where else could it come from?”

Mr. Axelrod denied the accusation.

Asked about critics who have suggested she was deliberately sending a message to white voters who oppose affirmative action, Ms. Ferraro, who said she would support Mr. Obama if he was the Democratic nominee, raised her voice.

“Please, this was a comment,” she said. “I was sending no message. What are they stupid or what?”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/us/politics/13ferraro.html?em&ex=1205553600&en=c32e1091707eac04&ei=5087%0A

Another remark comparing Obama to Bush. So, George Bush learned to run the country!? It's news to me.

[ingac70]

1. She is a nasty piece of work. n/t

[davidinalameda]

2. oh Geraldine

please just STFU

[TwilightGardener]

3. She's either evil, or needs meds... or a brain scan.

[better tomorrow]

5. she's on meds....

for some kind of cancer....

[TwilightGardener]

8. Maybe that's it. But she's just lashing out uncontrollably now, and not making sense.

[Hieronymus]

17. Gotta be one of those.

[better tomorrow]

4. love this rationale.....

Ms. Ferraro, 72, said she had been the victim of a barrage of abusive e-mail and telephone calls in the last few days, organized, she suspects, by Obama operatives. Asked how she knew it was an organized effort, she said, “It was too orchestrated, bang bang bang. Where else could it come from?”

[AX10]

7. It just goes to show that Obama's 08 supporters...

are just as extreme as Bush 2000 supporters.

[TahitiNut]

6. It's nice to know she can fit BOTH feet into Hillary's mouth.

Why does ANYONE contribute campaign funds to McCain??? They can give it to Hillary and be far, far better for the GOP.

[Cha]

25. Hasn't it already been said that

mccain doesn't need as much money as the Dem candidate 'cause hilary's already done so much work for him?

[BenDavid]

9. that's the problem. We do not need someone to have on the job

training with the events of the world changing each day. We need someone that has the experience and the aptitude to lead and to make this country whole again.... hell, i am not talking about dems and repubs holding hands and singing. What I am talking about is bringing this great country back to the respect it once had prior to the ojt of bush. Once the USA is looked upon once again with respect and honor, then we dems, repubs, and indies can then be proud as one america.....the one we need to bring this about is HRC and not a trainee....

[anonymous171]

12. Everyone gets on the job training. You can only be president ONCE.

Maybe Hillary should be disqualified since she apparently was co-president along with Bill Clinton. Presidents can only serve two terms.

[davidinalameda]

23. sleeping with the president is not training

if it were, Monica Lewinsky would be qualified

[Obamaniac]

10. Is there any wonder why we lost in 1984 so badly?

This idiot woman was our Vice-Presidential nominee.

At this point the only person keeping this in the news is Ferraro. The reason she is doing this is to keep the whole Obama is a "big bad black man" narrative going to push away the white working-class voters in PA. Hillary stays above the fray, but she is the main benefactor.

She made a stupid comment, even if it wasn't intended the way it was portrayed she could have apologized and it all would have been forgotten if she didn't keep bringing up the racial aspects of it. Instead she is making the media rounds and digging herself deeper and deeper exposing long dormant racial fissures within the party. She was the one who turned it into a black-and-white issue. She was the one who injected race into this whole thing.

It is race-baiting of the worse kind. This woman is a degenerate. She needs to be expunged from the Democratic Party at once.

[Colobo]

11. Geraldine is a POS. An authentic one.

[ananda]

13. Excuse me, but..

.. George Bush has not learned how to run
a n y t h i n g, much less the country.

George W Bush: The Most Successful Failure EVER!

[SeattleGirl]

14. You said it, ananda.

Worst. President. EVER!

[KAZ]

15. This POS has to go. Shrub comparison? Fuck you Gerrie...

up and down.

[AtomicKitten]

16. Ferraro is a word that shall not be typed by these fingers.

[From The Left]

18. What a Vile, Nasty Bitch

[jmg257]

19. As an O supporter I have to say - she should REALLY shut the hell up! Obama

has his problems now with Wright, and Ferraro's issue would be forgotten in a snap if she would just keep her mouth shut!


It IS NOT about you Geraldine! Hill has enough problems!

[redstate_democrat]

20. Gerry has jumped

the shark and is now walking on water under heavy medication. Someone help her, please.

[tabasco]

21. She continues to embarrass herself.

I believe the Clinton campaign orchestrated Ms. Ferraro going attack dog on Obama, including the faux outrage from Ferraro and Ferraro's resignation.

[Cha]

22. WoW...with SuperD surrogates like that

who needs :nuke:?

[OhioBlue]

24. does she have no friends?

please - someone... take the shovel from her hands.

[Kokonoe]

26. Her job is to be the victim.

As long as she can find a microphone, she will be unfairly attacked, and it hurts it hurts.