Ferraro: Biden has what Obama lacks

[jefferson_dem]

Well, if Biden's good enough for Gerldine...

Ferraro: Biden has what Obama lacks
Posted August 20, 2008 9:15 AM
The Swamp

by Mark Silva

Never mind Joe Biden's suggestion that he isn't "the guy'' likely to make Barack Obama's presidential ticket.

Geraldine Ferraro, who's been there before, said today that she got the call from Walter Mondale to serve as his running mate in 1984 - the first woman nominated on a major party's presidential ticket - the day before the announcement. And she had to tell a little white lie when asked about it that day.

Ferraro said today on CBS News' The Early Show that she would recommend Biden for Obama - though she still sings the praises of Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, noting those 18 million votes she collected in the party's primaries this year.

Biden, Democratic senator from Delaware, told reporters staked out outside his home yesterday: ""Hey guys, I'm not the guy...'' Then he added: "I have not spoken to anyone.''

"So do you expect for Biden to tell the truth?'' Ferraro asked today, recalling the way that she had to dodge the question in 1984 when she was asked if Mondale might tap a woman - after he already had called on her. "You know, I knew I had already been chosen.''

If Obama called on her for advice, Ferraro said, she'd suggest Biden.

Of course, this is the same Ferraro who had said not long ago in an interview that the only reason Obama was having the success he was having in the primaries is that he is African-American - so we're guessing she didn't get that call for advice.

Running down the possible running mates today, Ferraro also suggested that someone such as Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, a West Pointer, has something that's lacking in the party's presumptive nominee: "Knowledge about what is going on in foreign affairs...

"That is Barack Obama's weakness,'' Ferraro said, which brings us back to Biden. Here, courtesy of CBS News, is the Early Show interview that host Harry Smith conducted with Geraldine Ferraro, the 1984 Democratic nominee for vice president.

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http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/08/ferraro_biden_has_what_obama_l.html

[goclark]

1. Gerri is still carrying the water I see

[Tim4319]

17. Yes,

Because she is on Faux Snooze about once or twice a week!

[TwilightGardener]

2. Can people stop giving this racist attention whore publicity, at some point?

[Cha]

38. Oh, fauxnoise will still be giving her $$ to comment

on Obama when he's our President.

Isn't that where bitter hags go to lie?

[Lucky 13]

3. Oh Geraldine... you are priceless.

Haven't you figured out that no one is listening to you anymore? LEAST of all Obama?

[marmar]

4. I'd be fine with Biden....but I wish Ferraro would go back into her room with padded white walls....

.....never to be heard from again.

:crazy:

[phillysuse]

5. Biden has what Obama lacks : white skin

according to Geraldine Ferraro.

Obama and Biden both have what Geraldine Ferraro lacks - a brain not to mention the obvious other organs.

[jefferson_dem]

8. Dude....So sad but so true.

That's what she wanted to say but couldn't.

[Czolgosz]

13. Biden has what Obama lacks : white skin, 35 years inside the Beltway, a gaffe-prone blabber mouth

[racaulk]

14. Exactly!

:rofl:

Ferraro really should just STFU.

[moriah]

6. That settles it, he won't pick Biden. n/t

[my3boyz]

7. Shut the hell up! It would be a cold day in hell before Obama ever asked your advice! Stupid hack! n

[Ashy Larry]

9. Why does the press keep asking this person what she thinks?

What has she ever accomplished?

[bdamomma]

10. oh shut up Geraldine Ferraro.

[Avalux]

11. Yeah, we should listen to Gerry. NOT.

How the fuck would she know what Obama lacks when all she did during the primary was rail against him?

Difficult to believe she has his best interest and the best interest of the Democratic Party in mind.

[demwing]

12. Ferraro just wants to point out what she thinks Obama lacks

She cares not one bit if Biden is selected. This is just another chance for her to complain and fault-find.

I hope she realises that such talk can come back to bite the party in the ass, come November...

[Major Hogwash]

15. Was Geraldine wearing her pointy hat when she said this?

And where's all the respect for the first woman on a Democratic ticket?

Where's all the love for the first woman vice-presidential nominee?

I think it was all pissed down the pipes when she started talking like a rabid racist!!!

Fuck Geraldine!!

[derby378]

16. Biden would drive gun owners away from Obama

His selection as VP would seriously undermine the "Obama will never take your guns" meme that the Obama campaign is trying to circulate.

[Bucky]

44. He would bother gun nuts (who won't vote Dem anyway), not gun owners in general.

"Obama will never take your guns" is just not necessary as a campaign theme. No one is seriously considering taking up guns. It's a crazy-think distraction issue.

[Major Hogwash]

48. Only those who think it will be an issue this year.

You know, those 5 or 6 guys that post in the gun section.

LoL

[benEzra]

50. As long as the "assault weapon" bait-and-switch stays dead.

My worry is that Biden could be baited into resurrecting it. I don't think Obama intends to.

[saltpoint]

18. I think sometimes we have to invoke Colombian Nobel Laureates to

manage U.S. politicians.

In One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez gives us a character who, after losing his mind and becoming unpredictable and volatile and embarrassing, is tied to a tree or the clothesline stanchion in the back yard. They bring him food periodically but generally keep him at a remove from normal human life inside the home.

Aunt Geraldine's time might be nigh.

[Occam Bandage]

19. Yes. White skin. Thanks, jellybean.

[Barack_America]

20. Thanks for passing on the message from your FOX News bosses!

FOX wants Biden, yep, got that jotted down!

[Owl]

21. Ferraro, shut-up already.

[No Elephants]

22. You practically took the post right out of my fingertips.

[GoesTo11]

23. Her VP expertise sure helped Mondale. /nt

[still_one]

24. Hey Ferraro, what did you lack that didn't help Mondale? A mind perhaps /nt

[GoesTo11]

26. never mind

[still_one]

29. I am so screwed up, thank you. I will make that correction now /nt

[scheming daemons]

25. Well.. I was ok with Biden... but now that this twit is behind him, I'm going to rethink that...

If Geraldine told me the sky was blue, I'd have to go outside and check for myself.

[carpe diem]

27. i'd be happy if it is Biden mainly because

so many media and beltway types seem to favor him and by God even Ferraro is on board, if he chooses someone else, he will get shredded and will get no bump/positive coverage and people will start trashing his 'judgement'

[sandnsea]

28. Because nobody can possibly know about foreign affairs

unless they're in the Senate. Whatever Gerry. No wonder you lost.

[invictus]

30. If Ferraro is recommending Biden, definetly NO!

nt

[Tutankhamun]

31. "Biden has consistently broken through barriers in his political career," said Ferraro.

"In Biden you have a candidate who has courageously overcome the stigma of having white skin in American politics."

[Arugula Latte]

32. Could we just pour cement in Geraldine's mouth so she'll never speak again?

Pleeease?

[Skwmom]

33. I'm sure Ferraro really wants to get Obama elected.

Imagine, the corporate media, the RNC hacks, and Clinton supporters all beating the drums for a Washington Insider.

Hmmm... wonder why that could be? Maybe, it's because they want to kill the "Change You Can Believe" In message?

Obama truly is fighting on 3 fronts.

[Colobo]

34. Obama > Geraldine Ferraro

[jakem]

35. More whiteness?

[jillan]

36. Taylor Marsh is also a big fan of Biden for veep.

Is it possible that Biden could unify the party?

[Cha]

37. And who the fuck has what claptrap gerridine lacks?

Poor fucking hasbeen that never really was.

[Debi]

39. "If Obama called on her for advice,......" When will that be?

Next Tuesday from never??? :puke: Just STFU -

[otohara]

40. After What She Said During Primaries

anything that comes out of her mouth is meaningless to me - I don't care what she thinks, how she
feels about Obama - go away Gerri - your time has come and gone. Go away!

[polichick]

41. She's probably hoping he won't pick Biden now - and win. Probably on HRC's 2012 team.

[Bucky]

42. Oh dear Gerri, thank you so much for your help.

:banghead: I wonder if one could consider lack of party loyalty a weakness.

[last1standing]

43. I rarely take advice from racists.

I have no real problem with Biden, but Ferraro's recommendation is not needed.

[vaberella]

45. Ferraro is a racist prick that doesn't deserve to even be acknowledged. That being said--> n/t

[Egnever]

46. well theres an endorsement I wasnt hoping for.

[JVS]

47. I'll try not to hold her endorsement of Biden against him.

It might help if Biden were to reject and denounce though. ;-)

[CakeGrrl]

49. More backhanded PUMA advice

Another way to slam Obama by offering 'constructive' suggestions to help him where he's 'lacking'.

Stuff it, Gerry.