LIE OF THE WEEK: 03-14-2008
Former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro on Senator Obama's lead in the Democratic Party primary race:
"If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman, he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is."
THE TRUTH: Senator Obama has succeeded in this election despite lingering racism in our society, not because of his race. What's most ironic is that Senator Clinton's supporters have been playing this race card repeatedly while she is, in fact, the person who has benefited most from her status as a woman and as the wife of a former governor and U.S. President. Would she have been elected to the Senate from New York (where she never lived until just before the election) had she not been married to Bill Clinton and stayed with him during his many infidelities? Would she be a contender for the presidency had she left him when he was Attorney General or Governor of Arkansas after so many affairs (as she should have done if she had any moral sense and not just a drive to gain power)? Senator Clinton has played up being the "female candidate" enormously and many single-issue people have unfortunately latched onto this despite her many negatives. Senator Obama has shied away from being the "black candidate" to avoid alienating most Americans and only gained the votes of the majority of African-Americans after he proved he could win in states without a sizable minority population. Senator Clinton should be repudiated for her tactics and will surely be punished by the majority of Americans in the general election should her underhanded ways garner her the Democratic Party nomination.
"If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman, he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is."
THE TRUTH: Senator Obama has succeeded in this election despite lingering racism in our society, not because of his race. What's most ironic is that Senator Clinton's supporters have been playing this race card repeatedly while she is, in fact, the person who has benefited most from her status as a woman and as the wife of a former governor and U.S. President. Would she have been elected to the Senate from New York (where she never lived until just before the election) had she not been married to Bill Clinton and stayed with him during his many infidelities? Would she be a contender for the presidency had she left him when he was Attorney General or Governor of Arkansas after so many affairs (as she should have done if she had any moral sense and not just a drive to gain power)? Senator Clinton has played up being the "female candidate" enormously and many single-issue people have unfortunately latched onto this despite her many negatives. Senator Obama has shied away from being the "black candidate" to avoid alienating most Americans and only gained the votes of the majority of African-Americans after he proved he could win in states without a sizable minority population. Senator Clinton should be repudiated for her tactics and will surely be punished by the majority of Americans in the general election should her underhanded ways garner her the Democratic Party nomination.
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