Wannabe.

I think your snarky remarks about prejudice in society at large really miss the point here.

The point that Ms. Ferraro was trying to make is specific to the US Senate, and to campaigns for president. However hard it may be to be black in society at large, it's extremely *easy* to get into the Senate. There have been, what, three African-American senators, just since 1967?

And running for President -- Jeez! Show me the black man in America who *hasn't* run for president. Basically, once you make it into the House of Representatives, it's smooth sailing the rest of the way.

Ha! I gotta trifecta: I'm black, I'm Muslim and I'm a female.

I'm on easy street, over here.

I'm like a flippin' god to you people.

BOW DOWN!!!!

How lucky some folks are, to be unlucky!

Upcoming post: I wish TPM Cafe had an edit function on their blogs!!!

(Doesn't have the same punch as snarking on this race issue, but...a freakin' blog editor to fix formatting problems would be nice.)

Tonya Harding became notorious for allegedly conspiring to harm competitor Nancy Kerrigan in an attack, which occurred on January 6, 1994 at a practice session during the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit. Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly and Shawn Eckhardt[5] hired Shane Stant to strike Kerrigan on the knee. Harding won that event, while Kerrigan's injury forced her withdrawal. After Harding admitted to helping to cover up the attack, the USFSA and United States Olympic Committee initiated proceedings to remove her from the 1994 Olympic team, but Harding retained her place after threatening legal action.

Similarities?

I have it within my powers to grant your wish. You are black. We all are. Just as Obama is [ugh] white.

See how easy this race stuff is?

Ferraro and Hillary are in for some bad hurt however.

Not much can be done about that.

Best, Terry

P.S. Nice post.

again it's post like this that are becoming insulting to blacks i know. farraro was specking of OBAMA's experience not blacks in general. to site that his luck and accepetance for blacks is representative to what many other blacks experience is unacceptable. there are some blacks who whites find accepetable. (how many times have i been told ...well michell your different)...once they find you acceptable they appreciate the ability to work with you to feel better about themselves and enjoy you as the wonderful person you are regardless of race. many of them will be the first to say the ole line...you know i'm not racist cuz i have black friends. whites here are going off track and should be careful as you are starting to insult blacks without realizing it. many in the country wish to end racism on some level. hence BARACK, who is an "acceptable" black is benefitting from his race. he is also reasonably accomplished and well spoken. he is actually lite on the experience side in my book and look forward to him cutting down a bit on his ambition and doing the real work that shows me who he really is on issues over the next 8 years. after that, i think he is well qualified to be elected president.

Oh read my blog about this topic.

Hey I may be white but I think Obama is only in this because he is tall and that all Americans have a general aversion to short men! Come on almost all of our presidents have been tall white men, never mind whether there weren't women or minorities. First things first, we need to accept our bias towards tall people, especially those with big heads, over small people before we can deal with gender or race. Everyone knows that if Barack Obama was 5'3" he wouldn't have prayer in the race!

What do you think of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khuu-RhOBDU

Excellent.

Thanks for the comic relief, although I guess it wasn't quite enough to overcome my mood of the moment because I find myself absolutely compelled to say, "...and I voted for this woman?" (Ferraro)

And I also feel compelled to say that Nader is sounding a lot more sensible right about now...

(Sorry, cscs...try as I might, I just couldn't find anything funny to say about the ongoing destruction of the Democratic party by all this ugly nonsense. Good thread though. :) )

BevD writes:
"tell me what qualitative difference there is in Obama surrogates claiming that Clinton got where she is because she married Bill, and Clinton surrogates claiming that Obama got where he was because he's black?"

Others have had a try at this, but here goes. A) The first thing hasn't happened. Show me one person affiliated with the campaign who has made such a claim with impunity. B) If "Obama surrogates" were to say such a thing, they wouldn't be evoking well-worn racist code for "affirmative action let the black and brown people take your jobs away, Pennsylvania!" and C) While you'd have a hard time proving that any substantial number of people voted for Obama for State Senate, or Senate, or Democratic nominee because he's black, it's pretty incontrovertible that Hillary's main claim to "experience" is her time as First Lady, and since we haven't yet elected a woman as president in the U.S., and since Bill Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act, ergo: she'd pretty much need to be a woman to have gotten where she is.

Clear now?

i don't want to rock the boat, but i have always felt extremely lucky to be bi-racial, although it has been difficult for people to recognise and treat that with respect. Ferraro's comments are inexcusably uninsightful and unconstructive however - and, i nearly forgot, just plain wrong.

Perhaps Jim Crow Hillary Clinton will address the John Birch Society in the near future. It would certainly not come as a surprise, given what we have witnessed thus far. Denigrating ethnic minorities, insulting their intelligence and their commitment to this republic. Openly appealing to every hidebound bigot in the nation. Why not make it official, Jim Crow Hillary? Why not abandon the subtle racism and adopt the overt variety?