The Vocabulary of Racism
Regardless of who we're supporting in the Democratic Primary, I think most of us can agree that this has been an extremely unique and interesting process, not just becaue we've been given two extremely...
View ArticleGeraldine Ferraro, STFU.
In her latest rampage, Geraldine Ferraro states, Obama has lost women 'with sexist campaign'Geraldine Ferraro, the only woman to run on a major party presidential ticket and a supporter of Hillary...
View ArticleGeraldine Ferraro has lost her mind
or lady, we hardly knew ye.Here she is on Hannity-Calamity's show calling the superdelegates backboneless, claiming that Hillary has been treated to terrible sexism by the Obama campaign and explaining...
View ArticleFerraro's at it again
Geraldine Ferraro's "black obsession" is on display again. This time on the op-ed page of the Boston Globe. Half the column is devoted to the claim that Clinton was the victim of sexism. I'm not...
View ArticleFerraro, Goodman, Sexism and the Campaign
The Boston Globe has very interesting contrasting Op-Ed pieces today from Geraldine Ferraro and Ellen Goodman. They are trying to address one of the same issues, sexism and the campaign. But their tone...
View ArticleNow we know--Ferraro is afraid of black people
Now I finally understand the hateful tone and--dare I say, bitterness?--behind Geraldine Ferraro's divisive comments throughout this election. In her op-ed piece today in the Boston Globe, "Healing...
View ArticleShorter Ferraro: We're White, We're Entitled, Get Used To It
I feel that Geraldine Ferraro may well have something to say, but her comments today in the Boston Globe seemed (perhaps due to judicious editing, the vestigial remains of a liberal conscience, or just...
View ArticleShe is at it again, Ferraro spews garbage.
In an editorial in the Boston Globe Geraldine has a new line of attack;Here we are at the end of the primary season, and the effects of racism and sexism on the campaign have resulted in a split within...
View ArticleInsanity, Thy Name is Geraldine
One of the most bizarre and deranged editorials in a long time was just written by Geraldine Ferraro.In an editorial written by Geraldine Ferraro and published in the Boston Globe, the former...
View ArticleHealing the wounds of Clinton's spin
It is amazing the litany of excuses Clinton supporters use for why she lost. Non of them ever have anything to do with the poor campaign she run. The amazingly incompetent strategy. The amazingly...
View ArticleAluta Continua ... for women - the Struggle continues
In South Africa we have a saying:"Strike a woman, strike a rock."
View ArticleHave white people lost their minds?
Let me preface this by saying that I am indeed white, upper middle class and Young. From paying close attention to this panic inducing primary season it has been cemented within me the fact that White...
View Article"Super" Delegates Ain't So Super, So They Need to Go
I've had an interest in history and politics for as long as I can remember, but the 2008 Democratic Primary was the first primary ever in which I cast a vote and the first one of which I paid attention...
View ArticleA MESSAGE TO OBAMA SUPPORTERS.... w/ Poll
A MESSAGE TO OBAMA SUPPORTERS.... If you come across angry Hillary supporters or McCain snarky trouble makers, please do not engage them in name calling or snarky attacks. We must fight them with...
View ArticleLanny Davis' Web Site
womenforfairpolitics.com is the web site Lanny has set up where one can sign the petition advocating Hillary Clinton to be vice president. The whole site, petition and all, is pathetic and...
View ArticleClinton's Sequel to the Willing Suspension of Disbelief
Like the rest of us, Barack Obama learned from the media that Hillary Clinton will announce the suspension of her campaign for the Democratic Party's nomination for President this Saturday. And while...
View ArticleGeraldine Ferraro has lost it (not really news)
It's not news. I know. We figured this out months ago. But more confirmation, and it's sad. She's still a Democrat, and today was her chance to claim a little bit of redemption within the party, right?...
View Article...The More Things Stay The Same
That thought ran through my head last night as I spent two pleasant hours reading some old magazines I recently found in an upstairs bedroom. They are mostly 1920s vintage women's magazines like The...
View ArticleThe new glass ceiling
Racist Geraldine Ferraro is happily constructing new glass ceilings for women politicians. In short, if they're not named "Hillary Clinton", they don't deserve VP consideration.She's apparently still...
View ArticleDear Geraldine Ferraro: Shut up
Also posted at my blog.I'm writing this in response to Kos's latest blog post about Geraldine Ferraro's continued bid to become the Phil Gramm of Team Hillary.Dear Geraldine: Shut up already.
View ArticleDKOS Poll Successfully Blackballed 13 VP Picks
I am pleased and proud to announce that NONE of the "worst possible VP picks" included in my DKOS poll http://www.dailykos.com/... was actually selected. In order of unpopularity, we successfully...
View ArticleThe Palin Pick: Her Female Idols In Politics And Why She Was Chosen
(Cross posted at The Albany Project)If you're a Republican woman, who is your idol in politics?Apparently for Republican vice presidential pick Sarah Palin, she has two: Geraldine Ferraro, who was a...
View ArticleHistorical Coincidence?
In 1967, Thurgood Marshall made history by becoming the first black Supreme Court judge, and a very liberal one at that.24 years later, in 1991, Clarence Thomas, an arch-conservative black man (of...
View ArticleREMEMBER: "Fritz & Tits"
We remember the Republican Party's insult of "Fritz & Tits", so what will the 2008 "RepublicCains" nickname this ticket?
View ArticlePalin Is a Lot Like Ferraro. And That's Not a Good Thing.
Because I still can't sleep, I'm going to share some post-midnight musings:Palin looks an awful lot like Geraldine Ferraro. Ferraro, as we all know, was the first woman to run for vice president on a...
View ArticleFive Albatrosses of an Ancient Mariner
It is a Republican tradition in modern times to carve a pit beneath the previously-known floor of public discourse and then to occupy it. Candidates Nixon, Reagan, Dole and both Bushes all demeaned...
View ArticleGeraldine Ferraro, president of PUMA Nation
So what does the ilustrious Geraldine Ferraro think of the Palin pick?See for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/...(Sorry for the crappy link. If anybody has a good video please let me know)
View ArticleA Palin response ad
Narrator: Congratulations to Sarah Palin on being selected by John McCain to be his running mate.
View ArticleLieberman-Ferraro '08!
BIG NEWS.Senator Joe Lieberman will be selecting Geraldine Ferraro to be his running mate in the 2008 race for "Democrats who used to be important but are now sort of a**holes."Lieberman's impeccable...
View ArticleFerraro-Palin similarity uncanny, I hope
Here's a section of the Wikipedia Entry on Geraldine Ferraro. Honestly, it's freakishly similar to what is happening and what seems very possible for Sarah Palin
View ArticleSarah Palin is Geraldine Ferraro
Sure, she seems to have everyone (republicans) excited now, but so did Geraldine Ferraro after she was nominated in 1984.
View ArticleForgetting Sarah Palin
I haven't written a diary in a while, but I thought I'd vent a few things just to make a position clear: FORGET SARAH PALIN. Every time I log onto Kos anymore, there are floods of Palin diaries,...
View ArticleHistory Doesn't Bode Well for Palin 2012
The closer election day and the more likely a positive outcome for the Democratic ticket, the more you can see and hear about Sarah Palin getting ready for a 2012 run for the nomination.This got me...
View ArticleGeraldine Ferraro WILL vote for Barack Obama.
Short. Sweet. Simple.Tonight on PBS "NOW with David Brancaccio," Geraldine Ferraro tells David...
View ArticleGerry Ferraro endorses OBAMA! (Updated)
I think this is an important endorsement symbolically. It tells the Hillary contingent of voters that it is ok to come over (if you haven't already).Ben Smith of Politico says:You know you're not...
View ArticleGeraldine Ferraro Endorses Obama! PUMA-wha? PUMA-who?
From an interview with PBS via "blogger" Ben Smith, Geraldine Ferraro endorses Obama, albeit a bit bitterly. Behold, the benevolent sound of a ringing endorsement:[on Obama] I don't know him that...
View ArticleDave Exemplifies Passions Nurtured In Queens
The recent death of Dave From Queens, David Weintraub, Esq., at 37, a man whose passion led him to trail Joe Lieberman in a Bush face mask, confront Sean Hannity by calling in repeatedly and accosting...
View ArticleReform is a Gift to Others Beyond Ourselves
With President Obama being a major disappointment in some corners, it was perhaps inevitable that Hillary Clinton loyalists would exercise their right to second-guess the inevitable nominee. Anne...
View ArticleCNN: Bring Back Crossfire! (The Concept of it)
Mainstream news channel ratings come out, and normally there isn't a distressing situation afterwards. This time, however, CNN faces a 40 percent drop in viewership since 2009. Pretty large huh? Say...
View ArticleBREAKING: Geraldine Ferraro passes away at 75
Someone may have already diaried this, but if not, here's the story. The first female to run on a major national political ticket in the USA, died this morning at Massachusetts General Hospital while...
View ArticleBREAKING: Geraldine Ferraro dead at 75
Breaking on CNN right now.She was the first woman and first Italian-American to be on a major party's presidential ticket.She had been battling blood cancer for over a decade.
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Remembering Geraldine Ferraro
I was six years old when, in 1984, Walter Mondale chose Geraldine Ferraro to serve as the first woman on a major presidential ticket. I could not understand at the time the historical significance of...
View ArticleSaucy??? give my female ass a break!
The New York Times obit writer describes Geraldine Ferraro as "spirited and saucy"?? http://www.nytimes.com/...Pleeeeze. I immediately go check the byline. Will somebody please tap this guy on the...
View ArticleGeraldine Ferraro's Mixed Legacy
I begin this essay keenly aware of the fact that, before the end, I am probably going to strike a nerve with someone. A part of me feels that I ought to keep some of these thoughts to myself out of...
View ArticleOn the Loss of a Legend
I was stunned to learn when I arrived home of the death of Geraldine Ferraro. The name instantly rang a bell; she had been the runningmate of Walter Mondale in 1984. I'm told that when I saw her on TV,...
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(Update #3) The Week in Editorial Cartoons - The New Wisconsin Workers Anthem
crossposted at Docudharma and The Stars Hollow Gazette:: ::Rockthedub.com will be filming a video for this new anthem tomorrow in Madison, WisconsinWhile we don't keep it political on RTD all the time,...
View ArticleLet's chat about who inspired a young Hillary Rodham Clinton - part 1; 10/24,...
Today I am substituting for DoReMI who has been away for a few days to attend her daughter’s wedding — Congratulations to the bride and groom!I am about 40% of the way through What Happened, and expect...
View ArticleSexual abuse survivors are powerful. #MeToo has already changed the world.
Back in November I was in the middle of writing a comment on this diary about how sexual abuse allegations are about real, actual people when a realization hit me. We were all sharing our own stories....
View ArticleGeorge Bush and Geraldine Ferraro
With this outpouring of praise for President George H. W. Bush, I haven’t forgotten how condescending and sexist he was to Geraldine Ferraro in the 1984 campaign and the vice-presidential debate. I...
View ArticleSilly me for doubting
I was anxious that Harris would get a tepid response from the party with the exit of the party’s icon. Silly me! I’m beyond thrilled by the response that Harris has received and proud to contribute a...
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