About a week ago, a controversy erupted regarding words spoken by Geraldine Ferraro. As you might recall, she was on the ticket with Walter Mondale in 1984 as vice president. Ferraro stated that Obama would not be in the position he is today if he were white.Ferraro works on the Hilliary Clinton finance committee. At first Ferraro stood by her words. She stated that she was exercising her first amendment rights, and that she would not be discriminated against because she was white.
Ferraro almost seemed to go on the offensive. She accused the Obama team of playing the race card. In the end she stepped down from her post on the Clinton finance committee. She did not want the issue to bring Hillary down. I find it a shame that this happened. Have we become so politically correct that we must jump when a black man cries "racism"?
Personally I would not have voted for Mondale/Ferraro in 1984 if I could have. However I applaud Ferraro's courage in not backing down from her recent words. Geraldine - this post is for you.
