> -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 8:54 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Ferraro: US Black People Have It Easy > > First Ferraro said: > > "If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position," she > continued. "And if he was a woman (of any color) he would not be in > this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the > country is caught up in the concept."
My first inclination was "how dare she!"... but then I actually started to think about it... Would he really be in this position if he weren't black? I mean clearly he has skills, intelligence and all the other stuff. Honestly I don't mind: if being black is an aide in this situation well then, good for him. That pendulum is long overdue for some swinging. At the same time tho' I do think there's some real validity to a number of his criticisms. He is inexperienced. He just is. It's not a death knell, but I do think some seasoning would have gone a long way for him. I fear that his lofty ideals will find little purchase in a political machine he's only beginning to understand. He's young. He'd be our third youngest president (only Kennedy and T. Roosevelt would be younger). Of course neither Kennedy or Roosevelt could be considered "bad presidents" so that's probably an empty issue, but again, I think another four to eight years in Washington would have helped him greatly. I love his speaking, he's incredibly powerful... but I also have to agree (partially) with those that see a lot of smoke but not much fire. I'm not in that camp that claims he's a charismatic façade, but I would like to see a little more meat and a little less sizzle. That said I think comments like those above are just plain stupid. Even if the question is reasonable (and I actually think it may be) it won't even be considered as such in this climate. Any comment even grazing the race issue is going to bite you in the ass, no question. To think that you can somehow skirt that is ignorant. My opinions may change tomorrow- I'm really just mulling things- but that's the direction my thoughts are taking. (For what it's worth I don't think Hilary is in a significantly better position than Obama for much of this. In the interest of full disclosure I'm leaning more and more towards McCain...) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:256197 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
