I hate political correctness, but don't you think it's a little underhanded for Ferraro to imply that Obama is the 'affirmative action' candidate; that an equally qualified white candidate would be an also-ran?
-----Original Message----- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 8:38 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Ferraro: US Black People Have It Easy > -----Original Message----- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 8:15 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Ferraro: US Black People Have It Easy > > Is Hillary in the position she is in for this election race because > she is a white woman? Probably not. Is it because she's a former first lady? Would be a better question. Americans LOVE a novel candidate (out of millions upon millions of eligible Americans through history we've had TWO father/son presidents and a grandfather/grandson presidents... what are the freakin' chances? We also like war heroes, actors and cripples... oh, and fat guys.) I'd make two points: 1) Asking the question isn't inherently wrong. Political correctness has quieted discourse - that's a bad thing. Asking the questions "would a white guy with the same credentials be in this position?" or "would another woman with the same credentials (but not a former first lady) be in the same position?" aren't inherently racist/sexist. If nothing else self-examination, at least, is a good thing: if these candidates come to terms with these potentials they can better focus on their strengths. 2) Neither of these candidates really has a leg to stand on in this area... so either of them bringing it up is a ridiculously stupid move that's going to hurt themselves as badly or worse than the opponent. If we had one truly experienced candidate making such accusations they might ring more truly... but we don't. I DO think Hillary as more experience than Obama (at least more Washington experience; quite a bit more in fact) but not be so much that these kind of arguments can't backfire. 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:256226 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
