On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote:
> c b wrote:
>
> NY Times July 24, 2010
> You’ll Never Believe What This White House Is Missing
> By MAUREEN DOWD
>
> The first black president should expand beyond his campaign security
> blanket, the smug cordon of overprotective white guys surrounding him —
> a long political tradition underscored by Geraldine Ferraro in 1984 when
> she complained about the “smart-ass white boys” from Walter Mondale’s
> campaign who tried to boss her around.

Of course it was Andrew Young who complained that Mondale's staff was
full of "smart-ass white boys who think they know it all", not
Ferraro.  I point this out as I wouldn't want this mailing list to be
a vehicle for spreading misinformation from a source with as low
standards as the Times.

-- LM
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