Ferraro, the Real Monster & the Double Standard

HILLARY IS LOSING BECAUSE OF SEXISM & RACISM

The poor lamb, Mrs. Clinton, has been thoroughly vetted and tested. She has 35 years of experience. She is ready on day 1 to lead our country. And she says she brought peace to Northern Ireland.

However, she is losing to Obama because a large percentage of Americans are racist and sexist. (At least according to Clinton fundraiser and former vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro.)

Ferraro said in a Friday interview, the only reason that Obama is winning, is because he is black.

“If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position,” she continued. “And if he was a woman 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.”

QUESTIONS:

  • The large amount of women (including Ferraro) who support Hillary Clinton, are they sexist?
  • The white voters in Ohio who polled that race was the most important factor in their votes, and chose Clinton 60% over Obama, are they racist?
  • When Jesse Jackson ran for President in 1984 and 1988, and later Al Sharpton ran for President in 2004, but both failed to garner enough support from whites and blacks alike, did the Presidential Affirmative Action Clause conveniently skip over them?
  • Since Obama is half-white, how does that figure into the equation?

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Published in: on March 12, 2008 at 11:31 am Comments (5)
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How to Smear Opponent in 6 Easy Steps

BEST USED WHEN LOSING TO OPPONENT

1. Give impression that you are “absolutely honored to be here” with rival candidate during televised debate.

2. 36 hours later, yell “Shame on you!” repeatedly at candidate and accuse him of spreading false information. Conveniently forget that you already saw the items provoking your feigned ire, weeks ago. Ignore the facts. Appear visibly angry. Wear red suit.

3. Next day. Mock candidate’s core platform of using hope and inspiration to engender change. Use language like this, which appears to make candidate’s 20 million supporters look delusional:

“I could stand up here and say, let’s just get everybody together, let’s get unified, the sky will open, the light will come down, celestial choirs will be singing, and everyone will know we should do the right thing, and the world will be perfect,” Hillary Clinton told a crowd. “… You are not going to wave a magic wand and have the special interests disappear.”

4. Following day. Send out a picture from your campaign showing rival candidate wearing traditional garb during foreign visit. Encourage divisiveness and the association that the candidate is part of extreme religious organization. Exclude the pictures where you have worn such garb yourself. Make sure your campaign does not deny orchestrating the scheme, in case they get found out later.

Include this line in the email to media: “Wouldn’t we be seeing this on the cover of every magazine if it were HRC?”

5. Continue to paint rival candidate as “the black” candidate. Use African-American campaign manager as voice against black candidate in order to avoid any claims of racism. Continue the theme of “shame”.

Clinton campaign manager Maggie Williams responds: “If Barack Obama’s campaign wants to suggest that a photo of him wearing traditional Somali clothing is divisive, they should be ashamed.”

6. Same day. Imply that candidate is so incapable, he would need a beginner’s manual for essential elements of his Presidency.

Hillary Clinton said today that unlike Obama, she would not “need a foreign policy instruction manual to guide [her] through a crisis.”

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These six easy steps will help you effectively lead a smear campaign. If you are envious of your candidate’s appeal, be sure to yell out in front of reporters:

    Enough with the speeches and big rallies!

    Such remarks will not reveal your annoyance that rival candidate gathers larger crowds and support.

    If you can complete these 6 steps in less than 96 hours - your effectiveness may be increased.

    Disclaimer: The above steps may result in decreased support from your constituents and/or increased support for your rival. In the case of either, consult high-priced advisers for next plan of action.

    Published in: on February 25, 2008 at 7:19 pm Comments (2)
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    A Rundown: Is This How Hillary Will Lead Our Country?

    READY FROM DAY 1?

    “35 years of experience”, she says … but many see a lack of organization, a lack of leadership, a lack of appointing the right people in the right positions, a lack of good judgment, a lack of integrity and clearly a lack of financial responsibility.

    Will Hillary run our country likes she’s running this campaign?

      Published in: on February 14, 2008 at 3:54 am Comments (1)
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      Latino Superdelegate Slams Hillary Clinton

      Did Hillary just give more reasons for Hispanic voters to say “Sí, Se Puede!” to team Obama?

      It appears that yesterday’s big move by the Clinton campaign - replacing former campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle with current campaign manager Maggie Williams has alienated a leader within the DNC’s Hispanic community - Superdelegate Steven Ybarra, a California superdelegate who heads the voting-rights committee of the DNC Hispanic Caucus.

      The e-mail noted that Clinton, who is looking to Latino voters for a boost in the Texas and Ohio primaries on March 4, scored heavily with Hispanics in her California win.

      “Apparently, loyalty is not a two-way street,” he wrote. “Latino superdelegates like myself . . . will have cause to pause.”

      Ybarra told The Post yesterday that the loss of Solis Doyle, a child of Mexican immigrants, just weeks before the Texas primary, where 36 percent of the population is Hispanic, was “dumb as a stump.” Of course, Ybarra probably doesn’t know that Hillary still intends to bring Solis Doyle along as an adviser (i.e. Clinton-friendly Hispanic face/voice).

      Read article here: Super Latino Slams Clinton

      • Steven Ybarra is a retired civil rights attorney who operates a consultant company in California. He is a member of the Democratic National Committee and a long time political activist. SOURCE.
      • Then again… according to Hillary, he wouldn’t know what his people want anyway. As she said yesterday in Maryland, “activists don’t represent the electorate. We know that”.
      Published in: on February 12, 2008 at 5:36 pm Comments (5)
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      Hillary’s New Campaign Manager has Old Controversies

      NEW CAMPAIGN MANAGER, OLD CONTROVERSIES

      At this critical juncture, why Hillary Clinton would bring on someone with such a controversial past as Maggie Williams baffles me a bit. Williams had served as the First Lady’s Chief-of-Staff during Bill Clinton’s first term in office but left amid a flurry of controversy.

      So… why her, now? My theories:

      1. Hillary needed to make a scapegoat out of former campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle, and the timing to replace her with someone else was too short. Using Maggie makes it appear as though it was the plan all along.
      2. Maggie Williams is African-American. Just as Solis Doyle appealed to Hispanic voters in Latina and Latina Style magazines highlighting her status as Clinton’s campaign manager, perhaps now Maggie can recoup some of the African-American voters lost in the recent months.
      3. Desperate times call for desperate measures. New plan of action to come from Hillary camp?

      In any case, a bit on Ms. Maggie Williams from NPR News Blog:

      Williams left the White House in 1998 after questions arose about her relationship with controversial Democratic fund raiser Johnny Chung, who was convicted of bank fraud, tax evasion, and two misdemeanor counts of conspiring to violate election law. Williams had also faced allegations during the first Clinton term that she had removed the files of deputy White House counsel Vince Foster after his suicide.

      More detail and background from Huffington Post and the New York Post.

      Other incongruencies: Clinton camp has said part of the reason for Solis Doyle “stepping down” is to spend more time with her family. Why then do other aides from Clinton Camp say this:

      Importantly, aides stressed that Solis Doyle will begin to travel with Clinton, arguably giving her even greater access to the candidate’s ear. She plans to spend time helping Clinton in Texas, where she has close ties, and will appear as a surrogate on Clinton’s behalf.

      Since when does traveling help you spend more time with your family? And yes, we already know Mrs. Solis-Doyle is tagging along to help with the large amount of Hispanic voters in Texas.

      Published in: on February 11, 2008 at 6:52 pm Comments (0)
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