Calling them Out!!!

Keith Olbermann got this absolutely right in his special commentary regarding the Ferraro comment.

Be Clear- Keith did not compare the Clinton's to David Duke. He did not compare Ferraro to David Duke. What he said, referring to a comment Ferraro made in 1988 about Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign, was that the comment reads as if it is stolen from David Duke.

And all the while the Clinton surrogates keep race baiting Hillary Clinton manages to turn herself into the woman victim. She did it in New Hampshire. She continually accuses the media of 'picking on her' and throwing soft balls at her opponent while she attacks Obama on credibility and on security in ways that will hurt the party in November. Can anyone name another campaign in our history that has been so masterful in its ablity to influence, shape and threaten the medai to get the stories to play there way?

Can anyone name in our history another candidate where the talking heads from the opposing ideology lined up to support them as the candidate. Hillary Clinton has had the right wing frothing at the mouth since before she announce her 'decision' to run.

Make no mistake, they want to run against Hillary Clinton.

Now Ferraro, while making statements that, if not racist in their intent, make me cringe by their stupidity- she accuses the Obama campaign of unfairness and introducing race into the campaign.

The worst part of this whole campaign is that Hillary's image is getting tarnished in ways that can never be undone. In the 90's we lived with the fact that Bill Clinton was a political animal- to the point of lack of scruples. This campaign is reaching to depths that we have never seen before. He may be behind it but her name is on the front of it.

What would Hillary Clinton, or Geraldine Ferraro for that matter, say if someone of prominence in the party wee to say that the only reason she is in her position is because she is a woman.

The fact is, we already know. When Chris Matthews made a comment complimenting her strength in dealing with the issues of her past- her campaign twisted the statement to a point where it was no longer recognizable and accused him of totally discrediting every accomplishment of her carreer because she is a woman who handled being a victim with grace.

When she reacted so heavy handedly to a tv talking head, did anyone accuse her of introducing gender into the campaign? No.

So how is it that when Obama says that the comments made by Geraldine Ferraro are 'unfortunate, divisive and ridiculous' it can be said that the Obama campaign introduced race into the campaign.

There is no denying the racial nature of what Ferraro said. It is doubtful that Ferraro had racist intent. But for her to deny, time and again, that saying a man is only where he is because he is black is definitionally racist, is intellecually dishonest.