tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post5637284179026479803..comments2024-03-24T23:57:28.687-07:00Comments on Undercover Black Man: DNC flashback: Geraldine Ferraro, 1984Undercover Black Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08704721024820668555noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-17634724233054350642008-08-26T20:11:00.000-07:002008-08-26T20:11:00.000-07:00Well, she was a 3-term member of the House of Repr...Well, she was a 3-term member of the House of Representatives. That is generally considered pretty good experience for a vice presidential candidate - I'm not sure how she varies significantly from other VP candidates in that regard.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, in the aftermath of what I agree was a racist statement, she did acknowledge that she herself was tapped because she was a woman. Her quote was "if my name was Gerard Ferraro instead of Geraldine Ferraro, I would have never been chosen as a vice presidential candidate," (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23590166/).<BR/><BR/>I'm pretty bummed to see folks buying into the dichotomous thinking that HRC promoted - the idea that you're EITHER for women OR African-American Civil Rights - as if there are no Black women in the world - or as if someone who wasn't both couldn't support both the rights of women and Black people.Bay Radicalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00655591736263258814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-72368251085948406002008-08-26T19:08:00.000-07:002008-08-26T19:08:00.000-07:00Geraldine Ferraro was insignificant then and insig...Geraldine Ferraro was insignificant then and insignificant now!!!Citizen Ojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07001825524756033450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-41514804598065474842008-08-26T18:32:00.000-07:002008-08-26T18:32:00.000-07:00kellybelle - I agree. A lot of people who scream t...kellybelle - I agree. <BR/>A lot of people who scream the loudest do the least. It's as if talking about something takes the place of DOING that same thing.uglyblackjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404995571276457138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486244714643027014.post-82304104947470479512008-08-26T18:21:00.000-07:002008-08-26T18:21:00.000-07:00isn't it funny how the least accomplished women ar...isn't it funny how the least accomplished women are the loudest feminists?Kellybellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11186473285513898735noreply@blogger.com