Clinton and her campaign are so racist!!

Or at least that is the rallying cry that has been said every few months through out this primary for the democratic nomination. This cry has been brought out again thanks to a comment that Geraldine Ferraro made regarding the fact that Obama would not be as far along as he is if he was not black. Is that really racist and is it really that shocking?? Ferraro's comment taken out of context and turned into a juicy sound bite for cable news pundits to denounce and decry, and there by denounce and decry Hillary Clinton would like us to think so.

Ms. Ferraro's comment which taken at face value is a racially charged statement, but placed back into the context in which Ferraro was actually speaking about the issue of racism becomes invalid to any rational mind.

“I think what America feels about a woman becoming president takes a very secondary place to Obama’s campaign - to a kind of campaign that it would be hard for anyone to run against,” she said. “For one thing, you have the press, which has been uniquely hard on her. It’s been a very sexist media. Some just don’t like her. The others have gotten caught up in the Obama campaign.
“If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position,” she continued. “And if he was a woman (of any color) 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.” ~Geraldine Ferraro, March 7, 2008

This was the quote that set the whole thing off. Ferraro was giving a speech at Torrance Cultural Center in Torrance CA. Why is this woman racist, or the comment is made racist? Bringing up the legitimate issue of race in terms of Senator Obama's success is automatically racist? Does America thing that racism is so far behind us that to suggest that some one's race may play into a persons electability is automatically racist. Yet when people credit Clinton and her support from women this is a non-issue, as if Senator Clinton's gender had nothing to do with it.

If Barack Obama was a white man do you think he would get the large margin of the African-American vote in southern states over Hillary Clinton, which as a proven track record of support for civil rights and issues concerning African-Americans? This is not to say that support for Obama is solely based on his race, but you can not deny that it is an advantage in his favor. Obama has many great qualities. He does inspire and gives a sense of hope and his politics and stances on issues such as Health Care and the war in Iraq are almost mirror images of his democratic rival. Both candidates if elected would make history, so the fact that he is a bi-racial, but for this country's need a black man not be a driving force in his campaign? This is one of the problems within this country, we are not above racism or living in a post-racial society because of this any thing can be turned into a negative racial slur. This is something that again favors Barack Obama and why many people think he would do well in the general election. The Republicans would not have as much fire because they would run the risk of being called racist. So questions about is policies and political background would be left untouched, while Clinton would be fodder for the Republican attack machine. Sexism and sexist views which have been prevalent through Senator Clinton's campaign are never seriously addressed simple because sexism is still acceptable then a perceived racism.

What about the issue of sexism/racism when Jesse Jackson, stomping for Obama in New Hampshire called African-American congressmen "Uncle Toms" for supporting Clinton's campaign over their racial brother. Is this not a racially charged statement? Can not these men vote for whom they think is the most appropriate candidate and not solely on the sharing of a perceived racial identity? How about when gospel singer/pastor McClurkin was brought onto Obama's campaign in the south to help suede black voters away from Clinton? McClurkin who is an out spoken homophobe and as publicly stated that "the gays" want to murder the children of America, where is the big out cry? Was this not a typical tactic to use homophobia to get the black vote that helped G.W.B. win in the south? We have Obama endorsed by Minister Farakan a man that is visceral in his anti-semitism and is admired by Obama's spiritual advisor, none of this seems to be a major concern to any one.

Is the double standard of it all becoming clear to any one yet?? WAKE UP AMERICA!!!

I also want to address Keith Olbermann's "special comment" on his cable news show. I am fan of Mr. Olbermann but recently his obvious bias for Obama and against Clinton has turned me off completely. For once I would like to just get the news without the presenters opinion whether liberal or conservative. Olbermann is quickly becoming the Bill O'Reily of the left, which in my opinion is a sad day. Instead of being a man of conviction he is turning into the very think he hates the most a ring leader in a dog and pony show. Big mouths shooting opinions without any true balance or evidence is bad no matter how closely those opinions may align with your own.