Olbermann: Senator Clinton, you are now campaigning, as if Barack Obama were the Democrat, and you… were the Republican

First, two disclaimers:  I am an Obama supporter and I think Hillary Clinton has been undergone a number of unfair impacts of sexism.

Keith Olbermann’s Special Comment is directed at Senator Hillary Clinton over her failure to immediately fire supporter and former member of her campaign finance committee, Rep. Geraldine Ferraro, after making inappropriate racial comments about Senator Barack Obama.

Senator, as it has reached its apex in their tone-deaf, arrogant, and insensitive reaction to the remarks of Geraldine Ferraro… your own advisers are slowly killing your chances to become President.

Senator, their words, and your own, are now slowly killing the chances for any  Democrat to become President.

In your tepid response to this Ferraro disaster, you may sincerely think you are disenthralling an enchanted media, and righting an unfair advance bestowed on Senator Obama.

You may think the matter has  closed with Representative Ferraro’s bitter, almost threatening  resignation.

But in fact, Senator, you are now  campaigning, as if Barack Obama were the Democrat, and you… were the  Republican.

Comments

[bob c]

what a great comment, mike.

i really liked this part from the The Democratic Mutiny and the Geraldine Ferraro Effect posted by Juan "S. Stylus" Perez on your wonderful site:

If there was some devious plot to create a mutiny among Democrats the conspirators have wildly succeeded. Perhaps a mutiny is too mild, this is more like a civil war. But unfortunately, Ferraro’s comments transcend politics. They should cause us to stop and remember that no matter who sits in the oval office, not only racism but HATE will still be a harsh reality.

[Mike Belgrove]

I run a blog that is aimed at the urban crowd and as a black man I'd like to go on record saying I don't think Geraldine Ferraro is racist at all. At least not in the way we generally think of a racist. She see Barack being black as an advantage and not a disadvantage. In a way she is right. His race does get him noticed but in all honesty it is not going to help him get elected at all. One of the other writers over at Highbrid Nation says Geraldine Ferraro is evil not racist, lol. He might not be too far off.