Geraldine Ferraro goes hysterical:" I am a lunatic about this" implies Lewis is a coward

[grantcart]

In all of the discussion about what she has said people are overlooking this clip that comes from John Gibson's radio show

some of the statements she makes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqL_sm0J8jc

at 2:40 She accuses John Lewis of being a political coward because he switched his endorsement solely because he was afraid of his constituents

at 3:05 She says about Rosa Delora "I don't care what she says" implying that anyone who endorses Obama is simply hiding their real motivation (she goes on to repeat the now repeatedly debunked canard about 'present' votes)

at 3:25 "I am a lunatic about this stuff"

at 3:30 she impugned Senator Dodd for endorsing Obama solely as a result of "guys sticking together"

at 3:45 Gibson asks why would in not be the democratic thing to have superdelegates follow the democratic will of the primary elections "Why is it not credible that . . . they are doing it because they don't want to be at odds with the people"

and she basically says that they should just hand the election to Hillary regardless of the results

at 4:14 she restates her contention about Obama being in the race only because he is Black and characterizes him as being simply

a 'problem for Hillary' getting the nomination.


Listening to Ferraro you hear the bitterness of a woman who believes that Hillary Clinton was a woman of destiny who was leading the country to its first woman president and Obama the black man is stealing the nomination from her.

That level of bitterness about the fact that Clinton is losing this race is commonplace at DU. Why don't they direct their bitterness at the person who is responsible for the debacle sometimes termed Clinton for President campaign?

(Oh and for the record the incompetent Clinton campaign has not even fielded a complete delegate slate in Pennsylvania)

[grasswire]

1. are you saying there would be no bitterness in the land...

....if Obama were losing to Hillary? (Or any white person?)

Please.

[FrenchieCat]

7. Not if he was losing to her on the issues,

and not simply losing due to incompetence while talking bullshit.

[hueyshort]

43. NEVER say what EVERYBODY KNOWS

Obama is an empty suit.

[FrenchieCat]

52. The empty suit appears to be a pantsuit worn by Hillary Clinton!

[hueyshort]

44. self delete

[Cali_Democrat]

9. Not nearly as much

most Blacks and young voters didn't even expect Obama to get this far. Hillary supporters thought she was the inevitable first woman president. They are VERY bitter and it shows.

[grasswire]

54. my observation is the opposite

And I am not a Hillary supporter. I don't like either one of them, but I loathe illogical statements more.

[grantcart]

13. first listen to the tape - you responded to the OP so fast you could

not have listened to it.

I will say that with any particular set of circumstances there will be some bitterness by somebody somewhere.

We are talking about a prominent Clinton supporter putting forth the basic premise that the nomination is being stolen from her

by cowards like John Lewis. These statements go much further than the other ones that are widely reported.

Anybody making such histerical remarks should be denounced.

Despite the fact that Obama is going to enter the nomination

with

more delegates
more primary wins
more caucus wins
raised more money
has more donors
endorsed by more senators
endorsed by more govenors
has been more consistent throughout the race by winning the most delegates in Jan Feb and March


despite all of this some people are making hysterical rants in DU and in the media that the

nomination should be yanked from him by one method or another.

I am sure that if the tables were turned that there would be atleast one person who would be bitter about it but we are never going to test the hypothetical because it isn't going to happen.

[grasswire]

55. it's okay to disagree with her statements...

...without making a false assumption as well.

Now, I know there would be great bitterness in the land because I've seen great bitterness here on DU when Hillary won the popular vote in three states one night recently. There was name-calling, and abusive language, and a lot of fuss from Obama supporters.

[grantcart]

18. just out of curiousity do you agree with what she said about the great John Lewis?

[grasswire]

56. I always have thought that Lewis should be on a national ticket.

Apparently no one with any influence thinks that running on the righteous history of Democratic accomplishments would be a winning strategy.

[Cha]

33. Are you saying hilary's

running a clean campaign? Please.

[grasswire]

58. where did I say that?

Please don't put words in my mouth. All I said was that it is wrong to think that if Obama was losing there would be no bitterness in the land.

[thevoiceofreason]

2. Grant - you said "hysterical" Better duck.

[grantcart]

15. what better word typlifies this tape?

[rucky]

28. and she's talking a million miles an hour.

she's clinical.

[SoxFan]

3. FAIL

[thunder rising]

16. That's not Geraldine that's John Walsh (America's Most Wanted) in drag!!

[TwilightGardener]

4. She's a fucking lunatic. She's off the rails.

[monmouth]

5. Gerry has forgotten her meds...really..n/t

[goclark]

32. Seriously, is she attending her AA meetings

regularly?

She needs to Go immediately.

Honestly, she sounds like my friend that refused to go to AA and her drinking took her to her grave at 56 years old.

She would say the damnest stuff and we couldn't shut her up ~ just like GF

[tularetom]

6. well just the fact that she has to go on john gibson's radio show

is enough to trash her credibility far as I'm concerned.

WTF is it with all the klintonites going on these wingnut radio shows. I heard bill went on the limbaugh show a week or so ago.

And we should trust these people because?

Just remember the friend of my enemy is also my enemy....

[anonymous171]

11. I seriously believe they are trying to reach out to the white bigot vote.

[grantcart]

19. they also wanted to wipe off the Missisippi/Spitzer win off the news cycle

[rucky]

29. That'll just make an Obama victory even sweeter. n/t

[workinclasszero]

40. Thats exactly what Hillary and Penn are doing.

They want to split the dem party along racial lines. You know divide and conquer. Then they start the fear campaign among the white racist's they have split off.


"Do you want the scary black man answering the red phone at 3:00 AM while your little white daughter is peacefully sleeping???":scared::scared:


Its f'in sick that a dem is using this Rovian hate plan in 2008!

[polmaven]

59. This is getting more and more disgusting

by the hour. Now you are buying into that accusation that the "3:00 AM" ad was a racial attack.

"Oh, she's saying that there are scary black people trying to break in", or your ridiculous line now that it says "Do you want the 'scary black man' answering the red phone at 3:00 AM while your little white daughter is peacefully sleeping???"

Just who is doing the race baiting? Just who is trying to split the party alon racial lines? Just who is using Rovian tactics?

You know in your heart that that ad had everything to do with "something has happened IN THE WORLD" ....

This is a disgusting allegation, and you should be ashamed of yourself!

[Emit]

12. Gibson referred to her as "my pal," and she called him "Sweetie."

What's up with all the term of endearment between these two? Gibson is an ass. He's one of the worst. He's the one who ...

" ... called for white people to have more babies to fight off the onslaught of Hispanics in the country (Media Matters summary is below). This is a call to arms for white people to defend the homeland by having more unprotected sex.

There is also an implied call for racial purity in Gibson's call as white people having babies with blacks, Asians and Latinos wouldn't really solve the problem he is trying to address. To use a phrase from a friend, Fox should fire John Gibson or change the name of his show to "The Big(ot) Story.""

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamal-simmons/fox-news-should-fire-john_b_20942.html


"Summary: On The Big Story, John Gibson urged viewers to "o your duty. Make more babies," because he had found out, from a recently released report, that nearly half of all children under the age of five in the United States are minorities. Gibson added: "You know what that means? Twenty-five years and the majority of the population is Hispanic." Gibson later repeated: "To put it bluntly, we need more babies.""

http://mediamatters.org/items/200605120006

[grantcart]

17. please listen to the tap. Gibson introduces her warmly as his close personal friend

which is not a problem for me.

Then he tries to pull her back by saying "Is it not credible . . . "

[Cha]

35. Yeah, john gibson and fauxnooze just

love to give gerry a forum to trash obama.

Wonder what all those Democrats think that she trashed?

[LakeSamish706]

8. Gee and look at what Ferraro said in 1988 what a surprise....

March 11, 2008
Read More: Barack Obama

A Ferraro flashback

"If Jesse Jackson were not black, he wouldn't be in the race," she said.

Really. The cite is an April 15, 1988 Washington Post story (byline: Howard Kurtz), available only on Nexis.

Here's the full context:

Placid of demeanor but pointed in his rhetoric, Jackson struck out repeatedly today against those who suggest his race has been an asset in the campaign. President Reagan suggested Tuesday that people don't ask Jackson tough questions because of his race. And former representative Geraldine A. Ferraro (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that because of his "radical" views, "if Jesse Jackson were not black, he wouldn't be in the race."

Asked about this at a campaign stop in Buffalo, Jackson at first seemed ready to pounce fiercely on his critics. But then he stopped, took a breath, and said quietly, "Millions of Americans have a point of view different from" Ferraro's.

Discussing the same point in Washington, Jackson said, "We campaigned across the South . . . without a single catcall or boo. It was not until we got North to New York that we began to hear this from Koch, President Reagan and then Mrs. Ferraro . . . . Some people are making hysteria while I'm making history."


http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0308/A_Ferraro_flashback.html

[Johnny__Motown]

10. Yep, she is off the deep end... and she was worried she was taken out of context

the context makes it all worse..

[MadBadger]

14. She's a Fox News Analyst...that says a lot about her character

[MadBadger]

20. Somebody on MSNBC said she was acting like an Angry White Woman...sure sounds like it.

[tblue37]

21. John Lewis's courage is self-evident in his history.

That man was beaten half to death while engaging in nonviolent protests during the Civil Rights era. He is no coward, and anyone who implies that he is needs her mouth washed out with barbed wire.

[grantcart]

22. thank you I would like to hear Clinton campaign address this issue

[hendo]

37. If the HRC campaign did that...

It might show that they really don't care about the minority vote. heck, if you don'tvote for HRC you don't count in thier minds.

[grantcart]

50. welcome to DU

if we end up having to take to the streets in Denver I may need a place to lay my sleeping bag lol

[NMMatt]

31. Yeah... talk about doing a "Max Cleland" on somebody

John Lewis is the definition of moral courage.

[Barack_America]

23. It's sad to watch, really.

It only pleases me to see Republicans self-destruct.

[grantcart]

34. unfortunately it is having an effect

After Iowa the Iowans had a chance to have a little further thought on the campaign of Hillary Clinton





and here is Obama leading in a state we are not supposed to win



Please note that after Clinton's remarks about McCain's excellent resume Obama goes down and Clinton goes up

[grantcart]

38. its odd to see an interview where Gibson is trying hard to keep a dem from making

a fool out of themselves

[NDambi]

24. thanks I've passed this on to many in my circle and out of it too

[The Backlash Cometh]

25. What does Ferraro's husband do for a living?

Is this a situation like Dianne Feinstein? Maybe she realizes what's at stake?

[grantcart]

30. wikipedia

John Zaccaro is the husband of the United States Democratic Party 1984 Vice Presidential nominee, Rep Geraldine Anne Ferraro (D-NY). He is a successful worker in real estate. During his wife's campaign for vice-president, he became the center of controversy when it was discovered he had not submitted his tax returns.

[rucky]

26. Entitlement. n/t

[1776Forever]

27. Wow - From the mouth of a Democratic Leader - VP Candidate - Very sad!

You know after reading up on this it seems like she has some kind of problem that goes way back. I have seen the 1988 comments. I think now she is like some of the other HRC supporters who are like backstage Mom's and who have placed their hopes and goals to Hillary's victory. Seems they cannot believe anyone could have beat her! It just happened to be a black man and she is not taking it well at all. I hope that this doesn't make someone go off the deep end. I think Hillary and Bill have to take some of the blame. Obama has tried to keep it level. I feel that the longer it goes on the worse it is going to get. And I have heard that PA has a certain population of "rednecks" who are going to move this on. Shame!

:shrug:

[Occam Bandage]

36. Sad to see a Democratic icon fall apart like that.

[grantcart]

49. she was an icon in her own mind

[bigbrother05]

39. Grantcart you quit making sense

[grantcart]

45. what is your point?

[bigbrother05]

51. I know you have noticed

sensible conversations, don't go over to well here, lighten up, I'm with you.:hi:

[grantcart]

41. This is the original clip KO is talking about

[Cha]

42. ferraro calls it on herself.

So for veracity we can call gerry a "lunatic", for her outbursts, with impugnity.

My son said lou dobbs was calling her out on it and he said if even I think she was outta then...

[thoughtcrime1984]

46. She is a perfect reflection of her boss, Hillary

[grantcart]

47. It certainly is a reflection of HRC management style

And Ferraro did wipe the Spitzer story and the Mississippi story off the air

[Spirochete]

48. Well, it's been 24 years

since she helped tank a presidential campaign. Apparently she's been jonesing to do it again.

[grantcart]

53. For the record she has been spewing this shit since Feb 12

http://homepage.mac.com/mkoldys/blog/fyf225820059.html

[zulchzulu]

57. Is that a real shovel digging your grave or a Sears shovel, Geraldine?

[grantcart]

60. love the ad lol

[Scurrilous]

61. K & R

:thumbsup:

[burythehatchet]

62. "characterizes him as being simplya 'problem for Hillary' getting the nomination."

This is actually all that one needs to understand.

[Beacool]

63. Totally agree with this one

and have even said something similar on another post:

She accuses John Lewis of being a political coward because he switched his endorsement solely because he was afraid of his constituents.

He caved in to pressure, instead of standing tall against them. A man's word is his bond and he broke it.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

64. Some of Ferraro's comments do seem to make her look a bit unstable. Way past time for her meds.

[roseBudd]

65. Wow, sounds like Geraldine has gone Hillbot crazy, in a very public way

[IndianaGreen]

66. Ferraro is another limousine liberal

They pay lip service to a lot of shit, but when it comes down to it, they are as racist and homophobic as their GOP counterparts.

[reflection]

67. Nonsense.

The reality is that Lewis cast his lot early with the better odds, HRC. Once he realized the (perceived) odds were shifting the other way, he was able to justify switching to Obama and represent his constituency as well. Double bonus for him, all other things being equal.