Keith Olberman, a journalist/pundit I use to respect, has become the man he often calls "the worst person in the world". He is the one-sided, pompous advocate, and personal Bill O'Reilly for the Obama campaign.. Tonight Olbermann in his "superior" judgement posited that Samantha Powers being fired from the Obama campaign for calling Hillary a "monster" among other things was parallel to Ferraro resigning for stating that Obama had been lucky to be where he is because he is not white or a woman. Problem is Ferraro said nothing racist or offensive. Everyone knows that Obama's candidacy is a historic one and that he is a gifted politician. Ferraro states this. But it is ALSO true that Hillary has received negative coverage for no warranted reason while Obama has received many free passes mainly because of 2 things: 1) the media is afraid of being perceived as "racist" 2) the nation (media included) is caught up in the "concept" of his candidacy---Ferraro's words (paraphrased).
I respect Geraldine Ferraro for not backing down to the propaganda broadcasts by Countdown, Hardball, and the rest of NBC and MSNBC.
On a personal note I am glad this came up again because I thought it was disgusting how the media (mainly MSNBC) painted the picture of Bill Clinton "injecting race" into the campaign. Ferraro shows hows it done- Go and defend yourself.
Fight. Fight. Fight.
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