On the day Mississippi holds its presidential primary, Clinton supporter Geraldine Ferraro, former Vice Presidential candidate is stoking the race fire claiming that Obama has only achieved his pole position in the nominating contest because of his race.  

The Clinton campaign finance committee member and former New York congresswoman told the Daily Breeze, “If Obama was a white man; he would not be in this position. 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.”

So if a non-white male successfully campaigns for the presidency on the basis of hope, change and bringing the country together, than he is simply lucky to be who he is.  

She sounds like an anti-affirmative action activist.  

Ferraro is all too willing to discount Obama’s political ideology, ability to mobilize young voters, motivate independents and persuade Republican crossovers solely on account of his race.

Even worse, she is all to willing to assert that the 13,601,175 people who voted for Obama did so not because of his judgment on the Iraq war, or his pledge to withdraw from the war or his health care coverage plan.  

Apparently the majority of Democratic voters who casted ballots thus far have done so solely because they like the concept of an African American party nominee for President of the United States.  

Give me a break.

One can’t help but to assume that this racially charged rhetoric from Clinton supporters is a less than sophisticated appeal to white male voters in Pennsylvania whom their Governor, Ed Rendell (Clinton Supporter) believes will not vote for a Black man.

The Democratic Party establishment that Fannie Lou Hamer bravely fought more than 40 years ago to prevent an all white, anti-civil rights state delegation to the national convention is still standing in the door way of African Americans who seek to participate in the American political system.

I guess the Clinton campaign really does believe it is entitled to win the Democratic nomination.  She is the white wife of a former US President; Obama is simply a Black man lucky to be where he is.  

This thinking is not far removed from the despicable White Supremacy premise which asserts that WASPS are naturally better than Blacks and should therefore be given all positions of power in society over people of color.

This is extremely disappointing considering Ferraro ran on a presidential ticket with the classic liberal Walter Mondale.  

Perhaps all but two states in the union voted for Reagan because they were uncomfortable with Ferraro for reasons we can now clearly see.