The audacity of an African-American Male..
March 12, 2008 by Dusty

The bold-faced audacity of Obama to think for one minute that he is where he is because of his intellect, his education and his hard work..its(slaps forehead) because he is a black man! Why the fuck didn’t I think of that!..Geraldine did howevah..
I hate that I have to even consider taking sides in this fight. Who is more put-upon..a Woman or an African-American? I have said from the get-go, that between the two Democratic candidates, I do not have a horse in this race. Neither of these candidates are progressive.
I feel that there is very little difference between the programs offered up by HRC and Obama. What differs is the person behind the campaign and the message.
What changed for me is Geraldine Ferraro’s comments the last two days. WTF is she trying to say? Is she saying women are less discriminated against than African-Americans or the opposite because at this point..its hard to say. Is she saying that because Obama is both an African-American and a male, he has no idea what it’s like to be discriminated against just as a woman? Because if the truth be told..
Both women and people of color are discriminated against here in these United States of America. It’s a fucking fact jack. Both are held to a different standard and both are treated as second-class citizens. But back to Geraldine and her sick point of view..
For Ms. Ferraro, a former female candidate for the office of Vice President, to say Obama was getting a ‘gimme’ based solely on his color and sex.. I am fucking pissed beyond recognition my dear reader. As a brown bitch I know both types of bigotry and discrimination..that as a woman and a minority. Lets, just to be clear, revisit what Ms. Ferraro said:
“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.”
There it is..one can not pretend what was said..there it is in black and fucking white..ironically so my dear reader.
What pisses me off beyond words is that Ms. Ferraro makes color and sex an issue all by herself.. Her words are divisive in an important contest where we do not need to do that to ourselves..the Republican’s will do it to us all by themselves when both parties choose their candidates and the final race for President starts in earnest. The Republicans will fling the dirt and make race or sex an issue..you can take that to the fucking bank my dear reader.
In essence..Ms. Ferraro did the heavy lifting for the Republicans. And Hillary isn’t discrediting her words. Hillary isn’t disavowing her bullshit and bravado. And I am so fucking pissed.I could spit nails.
Ms. Ferraro didn’t make this about qualifications..she made it about something that shouldn’t matter in this day and age..she made it about the color of someone’s skin or their gender..or as she so eloquently put it..both.
What pisses me off is that women and minorities are fighting against each other in her world. In my world we all stand together to fight this narrow-minded bullshit. As a woman of color I know what the hell it’s like to fight both battles..
Geraldine Ferraro does not. Lets not make any mistake about that. She is a privileged white woman. Instead of making this a campaign about issues and how each candidate will deal with them..for whatever reason and perhaps on purpose, she changed the subject and made it about something that really doesn’t have a damn thing to do with the job of running our nation.
So when Geraldine Ferraro says that people are discriminating against her and her fuckwitted statement because she is a women..I call bullshit on that crap here and now. She is using the tried and true battle cry of the Republicans..reverse discrimination. Kiss my brown female ass Geraldine. Twice even. This campaign does not need any more divisiveness..no bitch, it does not, especially from the inside of the Democratic party.
If her candidate is so weak that she needs to make the case for gender bias coupled with racial bias..then bitch..we got a problem. But she is not contributing to the ‘conversation’ by pointing her tired-ass finger at Obama for being a Black Male as the reason that her candidate is sucking pond scum at this point and using all types of dirty tricks to turn the tide.
I am sicker by the minute of the methods Hillary and her minions, which of course include Geraldine Ferraro, are using to attempt to turn the tide in her favor. Ms. Ferraro is so full of shit at this point, her eyes better be brown. She is making statements that will only harm the Democratic candidate in the fall…because when it’s all said and done Geraldine..
Your a racist and a misogynistic bag of shit in my humble brown bitch opinion. The only thing you care about at this point..is to make sure HRC wins..at all costs.
And Lady Ferraro..the cost is too high if we allow you to spew your garbage and get away with it. So I for one, am calling bullshit on your bullshit here and now.
Crossposted with brown female pride at UnCapitalist Journal







Let’s not forget, she said the same thing about Jesse Jackson in 1988.
I could be wrong, but she seems to be one of those kinds of racists who will try to prove her lack of racism by stating, “some of my best friends are black people”.
Thank you for your post. I am so angry at Ferraro’s comments right now. I have been googling to find an email address for her, so I can tell her how I feel. If anyone knows how to get in touch with her office, please post it here. Thanks.
Actually, her line about the press busting her chops because she is white is the typical rethug screech I think Dez.
NDetta, thank you for stopping by Sirens Chronicles. I will try to find an address for you to contact her if you would like.
All people..regardless of gender or race should be highly pissed at this woman and her stupid asinine remarks, which will only serve to divide the entire party.
Her comments unleash the furies in an already polarized, divided electorate, when there are so many other things brewing right now threatening at any moment to tear us apart.
Dusty
I have to laugh at Dizzy’s comment because she’s right! I listened to Ferraro and Hillary saying we have to ruse above this stuff and that the disagreed with it but no rebuke or refute.
I listened to the BS they both fed and i didn’t hear any truth only self serving rigmarole.this should have nothing to do with sex, race, Religion, or the price of tea in China. Hold on! I just hear right now that Ferraro is stepping down. Anyway. hillary is a NeoCon asshole in Dem clothing. Barack is the right person for the job period.
I’ll tell you what, after hearing Romney today we have bigger problems than sex and race. He wants to be mcCain’s running mate and that would be hell. Romney was laughing at Obama and Hillary saying it was like listening to a couple of chihuahuas fighting over who was going to attack the big dog.
This whole Political idiocy has taken on a very repugnant, distasteful, dirty, lying, underhanded tone and Bush set it and I am afraid it is the new standard. Worse the low life’s that are drawn to Politics are largely there only because they are corrupt and looking to see what they can get while there is still something left to take.
Hillary has become desperate & is pulling out some very nasty shit from her bag of tricks. The low ball stuff- Obama pic in a turban in Somalia (traditional garb) just before te Ohio & TX elections was some well timed release. I have ZERO tolerance for that kind of shit. We want to play those kinds of games? Give me a break. That has nothing to do with the election. Should we dredge up an old picture of Hill in Africa riding an elephant to elude to the fact she’s a republican at heart? This Ferraro move is lame, and far as I can tell- these tactics, meant to boost HRC’s ratings, have only backfired. She is trying to play a double trumped gender card. While Hill gets nasty, Obama keeps winning primaries.
On the lighter side– SNL had a skit on the fake news- Amy P. said “Hillary was called a monster”, to this Hillary replied Errrrrr Arrrrggg (monster groan noises).
Fran, Its pathetic that someone in Hillary’s position has allowed folks like Ferraro to stoop to this level. Surrogates should be just as accountable as SHE is for Christs sake.
Jim, I am still not on the Obama bandwagon..but Ferraro’s remarks are complete and utter bullshit. That Hillary would not denounce her and fire her asap after she first uttered that disgusting comment showed me a lot about Hillary.
They now say Obama is the one making this about race..WTF??? Are they thinking we are all as stupid as Rove and Bush believed us all to be?