BOSTON - Geraldine Ferraro was a relatively obscure congresswoman from the New York City borough of Queens in 1984, when she was tapped by Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale to join his ticket. Her vice presidential bid, the first for a woman on a major- party ticket, emboldened women across the country to seek public office and helped lay the groundwork for Hillary Clinton's presidential candidacy in 2008 and John McCain's choice of his running mate, Sarah Palin, that year.
BOSTON - We became friends long after we had known each other as candidate and journalist. Long after the grit that Geraldine Ferraro showed facing down press and politicians had been transformed into the grit she showed facing multiple myeloma. I met Gerry in 1984 when we were being teased by rumors that Fritz Mondale might actually pick "a woman" for his running mate. Maybe even this congresswoman from Queens. I watched weeks later when he introduced her to America and I heard her say, "Vice president - it has such a nice ring to it.
Lest we forget, Rev. Al's stunning, Black-oriented speech at the 2004 Democratic nominating convention was far superior to [Hussein Obama]'s, which got all the accolades. And while Obama's televised debate performances have been spotty, Rev. Al clearly won all the debates in which he participated. Any time anybody does anything that in any way pulls this campaign down and says 'let's address reality and the problems we're facing in this world,' you're accused of being racist, so you have to shut up. Racism works in two different directions. I really think they're attacking me because I'm white. How's that? [Geraldine Ferraro] correctly resigned from [Hillary]'s campaign despite saying what everyone knows about Obama. But does this make him a bad person? No way. Lake Michael Jackson se...
NEW YORK, March 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC mourns the passing of Geraldine Ferraro, a staunch defender of human rights and the first female vice presidential candidate in American history. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO )
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» See and hear the speech Former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro said today that she objected to the comparison Sen. Barack Obama drew between her and his former pastor in his speech on race relations Tuesday.
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