Clinton Caves and Forces Ferraro Out (Wizbang Politics)

I'm so sorry to say that Gerry Ferraro will no longer be with the Clinton campaign as reported by MSNBC:

Geraldine Ferraro has stepped down from an honorary post she held in Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign amid a controversy regarding comments that Barack Obama wouldn't be succeeding in the presidential race if he weren't black.
Ferraro notified Clinton by letter Wednesday that she would no longer serve on Clinton's finance committee as "Honorary New York Leadership Council Chair."

Here is Hillary's limp-wristed response to Ferraro's "resignation":

"It's regrettable that any of our supporters -- on both sides, because we both have this experience -- say things that kind of veer off into the personal."

I guess it's especially regrettable when it blows up in your face and knocks your campaign off-message isn't it?

There's no doubt in my mind that after her combative defensiveness of the last few days that Ferraro was forced out by the Clinton campaign. This issue was turning into a media feeding frenzy for Hillary and she had to do something to stop it. We can only hope that enough damage was done (as happened in South Carolina) to boost turnout among African-Americans in Pennsylvania and beyond.

The other thing we've learned is that Hillary will cave if you apply enough pressure contrary to the media blather that she was standing strong in contrast to how Obama fired Samantha Power. Now, if we can just get those tax returns released. And those presidential archives. Then, we'd really have something to talk about.

The Wizbang® Network

Wizbang Blue: Obama A Fellow Jeep Owner

Barack Obama is part of the brotherhood of Jeep drivers across the U.S., and was known for driving himself to many of his early campaign events in his own Jeep. While fellow Jeep drivers hardly have same brotherhood as motorcyclists...

6:50 PM | 0 comments

Wizbang: Bankruptcy for Detroit

I am getting the sense that Congress was never really serious about handing over 25 billion more dollars to the Three Stooges Motorcar Companies, in addition to 25 billion already...

3:52 PM | 20 comments

Wizbang Sports: Browns GM Savage sent message containing expletive in response to heckling e-mailer

Yawn. Cleveland Browns general manager Phil Savage sent an e-mail containing an expletive in response to a disparaging message he received from a fan during the team's Monday night game...

3:18 PM | 0 comments

Wizbang: For lease= half a African country

Is this modern day colonialism? From the Financial Times- Daewoo Logistics of South Korea has secured farmland in Madagascar to grow food crops for Seoul, in a deal that diplomats...

2:59 PM | 2 comments

Wizbang Blue: Missouri Finally Called For John McCain

As was expected, John McCain was finally declared the winner in Missouri by CNN, although the final vote count has not been made official by the Secretary Of State of Missouri. McCain leads with 1,445,812 votes or 50% of the...

1:40 PM | 2 comments

Wizbang Pop!: Winehouse Shot in the name of art

While the sad saga of troubled singer Amy Winehouse plays out in very public fashion, one artist in New York has created a grisly tribute to the star. The...

1:17 PM | 0 comments

Wizbang Pop!: Did Ryder OD on Xanex?

Speculation into what caused Winona Ryder to collapes on a transatlantic BA flight has led the Daily Mail to report that 'Ryder is known to be afraid of flying...

1:06 PM | 0 comments

Wizbang: Almost...

I have been blogging here at Wizbang for almost five years. I have written almost 4,000 articles. I have collected almost 80,000 comments on those articles. (Excluding spam, contest entries,...

10:30 AM | 77 comments

Wizbang: In the dark

Some South Koreans had an interesting experience when they visited North Korea recently. Blackouts frequently interrupted a four-day stay in Pyongyang for South Koreans attending a rare joint seminar between...

10:20 AM | 7 comments

Wizbang Sports: The ADT Championship starts today

In West Palm Beach Florida. The 32 player field will start competing at Trump International when Ji-Yai Shin and Shanshan Feng go off the tee at 9:30. That's a interesting...

9:28 AM | 0 comments

Comments (7)

At least we know that Islam... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by Scrapiron | March 12, 2008 9:16 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Scrapiron:

At least we know that Islamic law is already in effect for the democrat party. Speak evil of the 'Great One' and off with your head.

Posted on March 12, 2008 21:16

Let that be a lesson to you... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by Larkin | March 12, 2008 11:51 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Larkin

Let that be a lesson to you guys ;-)

Posted on March 12, 2008 23:51

I am stepping down from ... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by mantis | March 12, 2008 11:56 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

mantis:

I am stepping down from your finance committee so I can speak for myself and you can continue to speak for yourself about what is at stake in this campaign.

What's at stake is people may vote for a guy just because he's black rather than voting for a woman just because she's female! And that's not right! Black dudes get all the breaks!

Oh, and, what he said.

Posted on March 12, 2008 23:56

Someone explain why the dem... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by Scrapiron | March 13, 2008 1:17 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Someone explain why the democrats travel across the country to attend these phony selection processes. I know the politicians want your vote in Nov but all of this preliminary stuff is simply BS. You can vote to nominate King Kong but the 'Super delegates' will choose your next candidate. Maybe the standard democrat voters are having fun sticking their heads up the butt of Hussein and Shrillary and yodeling but they aren't accomplishing anything more.

Posted on March 13, 2008 01:17

Oh tax returns... :-)... (Below threshold)

5. Posted by Kevin | March 13, 2008 11:07 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Kevin

Oh tax returns... :-)

Posted on March 13, 2008 11:07

"We can only hope that e... (Below threshold)

6. Posted by P. Bunyan | March 13, 2008 12:06 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

P. Bunyan:

"We can only hope that enough damage was done..."

Who is "We"? Do you have a frog in your pocket?

Posted on March 13, 2008 12:06

Oh, you meant "we" worshipe... (Below threshold)

7. Posted by P. Bunyan | March 13, 2008 12:09 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Oh, you meant "we" worshipers of the neo-communist Obamassiah.

Got it.

Who was Frank Marshall Davis again?

Posted on March 13, 2008 12:09