Ferraro Was Right

by Armstrong Williams - 03/14/08 2:03 PM ET

It’s not often that I publicly comment that a member of the left like Geraldine Ferraro was right on a topic, but she clearly was this week with respect to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and his meteoric rise as a candidate.

Folks, we need to get real and squarely address what are some fundamental elements to this presidential race that make it unique and hence more interesting. Sen. Obama is black. And while that alone would never usher him into the Oval Office, it does make for interesting storylines among the Fourth Estate.

Don’t believe me? Then look at the converse of the argument: A white 40-something male from the (yawn) state of Illinois with two years’ experience in the U.S. Senate and virtually no legislative accomplishments talking about “change.” This guy would never have made even the first cut of candidates had that been the case! So Gerry was right, just as she was correct to point out that her campaign as Mondale’s VP pick was so special decades ago — because she was a woman.
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But the better question today is: If what Ferraro said was out of bounds by Sen. Obama’s standards, then what IS in bounds? What element of his ancestry and race can we question?

Hey, I didn’t start this conversation. Ask Cornell West, the Harvard professor who early on in this contest wondered aloud if Obama was “black enough” to help his people. His people? Huh??

And if this professor-turned-adviser can ask those questions and receive a legitimate response (Obama later called West personally to respond), then what will President Obama say when/if he gets those same questions from, say, Hispanic constituents? Does he really want to be about picking winners and losers based on race, after he’s tried so hard to publicly rise above it?

And what about another adviser — the Rev. Jeremiah Wright? Not only are Rev. Wright’s comments apparently acceptable discourse, but turning race into a political agenda is fair game, yet only if you’re the right color. These next few weeks, I hope Sen. Obama will stick to the issues his campaign knows he needs to address and stop questioning his opponents and implying their racial peccadilloes. Let’s make it equal — equal qualifications, equal judgments. No pillows, no invisible hurdles — just the contest of mettle.

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