Thursday, March 13, 2008
Will he swim back to the center?
As you know, Geraldine Ferraro said the only reason Walter Mondale chose her for his running mate was because she is a she. Then she fell on her political sword by saying Obama doesn't have the experience to be President and has succeeded so far because he is black. She might as well have said Obama was the Affirmative Action candidate.
Last night, I listened to about a hour of TV pundits pissing on her for making these comments but none decried them as untrue. I happen to disagree with Geraldine and most of the pundits. Experience is not a big factor, there are plenty of experienced people available to be Presidential Advisers. Anyone with good judgement can be a good President --well, it wouldn't hurt if we got one who understood Economics 101 for a change.
Of course this doesn't mean I'm going to vote Obama. The Democrat Primary wave has washed him too far into left field for me.
