Message to Hillary: If you want Obama donors to help pay off your debt, don't use Ferrarro to ask

[sfam]

OK, because Hillary thought that Lanny Davis doing the surrogate thing for a VP petition was a bright idea, perhaps she's also given tacit approval to Geraldine "he's a terribly sexist, underqualified black man" Ferrarro to publicly initiate the request for fundraising assistance.

Or perhaps Geraldine is just spewing shit out of her mouth yet again, without anyone's approval (this is my guess). But in case she doesn't know, us Obama donors who have contributed multiple times are NOT going to be all that enthused anyways to help with this problem. But again, just in case this is her early surrogate foray to initiate the request...

Geraldine Ferraro has a plan for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) to recoup her sizable campaign debt: Have Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) fundraisers pick up the tab.

After a long primary season, the Clinton campaign’s expenditures have far exceeded the amount of donations it has received so far, and the campaign has accumulated debt of more than $19 million, according to campaign finance reports. Much of that debt consists of unpaid salaries and bills to vendors.

When questioned about Clinton fundraisers being asked to join the Obama campaign, Ferraro told The Hill, “These are the people raising hundreds of thousands of dollars. I would hope that would do the same thing with his fundraisers to pay off Hillary’s debt.”

Ferraro, a former Democratic congresswoman from New York and the Democrats’ 1984 vice presidential candidate, strongly supported Clinton and raised funds for her.

This election, losing candidates have asked for contributions to retire their campaigns debt. Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.), and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) are engaged in such campaigns and have found help from other candidates.

Ferraro resigned from her position on Clinton’s national finance committee in March after making comments suggesting Obama’s success is due to his being black.

I got bad news for ya, Hillary - we ain't contributing. We want absolutely nothing to do with the spew that leaves her mouth (I'm sure that's sexist somehow, but I'm talking about her words, in case anyone is wondering). Perhaps you should communicate yet again with her that she shouldn't be speaking for you, or even pretending to sound like she is.

Here's the best part though:

Ferraro said she has not been asked to raise funds for the Obama campaign.

Gee, really? So the Obama campaign STILL has not approached you asking for your assistance, Ms. Ferraro??? Well gosh, I'm SURE that's just an oversight. I'd expect a call any time now...

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/ferraro-wants-obama-to-pay-clintons-debt-2008-06-05.html

[billyoc]

1. In fact, if you want to get a table at a restaurant, don't use Geraldine Ferraro.

:rofl:

[sfam]

4. I wouldn't even use her to call Dominos with a Free Pizza coupon...

She is about as persona-non-grata as you can get at this point.

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. Actually already being discussed here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6289759&mesg_id=6289759

On a side note, I wonder how long before Geraldine & Harriet take their show on the road for McCain?

[faithfulcitizen]

5. yes, and please go down to #33 & #73 by izquierdista- (swallow beverage 1st, LOL!)

[Tarheel_Dem]

7. omg, Driving Miss Hillary?

:rofl:

[sfam]

8. Hopefully very soon. I'd LOVE for Geraldine to do the Lieberman thing at this point..

It would get rid of any allusions to her still being a democrat. What is it with former dem VP candidates who can't seem to stay democratic, anyways?

[Tarheel_Dem]

20. Very good question. I think they feel somehow slighted by the party?

Geraldine is very angry, and her outbursts sound like something she's held inside for a long time. She has left quite a bit of damage in her wake, I hope she either switches parties, or she attempts to make amends.

[anonymous171]

3. Something is wrong with that woman. Seriously.

Ferraro, I mean.

[JI7]

6. Geraldine is just being an ass, she doesn't need anyone to tell her to do that

she has been that way throughout the campaign.

[sfam]

9. Hillary really needs to tell her to stop making comments about this stuff...

because she was a surrogate, it is interpreted differently than just a normal Fox analyst.

But again, Ferrarro doesn't seem to get the fact that the world has shifted. Big money donors no longer have full control of the candidate. So sure, some may come over to Obama, but they won't have the power they had with Hillary.

[JI7]

12. you expect Geraldine to be rational ?

she is one of those angry older women that feels Hillary was cheated.

Hillary will have to try to convince not just Geraldine but all the others like that Harriet person that Obama is the best to lead the country and he won the election fairly.

my opinion about Hillary in the future months will depend A LOT on how she goes about this.

[sfam]

14. Not at all. But I do expect Hillary to be rational. She needs to take Geraldine out to the woodshed

and have a serious talkin to her. In no uncertain terms, Hillary needs to say, "Geraldine, STFU...like completely."

[Barack_America]

10. Ferraro has her own agenda. nt

[malletgirl02]

11. I think you are right

If Ferraro really wanted to help Clinton as she had claim, she would have faded into the background. I have this strange feeling that she was trying to sabotage Clinton.

[sfam]

13. Ferrarro probably likes Hillary about as much as Reverend Wright likes Obama...

Well, maybe Father Pfleger, but its the same analogy. If Ferraro really liked Hillary, she's stop doing the multiple inserts of feet into her mouth.

[Barack_America]

16. She's just struggling to stay relevant.

And found a forum in Fox News by railing against Obama.

[Why Syzygy]

15. I wish she would put a sock in her face. She has lost all credibility.

[me b zola]

17. No, here's the thing for me

Clinton knew she was done after NC. Done. She knew it. Remember Bill all red-faced? It was cemented then.

So what did the Clintons do? They went off on a multi-million dollar (in debt) tour of trashing the person that they knew would be the Democratic nominee. They weren't just doing normal intra-party campaigning, no, they continued to ramp up the divisions with in the Democratic party and ignite race and gender wars. Meanwhile, our presumptive nominees poll numbers began to decline, and this was very much attributable to the Clinton's smearing of the person that they knew was going to be the Democratic nominee.

So now the party's over. The Clintons literally had to be forced out. Now they want the guy that they have been smearing to pay for their smears against him--when they knew that he would be the nominee? When they knew that they couldn't walk back from those attacks(those attacks would stick and be used by the republicans)?

Bullshit. Bill & Hill want to claim that they are of the working class, they can pay their own fucking debts the way that we do.

[stillcool]

18. Why can't Ferraro have her own fundraisers?

:rofl:

[sfam]

19. Probably because her grace in speaking exceeds her fundraising capabilities...nt

[WillyToad]

21. Message to Hillary haters:

Your threads are dropping like rocks...

No more auto-recommends for hateful threads, you are in the minority now. Just go away.

[sfam]

22. Just for clarification, this is a "Geraldine Hater" thread...

not a Hillary hater thread.

[fujiyama]

23. Hillary AND Bill should forcefully condemn Feraro's disgusting comments

Why Bill as well? Because he himself has at times acted incredibly idiotic and petty during this campaign and being that they have such prominent positions in the party, they should do their best to get Hillary supporters on board!