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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 11:26 AM
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Geraldine Ferraro Dead: First Female Vice Presidential Candidate Dies At 75
Source: Huffington Post

Geraldine Ferraro, a Democrat and the first major female vice presidential candidate, passed away on Saturday, according to multiple reports on a statement released by her family.

Jeff Zeleny at the New York Times reports that at the age of 75, Ferraro died of complications from blood cancer at Massachusetts General Hospital.

This is a developing story... More information to come...

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/26/geraldine-ferraro-dead-dies_n_840995.html
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 11:30 AM
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1. Oh man...did the memories hit me just now. Wow.
Seems like yesterday.

blood cancer? There is blood cancer?

sad.
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Tess49 Donating Member (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 11:42 AM
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4. Leukemia, maybe? Someone in another thread said it was myeloma.
Edited on Sat Mar-26-11 11:46 AM by Tess49
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 11:33 AM
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2. Compare her to:
bachmann
palin
angle
whitman
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 03:08 PM
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40. Gerry was head and shoulders above those dolts...
A remarkably intelligent individual with more compassion in her pinky than all four of those clowns together. Ferraro had character, those four are merely characters.
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 11:35 AM
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3. she was smart, beautiful and brave
Edited on Sat Mar-26-11 11:36 AM by JitterbugPerfume
She was the first female VP candidate ,NOT "the person whose name should not be said in the same sentence as Ms Ferraro'"

She paved the way for women of substance.
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-27-11 01:34 AM
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66. "She paved the way for women of substance"...
and, for some reason, 40% of the population take someone like Palin seriously.
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 11:47 AM
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5. Rest in peace ms. Ferraro
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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 12:05 PM
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6. Ferraro, 1st woman on US presidential ticket, dies
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/26/us-usa-ferraro-idUSTRE72P1IL20110326

(Reuters) - Geraldine Ferraro, the Democratic congresswoman who became the first woman on a major party presidential ticket as Walter Mondale's running mate in 1984, died on Saturday at the age of 75, her family said.

Ferraro died at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston of a blood cancer after a 12-year illness, according to a statement from her family.

..............
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Liberty Belle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 09:07 PM
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60. She was not the first woman on a presidential ticket! Actually there were many earlier ones:
See Wikipedia entry here for the VERY long list of women candidates who won their party nominations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_United_States_presidential_and_vice-presidential_candidates

The first to win a party nomination was Victoria Woodhull way back in 1872, though her name did not appear on the ballot.
The first to appear on a ballot was Belva Lockwood in 1884.

Geraldine Ferraro was the first major party candidate on a presidential ticket, running as vice president for the Democrats.

Her accomplishment was great, but let's not forget the many women candidates who blazed that trail for her in times when doing so was even more difficult!
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Democat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 12:19 PM
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7. She pushed America forward. RIP
Without people like Ferraro, would Obama have been able to make history in the way he did? We'll never know, but we do know that she pushed America another step forward for women and for all of us.
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 12:48 PM
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8. RIP. Sad.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 12:55 PM
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9. RIP Geraldine...I remember how exciting this was when Mondale chose her...
and how exciting the convention was...very, very sad.
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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 07:44 PM
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59. Feminists were passing out cigars that read "It's a Girl!"
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:12 PM
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10. RIP
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Bombero1956 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:26 PM
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11. Geraldine Ferraro dies at 75
Source: MSNBC

Geraldine Ferraro former Vice Presidential candidate dies at age 75.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:26 PM
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12. I bet most people think that Palin was the first female VP candidate.
Edited on Sat Mar-26-11 11:32 AM by onehandle
Sister Sarah has only paved roads to nowhere.

RIP Geraldine Ferraro.
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ingac70 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:26 PM
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19. It pisses me off people think Geraldine was....
she was the first for a major party, but not THE first.

RIP Geraldine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_United_States_presidential_and_vice-presidential_candidates
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:36 PM
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27. Seems a minor point when so few realize the women who have
run for President...including a favorite of mine, Shirley Chisholm.

For one of the two major parties to nominate a woman in either position was a major hallmark. I don't think it is "piss-off" worthy myself. :shrug:
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ingac70 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 05:36 PM
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56. Some people tolerate ignorance better than others. n/t
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:26 PM
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13. rest in peace Geraldine.
you paved the way.
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Bombero1956 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:26 PM
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14. I still have my Mondale-Ferraro campaign button
sorry to hear the news.
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plumbob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:26 PM
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17. Me, too.
Things could have been different. Better.
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Nye Bevan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:26 PM
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15. Mondale and Ferraro was a classy ticket
RIP Gerry.
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YvonneCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:26 PM
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16. Just saw this on C-Span. Sad news. Condolences...
...to her family.
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logosoco Donating Member (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:26 PM
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18. She had class.
I was always so proud that the first time I voted, it was the first time there was a female on a major party ticket.
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sybylla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 03:56 PM
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44. Me, too.
It was a very good year to be a young woman.
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:26 PM
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20. Sad news.
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BumRushDaShow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:26 PM
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21. Passing of an era.
Although her divisive comments during the 2010 election seemed so out of place in context to her own historic political journey, I will merely say R.I.P. from someone who cast my vote for her and Mondale in 1984.
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:26 PM
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22. Sorry she's gone
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JohnnyRingo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:26 PM
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23. She was no Sarah Palin.
I used to love hearing her debate right wingers on news talk shows. Ferraro took a back seat to no one with her knowledge and understanding of complex issues and used her unruffled and confident voice to slay political dragons twice her stature.

I'm very sorry to see her go. She brought the American woman credibility and respect in the political arena through the last decades of the 20th century.

As Americans, we all lost something today.
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:29 PM
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24. I was just looking at a signed copy of her autobiography on my shelf...
Wondering who I might give it to or whether I should sell it (I'm in a "simplify" frame of mind and trying to get rid of excess "stuff")

Just last night. How ironic. RIP, Ms. Ferraro. I am so sorry that your rightful note in history is so obscured by that horrid Palin woman.

May the next realm treat you well.
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marybourg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 03:16 PM
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41. A charity, especially a woman-centered one. would probably
love to have it to raffle off at a fund-raiser.
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 04:17 PM
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48. Yes... good idea.
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avaistheone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:30 PM
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25. Geraldine Ferraro was a trailblazer.
So sorry to hear this sad news.
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wisteria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:32 PM
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26. More very sad news. May she RIP. n/t
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Digit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:39 PM
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28. How sad, may she RIP
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:43 PM
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29. Please delete dupe
Edited on Sat Mar-26-11 01:43 PM by madmax
Source: CNN

Please delete dupe.

Read more: Geraldine Ferraro, a former congresswoman and vice presidential candidate, has died, according to family statement. She was 75.
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jpbollma Donating Member (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:44 PM
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32. sad
I disagreed with her FOX news stint but respect her for what she did.
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bookworm65t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:44 PM
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30. RIP Geraldine
A surprise to me so far is that most of the Freepers at their site are taking the high road with her death. Very few nasty or harsh criticisms. Guess I'm accustomed to seeing slime from them.
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:44 PM
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31. RIP nt
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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:48 PM
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33. Rip Geraldine
I was very pleased when Mondale put her on the ticket.
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rayofreason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:49 PM
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34. How sad.
She was one fine lady - principled and smart.

And what is more I never knew she was ill. I'd see her from time to time on TV commenting on the issues of day, but the one issue that was never raised was her cancer. Others would have waved it around like a bloody shirt (Edwards, anyone?). Just another example of the dignified way in which she live her life.
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totodeinhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:49 PM
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35. She will be missed. And I am still sore about how the Obama campaign called her a racist
over some innocuous comments that she made. She was a class act and didn't have a racist bone in her body.
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Adenoid_Hynkel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-27-11 01:05 AM
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65. um...no. that's not what happened.
I don't want to refight this battle in an obit thread, but Obama's supporters were 100% justified in calling her out for those vile comments made during her job as FOX's house Democrat.
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JTFrog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-27-11 06:58 AM
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68. Disagree wholeheartedly.
RIP.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 01:58 PM
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36.  A pioneer in American politics. RIP. n/t
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Beacool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 02:21 PM
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37. I was shocked to hear the news, I hadn't realized that she was so ill.
Gerry was a trailblazer. A woman who was only one of three in her law school class. A woman who was told that she was taking the place of a man and yet she persevered.

I'm saddened by her passing and by the nastiness directed at her in 2008. She fought for civil and women's rights for decades and deserved better. Thank you Gerry for all you did to promote women and thank you for all your hard work supporting Hillary's campaign.

You will be sorely missed. Maybe some day your dream of seeing a woman president will come true. Pity that it wasn't in your lifetime.

Rest in peace.

:cry:
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 02:38 PM
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38. Nice lady born & raised in Newburgh NY.
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Lady President Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 03:01 PM
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39. An Inspiration
She helped pave the way for all women in politics and the law. A smart woman who spoke her mind-- what more can you ask?

RIP
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47of74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 03:41 PM
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42. I saw Grifty McQuitter had to pipe up right away
I see that Grifty McQuitter had to make a statement about Ferraro;

Sarah Palin took to Twitter and Facebook Saturday to mourn the passing of Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman on a national ticket who "broke one huge barrier and then went on to break many more."

"My family and I would like to express our sincere condolences to the family of Geraldine Ferraro," Palin, the second-ever woman on a national ticket, wrote on her Facebook page, about a half-hour after she tweeted about the "sad" passing of Walter Mondale's running mate.


I suppose that because she has the same type of reproductive equipment as Ferraro had that she thinks she is somehow equal to Ferraro.
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road2000 Donating Member (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 03:50 PM
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43. None of her drivel
will sully Geraldine Ferraro's achievements. RIP, Ms. Ferraro.

I agree with the statement about the same reproductive equipment. That female will never have class, even though she thinks it can be purchased.
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alp227 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 04:04 PM
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45. and wow Politico actually had to make Palin's statement an entire story?
wow, i had higher expectations of that website. and yeah i agree palin can't be equated to ferraro i mean think about Palin's soft spot for creationism for instance. While yes it will be groundbreaking for a woman to be in the White House, we've got to also consider merit too.
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47of74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 04:43 PM
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51. I would love to live long enough to see a woman become President
But she has to have ideas and policy ideas that I think would be best for the nation. Just being a woman isn't enough.
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VermeerLives Donating Member (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 04:42 PM
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50. I thought it was very gracious
Did you expect her to say something that was not?
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Hassin Bin Sober Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 05:02 PM
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52. LOL. Really?
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VermeerLives Donating Member (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 05:08 PM
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54. Yes, really
Edited on Sat Mar-26-11 05:10 PM by VermeerLives
Do you have an issue with that?
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Hassin Bin Sober Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 05:15 PM
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55. OK. LOL. I thought you were being sarcastic. Carry on.
Don't want to hi-jack this thread and make it about Grifty McQuitter.
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Beacool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-27-11 12:45 AM
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64. This is one time that I agree with Palin.
"When I had the honor of working alongside Geraldine on election night last year, we both discussed the role of women in politics and our excited expectation that someday that final glass ceiling would be shattered by the election of a woman president. She was an amazing woman who dedicated her life to public service as a teacher, prosecutor, congresswoman, and vice presidential candidate. She broke one huge barrier and then went on to break many more. The world will miss her. May she rest in peace and may her example of hard work and dedication to America continue to inspire all women."

;-)
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 04:05 PM
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46. March is Women's Month.
On the bright side, she's had many good years since her diagnosis, thanks in part to advances in treating blood cancers and, in part, to her ability to go anywhere she believed would give her the best care, like Mass General in Boston and MD Andersen in Houston.

She had a semi-distant relative of mine who was involved with a blood cancer drug that was then experimental, testify before Spector's committee. Only person I know personally who testified before Congress.

Anyway, Ferraro was on the video his mom showed me of his testimony, smiling.
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alp227 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 04:09 PM
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47. Walter Mondale has a new memoir out "The Good Fight: A Life in Liberal Politics"
be sure to check that out. And it was quite shocking to hear about her death; I'm listening to All Things Considered on NPR today and wondered why its lead story would be about Ferraro. Then came the hourly bulletin...Ferraro died. Damn. That's just a few days after another distinguished American woman, actress Elizabeth Taylor, died.

I looked her up on Wikipedia and learned that Ferraro also represented the 9th New York district (Brooklyn and Queens) in the House of Reps from 1979-1984. During Clinton's first term she was the ambassador for the UN commission for human rights.
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 04:31 PM
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49. **She** was the trailblazer.
I have nothing but warm memories of her.

Thank you, Ms. Ferraro.
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LawnKorn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 05:06 PM
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53. R. I. P.
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Kucinich Feingold Donating Member (176 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 05:52 PM
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57. R.I.P
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tabasco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 06:28 PM
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58. What a heart-wrenching week it's been.
Liz Taylor and now Geraldine.

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Little Star Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 09:39 PM
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61. Geraldine, your voice will be missed. R.I.P.
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femrap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 10:09 PM
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62. I was in SF for the '84
Convention....the first woman to be nominated for VP.

It was wonderful.

She will kick ass from above.

:loveya: Geraldine.
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Evergreen Emerald Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-27-11 09:34 AM
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70. I went to her Seattle campaign stop
I remember we got there very early and were in the front row for the speech. It was outside at a local park. I remember turning around to look up the street--it was filled as far as the eye could see with supporters.

She was quite an inspiration.
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femrap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-27-11 09:48 AM
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71. We need millions more like her.....
I didn't know she kept her maiden name to honor her mother who worked very hard as a seamstress.

She had 'SPINE!' In fact she probably had more spine than most of the DC dems in office today....put together.
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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 11:08 PM
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63. Sad day today - as a woman who had to fight for my own
rights in the workplace and other areas of life I was so excited when she was the nominee.

She certainly helped women's rights. RIP Geraldine!
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6000eliot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-27-11 04:13 AM
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67. RIP, Ms. Ferraro.
You were a true trailblazer.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-27-11 08:44 AM
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69. First vote I ever cast was for Mondale/Ferraro. Still probably my proudest. RIP.
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glowing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-27-11 11:45 AM
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72. Ok so who's the third? Elizabeth Taylor, Gerladine Ferraro.. who's the third?
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