Geraldine, Please Stop Talking
Every time Geraldine Ferraro talks, every time she opens up her mouth and utters syllable after syllable, I die a little inside. Cells deteriorate, systems take their cues to begin shutting down. And I yell at her. I scream at my laptop, which is where I usually watch these shenanigans.
I could begin back a couple of months ago when she made the comments about Barack Obama being where he is because of the color of his skin. But I won't. I haven't the patience. But those comments have been following her like a hungry mosquito and they seep into the verbal fits she finds herself in.
The latest, to my knowledge, came Tuesday morning (U.S. time) on the Today Show when she had the privilege of sharing a couch with Rachel Maddow who, out of seven minutes, probably spoke for a total of two and a half. Why? Because Geraldine "Hillary is losing because she's a woman" Ferraro sucked every second dry with her hot air.
When Barack Obama pretended to dust off his shoulder, allegedly mimicking a Jay-Z video, Geraldine and her husband were offended. OFFENDED. SEXISM! They said. And when Rachel Maddow offered her own analysis of the action, saying something to the effect that it was a rather cool gesture, Geraldine "I've lost my head" Ferraro said something to the effect of "Well, there you go. That's why he's winning." (I'd watch the video again, but Australian broadband performance is, well, it sucks.) Watch for yourself:
