Ferraro and Limbaugh

In case you haven't heard, Geraldine Ferraro has recently been in the news for saying that Barrack Obama would not be doing as well as he is in his race against Hillary Clinton if he weren't black.

Rush Limbaugh once suggested that the media treated Donovan McNabb differently because they wanted to see a black quarterback succeed.

Fairness test: If you think one is racist and the other is not, then your opinions are probably being colored by something else. You can find both to be racist if you want (I would disagree, but at least you are being more consistent), or you can find neither to be racist.

In both cases, the accused was making an observation that in their opinion the black person in question was recieving some form of favorable treatment, whether from sportscasters or from the public. In neither case was the comment directed at the black person in question.

I'm really interested to know if Mrs. Ferraro made any public comment about the Limbaugh situation when it happened. If she did, I'm willing to judge her by her own words, either way.