First Geraldine Ferraro says this:

"If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color), he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept."

In response to the inevitable backlash, she defended herself:

"Any time anybody does anything that in any way pulls this campaign down and says let's address reality and the problems we're facing in this world, you're accused of being racist, so you have to shut up," Ferraro said. "Racism works in two different directions. I really think they're attacking me because I'm white. How's that?"

It's stupid, that's what. How does saying people only like Barack Obama because he is a black man equate to "let's address reality reality and the problems we're facing in this world"?

For the record, I do not deny that mainstream media's coverage of this election has been heavily biased, and I do not deny that society has been unfairly critical for aspects of Clinton's character that, if she were male, would be largely ignored. But I think people calling Ferraro out on this one are largely accurate. She should really know better.