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Ferraro wants study on sexism, racism in campaign

The former vice-presidential nominee, a lightning rod for controversy earlier in the Democratic race, takes to the Op-Ed page.
Alex Koppelman

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  • Friday, May 30, 2008 09:50 AM

    Ferraro Unleashed

    Has Ms. Ferraro supplied any examples of sexism emanating from Obama's campaign? I readily acknowledge the presence of sexism over the course of the primary campaign (see: "Iron My Shirt") but it appears no more or less pernicious than the racism that has substantively affected Obama's efforts (West Virginia headquarters vandalism).

    Ferraro has certainly burnished her credentials for shrillness, but it's disingenuous to cry "sexism" broadly, with no evidence with which to support it. Then again, disingenuous may be Ferraro's stock-in-trade.

    —Somewhere in Time Read Somewhere in Time's other letters

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