'It’s O.K. in this Country to Be Sexist'

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"John Edwards, specifically, as well as the press, would never attack Barack Obama for two hours they way they attacked [Hillary Clinton]. It’s O.K. in this country to be sexist. It’s certainly not O.K. to be racist. I think if Barack Obama had been attacked for two hours — well, I don’t think Barack Obama would have been attacked for two hours."

Geraldine Ferraro,
Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate of 1984

Quoted in the New York Times: Different Rules When A Rival is A Woman? (emphasis added)

Geraldine Ferraro knows a little something about sexism and politics.

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