Charges of sexism sound like a whine
MY JAW just about hit the floor when I read Geraldine Ferraro's May 30 op-ed "Healing the wounds of Democrats' sexism." I was simply astounded that a woman of such prestige would bow to tactics befitting George W. Bush: Repeat something enough times, and it becomes true.
Ferraro does not offer any insight into her serious, and damning, charge of sexism, nor any evidence of sexism on the campaign trail. She simply complains that, because Hillary Clinton won't be getting the nomination, there is obviously sexism within the Democratic Party. This is unfair.
Aside from a few nuts who have derided Senator Clinton because of her gender (and there have certainly been the same kinds of nuts deriding Senator Barack Obama because of his race), most people have decided to support Obama because they prefer him to Clinton. Isn't that the goal of the feminist movement - to put everyone on equal footing?
Ferraro doesn't get it. Just because someone supports Obama doesn't mean he or she is a sexist.
The former vice presidential candidate ought to be ashamed that she's turned feminism from a righteous roar to a subjugated whine.
BRENDAN DIAMOND
Niles, Ill. 