RIP, Gerry Ferraro

[Ivytalk]

I grew to appreciate her over time. She had a "fair and balanced" approach to things in her later years, and she was true to her principles. God bless.

[dbackjon]

RIP to a Fordham alum

[93henfan]

Oh, I thought you were talking about the guy that used to play the organ for a half hour on Sunday Morning on Channel 6.

[JohnStOnge]

She was a good lady. She could disagree without being disagreeable. She didn't take cheap shots. She didn't demagogue. She argued the substance of her positions. We could use a lot more politicians of her style.

[SuperHornet]

She was a good lady. She could disagree without being disagreeable. She didn't take cheap shots. She didn't demagogue. She argued the substance of her positions. We could use a lot more politicians of her style.

Agreed. A stark contrast with trolls like D1B.

[93henfan]

She was a good lady. She could disagree without being disagreeable. She didn't take cheap shots. She didn't demagogue. She argued the substance of her positions. We could use a lot more politicians of her style.

She wasn't uppity.

[JoltinJoe]

She was not just the first woman to run on a major-party ticket for the White House; she was the first Italian-American to do so, and only the third Catholic. Since Ferraro ran, another woman has run for VP (Sarah Palin) and another Catholic has run for VP (Joseph Biden); but she remains the ONLY Italian-American to run for VP or President as the nominee of one of the major parties.

Whatever your political leanings, you have to admire her. Her mother was a first-generation American, the daugther of Italian immigrant. Her father was an immigrant from Italy, so Ferraro was a first generation American on her father's side.

Her father died when she was eight. Her mother raised the family (which had lost two children) in the South Bronx, working as a seamstress in the garment industry. Ferraro worked her way through college and law school in order to pay her way. She was a gracious lady with a warm smile and an engaging manner. I met her at a Fordham Law luncheon some years ago and I found that she remained, despite her success and fame, a down-to-earth first generation American without pretensions.

[CID1990]

I liked her. In today's climate she could have even been a moderate Republican. (Or what the Tea Party refers to as a RINO)

[CitadelGrad]

She was a good lady. She could disagree without being disagreeable. She didn't take cheap shots. She didn't demagogue. She argued the substance of her positions. We could use a lot more politicians of her style.

She wasn't uppity.

That's because she wasn't a negro.

[Ursus A. Horribilis]

RIP

[Cap'n Cat]

She was a good lady. She could disagree without being disagreeable. She didn't take cheap shots. She didn't demagogue. She argued the substance of her positions. We could use a lot more politicians of her style.

Agreed. A stark contrast with trolls like D1B.

And your mom.