Geraldine Ferraro
Geraldine Ferraro
Geraldine Anne Ferrarowas an American attorney, a Democratic Party politician, and a member of the United States House of Representatives. In 1984, she was the first female vice presidential candidate representing a major American political party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 August 1935
CityNewburgh, NY
CountryUnited States of America
looks sensitive wells
I didn't look very sensitive and they didn't know me very well.
foreign-policy policy committees
I didn't serve on a committee that dealt with foreign policy.
military cutting grandmother
And I have to tell you as a grandmother, I worry about the fact that my grandchildren are going to be paying for all the spending, including military spending, that has gone on and the tax cuts that have come through.
war president plans
We were so shocked by how fast that war went that President Bush did not have a plan, a peace plan.
thinking sexist
I think Obama was terribly sexist.
running winning chariots-of-fire
If you don't run, you can't win.
nice president vices
Vice president—it has such a nice ring to it.
country men white-man
If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman, 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.
presidential firsts vices
I am the first to admit that were I not a woman, I would not have been the vice-presidential nominee.
fighting rights america
Let no one doubt, we will defend America's security and the cause of freedom around the world. But we want a president who tells us what America is fighting for, not just what we are fighting against. We want a president who will defend human rights - not just where it is convenient - but wherever freedom is at risk - from Chile to Afghanistan, from Poland to South Africa
cancer cells healthy
Such a strange thing. What was terrible for a healthy fetus has been wonderful at defeating the cancer cells.
country moving office
Throwing Ronald Reagan out of office at the height of his popularity, with inflation and interest rates down, the economy moving and the country at peace, would have required God on the ticket and She was not available!
daughter running father
Tonight, the daughter of an immigrant from Italy has been chosen to run for vice president in the new land my father came to love.
prayer believe
I do believe in the power of prayer.