shygye Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Link Geraldine Ferraro, the former New York Representative who became the first woman to run on a major party's presidential ticket, has died. She was 75. Ferraro suffered complications from multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that she had battled for twelve years. She passed away just before 10 a.m. Saturday morning at Massachusetts General Hospital, surrounded by her family, said Amanda Fuchs Miller, a friend acting as a spokeswoman for the family. Ferraro was the first woman to run for U.S. vice president on a major party ticket, when the obscure New York City congresswoman was catapulted to national prominence at the 1984 Democratic convention. Former Vice President Walter Mondale chose her to run with him against incumbents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted March 27, 2011 Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 Just think, if Mondale and her had won, old man Bush may never had made it to the Presidency and there is a good chance GWB would not have made the Presidency also. We might not be in Afghanastan and Iraq. The financial meltdown might not have occurred and the Great Recession might have been a word speculators of doom and gloom would continue to use as something that might happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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