I  saw a short clip on CNN's Rick on the Road, where Bob Johnson, former owner of BET, was giving a long, detailed "translation" of Geraldine Ferraro's comment that got her removed from the Clinton campaign. 

First as a woman, I question why Bob's services where required to explain what she meant by her words;  Ferraro is an intelligent woman who can speak for herself and if she wanted to do so she would have appeared in front of any given camera.  Second, as an African American woman who prides herself on knowing who and why she supports who she supports, I take issue with Bob's  condescending, misguided belief that any African American who supports Senator Obama is doing so for emotional reasons, not logical ones...,and Bob does not now nor has he ever spoken for me.  But then, he is consistent in his actions and comments that have never been in touch with African America reality.  While the media loves to toss about the theory that African America doesn't know what it's doing and they love it even more when a Bob Johnson comes along to reinforce that paradigm,   The media seems to have selective amnesia: Didn't Jesse Jackson run as a Democratic nominee a few years ago?  He was successful enough to have the DNC look for a way to successfully train wreck that bid just in case it became a viable reality ( see Super Delegates), yet, he was not who I was interested in, because he was not bringing what I believed our country needed to the table.    And did everyone forget the display by the two Republicans on CNN, back when it was rumored that Colin Powell might consider running as a Republican candidate, who showed themselves for what they represent? (If anyone could dig up that clip, I am certain every Republicans would cringe if it were looped over and over again on every media station.)