it was more geraldine and vicky. theological differences like that -- theological differences like that i do not think it meant a big difference to my father-in-law and his life. i cannot say enough about the generosity that the kennedy family should to my mother-in- law at that time we did showed to my mother-in-law at that time. -- i cannot say enough about the generosity that the kennedy family showed it to my mother- in-law at that time. >> i want to read something off the page 334. "george w. bush's blunders military misadventure in iraq.. ." >> it is interesting. i would not call myself an opponent of the iraq war. it certainly looms over the composition of this book. i have not a big -- i was never a big fan of the rationale that george bush had for it. i would say i supported it, but on a different rationale. which is one reason that i have been surprised to see this book described as an expression of support for american foreign policy, because i think having read the book and perhaps the people who leap to

it was more geraldine and vicki.it's illogical differences like that -- it illogical -- ideological differences did not mean that much to my father-in- law in his life. i cannot say enough about the generosity that the kennedy family showed to my mother-in- law at that time. i think that that's sort of episode tends to be bigger than politics. do you know what i mean? >> 3 under 34, " -- -- 334 -- page 3 of the 34. -- page at 334 -- >> it is interesting. i would not call myself an opponent of the iraq war. it certainly was something that one over the book. what would not call myself an apartment -- an opponent of the rock were, -- of the iraq war, i would say that i supported it on a different rationale. which makes it -- which is one reason i have been surprised to see this book described as an expression of support for american foreign policy because i think having read the book, and perhaps the people that lead to the executithat conclusion, t see that in there. i think it affected the way this book was written to

when geraldine ferraro, a clinton supporter saying obama 0 wouldn't have gotten as far as he had had he not been black, candidate obama left race out of it. >> i think that her comments were ridiculous. >> reporter: but ferraro blamed obama supporters for her hate mail. >> i've been called all kinds of names. and the attacks are aged, they're sexed, they're racist. >> reporter: and the topic of race even came to haunt bill clinton, the so-called first black president. >> there's no difference in your voting record and hillaries ever since. give me break. this whole thing is the biggest fairy tale i've ever seen. >> reporter: bill clinton's fierce attacks on obama's states about iraq caused grumblings in the african-american community that clinton was being dismissive. it prompted accusations that the former president was playing the race card. now, michael steele, as you know, lou, is the african-american who is now chairman of the republican national committee says that he believes former president jimmy carter is dead wrong. not only that, steele says, listen, he's taking away from

make that, years of the women. 1984, geraldine ferraro becomes the first woman to run as vice- presidentn a major party ticket. >> by choosing a woman to run for our nation's second highest office, you send a powerful signal to all americans: there are no doors we cannot unlock... if we can do this, we can do anything. >> sherr: 1992, women help sweep bill clinton into the white house, and the senate boasts a record six female members. 2008, one woman runs for president; another for vice president. actually, no one called that the year of the woman. the united nations expanded the concept to the international women's year, then requested more time with the decade for women and a series of global conferences-- 1975 mexico city, 1985 nairobi, 1995 beijing. >> if there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights once and for all. >> sherr: each of those events laid the groundwork for the new momentum. but after all those so-called years of the woman, i'm just the teensiest bit wary about seeing tod

criticism as racism cropped up several times during the campaign, always leaving bitter feelings, when geraldinee gotten as far as he did if he had not been black. president obama left race out of it. >> i think her comments were ridiculous. >> reporter: but ferraro blamed obama supporters for her hate mail. >> i have been called all kinds of names and the attacks are ageist, they're sexist, they're racist. >> reporter: and the topic of race even came to haunt bill clinton, the so-called first black president. >> there's no difference in your voting record and hillary's ever since. give me a break. this whole thing is the biggest fairy tale i have ever seen. >> reporter: and that is when those two words, wolf, as you well recall, fairy tale launched weeks worth of accusations that the clintons were playing the race card. this has a very similar feel to it now as you talked to chairman steele of the rnc about, republicans saying, looking, no one's denying that there isn't racism out there, but the bulk of these protests are all about race, they're wrong, it's all about policy. >>> the goal is eno

geraldine is joining us from tennessee, next on the issue of afghanistan.a war of taurus is where you are saying? caller: i think is a war of choice. i think all wars are worth of toys. -- a war of choice. i think we can avoid most, if not all, wars. host: bill is joining us from north carolina. you say it is a war of necessity. why is that? caller: we are still battling radical islam and unfortunately, the taliban is mobilizing and trying to reinforce sharia law. we have to recognize that they're using afghanistan and pakistan as a refuge for the radical element for pakistan as a nuclear power. we have to try to show that we can win this war. otherwise, you know, we will possibly be slipping back and creating a worse situation with a nuclear power. host: what you think is a long term solution? caller: i guess, taking old and trying to change the attitude of the afghans. i just wish the president obama would take more serious -- a more serious position because general mcchrystal has been asking for troops. bush, when he asked for a kitchen sink, he would th