# Ferraro as VP candidate

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ferraro-as-vp-candidate/9593>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 28, 2000, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ferraro-as-vp-candidate/9593 "2000-03-28T22:40:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Boris\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@Boris\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boris_B)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ferraro-as-vp-candidate/9593/21 "2000-03-31T06:07:00Z")

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I believe EC Stanton ran for President in 1868, at the top of the Equal Rights Party ticket. Here running mate was Frederick Douglass. I don’t think the Equal Rights Party ran any more candidates after that, though.

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**Author:** ![Beruang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ferraro-as-vp-candidate/9593/22 "2000-04-01T09:03:00Z")

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Jumping back to the OP, I’m not sure I understand how Quayle “hurt” Bush. Didn’t Bush / Quayle win?

Without endorsing or rejecting his policies, I’ve always felt Danny boy has been treated most unfairly. He’s been everybody’s whipping boy, and I can’t think of anything heinous he’s done to deserve such a fate. Oh well…

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“The dawn of a new era is felt and not measured.” Walter Lord

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ferraro-as-vp-candidate/9593/23 "2000-04-02T06:22:00Z")

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Other considerations aside (and some good points have been made), Geraldine Ferraro’s main claim to fame is that of having been VP candidate in a losing campaign. There come few opportunities in one lifetime to take a shot at VP, and if your track record already has a mighty negative, the powers that be are likely to feel there are other alternatives.

What is she really known for besides the '84 campaign?

What would she bring to the effort besides being female?

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**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ferraro-as-vp-candidate/9593/24 "2000-04-01T22:09:00Z")

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> Originally posted by beatle:  
> What would she bring to the effort besides being female?

What did Agnew, or Ford, or Rockefeller, or Mondale bring to the effort besides being male?

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ferraro-as-vp-candidate/9593/25 "2000-04-01T22:20:00Z")

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> What did Agnew, or Ford, or Rockefeller, or Mondale bring to the effort besides being male?

What’s your point?

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**Author:** ![Beruang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ferraro-as-vp-candidate/9593/26 "2000-04-02T01:11:00Z")

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What did Agnew, or Ford, or Rockefeller, or Mondale bring to the effort besides being male?

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If the “effort” being referred to here is running for national office, balancing the ticket, etc., please remember that neither Ford nor Rockefeller ever ran for Veep.

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“The dawn of a new era is felt and not measured.” Walter Lord

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