Ferraro: A flashback and a farewell

After sparking outrage with comments that Barack Obama is "lucky" he's black and that he "wouldn't be in this position" -- a tight race for the Democratic nomination for president -- were he a white man, former Rep. Geraldine Ferraro stepped down from Hillary Clinton's campaign finance committee Wednesday afternoon. In her resignation letter, she told Clinton that  she was leaving so "I can speak for myself and you can continue to speak for yourself about what is at stake in this campaign." She added that Obama's campaign "is attacking me to hurt you."

Ferraro is touted as a pioneer for women after her historic bid for the vice presidency in 1984, but when African Americans have sought their own firsts, she's chimed in. In 1988, when Jesse Jackson was seeking the Democratic nod for president, Ferraro made nearly identical comments. Citing what she characterized as Jackson's "radical" views, she argued that if  Jackson were not black, he wouldn't be in the race.'"

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