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Obama Camp Wants Ferraro Fired for Slur

Posted Mar 11, 08 4:57 PM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – Hillary Clinton is ignoring calls to fire adviser Geraldine Ferraro after she said Barack Obama is succeeding because of his race, MSNBC reports. "If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position," the former vice presidential nominee said. “He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept."

One Obama adviser said Ferraro had “diminished” the hopeful; another added, “She ought to be removed." But so far Clinton is only disagreeing with Ferraro. “It is regrettable that any of our supporters say things that kind of veer off into the personal,” Clinton said. Ferraro, who sits on Clinton’s finance committee, has previously accused the press of being sexist.

Sources MSNBC, Chicago Tribune

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Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, marches with Geraldine Ferraro in New York's Columbus Day Parade, in this Monday, Oct. 9, 2000 file photo. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett)   (Associated Press)
Former Democratic vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro address an annual Ultimate Women's Power Lunch for U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., in Chicago, Friday, May 4, 2007. (AP Photo/Charles...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential nomination hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., greets a supporter during a town hall meeting before the Wyoming caucus in Casper, Wyo., on Friday, March 7, 2008. (AP Photo/David...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., orders lunch at Johnny J's Diner in Casper, Wyo., Friday, March 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)   (Associated Press)
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