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On the recordMarch 10, 2008
I don't think that Geraldine Ferraro's comments have any place in our politics or the Democratic Party. I think they were divisive. I would expect that the same way those comments don't have a place in my campaign, they shouldn't have a place in Senator Clinton's.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama condemns Geraldine Ferraro's comments about him, stating they are divisive and inappropriate for politics.

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