It was her “defiance” and her “will to speak freely” that made the former New York Congresswoman, Geraldine Ferraro “Quit” her honorary position in finance committee in the Clinton campaign, refusing to back away from her “racist” comments on Sen. Barack Obama, but it certainly did give another jolt to the tottering Clinton campaign.

Geraldine Ferraro, a vice-presidential candidate in 1984, was utterly unapologetic when she stepped down saying; she was stepping down from the campaign so she can speak freely, and accusing the Obama campaign of using her comments to attack Senator Clinton. 
 
In a letter to the former first lady, after she lost to Obama in Mississippi primaries, Ferraro wrote, “"I am stepping down from your finance committee so I can speak for myself and you can continue to speak for yourself about what is at stake in this campaign."

Speaking on the US network ABC, Ferraro said, “My comments have been taken so out of context and have been spun by the Obama campaign as racist, but were not. The Obama campaign is attacking me to hurt you. I won't let that happen."

She told that she had raised about $ 125,000 for Hillary's campaign and she was not asked or forced to step down by Hillary Clinton or her staff.

Meanwhile, Sen. Hillary Clinton distanced herself from Ferraro's statement. Speaking to the media persons, Clinton said, "And I certainly do repudiate it and regret deeply that it was said. Obviously, she does not speak for the campaign, she doesn't speak for any of my positions, and she has resigned from being a member of my very large finance committee."

"It's regrettable that any of our supporters - on both sides, because we both have this experience - say things that kind of veer off into the personal," added Clinton.

Sen. Barack Obama, on the other side, called Ferraro's comment "ridiculous" and "wrongheaded", but he was honest enough to say   that he did not believe she intended it to be racist. Obama said that his victories in states across the country show he can draw support from all races and all regions.

The whole controversy began when, in a Californian newspaper, Geraldine Ferraro said, “If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position."