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Jimmy Carter: Carter says the animosity directed at the president over health care, the big bailouts, is being driven because Mr.…

On the recordSeptember 15, 2009
Carter says the animosity directed at the president over health care, the big bailouts, is being driven because Mr. Obama is a black man.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Jimmy Carter discusses the racial motivations behind the animosity directed at President Obama.

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