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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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