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On the recordSeptember 14, 2009
An overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Jimmy Carter discusses the racial animosity directed at President Obama.

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