Jimmy Carter

...Congress. That resulted in a mild but official party-line House reprimand and took on more life when former President Jimmy Carter told NBC news that "I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President...

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...a racist. You cannot stir up things that could have very deadly consequences. " Former President Jimmy Carter injected the president's race into the national debate last week, telling NBC News, "I think an overwhelming portion of the...

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...the debate rages out of control to the left and right of the White House. Former president Jimmy Carter blamed the anger of Mr Obama's critics on racism. "I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward...

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...it is based on the color of his skin," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters. Carter injected race into Obama's struggle for a healthcare overhaul after South Carolina Republican Representative Joe Wilson shouted "You lie" at...

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...uncomfortable and ill-timed. With his remarks to NBC News, and repeated yesterday, he has highlighted a problem as old as America itself and, in so doing, has complicated the debate over President Obama's agenda. At issue has been the...

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...times of transition or when presidents are trying to bring about big changes," he said. Carter raised the point after South Carolina Republican Representative Joe Wilson shouted "You lie" at Obama during a healthcare reform speech in...

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...keep his mouth shut and try to retain what little dignity he has left. I believe that the Democratic Party should make Carter the offical spokesperson of their party. To NBC News, Obama put it this way: "It's an argument that's gone on for...

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...he is a black man," Carter told NBC News. Republicans called Carter's remarks "very destructive" (Newt Gingrich) or "an outrage" (GOP chairman Michael Steele, who happens to be black himself). But otherwise party leaders stifled...

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...for Obama. During the NBC News interview, Carter said he believes the racial tones surrounding Obama since his election are based on a belief among whites that African-Americans are not qualified to run the country. On Wednesday, the...

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