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Carter again cites racism as factor in Obama's treatment
By: cnn.comPosted On: 09/17/2009 10:39 A
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Former President Jimmy Carter reiterated Wednesday that he believes racism is an issue for President Obama in trying to lead the country. In Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday, Jimmy Carter again linked harsh Obama criticism to racism.
Former President Jimmy Carter reiterated Wednesday that he believes racism is an issue for President Obama in trying to lead the country. In Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday, Jimmy Carter again linked harsh Obama criticism to racism.
"When a radical fringe element of demonstrators and others begin to attack the president of the United States as an animal or as a reincarnation of Adolf Hitler or when they wave signs in the air that said we should have buried Obama with Kennedy, those kinds of things are beyond the bounds," the Democrat who served from 1977-1981 told students at Emory University.
"I think people who are guilty of that kind of personal attack against Obama have been influenced to a major degree by a belief that he should not be president because he happens to be African American.
"It's a racist attitude, and my hope is and my expectation is that in the future both Democratic leaders and Republican leaders will take the initiative in condemning that kind of unprecedented attack on the president of the United States," Carter said. Video Watch Carter speak at Emory
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