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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Obama to Letterman: “I was actually black before the election”
President Barack Obama had a “revelation” for David Letterman who asked if Jimmy Carter was correct to say the anger towards Obama at town hall meeting is based on racism.
“I think it’s important to realize that I was actually black before the election,” Obama said on the show Monday, Sept. 21, causing the studio audience to erupt in laughter. “This is true.”
“How long have you been a black man,” Letterman responded.
Obama said the fact that he was elected president indicates “where the country is at.”
He said he’s not the first president to be vilified.
“Whenever a president tries to bring about significant changes, particularly during times of economic unease, then there is a certain segment of the population that gets very riled up,” the president said. “This is not untypical. One of the things you sign up in politics is folks yell at you.”
Obama said the majority of the country is turned off by all the shouting and yelling and what to have a real conversation.
But wait a tick. Do you think the president right on this one?
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