Obama On CNN: Race "Not Overriding Issue" In Criticism

On "State of the Union," John King asked President Obama about the criticism he's received, mostly from the right, abotu his policies, and asked if his race had anything to do with it, as suggetsed by former President Jimmy Carter.

"As I've said in the past, are they people out there who don't like me because of race, I'm sure there are," Obama said. "That's not the overiding issue here... I think we can have... passionate disagreements about issues without resorting to namecalling."

Obama also added that "the easiest way" to get on TV in this era of 24-hour cable news "is to say something rude and outrageous."

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[bulldri9]

i'm glad he's not further fueling this race crap. it'sall been an unnecessary distraction from the real issues at hand.

[Tinils]

He is right...in alot of countries outside the US...he would be considered a conservative in alot of the things hes doing...

[GuardianAngel5150]

@bulldri9 i agree, but his own people are saying he's not black enough. After all he's light skinned, so he's not really black. African Americans have more problems with their own race than do white people.

If you doubt that? Look @ Black Communities. It has nothing to do with "Whites", but the way blacks treat each other that's racist IMO.

Ain't no white boys in the hood doing drive bys, robbing, etc killing black folks. It's black on black that is the TRUE racism

[austinallenfin]

THANK YOU OBAMA FOR FIGHTING FOR THE TRUTH

[MrMalkinPens71]

Yeah republicans are greedy obese and uneducated but Yet half the poor familys depend on those stupid republicans nice double standard democrat Kevin Ferrari 11 I'm guessing your parents were native americans

[ghanaru]

obama auto-tune!!

[Yelena335]

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[Aboxatax]

Don't hate ~ Donate

[whitephionix]

I hate people like you, who look for every single little thing....

[MongoloidBabyUSA]

You can't reason with people who insist on breaking everyone down into some liberal/conservative column.

[MongoloidBabyUSA]

Yes they are very clever and intelligent.