Trying to score by tricks again? Carter did not link his racism remark to the "You lie-incident" in the way it is misquoted since then. In fact Carter said that part of the general attacks on Obama and the allout opposition to him is based on racism.
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Originally Posted by BBC article originally linked
Former US President Jimmy Carter says much of the vitriol against President Barack Obama's health reforms and spending plans is "based on racism".
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Angry town hall meetings and a recent taxpayers' demonstration in Washington have been vitriolic towards the president, reports the BBC's North America editor Mark Mardell.
Many have not just protested against the president's policies but have accused him of tyranny, and have promised to "reclaim America".
"Those kind of things are not just casual outcomes of a sincere debate on whether we should have a national programme on healthcare," Mr Carter said at a public meeting at his Carter Center in Atlanta held prior to the Congress vote on Tuesday.
"It's deeper than that."
Responding to a question specifically on Mr Wilson's outburst, he said Mr Obama was the head of state as well as the head of government and - like heads of state elsewhere - he should be "treated with respect".
It was a "dastardly thing to do", he said.
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That'S how I recall it very precisely. That's what the BBC-article quoted him with.
And even propaganda..com had to hide in its text that that is what Carter said:
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Originally Posted by politico.com
“By the way, that’s not what I said,” Carter interjected as he was being asked about the comment. “If you read the remarks carefully, you’ll see that’s not what I said.”
“I said those that had a personal attack on President Obama as a person, that was tinged with racism,” Carter explained. “But I recognize that people who disagree with him on health care or the environment, that the vast majority of those are not tinged by racism.”
“I meant exactly what I said,” he continued. “What I actually said, if you look at the transcript, is what I just repeated to you.”
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To characterise Carter correcting the magazine misquoting him as "Carter backing away from former staztements he gave in reply to Wilson", is simply - a lie, in the end. If they write that
"Carter touched off a firestorm three weeks ago when he said Rep. Joe Wilson’s (R-S.C.) “You Lie!” outburst was “based on racism” ", then this is simply not true this way, and is an example of extremely bad and biased, distorting propaganda-journalism that FOX and other Republican sources are very happy with if only it serves their interests.
There is no doubt that Carter did not reply in explicit reaction to the you-lie-incident. but possible that interested rightwinged amrican media and sources try to make it appear as that. Lovely. And so honest.