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Mondale: Obama Enemies Show Racist 'Edge'

'I don't like saying it,' but tone 'harsher than in other times': ex-VP

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 24, 2009 5:34 AM CDT

(Newser) – Jimmy Carter isn't the only grand old man of the Democratic Party to see racism in the opposition to Barack Obama's agenda. Walter Mondale, Carter's VP and the subject of a new documentary, said last night that "Having lived through those years, when civil rights was such a bitter issue, I know that some of that must still be around." The 1984 presidential nominee added: "I don't like saying it."

"I don't want to pick a person, say, he's a racist, but I do think the way they're piling on Obama, the harshness, you kind of feel it," Mondale said. "I think I see an edge in them that's a little bit different and a little harsher than I've seen in other times."

Hillary Clinton with former vice president Walter Mondale in Iowa during the presidential campaign.
Hillary Clinton with former vice president Walter Mondale in Iowa during the presidential campaign.   (AP Photo/Brian Ray)
Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale and his running mate, Geraldine Ferraro, wave as they leave an afternoon rally in Portland, Ore., in this Wednesday, Sept. 5, 1984 file photo.
Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale and his running mate, Geraldine Ferraro, wave as they leave an afternoon rally in Portland, Ore., in this Wednesday, Sept. 5, 1984 file photo.   (AP Photo/Jack Smith)
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COMMENTS
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schmidtkoff
Sep 25, 2009 7:34 AM CDT
aren't you screeching hysterically post after tiresome post?
alkaseltzersammich
Sep 25, 2009 6:04 AM CDT
Don't like Obama I mean.
alkaseltzersammich
Sep 25, 2009 5:59 AM CDT
I'm a black man, and I'm tired of the racism accusations. Yea, there are racists out there that like Obama. Let's get over it and move on. Dwelling on it won't get us anywhere.

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