Jimmy Carter: I never said Obama protesters were racist

Evidently the entire United States, including the White House, and the rest of the world for that matter misunderstood what he meant by “intensely demonstrated” when he said, “I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he’s African-American.” That’s the money quote from the interview that aired on NBC on September 15 — just six days after Joe Wilson’s outburst and three days after the 9/12 Project’s massive rally in D.C.

Compare and contrast the before and after below.