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>> race was very, very complicated. barack obama wanted to make race speech as early as the iowa caucuses and his campaign said, you know what, let's not do that. i think everybody can see that you're black. >> one of the ironies, i think, of my dear brother, barack obama, now president obama's victory, was that we have a relative moratorium on serious discussions of race. and that's partly because his strategy -- his strategy was to evade issues of race. >> but in march 2008, explosive videos of obama's pastor, jeremiah wright, hit the airwaves. >> no, no, no. not god bless america, god [ mut...

Historic statement. >> the race was very, very complicated. barack obama wanted to make a race speech as early as the iowa caucuses and his campaign said you know what, let's not do that. i think everybody can see that you're black. >> one of the ironies i think of my dear brother barack obama, now president obama's victory, was that we have a relative moratorium on serious discussions of race. that's partly because his strategy was to evade issues of race. >> but in march 2008, explosive videos of obama's pastor, jeremiah wright, hit the airwaves. >> no, not god bless america. god dam america...

From president obama is the immigrant impulse about the sort of big -- this big story of america and i can remember in that race speech in fld fltd when he's talking about the experiences of his former past sto pastor, let me tell you my big story. >> in many ways, ronald reagan was simplistic and americans obviously got that. president obama overthinks it and in a good way. >> he says only -- >> he got it in a good way. >> obama also says, only many america is my story possible. that is as -- to me, that's as cut and dry and clear and simple a statement as you can make about this country on a...

>> the diversity. >> let's not mince words. president franklin roosevelt was called a socialist. the john birch society wanted to attack kennedy for being all kinds of things but president barack obama is the first african-american president in our country's history. this is an enormous step of progress civilizing events and the tea party and these birthers hate it. >> what should they do? >> i don't think it should be focused on these people. focused on the candidate of the republican party and must be a call on the republican establish document disavow -- >> what should mitt romney do? >> he...

Called a socialist. the john birch society wanted to attack kennedy for being all kinds of things but president barack obama is the first african-american president in our country's history. this is an enormous step of progress civilizing events and the tea party and these birthers hate it. >> what should they do? >> i don't think it should be focused on these people. focused on the candidate of the republican party and must be a call on the republican establish document disavow -- >> what should mitt romney do? >> he should make the equivalent. i hate to put the two together because president...