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NOMINATION SEEMED TO CATCH FIRE.
FOR A BRIEF MOMENT.
NOW SHE SAID AMERICA IS NOT
READY FOR A FEMALE PRESIDENT.
HERE'S WHERE IT REALLY GETS
INTERESTING.
BACHMAN SAID A WOMAN RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT WOULD BE A BIGGER
DISADVANTAGE THAN BARACK OBAMA
WAS WHEN HE RAN.
HERE'S WHAT SHE TOLD CAL THOMAS.
I THIS?
I THINK THERE IS A CACHET TO
HAVE AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN
PRESIDENT.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS A PENT UP
DESIRE FOR A WOMAN PRESIDENT.
HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT?
SHE SAID PEOPLE VOTED FOR BARACK
OBAMA BECAUSE THEY WERE GUILTY.
>> I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF
TRUTH TO THAT.
THERE IS WHITE GUILT OVER --
>> THEY ARE GUILTY YEARS LATER?
>> ABSOLUTELY I THINK SO.
HE DIDN'T WIN ON THE MERITS OF
THE ECONOMY.
ARE YOU GOING TO LAUGH OR LET ME
FINISH?
>> THE ECONOMY IS A DISASTER AND
THE ROMNEY WOULD HAVE BEEN A
MUCH BETTER PRESIDENT.
>> OKAY.
HOLD ON.
>> I AM GOING TO JUMP IN AND SAY
FIRST OF ALL WITH ALL DUE
RESPECT WHAT YOU SAID IS
INSULING.
I KNOW PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHETHER
PERSONALLY OR IN MY OWN FAMILY
WHO THINKS HE HAS DONE QUITE A
BIT WHETHER IT WAS THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT THAT IS
CHANGING THEIR LIVES AND A LOT
OF OTHER THINGS SUCH AS TRYING
TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE
WITH STUDENT LOAN DEBT.
IT MAY NOT MATTER TO YOU, BUT
NOT BECAUSE HE'S A BLACK GUY.
THAT IS INCREDIBLY INSULING.
THE OTHER THING THAT IS NOT
TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT, I'M SICK
AND TIRED OF THE WHOLE SUFFERING
WHO HAD THE WORSE OLYMPICS.
WHERE A PRIVILEGED WHITE LADY
SAID IT'S TOUCH TOUGHER FOR HER.
TRY TELLING THAT TO TRAYVON
MARTIN OR JORDAN DAVIS.
I DON'T THINK THEY BELIEVE IT'S
EASIER FOR A BLACK GUY IN THIS
COUNTRY THAN A WELL TO DO WHITE