Out of the mouths of babes, they say. At a town hall in Louisiana today, Barack Obama received a question that would have taken some people aback. Despite that, he acted with aplomb.He was asked by Tyren Scott, of Paulina, LA, "I have to say, why do people hate you? And why ... they supposed to love you, and ... God is love." A good question. It should be asked thusly: why does the GOP hate you?
Obama's response:
"Hey, that's what I'm talking about. Tyren, I appreciate that. What grade are you in? (answer: 4) Well, now, first of all, I did get elected president, so not everybody hates me now ... I got a whole lot of votes.Tyren is a fine young man. Those who have participated in hate crimes against Obama or have made racist remarks should be looking pretty sheepish right now, compared to this young man.
But, what is true is, if you were watching TV lately, it seems like everybody's just getting mad all the time. And you know, I think that you've got to take it with a grain of salt. Some of it is just what's called politics, where once one party wins then the other party feels it needs to poke you a little bit, to keep you on your toes. So you shouldn't take it too seriously.
"And as I said before, people, I think, they're worried about their own lives, a lot of people are losing their jobs right now, a lot of people are losing their health care or they've lost their homes to foreclosure, and they're feeling frustrated, and when you're President of the United States, you've got to deal with all of that; that's exactly right. And, you get some of the credit when things go good, and when things are going tough, you're going to get some of the blame, and that's part of the job.
But, I'm a pretty tough guy. Are you a tough guy? You look like you're pretty tough. And so, you just gotta keep on going even when folks are criticizing you, as long as you know you're doing it for other people. Thank you; you're a fine young man. I appreciate you."
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