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This happened at a town hall meeting in New Orleans. A young man stood up and asked a question many adults probably wanted to know, but would never actually stand up and ask in such a straightforward manner –
Obama: First of all, I did get elected President, so not everybody hates me, now…what is true is that if you’re watching TV lately, it seems like everybody’s just getting mad all the time. I think that you’ve got to take it with a grain of salt. Some of it is just called politics, where one party wins and then the other party feels like it needs to poke you a little bit to keep you on your toes, and so you shouldn’t take it too seriously…
People, I think they are worried about their own lives, a lot of people are losing their jobs right now, a lot of people are losing their health care, they are losing their homes to foreclosure, and they are feeling frustrated, and when you’re President of the United States you’ve got to deal with all of that — that’s exactly right. You get some of the credit when things go good, and when things are going tough, then, you’re going to get some of the blame and that’s part of the job. I’m a pretty tough guy, are you a tough guy? You look like are pretty tough guy, and so you have to keep on going even when folks are criticizing you because as long as you know you are doing it for other people.
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I have enormous respect and affection for our current President. n/t.
Ditto
I’m figuring he’s had that same conversation with his daughters alreadyso it wasn’t a complete surprise to him. I do admire his ability to talk to anyone, at a level that makes sense while not leaving others out.
Sure as shit beats “Well son, lemme tell ya. It’s cause I’m the Decider, see? That means that when I make Decisions, everyone’s gotta go along with ‘em, see? (snicker). And a few of my friends always make millions of dollars from my Decisions, while the rest of you un-worthy types lose money. That’s what’s good about being the Decider, he he he”
Well SaidI think that was a decent response. By the way, love him or hate him, the only reporter I’ve seen in recent years that dares to ask really tough questions (without becoming nasty such as someone like Rush Limbaugh) is Michael Moore.
Could you imagine……Bush doing something like that?
Not without his copy of ‘My Pet Goat’, anyway…
The last kid……that asked a question like this at a townhall was a plant. Want to bet this kid was too?
Can you imagine……Bush knowing the answer?
YepThat was totally spot-on, Scott! And GWB probably can’t even have a coherent conversation with himself, in his own head.