US President Barack Obama got a blunt question from an unexpected quarter Thursday -- a daring nine-year-old boy who asked "why do people hate you?"It was the last question of the day and my BS alarm went off when I heard it on the news.
Obama, caught up in a divisive political row over his plans for health care reform, called on the boy, Tyren Scott, in a public meeting during his first visit to hurricane-ravaged New Orleans as president.
"I have to say, why do people hate you? They supposed to love you. God is love," Tyren, from Paulina, Louisiana asked.
Obama, appeared tickled by the question, saying "hey, that's what I'm talking about," adding "I did get elected president, so not everybody hates me now... I got a whole lot of votes."
"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."
I wonder if the news report would have been so benign if this question had been asked of George W. Bush?
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"I have to say, ..."
Why did he say that? "That man told me I have to say...."?
I don't believe anything the "news" says, and only about a third of what I see with mo own eyes.
I have no doubt it was a set up. Classic empty suit modus operandi (sp?).
"I have to say, why do people hate you? They supposed to love you. God is love."
So, is the little tyke suggesting that everybody is supposed to love Obama because Obama is God?
Mmmm, mmmm, mmmm.
Indoctrination you can believe in.
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