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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 04:36 PM
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Fourth-Grader To Obama: Why Does Everyone Hate You?
Fourth-Grader To Obama: Why Does Everyone Hate You?
Rachel Slajda | October 15, 2009, 3:42PM

At a town hall event in New Orleans, President Obama took a question from a fourth-grader named Terrence who wanted to know, "Why does everyone hate you?"

"They're supposed to love you," he continued.

After the crowd swooned, Obama responded that the boy should take criticism of him with "a grain of salt."

"One party feels like they need to poke you, keep you on your toes," he said.

"When things are tough, you're gonna get some of the blame," Obama said. But, he added, "I'm a tough guy. Are you a tough guy? You look pretty tough."

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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 04:38 PM
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1. Good answer! nt
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timeforpeace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 06:39 PM
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18. Remember that kid who asked him about the Hitler comparisons a couple weeks ago? Coincidence?
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armyowalgreens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 04:38 PM
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2. We aren't suppose to love the President nor are we suppose to hate him.
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MUAD_DIB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 04:57 PM
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5. Do you remember the last POTUS? I hated him for sure,

and still do.
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armyowalgreens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 05:05 PM
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8. Well, yeah. There's always an exception to the rule.
But, generally speaking, our leaders are complex in personality and action. They are not wholly evil or benevolent.
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Winterblues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 05:10 PM
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9. Why?
Who are you or anyone else to tell me who I can love or hate?
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armyowalgreens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 05:11 PM
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10. Strawman. I never told you who you can and cannot love.
But nice try.
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 05:13 PM
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11. The kids in 4th grade, fourth fucking grade...
Jesus H. Christ... :argh:
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armyowalgreens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 05:16 PM
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12. Yes and teaching a 4th grader to blindly love authority is not going to help anyone.
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 05:19 PM
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13. why do you think somebody is "Teaching" him that?
he just spoke off the cuff about what he thought...the kids like 9 or 10 years old...sheesh :eyes:
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armyowalgreens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 05:32 PM
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14. And where did he get those thoughts?
He learned them from somewhere.
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ezgoingrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 05:48 PM
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16. That's not even close to the what is necessarily the truth.
9 or 10 year olds have a very different view of the world, they are CHILDREN. My son had a starry eyed vision of Bush when he was that age and trust me there was no love lost between Bush and myself around our house.
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armyowalgreens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 05:51 PM
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17. Your kid learned from somewhere that loving Bush was a good thing.
A child at that age is not really capable of developing independent opinions.
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TheDebbieDee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 04:38 PM
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3. I guess this boy's family only watches faux.snooz!
I think that most normal, rational people DO like President Obama, although some of them may disagree with his policies.
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JonQ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 04:45 PM
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4. It's fairly common for the president to recieve a great deal of criticism
especially when things aren't going great (as now).

No doubt a touching moment, but fairly irrelevant. We aren't suppose to love the president. To insist that we do strikes me as orwellian.

The president is a politician, nothing more. A high ranking and powerful one granted, but still a politician. And he should be supported by individuals when he serves their best interests, and opposed when he doesn't. Love or hate shouldn't come in to it.
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 05:01 PM
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6. He responded to that little boy *Just Right*. .
"Don't worry about me, I can take it.." along with his great smile. I know the kid felt better after that.
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 05:02 PM
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7. Obama is a tough guy, as the Repukes will soon discover.
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 05:37 PM
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15. >:-)
Dey ain't seen nuthin' yet! :evilgrin:
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 10:11 PM
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19. Obama will twirl the Great Spaghetti Monster around on a cosmic
spoon and fork, sprinkle on some parmesan cheese, then eat him in one big bite! :)
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