Fourth Grader Asks Obama, “Why Do People Hate You”

One more “Planted Photo-OP Moment”. The press are the ones that are trying to divide the country, and FEED on making everything about RACE! Why don’t you report on the fact we have soldiers dying, and he still hasn’t made up his mind on Afganistan??

Glenn Beck will probably schedule a bagger rally outside the poor kid’s house.

Enough already. Sheesh. The cynicism and the hostility of both sides gets no one anywhere.

Good job using this little boy as a Human Shield.
Despicable tactics, even coming from the never-ending Obama campaign!

wheremymoney if you voted for Bush esp. in 04 I would not bring up the war.

i just don’t think people trust this stuff anymore because the administration has used their friends kids to ask these sappy kinds of questions in the past. unfortunate but true. once you’ve gone down that path you are not trusted.
trying to pull on the heartstrings after years of bush hating just doesn’t wash.
i for one am just sick of all the hating. disagreeing is okay, hating, not so much.

God is love, but the Republicans are hate. Just state the facts. They hate the poor, minorities, judges, regulation, accountability, and above all, independent thought. Good question, better answer. Go Mr. President!

Hate is evil — witness the death and destruction it inflicts….
Why do people “hate” Obama? Some of its racial, some of its political, all of its wrong….
You can disagree with someone without hate, but whenever I read comments on the blogs or hear what some say on television or on the radio, it becomes clear that some folks either never learned or have forgotten the teaching about loving your neighbor as yourself.
“Thou shalt love they neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandant greater than these.”
Mark 12:31

Actually, Nana10, don’t count the kid out. I was reading everything but the sports section by the time I was 8. Kids aren’t stupid.

This boy is Necon fodder??? Our right leaning friends in this blog need to show a little sense. It’s a boy asking a question he wants answered… Not a political setup. Do you not see that or do you need someone to explain it to you? Heaven forbid you think for yourselves.

Some things just don’t change. So let’s all sign along….
You’ve got to be taught
Before it’s to late
Before you are six or seven or eight
To hate all the people your relatives hate.
You’ve got to be carefully taught.

What does “God is love” have to do whether or not people like the POTUS? Has this kid been that brainwashed to think that Obama is “The Messiah”?

I support Obama completely – but I HATE when he talks in that street hip hop kind of cadence. He’s much smarter than that and he should know better…

It sounds like a great question and great response to me.

You know, Obama says “you know” alot. Too bad Obama doesn’t know; you know?

What a bunch of crybabies you lefties are.

I voted for McCain (actually against Obama.)
I don’t like a lot of Obama’s politics.
But I do like the man. Even the response here was well done, in my opinion

To bad the left spews hate at anyone
who disagrees with a stand. Why do
people hate him. I don’t think hate
is the right word….maybe dislike him
is more like it. Maybe people don’t like
people who are arrogant and give a
dismissive brush off to anyone who challenges him. Maybe people don’t like
people who say one thing and don’t
practice what they preach. Maybe people
don’t like people who have no regard
for other peoples money and throw it
around like its dirt. Does that answer
your question?

Kid asks a question. Obama answers it well. Both are looking quite respectable to the public.
AND THEN, A BUNCH OF PEOPLE COMMENT ON THE STORY. . .the whole thing unravels into a childish rant.

Glad to see that Obama is now fielding questions from fourth-graders. At least fourth-graders ask better questions than CBS, NBC, CNN, and MSNBC.

kws said: “What does “God is love” have to do whether or not people like the POTUS? Has this kid been that brainwashed to think that Obama is “The Messiah”?”
His question was about hate, the opposite of love. As a fourth grader, he is likely still unquestioning in the basic tenets of whatever religion he is raised in, and “God is love” is pretty universal.
YOUR jump to “is he brainwashed” and reviving the tripe about “The Messiah” speaks volumes about yourself, though.

Another great topic you could be INVESTIGATING:
From the Washington Times today-
U.S. troop funds diverted to pet projects
Study finds $2.6 billion taken from guns and ammunition
Try doing this at your company. We would go to jail, and so should these people.

Wow…morons abound. Yeah, this country is destroyed. Yeah. Mmm-hmm. Now let me finish my McGriddle while watching people in 3rd world countries struggle to get a meal.

stop critizing the Pres..”you know, you know, you know”….at least he stooped down to that little kids level and spoke to him like a little kid. My little boys say “you know” all the time. BTW..Obama didn’t bring the economy down…it was already down when he came into office…THANKS to BUSH(freakin’ idiot)!!!

“From the Washington Times today-
U.S. troop funds diverted to pet projects
Study finds $2.6 billion taken from guns and ammunition”
ROFLMAO!
Made up report by right wing think tank published by the Moonie Times.
The right wing operates in a world of make believe.

Justme8811 is RIGHT!!! we need to get rid of this socialist and all the Czars just like they got rid of the Czars in Russia!!! Who got rid of them anyways?? OH Wait…………..

The better question to Obama would be:
“Why Do People Hate YouR POLICIES?”

“Obama, “I’m lucky kid, All the left wingers and the news media and the Democrats hated Bush 24/7 for 8 years strait.”
Mike | Oct 15, 2009 5:34:50 PM
Meanwhile, back in DOCUMENTED REALITY, Bush had the highest approval ratings of any President in the history of polling at one point. And even before that time Democrats in Congress were willing to allow him to put through his signature Bush Tax Cuts and No Child Left Behind (poke the teachers union in the eye) Act.
I’m not sure if it’s habit or if they just think everyone else is really stupid, but the quality of lies from the Right has really gone down.

Good answer. The President represents a minority of Socialist leaning people who want ultra security rather than risk and prosperity. He is playing with other peoples money, and has NO experience in ANY of the things his hands are in. Community organizer, no military background at all, no father in the home, pretty typical Democrat, honestly if the elections were re-held today, I don’t see him winning, and if this job market doesn’t firm up, he’s out in 2012. After destroying 1/6 of our economy through health care, and sucking up another large portion through cap and trade policy, we should have a sorry enough economy to de’throne the Obama in 2012. The little kid was fed that question, obviously… why do people hate Obama, they don’t hate OBAMA they hate SOCIALISM, COMMUNISM, and any other ISM besides CAPITALISM in the great United States, because that’s who we are.. duhhhh…

1.7 for a Destroyer that was NOT requested in the budget proposal.

Cute having the kid ask the question. gee
what about the adults asking the same
question about GWB. Oh that’s right, we
already knew the answer.

Forclosures are at the highest level ever… Not so good Mr. President!

Lots of good answers on here. Why is there hate toward obama? Because if he told the truth about the type of change he was planning before the November election, he never would have been elected.

The boy’s questions demonstrate the power of language and choosing words for impact rather than accuracy. Earlier today on another blog, someone called the President a “rich, socialist elitist.” Please explain to me how someone can be BOTH socialist AND a rich elitist?
I highly doubt that most people throwing around words like Socialist, Marxist, Communist, Neocon, etc. have really done the homework to see how accurate those words are compared to the proposed policies. But geez, we all know that SOCIALISM is BAD so let’s use it.
It’s also ironic to me that the same man can be reviled as a “socialist” AND as someone who sells out to Wall Street, private interests, etc. Someone has to be wrong there.
For those immediately assuming the boy was a plant and the whole thing was staged (doubtful given Obama’s clumsy speech while answering) – why do you even bother reading any news? If everything that happens is staged just to fool you, why bother playing along?

Disregard the last – I re-read what transpired and jumped to the wrong conclusion. The kid did speak well but was not too ‘growny.”
Sorry about that. I naturally am sceptical of any politician of any party that gets children involved in their political process – grandstanding.
The President may or may not have been grandstanding. One thing Obama needs to realize is that the more you bring up differences between groups – black/white, conservative/liberal, etc – the more you stir stife. He need to look for the good in others rather than focus on the differences, the opposition, and other divisive things.
He needs to also recognize that many people may disagree, even hate, the actions of a politician or political group but that does not mean that they hate the person. We have an old saying, “Love the sinner and hate the sin.” Enough said!
Again, I apologize for jumping to conclusions too quickly with the above. Some people would not get any exercise if they did not jump to conclusions. Ha!
Learn to laugh at yourselves folks! We all act stupid sometimes and take ourselves far too seriously!!!

I’m with the kid. If “God is love,” a phrase heard regularly in most every church in the nation, then why do people who profess to “love” God seem to “hate” the President; by their words and actions?
One poster says the better question is, “why do people hate your policies”? Well, I’m sure it’s not his policies that are the epithets hurled at him within the earshot of children.
And what was so “adult” about the kid’s question (per another poster)? The fact that it was articulate, and he could string his words together without hip-hop lingo?
You guys need to stop “hating” you’re giving God and his supposed followers a bad name. To paraphrase (which one should never do by the way), “you should learn the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

It’s only the wingdings who ‘hate’ Obama.

I’d bet money this kid is a Rahm Emmanuel plant!

If only Obama could do as well with Stephanopolous–or Ahmadinejad–as he does with fourth-graders.

Dale: “He needs to look for the good in others…”
Barack Obama does this better than anyone I have ever seen. That is why it is so ironic and tragic (and annoying) that people insist on hating him anyway.

Sigmonde: “George Soros, for example, is a rich elitist socialist..”
It is also ironic (and hypocritical) when conservatives get all hot and bothered about George Soros, when they are being spoon-fed by a right-wing noise machine built entirely on money from the Olin, Scaife, and Bradley Foundations.

“George Soros, for example, is a rich elitist socialist..”
ROFLMAO!
Soros is as capitalist as they come making his fortune in currency trading.
That he doesn’t hate minorities and gay people like the right wing does not make him a socialist.

Sigmonde: “George Soros, for example, is a rich elitist socialist..”
jock59801: It is also ironic (and hypocritical) when conservatives get all hot and bothered about George Soros, when they are being spoon-fed by a right-wing noise machine built entirely on money from the Olin, Scaife, and Bradley Foundations.
*******************************
Great tip about the Bradley Foundation. Just looked ‘em up. Love ‘em! Their philosophy is right up my alley. Going to check out Olin and Scaife now…

Olin and Scaife… I am diggin ‘em. Especially Sciafe… conservative AND libertarian causes.
I’ll only post once this time. Sorry about the previous multiples.

Jocko;
I’m talking about the fact that Obama wants to have the government control of how we live form everything from education to health care to control of our entire lives, including how we practice religion. He is NOT a christian. No One who listened to J. Wright’s hate speech for 20 years could be a christian. He wants government to have total control of all the banking as well. That boils down to communism which is godless. Learn from history.

If the government didn’t have some control over those greedy banks, we all would be sitting on the curve with a tin can. The banks are greedy and sneaky and show no remorse when they squander our money. Thank goodness for government regulations. They don’t want to be regulated but they want the bailout money to replace the customer’s money that they stole or transferred to their hidden offshore accounts. How ironic!

You know there are many countries with no government at all. You are welcome to move there. Wonder what your life would be like! Frankly I love the ole US of A, mistakes and all!! And yes, I think we have a great president. They talked about Jesus, so you’ll definitely talk about our colorful president! While you’re at it, try to think of something you CAN positively do for your country!

JG
If anything you said was even remotely true, you might have a point.
No one is going to take away the God and guns you are clinging to with such paranoia. Get over it.

“And what about that important stimulus money obama and the democrats STOLE from the American people?”
You mean the stimulus money that staved off a complete economic meltdown?
You’re comparing that with Haliburton with ripping off taxpayers while shortchanging the troops?
Posted by: Ryan C | Oct 15, 2009 8:04:36 PM
*******
To quote you Ryan – ROFLMAO!!!
Yeah – obama really saved us from the brink, yet it continues…how many jobs did he SAY he would create with the stimulus funds by the end of summer? How many did he actually (to use the idiotic term) “SAVE” or create? LOL!

“It is no secret that this country’s politics has become intense across the ideological spectrum. Rush Limbaugh lets his listeners blow off steam and then get on with the rest of their day. But if the people who claim to worry about such things want to see a truly angry right develop in this country, they should continue to remain silent while the left tries to drive Rush Limbaugh and others out of American political life. If that happens, the NFL by comparison will look like an afternoon tea.”
This isn’t some crazy right wing website bu the Wall Street Journal Editorial Dept.
They really are saying the right wing is dangerous and needs loudmouth outlets so they don’t rampage violently across the country.

Wall St. to Taxpayers: “Thanks for the Stimulus, Now Have Some Higher Fees”
Wall Street is responding to new proposed regulations in classic form: They’re trying to circumvent restrictions on compensation and want to pass along the cost of compliance to their clients, namely you and me.
JPMorgan Chase has informed clients its raising fees on balance transfers and cash advances to 5%, the highest among the nation’s big banks. (Earlier this month, Bank of America raised similar fees to 4%.)

Good question coming from a fourth grader. Obama’s answer not so good coming from a president who was like”God” only a few months ago.

You “normal” people expect Obama haters to be rational, please, they’re all “birthers, tea party extremists and right wing nutcakes”, don’t even try and reason with them, they’re incapable.
Posted by: JR
——–You hit it on the head. These are the same people that do not care who they hurt to get their point across and even if that is our young. They will also be the first to throw Bible versus and thought at you. Hypocrites at best. Whatever happened to the Grand Ole Party I once knew that stood for country and taught values. Now they talk and teach division and hate.

Wall St. to Taxpayers: “Thanks for the Stimulus, Now Have Some Higher Fees”
Wall Street is responding to new proposed regulations in classic form: They’re trying to circumvent restrictions on compensation and want to pass along the cost of compliance to their clients, namely you and me.
JPMorgan Chase has informed clients its raising fees on balance transfers and cash advances to 5%, the highest among the nation’s big banks. (Earlier this month, Bank of America raised similar fees to 4%.)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs have the
best politicians Money can buy. The people need to fight back and throw EVERYONE OUT.

“Community Organizer objective : 1. Pick a target. 2. Focus on it. 3. Personalize it. 4. Polarize it.”
Isn’t that what Glen Beck bases his success on?

Not until everyone in the US is as poor as church mice and we all live in poverty as bad as parts of Africa will Obama be happy. Democrats want that kind of reduction in wealth so they can spread it among themselves – they don’t give a fig about the poor – obama’s health care plan or the one in congress won’t help the poor and will only turn the government into the health care controller because the insurance companies will raise their rates to accommodate the new rules – thereby driving everyone to the public option – thereby creating yet another massive government control over peoples’ lives. Wake up lefties – you just elected your own armageddon.
Posted by: JG ————-
I am an Ind that voted for Obama, or against Palin/McCain. I did like and do like what he is doing on the international front. However on health care I am mostly against. I read where military retirees will have to give up Tricare and have to pay for a health care. There are many poor that are in need because of one reason or another and their financial position is no fault or little fault of their own. However there are also many that leech off our Gov. choose to do nothing for themselves and contribute nothing to society. Those I have a problem with. To give these losers that are in that position because they chose to health care but to deny it to men and women that served this country is plain not right.

Was this a set up? Possibly it was. The answers Obama gave seemed too well versed and fluent. It was a long and detailed answer, accurate in some parts.Presidents are loved and hated. It depends who you speak to.

Forgive me for getting a little out of subject, but am I starting to hear that Barack Obama is the President of big businesses after the reports of big profits in Wall Street? Oh, now he’s the President for big business? I thought he socialism penchant was what was going to drive businesses out of the country? I thought Wallstreet was frowning upon him when the markets were still going down? Next!

“Forgive me for getting a little out of subject, but am I starting to hear that Barack Obama is the President of big businesses after the reports of big profits in Wall Street? Oh, now he’s the President for big business? I thought he socialism penchant was what was going to drive businesses out of the country? I thought Wallstreet was frowning upon him when the markets were still going down? Next!”
Didn’t you hear? This is a Bush recovery after and Obama collapse. FoxNews told me so!

How sad that this little boy, who obviously looks to the president as a great role model, should have to think that people in America “hate” Barack Obama. We need to dial down the ugly rhetoric in this country by quite a few decibels.
Posted by: Phoenix lady | Oct 15, 2009 8:41:44 PM
**
I found that really poignant too. The President had a good response.

I say let the socialists from the obama administration post their comments here all they want. Let them respond to people with their ignorant replies. They’ve got to be upset that obama is not happy with the job they are doing on the internet to support his policies. The more they post their rants about “right wingers”, the more average Americans see how insane they are.

As I have stated before, if you don’t have anything to prove a statement wrong, you just attack the person. How pathetic.

ChicagoBob, if you spend much time on the comment boards you’ll see that, in fact, there are a LOT of people who profess hatred for Obama, the man and the POTUS. It’s virulent and incredibly hostile and no amount of calming can influence against their rabid anger. Seems that many can’t make the same distinction that you do between disliking policy and personal hatred for the man.

Not hate…just intense dislike…because the “Pres” is a radical who uses the race card and surrounds himself with people who hate America…. the same ones who want to dismantle our system and trample on the Constitution…so there little boy…you have the real anser….we dont hate him…we just have buyers remorse for eclecting him. You know like when you buy a toy and it doesnt perform like they advertised it…you take it back and geta refund…..

to Bachisbest: you stated: “As it is, I always had the impression that the very rich tended to be conservative Republicans and could care less about what happens to their fellow Americans as long as they enjoyed their yachts, penthouses in the cities, and multimillion dollar homes in the Hamptons.”
I’m white, conservative and a Republican. I make $35K a year, live in a mobile home on a small farm where we do have ‘city’ water but stuck with a septic tank. Please tell me where I can claim that multimillion dollar home. I’ll do so and sell it because that’s not who I am!
Corral your bigotry and prejudice for a few seconds, engage brain. Discussions are so much more productive. Our nation needs her citizens to work together instead of hurling stupid, biased insults at each other.

OH please people. Give the President some credit…he’s a politician and a darn good one. He persuaded a whole lot of people to elect a junior senator to the highest position in the country didn’t he.
This was a set-up. Pure and simple. It’s what politicians do. The president can’t speak more than 2 unrehearsed sentences without inserting foot in mouth and you actually think this wasn’t planned?
I’m not critisizing him for doing it…like I said…he’s a politician. But get a grip people. Get your head out of the Obama fog and face reality.

Why doesn’t the little boy ask why Obama’s mentor and friend, the Rev. Wright hates every “American” enough to say “God D___ America”? That question never comes up at all does it?
Remember, only Obama’s critics are capable of hate. Never let it be said that a Democrat ever hated anybody.

Our Democratic controlled government is spending with no concept of money. And you seem to have no clue as to the damage that is being done. Your comeback is the typical, what did Bush do, mentality. That is not an answer. It is an attack response. Solves nothing. Get a job. Make money. Then you will understand that only YOU are responsible for you, not the government or your neighbor.
Posted by: wheresmymoney | Oct 15, 2009 10:04:21 PM
I actually think you’d benefit from reading Bruce Bartlett’s blog at Capital Gains and Games, and his new book. I won’t cut and paste. Just read it and think about it. Particularly read the recent blog post titled “Supply Side Economics, R.I.P.” I’d mention others, but Bartlett was a conservative.

Why doesn’t the little boy ask why Obama’s mentor and friend, the Rev. Wright hates every “American” enough to say “God D___ America”? That question never comes up at all does it?
Posted by: marco | Oct 15, 2009 10:10:29 PM
____________________________________
You have obviously never listened to the entire Wright sermon, or if you did, your comprehension levels are at a grade-two level.
Same with the rest of the knee-jerks who jumped on this isolated quote taken out of context to try to smear and spread fear.

“Twice to be exact because it is very important. You on the other hand, tried to brush it off as “MOONY” until I directed you to the senate website”
You did not such thing.
And yes the Washington Times is owned by the bizarre Sun Yun Moon a Christian cultist hence the title Moonie Times.

What were some of the other questions? Perhaps they were not set up. Why Mr Obama are you slow in responding to your general in Afghanistan….don’t you trust him?

I smell a plant.

Here are the three questions….drum roll please…
#1 Why do you support – abortions (that is what it is folks)
#2 Why is your mentor Rev. Wright a racist yet it rarely gets mentioned in the press (again this is another fact)
#3 And why are we even further in debt than ever before but again not mentioned – the Treasury is now just a printing press

#1 Why do you support – abortions (that is what it is folks)
Support the woman’s right to chose whether she will deliver a child into the world, or not. This is not a decision for the state. The state should not be dictating to women whether or not they are having babies. This is a choice of conscience for the woman, same as the choice to go to war to murder other people should be a choice of personal conscience, not dictated by the state.

That kid was likely a set-up. Everything is a set-up with this lying fraud.
Lied about lobbyist, lied about taxes, lied about transparency, lied about open government,calls himself a Christian, but voted TWICE to deny born alive babies lifesaving medical treatment. Refuses to give a speech without a teleprompter, or in front of Christian symbols, but praises Islam every chance he gets. He’s quadrupled the annual deficit in 9 months, foreclosures are record high

Exactly Bo, Obama and his band of Chicago hacks, and Clinton retreads will exploit kids, make it obvious as can be, and not bat an eye.

If Obama can get the country back on track then people may get to like him more. Unemployment, health, Afghanistan, Iraq…not doing too well on these issues.
Instil some confidence back into the ordinary Joe and you may get some love back Mr Obama.

jOSEPH YOUR POST 10-15-99 11 59 PM SAID IT ALL AGREE WITH YOU 100 PERCENT. tHIS pRESIDENT IS A fake IF THERE EVER WAS ONE .

Support the woman’s right to chose whether she will deliver a child into the world, or not. This is not a decision for the state. The state should not be dictating to women whether or not they are having babies. This is a choice of conscience for the woman, same as the choice to go to war to murder other people should be a choice of personal conscience, not dictated by the state.

julieterra
Haha, very funny. Increasing the scope of war is never a good thing, and if you’re going to do it, do it right. McChrystal asked for 40,000 more troops minimum. So why is Mr Nobel Peace Prize winner only sending 17,000? Does Obama want to risk lives, and prolong this war by sending an inadequate military?
PS – Howabout adressing the ever growing list of lies, and broken pledges? His appointing communists, racists, and radicals to be his advisors?

“usually involving the idea that one’s own race is superior and has the right to rule others.”
_________________________________
Right and we know where most of this has come from . . . don’t we.

joseph, I can address all of it. First, you pay DOWN the deficit when things are GOOD. You NEED TO SPEND when you have a recession. Herbert Hoover had your EXACT theory of worrying about the deficit after a stock market crash, with 10% unemployment, and what happened when he cut spending???? Umeployment went from 10% to 25%! That’s called “how to take a recession and turn it INTO a depression 101″. Anyone with half a brain does not actually think cutting spending is appropriate while we have 10% unemployment. Obama NEVER said unemployment would level off at 8%. NEVER. The Economist Magazine and Business Week predicted 10% with the stimulus, or 13-14% without. So far, their predictions seem to be on target. This time last year there were OVER 600,000 LAYOFFS PER MONTH. Last month, there were 12,000. Clearly, the layoffs are dwindling. Job growth will soon start back up. Every president in our entire history has had advisors and cabinet members. Only weirdos call cabinet members and advisors ‘czars’. The term makes no sense. It’s often used by talk radio morons nad by using it yourself, you look like a moron yourself. Your entire post is rife with ignorant claims. You’re a wing-nut. Stock market is up record amounts. When the stock market is up that means that businesses made profits. When businesses make profits, they begin to hire folks to work again. The stock market is up over 40% since Obama took office. Obama stablized the banks. The Difference between Obama’s TARP and BUsh’s TARP is night and day. Bush gave the money away with zero restricitons on whta was done with it, bush did not look into the bank’s health himself at all. bush did nothing but blindly throw money at the problem. The money evaportated. Obama gave them money with strict restrictions on what they needed to use as an indicator of ‘health’. He imposed ‘stress tests’ on banks. He issued requirements for how much capital they now were required to hold, what was considered an asset, what percentage of debt they were allowed to hold. BUsh throwing money at them did nothing. Obama giving them money conditionally saved the banks, which saved our businesses who need the banks from failing, and saved the stock market, which in turn ,saved businesses, which in turn, saves banks……see the spiral? The interconnectedness of our financial and business sectors? Obama is doing a very FINE JOB. 8 year of bush and debt and tax cuts for the rich did NOTHING!!! 9 months of Obama and we’re bouncing back. period.

McChrystal asked for 40,000 more troops minimum. Posted by: joseph
he made a similar request to ‘W’.. why did George W. Bush not support our troops and grant McChrystal’s request?

“Obama is doing a very FINE JOB. 8 year of bush and debt and tax cuts for the rich did NOTHING!!! 9 months of Obama and we’re bouncing back. period.”
We are bouncing back?
The only bounce we are getting is straight into the unemployment cues ….

“…stock market hits it’s highest level today and you’re…”
Thank you Mr Obama, we love you, the stock market has recovered, but unemployment continues to rise and people cannot afford to buy any stocks…

We are bouncing back?
The only bounce we are getting is straight into the unemployment cues ….
____________________________________
You seem to have entirely missed Bush left the country with a doubled national debt, a deficit spiralling out of control, the economy in virtual free fall, and 700,000 jobs being lost every month.
Instead of saving or paying down the debt during the ‘good times’, Bush rang up debt on the country’s credit card spending like the rich kid of an oil and banking family – and leaving nothing for when the bad times came.
Given that load of garbage, Obama has done an amazing job.

“…stock market hits it’s highest level today and you’re…”
Thank you Mr Obama, we love you, the stock market has recovered, but unemployment continues to rise and people cannot afford to buy any stocks…
—————-Dear Lord, are you people serious in your inability to understand how things work? Or do you just like to complain? What is stock? It’s the value of a company. the company does a earnings release, and it shows that company lost money last quarter, what happens? the stock in that company goes down. When this happens to lots of companies and they all lose money, what happens, the stock market, as a whole, goes down. When MILLIONS of companies do bad, you have a stock market CRASH, as in, last year, when bush was still in office. In fact, we had a stock market CRASH per week for weeks nad weeks. Republicans were deer in the headlights. No idea what was happening or why. All those companies that lost money had one thing they could do, either go belly up, or lay off massively. They laid off, massively and they will NOT hire again until they make profits again. and we will know when they make profits because….their stock will go up. and when that happens to thousands of companies we will know, becuae the STOCK MARKET will go up. And what does a business do who is making money and is having trouble keeping up with demands???? they hire more workers! This is why economists say the stock market is a LEADING INDICATOR of where the economy is going. Stock market crashes mean we will have layoffs, alot of them, in the next 3 – 6 months. Market going up means we will have hiring and good salaries in the next 3 – 6 months. Get it yet?

oh, and when umeployment goes down ,and the recession starts to ebb, guess what will go up and go up alot….gas prices. Just so you know. And dont blame Obama for it. Supply and Demand. China is revving up their middle class, they are all trading in their bikes for cars, and if AMericans were cutting back on their gas consumption, there would be a big glutt in demand. But Americans are not spending money, not even on gas, so demand is not peaked, so prices remain reasonable. Whe nfolks get their jobs back, have money to spend and start buying more gas agian, guess what happens, demand get tight, prices go up, way up. Watch and see. This time next year you wont be able to find a gas station that has a gallon of gas under $3.00. that’s not Obama’s fault either, it’s just life. I think obama even knows this because he’s all bent on better gas milage and new cars with better gas milage for when americnas want them. Why ??? because he knows, americans ARE goin to want them, sooner than you think. Smart man that Obama.

Obama is a lying crook…and marxist trying to break the dollar and kill the country. Marxist/communists/socialist do it all the time to the countries they invade. What a slime, but people are finally starting to wake up. And btw bots, those paid for by taxpayers (yes, Obama has arranged for taxpayers to pay bloggers to invade message boards to spread Obama manuere around) and those just paid by soros/unions and those non-paid—people aren’t buying the lies like they once were. Impeach Obama.

OK Mr Obama is doing swell job… so why do people hate him? Are all of the Republicans?
Posted by: rogerian
I guess you’ll have to post some info as to who exactly the people ‘hating’ Obama are, I’d make some side bets about their political POV, but, more important, when you say ‘people’ you imply a large segment of the population instead of the small ‘birther’/'deather’ contingent of the loud, but vocal minority.

This kid is just like all the liberal townhall meeting healthcare sob story “plants” put in the audience by Obama’s team, who as it turns out campaigned for this loser. This was the ONLY kid in the audience? Hmmm, I wonder if his skin color was just another coincidence? I hate Obama too, but it isn’t because of the color of his skin. Hell, I’m darker and more of a minority than Obama is. What I hate about Obama is simple. He’s a political appeaser. He kowtows to his majority because he has no balls to actually lead. And most of all, his total lack of leadership as a commander in chief. The latter of which leaves the blood of our young men and women serving on his hands because of his procrastination on the matter of a troop increase.

“… but, more important, when you say ‘people’ you imply a large segment of the population instead of the small ‘birther’/'deather’…”
Obama talks about the people too:… as long as you know that you’re doing it for other people, all right?” Obama concluded.”
Ask him what he means about the “other people…”

I love when folks taught the rise of the stock market as a showing of great things to come. First off when the government is giving FREE MONEY to banks and other institutions like GE. Its not hard to make a profit. Zero percent loan from the treasury. 10 percent loan to the public. Not too hard to make a profit.

becuase he bankrupting the country for not only your parents BUT you too lil johnny. he hates america, he doesnt care about ANY of its people, including YOU.its all about him. any opposition you see to this president ,lil johnny, is in the name of saving the country and protecting you from what he is doing

This was staged…It was planned folks..

Bush, Bush, Bush! Get over it!!!

surely it was just a coincidence that the last questioner happened to be a cute little african american child asking such a “subtle” question to round out the day. i don’t think anything we see from politicians on either side of the aisle comes even close to resembling reality.

Let’s ask Gibbs about this and get yet another non-answer.

You look like you are a tough guy, you also look like a plant, not another child shows up in the video.

“The little boy dont understand why this is being said about the President.” Yep! Real good English.

This is for LongT – Bush, Bush, Bush, Get over it? Trust me we are trying to get over it. Eight years of a lousy rediculous president takes time to fix and get over. In case you’ve forgotten:
1)911 – Bush
2) Iraq war (total blunder) – Bush
3) No clue in how to fight the Afgan war – Bush
4)Billions in surplus squandered – Bush
5) $4 gas – Bush
6) First bailout – Bush
7) A president who could hardly form his own sentence – Bush
Trust me, many of us are trying are best to get it over it!

This is for Jackson; It’s spelled ridiculous.

For LongT – Please understand, I’m trying to get over the language he taught me too!

I am suprised he did not hand out Obama money in New Orleans like he has promised the people in Detroit,some Stimulus.How anyone can defend Rev. Wright?Obama and julieterra tried to but it doesn’t work.

Jackson, but they’re so glaring!

To leftyNOT I could’nt have said it any better. Your questions are more realistic than the little plants ques. I wonder if he has a spontaneous answer for them???

This kid was a ‘plant’. A better question would have been ‘How could you listen to all that hate in Rev Wright’s church for 20 yrs and expose your children to it?’

Trying to exploit seniors made them mad so lets exploit kids shameful, Ihope imisspelled something or didnt get puntuation right so you that dont know whats going on in politics will have somthing to say.

a dose of reality | Oct 16, 2009 1:05:05 AM———–
——————
Whack ‘em! I usually just the wingnuts’ posts to have a good laugh, but this one was a real good thumping. The only problem is, this is economics 101. We all know how that goes with wingnuts.

“They’re supposed to love you. And God is love.”
Did this kid mean that Obama was God? or like God? Talk about indoctrination.

Mr. President, why do you hate our country so much?” or “Why are you letting our troops in Afganistan die and not sending them the equipment and reinforcements that they need?” or “Why are you appointing all of the communist Czars?” or “Why are you bankrupting our country and sticking my generation with the debt?” or “Why are you hellbent on destroying or healthcare system?” or “Why won’t your buddies in the staterun press ask you some tough questions?” or “Why do you hang out with that terrorist loving Bill Aires and that racist hate mongering Rev. Wright?” or “Why are you only giving that stimulus money to your cronies and welfare bums?” or “Why do you like our enemies like Chavez, Castro, Ahmadinejad, Putin, so much?” or “Why are you relaxing our ban on missle technology to China?” or “Why are you trying to beat Jimmy Carter for the spot as the worst President our country has ever had?”
Posted by: LeftyNOT | Oct 16, 2009 10:27:22 AM
Well, that would have been boring. He would’ve said, “I don’t; I’m not; I’m not; I’m not” and so on. Why would you want a kid to like a cheap, vitriolic Fox News or Red State parrot, or a badly informed liar? The boy was so sweet. It was a very poignant moment, and the President’s answer was well done.
Of course, having said that I like Carl’s response better :>)
Meanwhile, Politico and others are reporting that a decision on Afghanistan is likely to be announced soon– either at the end of this month or the beginning of next, and per Politico, “The tea leaves are pointing to a decision that heads toward what Gen. McChrystal wants rather than away from what he wants.”

After being called a traitor, Lindsey Graham defiantly insisted that his party will not become “the party of the angry white guy.”
Good luck with that, it’s almost there though there are a few Palin and Bachmann wannabes hanging on– note the conservative talk show hosts going after Senator Snowe and Collins in sexist terms. You would think intelligent women would find that tiresome. I know I haven’t watched one second of Chris Mathews after his Hillary crapola, even though I voted for Obama in the primary.

The biggest liar of all was Bush and Cheney and they lied, people died. No one has “died” because of anything Obama has said or done. He has explained his associations with Rev. Wright, Bill Ayers (very limited contact) and any other people you want to negatively associate him with, but that doesn’t satisfy you. Just keep bringing up the past and accuse him of being devious, nefarious and any other sinister assertions you want to make. He got elected our President by a wide majority of the electorate, so get over it, you haters!!! He’s in, won’t get impeached, and won’t resign. Why should he? You haters are so delusional you pull accusations out of thin air to smear the guy. Or, maybe you just listen to Glenn Blech and Rush Limpbag all day to get your motors running??

Apparently the new definition of socialism is “securing collateral for a loan”.
Posted by: Yukon Sam | Oct 16, 2009 11:30:39 AM
***
:>) It’s amazing how broad and far flung the definition of “socialism” has become.

Obama shouldn’t flatter himself.
Hating someone implies that one has feelings about a person.
I would bet that the vast majority of Americans don’t give a da*n about Obama.
Talk about ego.

…”criticisms”…You get my meaning.

As long as the GOP keeps attacking Obama and the Democrats, the more real people will see that they care less about America and just want to make the Democrats look bad. Without agreeing on anything it continues to make them the party of no no no. No Ideas,no answers,no helping the America people when they are down and out after 8 yrs. of GW Bush. They almost destroyed America and they want to continue.Obama has my vote in 2012!!!

why do people hate you ? . . . . . they don’t help me son. . . they hate the idea that I want to ruin this country and I haven’t quite yet brainwashed them into it . . . . . .

First of all, Obama should have defined what “Hate” is so the little boy would have a better understanding. It’s obviuos that somebody planted that seed into his brain.
Disagreeing with someone else’s ideas doesn’t always constitute “hate”.

Obama epitomizes SLEAZE

Obama paid that little boy and his family to say that so he could look good!
I <3 GLORIA

Obama shouldn’t flatter himself.
Hating someone implies that one has feelings about a person.
I would bet that the vast majority of Americans don’t give a da*n about Obama.
Talk about ego.
Posted by: TomBB | Oct 16, 2009 12:11:14 PM
Indeed. Now disagreement = hate. Oh the double standards.

Obama’s answer is very correct. But, it does no justice to GOD.
Yes, God is love and people should love but the Devil Satan has corrupted this world.
That is the TRUE answer.
Obama is no Messiah.

Too bad you resort back to hate.
Posted by: julieterra | Oct 16, 2009 1:31:04 PM
Now how was I resorting to hate by agreeing that to hate implies one has feelings for the person. I do not hate the president nor do I love him. I may not agree with him but I do not hate him. The question was planted.

“The question was planted.”
____________________________________
You have no idea if the question was ‘planted’ or not, so quit pretending you know.

If my 4th grader hadn’t asked me the same question, I would have thought this was a set up.

But, does Obama hate Fox News?
Was Anita Dunn’s favorite political philosopher Mao Zedong?
Is Dunn’s job to take down Fox News for Obama?
Do I still live in America, or do we already have change?

Hate is a strong word. Even Rush and Glenn don’t hate Obama they just detest his devious socialistic policies.

Why didn’t you run propaganda trash like this when Bush was president?
You could have filled columns and columns with this kind of “news”.

“President Obama knows.”
Posted by: julieterra | Oct 16, 2009 3:02:55 PM
Yes, he knows what it’s like to get a free pass into a Prep. school and college because of social and political pull from friends and relatives.
By the way, could we now see his Prep. school, Columbia and Harvard records? Why the secrecy?

What’s most disheartening about reading most of these comments is that not many adults seem to be concerned that a fourth grader asked about hate. I’m sure these are the same people who don’t understand why our country is one of the most violent countries in the world. Our media and a great majority of our parents spew hateful and vicious thoughts not just about the President but fellow Americans as well…. there is nothing wrong with respectfully disagreeing with another person…. too bad the children of our nation can see we as adults have no idea how to do that

Wow. Wow that even a child can feel the negative, distructive energy being spewed in this country and wow to those who are so cynical they would suggest his question was “staged”. To those who think that I can only reason that their shame forces them to seek yet another cover for their hate and ignorance and to that child I thank him for his question. Americans should be ashamed of their behavior, yes, we have freedom of speech but with resonsibility and with accountability, there is little if any evidence of that since President Obama was sworn into office. This 9 year old child asked a question that most adults who are honest with themselves know the answer to – he is hated because of who he is, first and not policies. President Obama is truly a kind and gracious man, as his response to this ernest child reflected. Ignorance breeds fear and fear combined with ignorance breeds prejudice – if this isn’t a wake up call to the haters out there I don’t know what it would take.

People may hate Obama because he has
done nothing so far that has required
wisdom. He has persisted to anger people
with smoke and mirrors. Like Hillary
Clinton said in 2008, he gave one good
speech in 2004,his only qualification
for the presidency of the United States.

Limbaugh & Beck don’t hate Obama??
Right!! And a bear doesn’t crap in the woods.

That was actually a good answer, but the real answer is the title “President” seems to mean, “The person to blame when the going gets tough.” The truth is it took a whole lot of people to mess things up and no one person is to blame, so in turn it is going to take a whole lot of people over a whole lot of time to get us back on course again. It’s going to take more than one person, and more than eight years to get it right.

How very sad that our nation has our young children so puzzled as to why a very large number of Americans hate a man so very much, and he’s only been in office a year. I didn’t see this much hate with all the disaster Bush created. I’ve come across so many people that hate Obama and when you ask them why, they can’t tell you. Makes you wonder if its bitterness or racial. It breaks my heart to know that this is what some people are projecting onto our children. I almost cried, when the young boy said, “And God is Love.” All I can say is to quote from the Bible…”and a child shall lead them”. Have mercy on us Dear Lord, have mercy.

Now you hate me too Right!

Most Republicans just over react. Bush did a much worse job, he got us in an illegal war, ruined our economy which led to loss of jobs and homes. All of that led to a huge debt.
The way i see it Obama has to hold up the wall that Bush knocked down. But while he’s holding it up he has to fix it. Bush left him with a whole lot of stuff to do and anyone would have a hard time including Mccain.
The people are just looking for an excuse to get him impeached so they’re calling him a communist or a terrorist. And the whole thing about him not being American, it’s a load of crap. The government would have checked his background throughly no matter his race.

My fourth grade son recently got into an argument with a classmate over having respect for the President. The other child initiated the conflict by teasing my son for liking Obama. My son, however, was disciplined for the incident and the other child was not. I lived in an area of Texas where the sentiment for our President is exactly how this young man describes. Most people I see who comment about our government today absolutely hate Obama. It seems to unify this area. It’s incredible.

The comments listed are all full of emotions one way or another. However, those who ‘disagree’ (hate!) Obama tend to resort to comments void of any true substance. Recieving ‘change’ in one year was never what he promised. However, I think it is ‘planted’ that obama would recieve such slanderous, and undermining attention once he came into office. Hence, an undertone of racism in ‘post-racial’ America.

Republicans are appauled that America has elected an African-American to be the President of the United States. Some don’t hate Obama because of his race but its easy to be suspicious of someone “not like you”. This has been the message on Fox news and conservative radio and blogs none stop since his election. They suggest that Obama is not american (as absurd as that sounds) insinuating that he was born over seas. They suggest him to be a socialist. Even the author of the New Deal wasn’t accused of that to the extent that Obama has been. They call him a communist/facist. What? Why? There is no legitimate reason. They accuse him of running up the deficit. He has barely added anything in comparision to Bush who they worship. Many republi”can’ts” can’t balance the budget except on the backs of the poor and disenfranchised. They repeatedly protect big business. Why did I pay more in taxes than Exonn last year? Its because of the Bush tax breaks. The profits continually go up and middle class wages go down compared with inflation. The republi”can’ts” are clearly bought and paid for. Why have they blocked putting an end to oil speculation? This will lower prices and help people like me. They should all be voted out of the office which they hold having accepted bribes in the form of campaign contributions. Why do they hate Obama? Because they are either bigoted, bribed, or just plain stupid. One clear way to end this non-sense is to pay congressional leaders (adjusted for inflation) 100,000.00 a year and make it completely illegal to accept money for campaigns or for anything else from companies and private entities. If you do…you should immediately be fired.

pretty handy material, overall I feel this is worth a bookmark, thanks