According to ABC NEWS Blog, Obama was recently asked by a 4th grade student “Why Do People Hate You?” which is an awesome question, and is probably a way tougher question than any reporter for any televised news organization has asked a President in the last 30 years. Most of the time journalists ask Presidents lame soft ball questions like, “Do you prefer Cheddar or American Cheese? And by the way whichever of those you prefer, I also prefer.” Or, “Why are you so great?” Or, ” I heard your sperm can repair dents and small scrapes on a car, I know this is the case, and I was wondering if you knew how cool it is that you can do that?
But this kid had the balls to come out with, “Some people think you’re a bit of a shithead, what’s that about?” Whether you like Obama or not, that’s pretty cool, especially coming from a kid. Naturally, because Obama is fed high-dosage charm pills every morning and eats being laid back juice straight out of the can, he answered the kid with a thoughtful, courteous, engaging response:
“First of all, I did get elected president, so not everybody hates me,” Obama noted, before adding, “What is true is if you were watching TV lately, it seems like everybody’s just getting mad all the time. And I — 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, you know, once one party wins, then the other party kind of gets — feels like it needs to poke you a little bit to keep you on your toes.”
Which went on for much longer than that, and was equally rational and well-articulated the whole time. I personally think Obama could stand to, as Saturday Night Live put it, actually DO something, but that’s me. Either way, it was a very good answer. Which was quite in contrast to the last eight years. So now below, I decided I’d write a list of ways George Bush would have responded to a child asking him why people hate him:
1. “Hey fuck you.”
2. “I know you are but what am I?”
3. “Listen, the thing is….you see what the thing is, is…. I remember a saying where two guys… or one guy…. or…. * trails off, tips his fingers, and then stares off to the left at nothing in particular for several minutes, then swears under his breath and leaves the podium *”
4. “People don’t hate me, they um… un… they not like me because they’re the ones who aren’t the liked ones.”
5. * confused whooping noises, tinny sarcastic little laugh *
6. George Bush stares angrily at the kid for several seconds, then has him helicoptered into a secret black prison in Turkey, where the child is stacked nude in a pyramid with other children and barked at until he admits people like George Bush.
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