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9-Year-Old to Obama: 'Why Do People Hate You?'

Replies prez: 'Some of it is just what's called politics.'

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 15, 2009 9:45 PM CDT

(Newser) – President Obama took some heat today in New Orleans for continued slow progress in rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina, but perhaps the most pointed question he got all day came from a 9-year-old. “Why do people hate you?” Tyren Scott asked Obama, microphone in hand, during a public meeting. “They’re supposed to love you. God is love.”

The president looked “tickled” by the question, AFP notes, and replied, “Hey, that's what I'm talking about. … I did get elected president, so not everybody hates me now. I got a whole lot of votes.” Added Obama, “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.”



During a public meeting in New Orleans today, Tyren Scott, 9, of Paulina, La., asked President Obama, Why do people hate you?
During a public meeting in New Orleans today, Tyren Scott, 9, of Paulina, La., asked President Obama, "Why do people hate you?"   (AP Photo)
During a public meeting in New Orleans today, Tyren Scott, 9, of Paulina, La., asked President Obama, Why do people hate you?
During a public meeting in New Orleans today, Tyren Scott, 9, of Paulina, La., asked President Obama, "Why do people hate you?"   (AP Photo)
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COMMENTS
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johntitor
Oct 17, 2009 11:07 AM CDT
Everyone should have to see that movie!
Rocket448
Oct 17, 2009 5:55 AM CDT
WTF?
Snarfeh
Oct 17, 2009 4:12 AM CDT
lolol! You're a funny one, Monju. Obama is distant kin to Dick Cheney as per Lynn Cheney's genealogical investigation. I guess Dick is also a hybrid Semite with Hamitic roots.

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