At aa town hall in New Orleans, a child asks President Obama "Why do people hate you?" Transcript: Okay, here's -- this young man, right here. I'm going to let him use my spec...
(more)At aa town hall in New Orleans, a child asks President Obama "Why do people hate you?" Transcript: Okay, here's -- this young man, right here. I'm going to let him use my special mic. Hey, this is a big guy -- don't go "awww." Come on, man, I mean, this is a -- all right, what's your name? Q Terrence Scott (phonetic). THE PRESIDENT: Terrence Scott. What do you have to say? QI have to say, why do people hate you and why -- they supposed to love you, and God is love and -- THE PRESIDENT: That's what I'm talking about. (Laughter and applause.) Come on. That's what I'm talking about. Terrence, I appreciate that. What grade are you in? Q Fourth. THE PRESIDENT: You're in fourth grade? Well, now, first of all, I did get elected President, so not everybody hates me, now. I don't want you to -- (laughter.) I got a whole lot of votes. I want to make sure everybody understands. But you know, what is true is if you were watching TV lately, it seems like everybody is 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, where 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. And so you shouldn't take it too seriously. And then sometimes -- as I said before, people just -- I think they're worried about their own lives. A lot of people are losing their jobs right now. A lot of people are losing their health care or they
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