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Obama's Feisty BET Interview Highlights Challenge He Faces in Rallying Black Voters
“You won’t even say, ‘Look, I am going to help you,’” BET’s Emmett Miller said.
“Emmett, that is not what people are saying,” Obama shot back. “What people are saying all across the country is we are hurting and we’ve been hurting for a long time. And the question is how can we make sure the economy is working for every single person.”
Obama defended his policies as helping minorities even though he refuses to support programs that only target them.
“That’s not how America works. America works when all of us are pulling together and everybody is focused on making sure that every single person has opportunity,” he said. “And so when we put forward a program, like, for example, the health care bill, our focus is people who don’t have health care. Now it turns out that the majority of folks who don’t have health care are also working families, and disproportionately African American and Latino, but that doesn’t mean that it’s only for them.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...hallenge-sidelining-black-vote/#ixzz1ZCxqT3Jl
http://www.bet.com/news/politics/20...y-in-an-exclusive-sit-down-with-bet.html.html
obama makes some good points. america does work better when all of us are working together.
“You won’t even say, ‘Look, I am going to help you,’” BET’s Emmett Miller said.
“Emmett, that is not what people are saying,” Obama shot back. “What people are saying all across the country is we are hurting and we’ve been hurting for a long time. And the question is how can we make sure the economy is working for every single person.”
Obama defended his policies as helping minorities even though he refuses to support programs that only target them.
“That’s not how America works. America works when all of us are pulling together and everybody is focused on making sure that every single person has opportunity,” he said. “And so when we put forward a program, like, for example, the health care bill, our focus is people who don’t have health care. Now it turns out that the majority of folks who don’t have health care are also working families, and disproportionately African American and Latino, but that doesn’t mean that it’s only for them.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...hallenge-sidelining-black-vote/#ixzz1ZCxqT3Jl
http://www.bet.com/news/politics/20...y-in-an-exclusive-sit-down-with-bet.html.html
obama makes some good points. america does work better when all of us are working together.