President Obama Gets Testy During Interview with BET's Emmett Miller on Question of Helping a Young Black Male

President Obama got testy with Emmett Miller during his interview with Black Entertainment Television. According to Politico, Miller asked Obama to consider the plight of a hypothetical young, African-American in Chicago's South Side: Father gone, mother working 10 hours a day for "peanuts," there are no jobs and, "You won't even say, 'Look, I am going to help you."

"Emmett, that is not -- first of all, that is not what people are saying," Obama said, bristling. "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 added, "The other thing I want to make sure you don't just kind of slip in there is this notion that African-American leaders of late have been critical. There have been a handful of African-Americans who have been critical. They were critical when I was running for president. There's always going to be somebody who is critical of the president of the United States." "What has always made this country great is the belief that everybody has got a chance," Obama said. "Regardless of race, regardless of creed." Source

Um, so, if you are out to look after everyone in this country as a general rule, why run to your black base now that you are in trouble, Mr. President? Now isn't the time to be testy with your base because they can pay you back by not going out to vote. I agree that he is the president for the entire country and can't cater to the needs of any one group over another, but it seems that he has no problem yukking it up with the rich people at the expense of the poor. My pastor, Andy Stanley, said it best, recovery starts with me. I can't expect the president or legislators to have my back, but I do expect him to at least give the poor and middle class the time of day. He has hardly shown his face in a black community for months, if ever, since he has been elected. Don't come running to us and scolding us now that you poll numbers are in the toilet.

One thing I will say is the Republican field is one of the worst I have seen in a long time. That's the only saving grace for President Obama. If there was a viable and qualified Republican candidate, he would not be coming across as testy to any group right now. Besides, Emmett Miller looks like a white person. What's up with that BET? You couldn't bring yourself to have someone who accurately represents the black community interview President Obama?