I wish someone would call the president out for swipes at Fox News. I watch Fox off and on, and have never heard commentators sitting around, saying how poor people are lazy and just want their Obamaphone and all that. The fact is the president has never watched Fox News.
This line about Fox was fed to him by some liberal flunkie staffer, who also has never watched Fox to see what their programming is all about.
There is a false consensus on the left that Fox broadcasts ridiculous propaganda for the right. And they make things up about what Fox commentators are saying about the issues.
Bingo..great line..
He knows he's a race baiter but his speech writers don't.
“Oh Reggie, I’m in trouble again”......
He is bipartisan in that he thoughtfully considers the Communist position and also the Moslem position on any issue and then compromises in order to bring the two sides together and to move forward so that both sides are happy.
Gutless.
The 'societal safety net' should be provided by the Church, families, and private charities. Not tax-funded systems run by government bureaucracies - which don't care about eliminating the need (since it would put the out of a job) - but increasing the need.