sway mtv news interview w/ barack obama
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Go Out And Vote....Good Interview...
HERE'S MORE OF THE INTERVIEW..
On Sagging Pants:
"Here's my attitude: I think passing a law about people wearing sagging pants is a waste of time," Obama told MTV. "We should be focused on creating jobs, improving our schools, getting health care, dealing with the war in Iraq. Any public official who is worrying about sagging pants probably needs to spend some time focusing on real problems out there."
"Having said that, brothers should pull up their pants. You're walking by your mother, your grandmother, and your underwear is showing. ... What's wrong with that? Come on. There are some issues that we face that you don't have to pass a law [against], but that doesn't mean folks can't have some sense and some respect for other people. And, you know, some people might not want to see your underwear — I'm one of them."
On a workplace banning certain fashion choices:
"I think that it's one thing if an employer discriminates on the basis of gender or sexual orientation or, obviously, race. ... I think employers can set standards. You have [dread] 'locks," he said, pointing out veejay Sway's hair, "but you look clean, man. It's tight. My little girl has twists, Malia. I think, to me, it looks great. Obviously, I'd be upset if she were discriminated against on that basis. On the other hand, if you're working at a fancy store, and you show up to work in jeans and a shirt and you have a tattoo across your neck like Mike Tyson, for them to say, 'You know what, that's sort of not the image we're trying to project,' obviously that's within their rights as well. Any business has a right to say, 'This is the tone we want to set,' as long as they aren't discriminating on the basis of things people can't control."
On helping young immigrants become citizens:
"I have been consistent about this. What we need is a comprehensive approach. We are serious about the borders. We make sure folks aren't breaking the law. We crack down on employers who are unlawfully hiring undocumented workers, but we also provide a pathway to citizenship that has to be earned. People have to register, pay taxes, they have to pay a fine if they have come here illegally, they have to make sure they are learning English, if they don't already know English, they go to the back of the line so they don't get a legal residency before people who have applied legally, but I think we have to have a practical approach to this thing, so we make sure we have a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. That has been our history. We've got to do it in a way that isn't about left or right, ideological battles, we've just got to solve the problem."
On the Internet's impact on the election:
"It's a huge problem, but it is one you've just got to battle through. You can't control the Internet, and I am a big believer in freedom of speech and, obviously, hard-core obscenity or child pornography, there are areas where it is legitimate to intervene. But generally, my attitude is the Internet is something that should be free to access whatever information they want. It is amazing to me that people believe what they read on the Internet all the time, unfiltered. I mean some e-mail pops up, whether it is selling them something that doesn't make sense or some letter from Nigeria saying you can make money if you just send me your bank-account number, or in our politics, we have been subject to a number of people falsely saying I am Muslim — I'm Christian — suggesting I wasn't born in this country, even though I just walked by the hospital where I was born. There have been all kinds of crazy rumors out there taking place, and the best thing we can do is just battle bad information with good information. We try to make sure we get our story out. We use the Internet as well as any campaign ever has, and I want to continue to use the Internet as a way, not just for us to get our information out, but for people to give us back suggestions and recommendations and ideas and input. That's part of what democracy is about, that is part of what has been exciting about out campaign."
HERE'S MORE OF THE INTERVIEW..
On Sagging Pants:
"Here's my attitude: I think passing a law about people wearing sagging pants is a waste of time," Obama told MTV. "We should be focused on creating jobs, improving our schools, getting health care, dealing with the war in Iraq. Any public official who is worrying about sagging pants probably needs to spend some time focusing on real problems out there."
"Having said that, brothers should pull up their pants. You're walking by your mother, your grandmother, and your underwear is showing. ... What's wrong with that? Come on. There are some issues that we face that you don't have to pass a law [against], but that doesn't mean folks can't have some sense and some respect for other people. And, you know, some people might not want to see your underwear — I'm one of them."
On a workplace banning certain fashion choices:
"I think that it's one thing if an employer discriminates on the basis of gender or sexual orientation or, obviously, race. ... I think employers can set standards. You have [dread] 'locks," he said, pointing out veejay Sway's hair, "but you look clean, man. It's tight. My little girl has twists, Malia. I think, to me, it looks great. Obviously, I'd be upset if she were discriminated against on that basis. On the other hand, if you're working at a fancy store, and you show up to work in jeans and a shirt and you have a tattoo across your neck like Mike Tyson, for them to say, 'You know what, that's sort of not the image we're trying to project,' obviously that's within their rights as well. Any business has a right to say, 'This is the tone we want to set,' as long as they aren't discriminating on the basis of things people can't control."
On helping young immigrants become citizens:
"I have been consistent about this. What we need is a comprehensive approach. We are serious about the borders. We make sure folks aren't breaking the law. We crack down on employers who are unlawfully hiring undocumented workers, but we also provide a pathway to citizenship that has to be earned. People have to register, pay taxes, they have to pay a fine if they have come here illegally, they have to make sure they are learning English, if they don't already know English, they go to the back of the line so they don't get a legal residency before people who have applied legally, but I think we have to have a practical approach to this thing, so we make sure we have a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. That has been our history. We've got to do it in a way that isn't about left or right, ideological battles, we've just got to solve the problem."
On the Internet's impact on the election:
"It's a huge problem, but it is one you've just got to battle through. You can't control the Internet, and I am a big believer in freedom of speech and, obviously, hard-core obscenity or child pornography, there are areas where it is legitimate to intervene. But generally, my attitude is the Internet is something that should be free to access whatever information they want. It is amazing to me that people believe what they read on the Internet all the time, unfiltered. I mean some e-mail pops up, whether it is selling them something that doesn't make sense or some letter from Nigeria saying you can make money if you just send me your bank-account number, or in our politics, we have been subject to a number of people falsely saying I am Muslim — I'm Christian — suggesting I wasn't born in this country, even though I just walked by the hospital where I was born. There have been all kinds of crazy rumors out there taking place, and the best thing we can do is just battle bad information with good information. We try to make sure we get our story out. We use the Internet as well as any campaign ever has, and I want to continue to use the Internet as a way, not just for us to get our information out, but for people to give us back suggestions and recommendations and ideas and input. That's part of what democracy is about, that is part of what has been exciting about out campaign."
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Yeah and having all of us paying through the roof to get all of this stuff. If Obama wins, we will all end up paying a lot more money. We will be paying for this so called improved market that he preaches about. He sends such a terrible message.....work hard as you can to be successful and oh yeah....you have to pay way more taxes for the others that are less fortunate! WHAT A JOKE!
Yeah and having all of us paying through the roof to get all of this stuff. If Obama wins, we will all end up paying a lot more money. We will be paying for this so called improved market that he preaches about. He sends such a terrible message.....work hard as you can to be successful and oh yeah....you have to pay way more taxes for the others that are less fortunate! WHAT A JOKE!