{"id":1964,"date":"2012-09-04T07:40:12","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T11:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1964"},"modified":"2012-09-04T07:40:12","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T11:40:12","slug":"does-president-mean-to-be-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2012\/09\/does-president-mean-to-be-mean.html","title":{"rendered":"Does President ‘Mean’ To Be Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Barack Obama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the day the Democratic National Convention, the DNC, really gets rolling I have to wonder something about the president … does he MEAN to be\u00a0 mean?<\/p>\n

I ask this question about Barack Obama because of his willingness, even eagerness, it seems to mix it up with Hollywood and sports figures.<\/p>\n

When Matt Damon criticized the president a few months back, Obama basically replied “Hey Matt, saw your last movie … not so good”.<\/p>\n

As if running the country could be compared to some movie … ?<\/p>\n

In February, in a story than ran just yesterday in the Atlantic Wire, Obama put down one of the most prominent Christian sports stars in the nation in making a reference to the presidential race.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re the Miami Heat, and he\u2019s Jeremy Lin,\u201d Mr. Obama said, according to an aide, about Mitt Romney.<\/p>\n

The context may have been that the Heat had just contained the streaky-scoring Lin in a recent game, but does the context even matter?<\/p>\n

Should a president even be wading into such waters … especially one who promised to ‘calm the\u00a0 seas’ before he became president?<\/p>\n

I hope I am wrong … for their sakes … but the DNC could turn out to be ‘Hatefest 2012’<\/p>\n

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