Obama explains Einstein’s theory of Relativity to a dimwitted reporter

As you near the speed of light, time slows down. So if you left earth and traveled through space for one year, you would return one year older than when you left, but a thousand years might have passed on earth. Or something like that.

We think that’s what the President was trying to explain with this question and answer:

Reporter: You’ve been telling the American people all along that you oppose extending the tax cuts for the wealthier Americans. You said that again today. But what you never said was that you oppose the tax cuts, but you’d be willing to go ahead and extend them for a couple years if the politics of the moment demand it.

So what I’m wondering is when you take a stand like you had, why should the American people believe that you’re going to stick with it? Why should the American people believe that you’re not going to flip flop?

Obama: Hold on a second, Ben. This isn’t the politics of the moment. This has to do with what can we get done right now.

See? The President is explaining to the dimwitted reporter that because of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, there’s a thousand years difference between the politics of the moment and what we can get done now.

You, much like the dimwitted reporter, may think that “now” and “of the moment” mean the same thing, but that’s only because your mind is not traveling at the speed of light like President Obama’s.

Class dismissed.

H/T: HotAir.com