long time to get back, but i think lots of people are interested and lots of people are committed. we had a tragedy in new orleans and it s taken a long time for new orleans to get back. larry: mesa, arizona for judge judy, hello. caller: good evening, larry and judge judy. i have to tell judge judy, you are my american idol. i love you and love your show. in your opinion, how do you feel president obama is doing overall considering all the crises facing our country? thank you. larry: i know you liked him very much and supported him. i liked him and i voted for him. i think that he made lots of promises to lots of constituencies. and for some reason different from other politicians, everybody who believed in him, believed that he was going to do and could do what he said he was going to do.
she was told there were no booster seats available at a pancake house. that s ahead on a.c. 360 at the top of the hour. larry: that s 10:00 eastern, 10:00 pacific. let s take another caller. caller: my husband is a corrections officer and we watch you every day after work. we were wondering your opinion on the welfare system in the united states. larry: that s a large order. it s a big order. you know there was welfare reform decades more ago and i think that it was successful. as somebody who sat in the family court and who saw the welfare abuses, and how generationally that negatively impacted on people, and it negatively impacted on people
i m not motivated by anything other than trying to do the right thing at the end of the case. so i m able to sleep comfortably at night that i m not motivated by anything political because somebody s paying me money or somebody s threatening to take my job away, i m really only motivated by doing the right thing. larry: have you enjoyed fame. yes, i have. i say that without shame. larry: have you deserved it. i have been really blessed with two wonderful careers that i enjoyed. i had that family court career, and even though it was dirty and grungy and, you know, the company wasn t there to serve the judges, the judges were there to serve the company, i loved every day of the work. took a lot of aspirins, but loves every day of the work. and this job, that i have, is a dream way to put a period attend of your career. you know, i m doing everything that i was trained to do, so the
couldn t fit in one seat, you had to buy two. larry: you re defending corporate america? what i m defending, larry is i don t think we show enough respect for our fellow human beings. i think it s wrong if you have a hot cold or the flu to get on a plane and say the hell with everybody else, i want to fly from one place to another. and i think it s inconsiderate that if you weigh 250 pounds that you re not encroaching or inconveniencing or making somebody fly squinched up. larry: so you would rule in favor of the airline. if they had a rule. it s not as if he didn t know the rule. he knew the rule. larry: correct. he bought two seats. on this particular occasion, he either didn t have time or they didn t have two seats.
each other, it s so divisive and becomes personal. and i believe that that s counter productive. i think that when it becomes personal and it does become personal, and i bottom line is, i think that the people who serve us in congress and in the state government do so not always out of the best of intentions for the public. larry: judge judy is our guest, back with more after this. the gmc sierra hybrid. the most fuel-efficient full-size pickup on the road. may the best truck win. would you like that to hurt now or later? uh what? (announcer) pepcid® complete doesn t make you choose. it neutralizes acid in seconds and controls heartburn all day or all night. pepcid® complete , works w and works later.