When asked about fiscal discipline and entitlements reform, the president seemed to be repressing a smile as he jabbed critics of his spending plans, according Politico.

At his 100th-day town hall meeting in St. Louis, Mo., President Obama criticized the anti-tax “tea party” demonstrations and FOX News, the only cable news network who chose to cover Americans protesting.

"Those of you who are watching certain news channels on which I'm not very popular, and you see folks waving tea bags around, Obama said, “let me just remind them that I am happy to have a serious conversation about how we are going to cut our health care costs down over the long term, how we are going to stabilize Social Security.”

“But,” Obama continued, “let's not play games and pretend that the reason [for the deficit] is because of the Recovery Act."

It’s the president’s most direct response so far to April 15 tea party protesters.