Conveniently enough, he was giving a speech to the National Council of La Raza. What a coincidence! I wonder if he would give this same speech to a room full of, say, Border Patrol Agents. Just wondering.
Here's the transcript:
When communities are terrorized by ICE immigration raids, when nursing mothers are torn from their babies, when children come home from school to find their parents missing, when people are detained without access to legal counsel, when all that is happening, the system just isn't working, and we need to change it.
(Sigh.)
Hard to believe it would be possible for someone to make John McCain's immigration position look good, but there you are. Anyway, this is quite possibly the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I have a hard time gathering up much sympathy for illegal immigrants seeing as how their mere entry into this country makes them criminals. They break our laws to get here, and then we're just supposed to look the other way? Well, sorry. That isn't how it works. Breaking the law bears consequences, and perhaps these illegal immigrants should think about that before they come here illegally.
Is this really the kind of person we want as President, someone who thinks that Al Qaeda and ICE are similar organizations? It's unbelievable to me that he would smear immigration enforcement that way, especially as there's no basis in truth to anything he's saying. As Ed says,
The ICE raids workplaces when they have probable cause to suspect an employer of hiring illegal aliens. They arrest workers who have false IDs and/or cannot prove their identification. The ICE takes pains to find children who have been in school when these raids occur and no other guardian can be found, and unless I missed a news story, ICE agents do not tear babies from nursing mothers' breasts. Does Obama have a citation for that, or does he just feel like lying to people to make ICE agents sound like Nazi brownshirts?
My guess is that he's perfectly happy making ICE agents sound like Nazi brownshirts, especially given his audience. That was probably his goal going into it. Doesn't matter how honorable the men and women working for ICE may be, the Obamamessiah's got votes to win. If he'll throw his own grandmother under the bus to get the Presidency, why should anyone else be safe?
And AJ Strata points out that he might just be channeling his good friend Bill Ayers:
Is anyone being beaten or bombed? Is anyone being oppressed because they broke the law? Hell no. And to insult those who are doing what they can to stem the tide of illegals by equating them with al-Qaeda, the Taliban, Hamas and others who really do 'terrorize' people just shows what a panderer Obama is. I cannot also help but note how much these comments echo those of the Weather Underground from the 60's, who decided to use violence against America. Obama is clearly having a "Bill Ayers moment" here.
And if this really bothers the Obamamessiah so, then why hasn't he done anything during his stint as a U.S. Senator to change that? Is it possibly because he was pandering to his audience just a little bit? Could it be he's taken no action against what is apparently the reincarnation of the Gestapo because he knows it would be a politically disastrous move? Or was he actually speaking candidly to the La Raza crowd? Which is it?
In any case, all McCain needs is for the Obamamessiah to keep saying things like this, although I only give the Obamamessiah less than two days before he's issuing a retraction or a clarification or whatever he thinks he needs to do for damage control.
Hat Tip: My colleagues at Stop the ACLU
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Comments (13)
Cassy, Bill posted a simila... (Below threshold)1. Posted by WildWillie | July 14, 2008 2:44 PM | Score: 7 (9 votes cast)
Cassy, Bill posted a similar article. Unlike him, I agree with your take. Obama's people know what that word will generate in the leftists circles. Excitement. He sold out the border agents for votes. Way to go Hussein. ww
1. Posted by WildWillie | July 14, 2008 2:44 PM |
Score: 7 (9 votes cast)
Posted on July 14, 2008 14:44
2. Posted by Richard Fredericks | July 14, 2008 3:23 PM | Score: -16 (18 votes cast)
The United States Government its slave catchers, police and now its ICE agents have employed Terrorist Tactics since the inception. The history of government tolerating/sponsoring Torture and Terror is clear and evident throughout the history of this country.... particularly and most blatantly against people of color. The more things change the more they remain the same. Snatching brown babies from the arms of nursing mothers is nothing new in Amerikkka!
2. Posted by Richard Fredericks | July 14, 2008 3:23 PM |
Score: -16 (18 votes cast)
Posted on July 14, 2008 15:23
3. Posted by The details | July 14, 2008 3:59 PM | Score: 9 (9 votes cast)
Despite what BHO says, no baby was snatched. The baby was already in the hospital. He's actually parroting an NYT lie that O'Reilly debunked. Details at the link.
If anyone wants to *actually do something*, go to a BHO appearance, call him on one or more of his lies, and then upload his response to Youtube.
3. Posted by The details | July 14, 2008 3:59 PM |
Score: 9 (9 votes cast)
Posted on July 14, 2008 15:59
4. Posted by Elroy Jetson | July 14, 2008 4:19 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Richard,
Point us towards some proof of these fantastic stories.
Cue the crickets....
4. Posted by Elroy Jetson | July 14, 2008 4:19 PM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on July 14, 2008 16:19
5. Posted by plopsdad | July 14, 2008 4:27 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Richard Fredericks
your a idiot. Whats wrong with this country doing WHAT EVERY OTHER COUNTRY ON THE PLANET DOES--Enforce its immigration laws?
5. Posted by plopsdad | July 14, 2008 4:27 PM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on July 14, 2008 16:27
6. Posted by hyperbolist | July 14, 2008 8:36 PM | Score: -3 (3 votes cast)
Fiano: is anybody who 'terrorizes' a 'terrorist'? The latter has a specific connotation in 21st century America; the former means something pernicious though far less specific.
6. Posted by hyperbolist | July 14, 2008 8:36 PM |
Score: -3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on July 14, 2008 20:36
7. Posted by tyree | July 14, 2008 11:50 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
Obama needs to spend some time with people who families were victimized by illegal aliens before he takes sides with the bad guys.
7. Posted by tyree | July 14, 2008 11:50 PM |
Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
Posted on July 14, 2008 23:50
8. Posted by Socratease | July 15, 2008 12:58 AM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
The only time I remember the feds kicking down a door and ripping a child out of the arms of his family was when Janet Reno sent Alberto Gonzales to the communist hell-hole to the south of Florida.
8. Posted by Socratease | July 15, 2008 12:58 AM |
Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on July 15, 2008 00:58
9. Posted by hyperbolist | July 15, 2008 7:03 AM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
Alberto Gonzales? You sure about that, Socratease?
9. Posted by hyperbolist | July 15, 2008 7:03 AM |
Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
Posted on July 15, 2008 07:03
10. Posted by WildWillie | July 15, 2008 7:35 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Obama's trainers know what the word means to people. They purposely put it in there. The left demands that government agencies be labeled terrorists, torturers, etc. Words mean things. ww
10. Posted by WildWillie | July 15, 2008 7:35 AM |
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Posted on July 15, 2008 07:35
11. Posted by epador | July 15, 2008 9:59 AM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Obama is desperate for the Latino vote, and will say whatever he thinks he needs to to pander to whatever demographic he's at.
11. Posted by epador | July 15, 2008 9:59 AM |
Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on July 15, 2008 09:59
12. Posted by hyperbolist | July 15, 2008 6:49 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
He's already got the Latino vote, epador. So... huh?
Willie: The left demands that government agencies be labeled terrorists, torturers, etc. I thought it was the conservatarians who were anti-government? Consistency, man!
12. Posted by hyperbolist | July 15, 2008 6:49 PM |
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Posted on July 15, 2008 18:49
13. Posted by Danny Vice | July 19, 2008 6:41 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Well apparently it's clear. If you're a terrorist, Obama's your man. He'll soon be giving Iraq to you. If you're in the US illegally, Obama's your man, he'll soon be giving America to you.
If you're an American, Obama has something for you too. A hefty tax increase and four years of venomous race relations debate. So much to look forward to.
He also has something else for you. A kick in the butt to learn a new language, so you can communicate with the 12 million Illegal Aliens he'll be providing blanket amnesty for.
Yeah, that's CHANGE alright.
At least America is getting a glimps of the wild eyed liberal he really is, instead of the phoney centrist persona his campaign has been painting him to be.
Danny Vice
http://www.theweeklyvice.com
13. Posted by Danny Vice | July 19, 2008 6:41 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2008 18:41