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Obama Urges Hispanics to Punish "Enemies," Vote Democratic

By W. James Antle, III on 10.25.10 @ 4:11PM

Via Kathryn Lopez, I see President Obama is trying to use "comprehensive immigration reform" to whip up Hispanic turnout next week (in the Latino press, that is -- in papers like the New York Times and Washington Post he prefers to have his people talk about deporting illegals):

"If the Latino community decides to sit out this election, then there will be fewer votes and it will be less likely to get done," Obama said on the "Piolín por la Mañana" program on Univision Radio....

"And if Latinos sit out the election instead of saying, we're gonna punish our enemies and we're gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us, if they don't see that kind of upsurge in voting in this election, then I think it's gonna be harder - and that's why I think it's so important that people focus on voting on November 2," he said.

As I've argued before, the president is going to have to do better than that.

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David W| 10.25.10 @ 4:47PM

My God, this is the person who was going to extend his hand to all of the "bad" people? Who was going to lead in bipartisanship? There are now enemies that must be attacked (enemies only inside the US, apparently those wanting to kill us who live outside the US are not "enemies", just people responding to our message of hate - per the ultimate hate mongererer Bush)

Disgusted| 10.27.10 @ 9:17PM

The President is showing us, yet again, what a small, petty man he is. Whenever he gets off of his teleprompter, or tries to speak from his heart, or as in this case, speaks when he thinks he's just talking to his cronies, the "true" Barack Obama comes blurting out. I expect my president to be president for ALL Americans-- not just his cronies. This is yet another of myriad examples, big and small, over the past 2 years as to why we shouldn't have elected some totally inexperienced "community organizer". Policies matter! And this man's character, ideas he's advocated in the past, and current policies have yet to be properly examined by anyone outside of (of all organizations) Fox News! There were disturbing signs even during the campaign, that our media closed its eyes & ears to-- they failed to do their job, and now we're stuck with this clueless, narcissistic, stuff suit that we have to call our President for the next 2 years.

Disgusted| 10.27.10 @ 9:20PM

'Sorry. there's a typo in my reply. I meant to write "stuffed suit" in the last sentence. I'm counting the months until we can get rid of this guy.

linn| 10.25.10 @ 5:08PM

Race baiting is never pretty no matter what the color of the person is thats doing it. Shame on President Obama.

Warrior| 10.25.10 @ 5:33PM

The liberals kept telling us that Obama was tough on illegals and had higher deportation statistics than W. I guess liberals can say whatever they want and not get called on it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....01790.html

Roy| 10.25.10 @ 6:02PM

And your "enemies" are the ones who want to stop illegal immigration, not the ones who destroy your jobs, of course..

inge| 10.25.10 @ 10:51PM

What a pompeous a*s!

Robin D| 10.25.10 @ 11:39PM

Brace yourselves Mr & Mrs America - news flash: "The President of the United States doesn't share your respect for the laws and customs of America".

Am I the first to say, our President doesn't represent my values?

In my humble opinion our preseident isn't working in the best interest of America, but in fact is working against the citizens that are America.

Let's get it straight and vote this administration (and democratic socialist movement) out of power!

beatrice lowe| 10.26.10 @ 1:12AM

I am a latin american and I want a goberment the represent my morals and values.

KB| 10.27.10 @ 3:22PM

If you value freedom, quality of life, a moral valued community for your children to grow up in and an opportunity to get out and work for your dreams....then please do get out and vote a change

Spicy Joker| 10.25.10 @ 11:41PM

It's time to take the gloves off and DEFEAT this race-baiting Marxist scumbag!

Karie| 10.26.10 @ 11:19AM

I agree.
Talk about further dividing your people. I'm so
ready for O'Bama to be O Gona!

Eddie'56| 11.2.10 @ 6:47AM

Obama got elected with the promise to these lemming democrats of a Socialist Heaven on Earth, and now he will take them, and they will eagerly follow him all the way to a Marxist Hell.

JmsA| 10.26.10 @ 12:03AM

Come on lefties, come out and defend the indefensible.

Zilla| 10.26.10 @ 9:01AM

I can't recall any other president in the history of the United States referring to AMERICANS as "enemies" who need to be "punished", and during wartime no less! This from the man who refuses to name who our real enemies are, islamic terrorists, for fear of offending them. I was so disturbed by Obama's most hateful words yet in a long line of vitriol from him, that I had to blog about it, complete with a message from me to him specifically:

http://politizilla.blogspot.co.....e-not.html

Yosemeti Sam| 10.26.10 @ 10:02AM

That's what CIC stands for - Clown in Chief!

Spiros| 10.26.10 @ 11:22AM

So now we know who the REAL ENEMY is. The King without clothes, the almost Jesus, the genuine Messiah.... BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

Archangel| 11.1.10 @ 3:29PM

Barack Hussein Obama is a Jesus hater.

Eddie'56| 11.2.10 @ 6:55AM

Barrack Hussein Obama has had more Muslims visit him in the White House because they were Muslim, than He has had Christians or Jews visit him there because they were Christian or Jewish.
B.HusseinObama is a "Cowardly Closet Muslim."

gward| 10.26.10 @ 1:56PM

Since when is Obama the guiding voice and moral conscience of all Latinos? And how arrogant of him to declare that anyone who disagrees with him and his policies is automatically an enemy of all Latinos? Talk about using the race card. Obama is definitely the Joker in the deck.

KC| 10.26.10 @ 3:26PM

It's about time!!!! The Republicans have openly stated that their agenda is to stop anything the Obama administration is attempting. It is high time Obama recognized the Republicans anti American position and call them what they are: enemies of the American people. He has made every effort to work with the Republicans and now it is time for him to draw a line in the sand. Let's hope he continues this rhetoric after November and it translates into a stronger position against the new Tea Party Republican fanatics.

KB| 10.27.10 @ 3:51PM

Are you smoking crack? We all have a right to a different opinions..... we we do not have the right to incite AMERICANS against each other and return us to the 60's. Will you wear your white sheet this halloween?

Tom| 10.28.10 @ 3:39PM

You're nuts. He's made no effort to work with Republicans other than to dictate that they vote in favor of what he dishes them. And the "enemies" of whom he was speaking in this case is the vast majority of American voters; those in the 80 percentile who want illegal immigration under control and NO AMNESTY. The context of his comment was to Latinos calling upon them to "punish" those who do not agree with is desire to grant them amnesty. Again, that just happens to be over 80 percent of the US population in latest polls. I suggest it is actually YOU who are the enemy. It is that less than 20 percent of the population who make up his core hard left constituents who are the enemy of this country. It is YOU who wish to "fundamentally transform" what is America into something completely different and unrecognizable as America. It is YOU who are the enemy, because you expect Obama and his party to force the majority of Americans who want no part of his policies to comply, like it or not. That's called a "dictatorship" and it's not what I served 23 years in the navy just to have us become.

Eddie'56| 11.2.10 @ 7:20AM

It is good that KC-10:26.10@3:26 expound as he does to reveal the genetic Insanity that infests the Crainial Cavities of the Lemming Liberal Left. Recently, Gene Scientist have found that an important genetic link in the brain cavity needed for logical thinking is 'Missing" from the DNA of those Sapiens with "liberal mind-sets." IE - their normal crainia thought process does NOT have the Logical Thinking Modifier found in the mature Adult thinking process.. This handicap is considered a permanent genetic disability from which recovery is nearly imposible..