(Scott)
In his speech on immigration reform in El Paso last week (video here),
President Obama opined: "[W]e've seen leaders of both parties who try to work
on this issue, but then their efforts fell prey to the usual Washington
games." Michael Barone observes that Obama himself has been a prominent
practitioner of these games. Having written a thoughtful book on the subject
of immigration, Barone does not stop there. He offers some good ideas for
reform.
Barone's column prompted me to read Obama's speech. The speech is not just
hypocritical, which is the charge that Barone levels against it. It really is
worse than that. It is also demagogic and disgusting in the trademark Obama
style. Those who disagree with Obama are not credited with respectable views.
Obama disparages his opponents as acting in bad faith. In this context, of
course, the bad faith amounts to racism.
When Obama discusses the measures he has taken to create the excellent
conditions that he seems to believe now prevail on the border with Mexico, he
touts the fence that he has in fact abandoned. Consider the passage leading up
to the subtle representation of immigration reform critics as ...Share With Friends: | | Politics - Top Stories Stories, News Feeds and News via Feedzilla.
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