Posted on 08/02/2010 5:57:01 PM PDT by lancer256
As the granddaddy of political demagoguery, President Obama might have outdone himself with his recent admonition to political opponents not to "demagogue" the immigration issue.
A "demagogue" is "a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument." "Ah," you say, "Obama is onto something here. Those who oppose his open-border policy are appealing to prejudice against immigrants instead of to rational argument." Wrong.
Rather, those who support defending our borders believe in the rule of law and in law enforcement. The people of the United States -- and Arizona in particular -- have a rational interest in protecting their borders and in wanting to prevent illegal immigration. Though we've had immigration laws on the books for years, are Obama's Democrats saying they are irrationally based -- that anyone who wants to enforce these laws is prejudiced? That anyone throughout our history who favored controlling immigration was harboring racial prejudice?
(Excerpt) Read more at davidlimbaugh.com ...
“That anyone throughout our history who favored controlling immigration was harboring racial prejudice?”
The American Indians had no immigration policy that was racial or otherwise. How did that work out for them?
Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who’s the fakest Fraud of all?
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