Posted on 03/08/2017 9:52:12 PM PST by TBP
The funny thing is, Obama has made very similar comments numerous times in the past. Here are eleven of them.
1. At a Naturalization Ceremony in 2015 While addressing a crowd at the National Archives and Records Administration in 2015, Obama said this.
Certainly, it wasn't easy for those of African heritage who had not come here voluntarily and yet in their own way were immigrants themselves. There was discrimination and hardship and poverty. But, like you, they no doubt found inspiration in all those who had come before them. And they were able to muster faith that, here in America, they might build a better life and give their children something more.
2. At a Naturalization Ceremony Three Years Earlier In a speech at a naturalization ceremony in 2012, then-President Obama said this about slave ships:
We say it so often, we sometimes forget what it means — we are a nation of immigrants. Unless you are one of the first Americans, a Native American, we are all descended from folks who came from someplace else — whether they arrived on the Mayflower or on a slave ship, whether they came through Ellis Island or crossed the Rio Grande.
It’s a line he has used often in his speeches throughout his tenure in office, with slight variations.
3. At A DNC Event on April 28, 2011 Obama had this to say while addressing a crowd at an event hosted by the Democratic National Committee on April 28:
I want a confident America where, yes, everybody makes sacrifices, but nobody bears all the burden, and we live up to the idea that no matter who we are, no matter what we look like, no matter whether our ancestors landed on Ellis Island or came here on a slave ship or crossed the Rio Grande, we are all connected to one another. We rise and fall together.
4. At Commencement Speech One Day Later While delivering a commencement speech at Miami-Dade College April 29, 2011, Obama repeated the line above, but with a bit of a twist:
We didn’t raise the Statue of Liberty with its back to the world; we raised it with its light to the world. Whether your ancestors came here on the Mayflower or a slave ship; whether they signed in at Ellis Island or they crossed the Rio Grande — we are one people.
5. At a DNC Event in Harlem, March 29, 2011 Then-President Obama said:
And so what we wanted to do was adapt to the times, adapt to the 21st century, but also remind ourselves that there are some old-fashioned, timeworn values; that whether your forebears landed at Ellis Island or they came here on a slave ship or they crossed the Rio Grande, or however they got here, they typically had a commitment to hard work and a commitment to community and a commitment to family and a willingness to dream big dreams, and a patriotism that was not rooted in ethnicity but was rooted in a creed and a set of ideals and a belief that in America anything was possible.
6. At Another DNC event in California, April 22, 2011 Obama said:
My vision is for one where we’re living within our means but we’re still investing in our future, and everybody is making sacrifices and nobody bears all the burden, and we live up to the idea that no matter what you look like or where you come from, whether you landed here — your ancestors landed here on Ellis Island or they came here on a slave ship, or they just came over the Rio Grande, that we are all connected to one another and we all rise and fall together.
7. Another DNC Event in Austin, Texas on May 10, 2011 He said:
That’s our vision of America. It’s not a vision of a small America. It’s a vision of a big America, a bold and optimistic America, an America that does big things. It’s a vision where we’re living within our means but we’re still investing in our future; where everybody is making sacrifices, but nobody alone bears all the burden; where we live up to the idea that no matter who you — what you look like, or who you are, no matter whether your ancestors landed on Ellis Island or came over here on a slave ship or crossed the Rio Grande, that we’re all connected to one another, and that we rise or fall together.
8. Another DNC Event in Boston, Eight Days Later Obama said:
No matter what we look like, where we come from, what God we worship to, no matter whether our ancestors landed on Ellis Island or came here on a slave ship or crossed the Rio Grande, we believe that we are all connected and we rise and fall together. And that is a strength. That is the strength of America. That’s the heart of the idea of America. That’s the heart of the idea of our campaign.
9. Another DNC Event in Philadelphia, June 30, 2011 Obama said:
And the good news is that America is possible — an America where we’re living within our means, but we’re still investing in the future. That’s possible. Where everybody is making sacrifices, but nobody bears all the burden by themselves. The idea that no matter what we look like or who we are, no matter whether our ancestors came from Ellis Island or on a slave ship, or across the Rio Grande, that we are all connected to one another, and that we rise and fall together.
10. At a Gala for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, September 2011 At the Washington D.C. event, Obama said this:
It’s a vision where we live within our means, but we invest in our future; where everybody makes sacrifices, but nobody has to bear the burden alone, and everybody shares in our success; where we live up to the idea that no matter what you look like, no matter where you come from, no matter what your surname — whether your ancestors landed at Ellis Island, or came over on a slave ship, or crossed the Rio Grande — we are all connected, and we all rise and fall together.
11. And at a Forum on American Latino Heritage, October 2011 While addressing a crowd at the Department of the Interior in Washington DC, Obama said:
And here in America, we are united by more than the color of our skin or the language that we speak. We are joined together by a shared creed, a shared set of values. We’re connected by the future we want for ourselves and our children. And we determine our own destiny here. Whether your ancestors came from a — came over on a slave ship, or crossed the Rio Grande, or were here long before the country was founded, we’re in this together. And we have the opportunity right now to determine our own destiny.
Next time progressives decide to skewer a Republican for saying something, it would behoove them see if President Obama has said the exact same thing. Or, at least, stop pretending not to know what Ben Carson is talking about.
I’m sure that CNN will begin their day with this story. Do you think they will at least mention it when slamming Carson?
Nah, me neither.
Bump
Think about it. Slavery wasended in 1867 or so. No American who had established or promoted the institution of slavery is alive now. Those responsible are dead.
Yet the president pursues a policy of historic justice.
This is the mark of a fascist.
I have no shame in telling Obama to GTH .
.And I am not kidding. Obama and his entire movement are fascist:
Good Read:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html
Also, the last slave ship into the USA was in 1859.
OTOH, who cares what a washed-up has-been traitor has to say?
Also, the last slave ship into the USA was in 1859.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
And 158 years later I don’t give a sweet eff whether my ancestors were in the cargo hold or on deck.
I just want to live my life as an American, in peace with all of us.
Obama is a divisive black nationalist. A man who wants to have a socialist society where racial and ethnic minorities receive a continuing redistribution of wealth , by appealing to white guilt. HEY WHITE PEOPLE: YOU ARE NOT GUILTY.
I have no guilt. I wasn’t alive at the time. And if Obama wants to make all of America start thinking like field hands who are still on the plantation, looking for hand outs from their masters, Obama is missing the point.
Become America and make America Great Again.
Look ahead, not back.
Obama needs to get out of the way or he will be planted on his plantation, for good.
No more divisive person has ever pretended to the presidency.
Bookmark.
Agitators.
Hypocrite, thy name is Democrat. Or Progressive. Or Liberal. Or Socialist. Or feminist. Or LGBTQ. Or MSM.
If you were a slave, and you had a choice, would you want to return to your motherland or would want to stay in the land you were enslaved?
Walter E. Williams was filling in for Rush one day and was asked about reparations.
He said, “I believe in reparations. I believe everyone in America who ever owned a slave should pay reparations to everyone in America who ever was a slave.”
Walter E. Williams was filling in for Rush one day and was asked about reparations.
He said, “I believe in reparations. I believe everyone in America who ever owned a slave should pay reparations to everyone in America who ever was a slave.”
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He is 158 years too late. This kind of appeal to historic justice should be ridiculed.
My Scottish ancestors were maltreated, forced to become indentured servants who were treated like dogs by the British, and when they broke their indentures they became fugitives. I guess I am owed a cool few millon too!
Its a ridiculous line of thinking.
His point was that nobody alive today in America has owned a slave or been one. (But if he’s wrong about that, then that person should pay or get reparations.)
“I believe in reparations. I believe everyone in America who ever owned a slave should pay reparations to everyone in America who ever was a slave.”>>>>>>>>>>>>
My mistake. It was all in past tense, “everyone in America who ever owned....;” I thought he was speaking about the far past, not present day.
Of course he si right. But the whole Obama leftist movements is premised on the idea that white people are responsible NOW for history. Its ludicrous, racist, retrograde,draconian, unAmerican thinking.But the MSM and Hollywood pushes it big time.
History is history. Unilaterally making someone responsible for 150 year old history, (i.e. the past) is the mark of every fascist movement in the modern era. Its actually what separates fascism from communism, according to experts in the field of fascist history, such as Dr. Gilbert Allardyce , who I was fortunate to have studied with.
Obama is far more vile than most people realize.
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