The actual quote from the book “Audacity of Hope” is from page 261 and is as follows: “Of course, not all my conversations in immigrant communities follow this easy pattern. In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific reassurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”
I actually don’t have a problem with THAT statement when considering ALL the words that surround it.
It is some of the other sh!t he has said that has me concerned.
WOW, so now its not ok to “...hard stares from neighbors ...”
anyway - I truly believe This guy has got some hidden agenda??? Appointing really bad people to the supreme court or other really bad stuff???
Perhaps they should be asked if they stand with us since the Islamic wind against us has such a noticeable ugly element, at least with a bit more fervor than we have seen thus far.
See post 2 for direct quote.
“I will stand with them “
The fact that everyone edits the quote by adding “the Muslims” hurts the creditability of the claim.
A link to the citation should be included and Muslims should be in brackets.
I believed that the context is correct, but the exact quote is wrong, which opens us up to that charge that we are taking him out of context.
Obama supporters could claim he meant immigrants in general.