Obama is implying that people are sitting at home making paper chains listening to Rush and hear him mention illegal immigration, and decide that they will now hate everyone who even looks like they might be from south of the border.
Senator, Rush’s audience tunes in and hears someone voicing some of their own beliefs publicly. We have very few intelligent choices of medium in which we hear our own opinions, and possible ways to fight for what we believe.
Americans of ALL colors hanging on to middle class while living in a city overrun with illegals who care not one whit for America and her customs, laws, or etiquette, are sick of this Slavery Lite that the employers profit somewhat from, but the cities and taxpayers overfund. Who cares what the illegals look like? It’s the fact that they are breaking the law by being here, and that we are forced to subsidize them when we’d rather spend our social services money to help Americans in need.
"Snob zoning" works where I'm from. Its a key reason why folks here don't go ballistic on the immigration issue (even though I think they should).