Posted on 08/17/2009 5:26:41 AM PDT by IbJensen
A Republican congressman who opposes illegal immigration says he disagrees with a recent comment by President Barack Obama that referred to those who oppose amnesty for illegal aliens as "demagogues."
When President Obama was asked last week about passing an amnesty bill, he told reporters: "Am I going to be able to snap my fingers and get this done? No...There are going to be demagogues out there who try to suggest that any form of pathway for legalization for those who are already in the United States is unacceptable."
Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa), the ranking member on the House Immigration Subcommittee, takes issue with the president's comment.
Steve King"The president said that anybody who apparently stands up for the Rule of Law and defending current law and arguing that we should defend our sovereignty and that we should punish people who sneak into the United States illegally to be demagogues. And he's also used the term 'un-American' for the people who are opposed to the National Health Care Act," he notes.
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Whoever fed that term to Obomba should have supplied him with the definition!
The only people BO won’t insult are Americas enemies
The only people BO won’t insult are Americas enemies
“...a recent comment by President Barack Obama that referred to those who oppose amnesty for illegal aliens as “demagogues.””
With Obama’s falling poll numbers, especially among his biggest supporters, watch for the Democrats to play the immigration thing to the hilt.
And whether freepers want to admit it or not, no matter what your stand on immigration is, the frenzy the Dems and LaRaza/SEIU created from our positions on this put MILLIONS of illegals in the streets, and was THE major factor in handing the Democrats control of Congress in 2006.
We need to TREAD LIGHTLY here, folks.
Go back to the kindergarten where you belong Mr. Obama!
The people have found their voice. If this dude thinks he can win amnesty he is nuts! We are broke, people are losing their jobs daily and now he wants to legalize 15 million uneducated unskilled laborers, for what jobs?
The dog is off the chain, too late.
Response: Given recent polls perhaps it is the citizenry that has "marginalized" "The Divine One."
Not for jobs, for Democrat votes.
I disagree.
We stopped the Bush/Kennedy/McCain legalization scheme by raising hell. We have Obamacare on the ropes right now by raising hell at the town hall meetings. The talk now on Cap & Trade is it is DOA. In recent years, public activism has brought far more political success for conservative, patriotic Americans than anything the Pubs have done.
Why should we stop a winning streak now?
What good does it do to win the elections, yet lose with the legislation? We won with GWB, yet we got more socialism & big gubmint with such things as “No child left behind”, the Patriot Act, & Prescription drugs benefits.
With Pubs increasingly becoming socialist-lite, electing a Pub is little more than choosing the lesser of 2 evils. McCain was the lesser of 2 evils in '08. Romney will likely be the lesser of 2 evils in '12. So elections solve nothing. They are little more than beauty pageants.
Americans are waking up to the fact that maintaining FREEDOM is a 24/7/365 obligation for every American. Gone are the days of electing a trusted representative who will uphold the will of his constituents. Nowadays, our reps. must be constantly reminded who they answer to.
No sir, I will not hold my tongue, & I will let my Reps. know the illegal aliens are ILLEGAL & should go home or be sent home ASAP. And I'm gonna SHOUT it if I feel it is necessary!
If you listen to the people, they are not just angry about the Health Care, they are angry about all of it. The democrats do much better when they are the underdog, this way they can whine. I knew the minute the curtain opened, they would show the country what they were truly about, and the majority of the country does not want what they are trying to sell. The majority of this country DOES NOT WANT to legalize millions of illegals. We live with the ramifications of illegal immigration. We see what it has done to our schools, communties, and overall quality of life. It won’t happen.
Exactly. The health care thing is just the last straw. From the day Obama was inaugurated, he’s been usurping power at an unprecedented, horrifying pace: Legalizing millions of illegals who will become loyal Democrats, TARP, czars who are accountable only to him, Cash for Clunkers, the Justice Dept. dropping charges against Black Pantehers, etc.,etc., etc.
Everyone who ever disagrees with obie One is a demagogue. I guess it’s a shorter word for ‘conservative.’
WHY IS IT......IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR......
IF YOU CROSS THE US BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET A DRIVERS LICENSE, SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, FREE HEALTH CARE, and ACORN counts you in the next census an enables you to vote.
WHO’S BRIGHT IDEA WAS THIS??????
(Americans must be stupid)
No, but their legislators are traitors.
America will continue to suffer as long as the Congress stays in session and is constituted by the gaggle of liberal pansies we continue to elect and send to DC.
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