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Obama: I've got 'five years' left to solve immigration
Politico44 ^ | 2/23/12 | BYRON TAU

Posted on 02/23/2012 11:28:49 AM PST by ColdOne

In an interview with Univision Radio, President Obama said that he has 'five years' left in his presidency to figure out issues like comprehensive immigration reform. Striking a confident note about his reelection prospects, Obama assured a largely Hispanic audience that he has not given up on getting an immigration bill done — one that would provide a pathway to citizenship.

"My presidency is not over," Obama told Univision's Eddie “Piolin” Sotelo "I’ve got another five years coming up. We’re going to get this done."

Obama also said that Hispanic voters would ultimately face an easy choice in deciding between him and the Republican nominee in November — emphasizing his support for comprehensive immigration reform and a pathway to citizenship.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Mexico; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; aliens; amnesty; bhofascism; border; cif; comprehensive; criminalaliens; criminalpresident; democrats; elections; illegelaliens; immigration; nobama2012; obama; obamaclock; obamatruthfile
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To: sickoflibs; DoughtyOne; Gilbo_3; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; Travis McGee; Lazamataz; All

Little Obammie never once gave it away....
Everybody had to pay & pay.....
A “hustle” here, and a “Hustle” there.....
Chicago is the place where...
He says hey babe!!.....take a walk on the debt side...
I said hey sugar.....take a walk on the debt side....
alright........


121 posted on 02/26/2012 12:01:12 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker; sickoflibs
...

and the wookies girl goes 'do, do-doot, do-doot, wa-rooooooar...

hope that wasnt racist...

122 posted on 02/26/2012 12:07:01 PM PST by Gilbo_3 (Gov is not reason; not eloquent; its force.Like fire,a dangerous servant & master. George Washington)
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To: Gilbo_3

You are hereby banned....suspended....and disemboweled!!!!


123 posted on 02/26/2012 12:10:26 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: Williams

Well, I took a good rest out in the sun and caught a glimpse of a Boy Scout troop “skipping” behind their troop leader.


124 posted on 02/26/2012 12:37:13 PM PST by FedsRStealingOurCountryFromUs
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To: Gilbo_3; stephenjohnbanker; sickoflibs; DoughtyOne
silly sjb...that would require principled work and coordination...something that the democracy of CONgress critters lack...

Don't forget courage. The GOP's plan seems to be to stall until the Left and voters get tired of big government.

This reminds me of Homer's Odyssey, in which a bunch of thugs moved in and took over Ulysses's house while he was in the war. So what does Penolope, (Ulysses's wife) do to get rid of the thugs who had taken over her house? She tells them she is knitting a shroud for her her husband, and will not choose a new husband until the shroud is finished, but she unweaves the shroud very night. The thugs finally learn of her trick, but Ulysses appears at the last moment and kills all of them.

Where is the GOP's Ulysses who will save us?

125 posted on 02/26/2012 1:24:24 PM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Fool me once, shame on you -- twice, shame on me -- 100 times, it's U. S. immigration policy.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

” The GOP’s plan seems to be to stall until the Left and voters get tired of big government. “

And I want to go to Heaven


126 posted on 02/26/2012 3:16:41 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; Gilbo_3; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne
While we are still bumping this thread, today I was doing something and remembered how Sen Graham-nesty went on TV Sunday shows and claimed he wanted the US constitution changed to end birth-right citizenship.
Haven't heard him mention it again have you?
That is because he only did it to help Dems rally Hispanics and others against a similar idea (as a new law) by making it a big joke. That showed me how despicable Graham-nesty is... like a traitor.

Every time I hear a candidate talk about changing the constitution I have to turn off the TV, it is so annoying.

127 posted on 02/26/2012 4:07:56 PM PST by sickoflibs (You MUST support the lesser of two RINOs or we all die!)
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To: sickoflibs; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; Gilbo_3; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne

L I K E a traitor? LOL!


128 posted on 02/26/2012 5:02:08 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: nathanbedford

See #125.

I was comparing Ulysses’s house to our government.


129 posted on 02/27/2012 6:11:40 AM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Fool me once, shame on you -- twice, shame on me -- 100 times, it's U. S. immigration policy.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker
In some cases, a GOP POTUS is more dangerous than a Dem, because the Senate GOP will oppose a Dem POTUS’s amnesty.

That's such an important point, that the font deserves to be red, larger, italicized, and emboldened.


George W. Bush was one of the best examples I can think of.  His relationship with the House and Senate qualify him as such.

A well meaning man that doesn't get it, is far worse than a rather devious man with little drive.

If a president on our side doesn't get it...

1. He won't push for rolling back Leftist policy
       a. when the Dems get control again, they start right where they left off...
       b. if he drives Leftist policy through, they can actually start off even further down the road to Leftist nirvana than where they left off...
       c. before we get control again, we're way farther down the road toward Leftist nirvana than when we left off, and then the process starts over again
2. He will push for at least some Leftist policy
        a. When this happens, there's no natural enemy of the policy
        b. the RINO president wants it
        c. the Republican controlled House doesn't object because his party is in charge
        d. the Republican controlled Senate doesn't object either because his party is in charge
3. Absolutely terrible legislation can be driven through with almost unanimous agreement
       a. the RINO president wants it
       b. his own party members will want to support him
       d. his natural enemies on the Left will be inclined to agree with the terrible Leftist policy because that's their bread and butter
4. The checks and balances of the two Congressional chambers will be reduced to only a few die-hard loyalists to Conservatism
       a. the vast majority of Republicans will vote for the terrible legislation
       b. the vast majority of the Democrats will vote for it
       c. even at the very best, enough RINO Republicans will support the president by peeling off to join Democrats in providing a majority in favor of the bad legislation

Absolutely abysmal national legislation supported by a Republlican President will amost certainly become law.

Look what has happened just since January 21st, 1997, with regard to our national debt.  I'm going to address the national debt, because it is perhaps the most clearly definable bell-weather stat we can point to that exemplifies exactly the dynamic we're discussing here.

When Clinton was sworn in, the national debt (Statement January 31st, 1997) was $5,227,348.  This was reported in millions, so that was actually $5.227 trillion dollars.
When Bush was sworn in, the national debt (Statement January 31st, 2001) was $5,636,375.  This was reported in millions, so that was actually $5.636 trillion dollars.
When Bush was sworn in the second time, the national debt (Statement January 31st, 2005) was $7,567,702.  This was reported in millions, so that was actually $7.568 trillion dollars.
When Obama was sworn in, the national debt (Statement January 31st, 2009) was $10,569,310.  This was reported in millions, so that was actually $10.569 trillion dollars.
As of last month under Obama (Jan 2012), the national debt (Statement January 31st, 2012) was $15,313,699.  This was reported in millions, so that was actually $15,314 trillion dollars.

With regard to fiscal matters, the adversarial Republican controlled House and Senate came down hard on the Clinton White House.  His second term, Nation Debt grew by 7.83%.1
You see folks, the Republicans can do much better things, when they adhere to sound principles.  Above they proved that against an adversarial White House.
Then the non-adversarial Republican controlled House and Senate relaxed fiscal policy on the Bush White House.  His first term, Nation Debt grew by 35.9%.1
The non-adversarial Republican controlled House and Senate continued their relaxed fiscal policy on the Bush White House.  His second term, Nation Debt grew by 38.0%.1
Summation, Bush Presidency: The non-adversarial Republican controlled House and Senate teamed up with Bush to blow out the nation debt by 87.5% over his two terms in office.1 & 2
        Some folks will look at the $4.933 trillion dollar debt growth under Bush and blame it all on the War on Terrorism.  I would urge folks not to go there.  Estimates I have studied, don't back this perception. See Footnote 2
Now under the Obama Presidency: The Republican controlled House continues to allow our president to accumulate debt at an alarming rate, 44.9% in just three years a/o Jan. 31st, 2012.1

As much as I may hate to address it this way, our nation is under attack from both political parties.  I gain no joy from stating this, but this is something we must face to turn things around.

We now have a time frame where we might be able to install a fiscal Conservative President, and have a House and Senate from his same party.  The problem is, After the Bush term and the abysmal actions on behalf of this Republican controlled House, how do you go out to the public and ask for full control of the House and Senate.  What do you base that on, the 44.9% growth the Republican majority House allowed under Obama over the last three years.

This leads me to my next big reason why a RINO at the helm is so dangerous.  He destroys the Conservative brand.  Speaker John Boehner and company have killed any chance we could have at claiming to be the party of fiscal Conservatives.

You take the one-two punch of a Boehner House of Representatives trailing a Bush melt-down going into another General election... and you've got one mell of a hess.

Obama has destoryed himself on the public stage.  So have we.  Our guys stood by and watched as he did whatever he wanted.  We don't really deserve to win this fall, but by the grace of God we may.  There should be absolutely no doubt about the outcome this November in a right-side up world.  We don't live in a right-side up world any longer.

RINOs tag teamed to bring this upon us.  Several presidents without a clue, and a Congress acting as their willing accomplice has brought us to this point.

We are adrift in a sea of political confusion, due to the actions of one man who couldn't get out of our own way.

We made one of the biggest mistakes in our nation's history, when our party solidified the nomination for president of the United States in 2000.

Look at what it led to.  The debt, the declining economy, nomination of the worst candidate in Republican history, the installation of the worst president in U. S. history...


Footnotes:

1. These growth percentage figures here should be referenced with respect to their relative value compared to the total national debt accrued since our nation's inception.   This much growth took place in four or eight years, compared to the national debt accumulated since our nation's inception, some 220+ years earlier through the approximate swearing in of each president.  These figures represent a staggering growth of Debt, so much so that it becomes an actual threat to our nation.
2.    2-01: Please don't be confused by trying to add 35.9% to 38.0%, to quickly find the percentage of national debt growth under Bush.  38% growth on $7.568 trillion is considerable more than 35.9% growth on $5.636 trillion.
        2-02: Some folks will look at the $4.933 trillion dollar debt growth under Bush and blame it all on the War on Terrorism.  I would urge folks not to go there.  Estimates I have studied, don't back this perception.

                        Reference: cost of WoT 01 cost of WoT 02 cost of WoT 03 cost of WoT 04 cost of WoT 05

01
CNN heralds a Congressional estimation that the cost of the WoT was going past the $1 trillion dollar mark

02 Congressional Research Service figures on the cost of the WoT
03
is CNN's effort to provide an estimate for costs for the War on Terrorism since it's inception, and also provides some intersting figures concerning costs as compared to GDPs
04 is the LAT effort circa 09/18/11 to address foreign and domestic spending on the WoT.  Even then with what I beleive are bloated numbers, they peg the WoT as accounting for only 25% of our increased debt
05 is an interesting tool, but specifics, the validation, and how it reached it's conlusions, are not there

There are much larger estimates of the cost of the WoT, but at the end of the day most of them are clearely Leftist efforts to discredit the war.  Other information inclued in some of them are startlingly anti-U.S., and I would caution folks not to get too wraped up in those figures.  If so, you'll be risking a big chance of buying lock stock and barrel the propaganda of the Left.

130 posted on 02/27/2012 11:28:43 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Abortion? No. Gov't heath care? No. Gore on warming? No. McCain on immigration? No.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Exactly right!


131 posted on 02/27/2012 11:29:43 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Abortion? No. Gov't heath care? No. Gore on warming? No. McCain on immigration? No.)
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To: DoughtyOne

“Now under the Obama Presidency: The Republican controlled House continues to allow our president to accumulate debt at an alarming rate, 44.9% in just three years a/o Jan. 31st, 2012.1”

Well written, and well researched!!


132 posted on 02/27/2012 12:03:31 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: hoagy62

You are reading way too much into it.

In 2008 at the conventions both Obama and McCain were introduced as the next President. The Republican candidates now are saying things like “on my first day in office”. It’s just campaign talk. Prizefighters do the same thing.

Alternately you could compare it to a man ill with cancer booking a family vacation for 6 months in the future, operating under the assumption that he will not die before then. ;)


133 posted on 02/27/2012 2:33:32 PM PST by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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