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Obama: I shouldn't have used the word 'enemies'
By David Jackson, USA TODAY
Updated 2010-11-02 9:25 AM
backing off a previous comment in which he appeared to cast Republicans as "enemies."
"I probably should have used the word 'opponents' instead of 'enemies,'" Obama told radio host Michael Baisden.
Last week, in an interview with Univision radio, Obama urged Hispanic votes for Democrats, and said: "If Latinos sit out the election instead of, 'we're going to punish our enemies and we're going to reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us' -- if they don't see that kind of upsurge in voting in this election, then I think it's going to be harder."
Obama: I shouldn't have used the word 'enemies'