Laura Ingraham said Obamas comments about punishing our enemies was not something the man occupying the Oval Office should say and called it un-presidential on Good Morning America. By Kate McCarthy
Oct 27, 2010 9:22am
Not Presidential? Ingraham Blasts Obama for Enemies Comment
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Laura Ingraham said Obamas comments about punishing our enemies was not something the man occupying the Oval Office should say and called it un-presidential on GMA this morning.
He is the president, George. He is the president of all the people, she told me.
President Obama told Univision recently,If Latinos sit out the election instead of saying, Were going to punish our enemies and were going to reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us, if they dont see that kind of upsurge in voting in this election, then I think its going to be harder.
I know that everyone is rough and tumble in this campaign. But he is still the president, Ingraham said. And the fact of the matter is there is a national revolt going on against many of the policies that he and Nancy Pelosi pushed through against the will of the people, number one health care reform. That is not an enemy of the country those are the people of the country.(10.27.2010)
Not Presidential? Ingraham Blasts Obama for ‘Enemies’ Comment - ABC News
And by enemies, President Obama means fellow Americans who dont agree with his liberal policies. The NYTimes reports (emphases mine):
In a radio interview that aired on Univision on Monday, Mr. Obama sought to assure Hispanics that he would push an immigration overhaul after the midterm elections, despite fierce Republican opposition.
If Latinos sit out the election instead of saying, Were gonna punish our enemies and were gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us, if they dont see that kind of upsurge in voting in this election, then I think its gonna be harder and thats why I think its so important that people focus on voting on November 2.
Referring specifically to Republicans such as Senator John McCain, who are stressing border security and supporting strict immigration laws like Arizonas anti-illegal immigration measure, Mr. Obama said, Those arent the kinds of folks who represent our core American values.
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Yup. President Obama who was supposed to heal the country's divisions just called some Americans "enemies." Guess which ones? Republicans. Yup. Enemies.
Kathryn Jean Lopez asks: "Did the President of the United States Describe Some Americans as Enemies?"
Via The Hill:
Latino voters, the president said, would have an opportunity to send a message to Republicans, who Obama accused of politicizing immigration reform and the border security debate. Obama said pressure has to be put on the Republican Party if immigration reform is to become a reality.
And if Latinos sit out the election instead of saying, were gonna punish our enemies and were gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us, if they dont see that kind of upsurge in voting in this election, then I think its gonna be harder and thats why I think its so important that people focus on voting on November 2, he said.
This is the President who doesn't call the Taliban an enemy but anyone who's against amnesty is an enemy of Latinos?
This is so wrong on many levels in that the country is at war and The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES is calling half the country "enemies." And it's also playing to the racial divides which harm this country. I can't get over how awful this is. It puts the party label over that which unites us which should be that we're all Americans.
President George Washington warned of the dangers of political parties. He warned:
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries, which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of Public Liberty.
Creative Minority Report: Obama Calls Republicans "Enemies."
