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President Obama discussed immigration reform, health care, and the economy during an interview on Univision's popular "Piolin por la Manana" radio program on Monday -- part of a White House effort to drive turnout among Latino voters.
"There is no place in the country where the Latino vote doesn't matter," the president told show host Eddie "Piolin" Sotelo.
Immigration reform dominated the interview on the syndicated program, which was taped Friday in Glendale, CA.
After a glowing introduction that incorporated clips from past Obama speeches, Sotelo joked that he would give the president a choice of topics to talk about it: A) immigration reform, B) immigration reform, C) immigration reform, or D) all of the above. He went on to say that many Hispanics were "disappointed" that the president had not been able to get comprehensive immigration reform legislation passed -- something he vowed to push for during the presidential campaign.
The president said he, too, was disappointed, but that he needed more Republican support to pass a bill, a common refrain from a White House that struggled to get major legislation -- like the health-care overhaul -- through the Senate despite having a majority.
"I have not backed off this issue," Obama said. "But -- somebody said the other day -- I'm president. I'm not king."
He said he would continue to push for passage of a comprehensive overhaul of the rules governing immigration, adding that getting such legislation through Congress was one reason next week's election was so important.
"If the Latino community decides to sit out this election, there will be fewer votes" for immigration reform, he said, explaining that people like Sharron Angle (R), the GOP Senate candidate in Nevada, were against reform.
The president slammed what he termed a "cynical" ad that ran in Nevada calling on Hispanics not to vote.
He defended increased deportations of illegal immigrants with criminal records and, in an effort to broaden the conversation, talked about how the health-care bill would help the Hispanic community and how changes the Democratic Congress has made to student loan programs were giving more Hispanic youth access to college.
On another key issue, the Dream Act, the president said it was important to make a "strategic decision" after talking to immigrant-rights groups and the congressional Hispanic Caucus about whether it made sense to pass a small piece of legislation dealing with the issue or try to include it in a larger bill that would address other issues of concern to the Hispanic community.
"Piolin por la Manana" airs in Spanish. The president's interview was conducted in English, and was followed by a discussion with Univision news Anchor Jorge Ramos in Spanish, meant to highlight the main takeaways for listeners.
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I take it back...immigration IS "red-meaty" enough...this topic always brings out the best in both camps...:)
...how many Mexicans does it take to change a lightbulb?
Just Juan! 8D
So Obama NOW is courting latinos and before that educated whites, women, gays, cubans, mexicans, blacks, illegal immigrants, students and [insert special interest group of the day Obama can funnel money and favors to to purchase votes the Chicago way].
Wouldn't it be nice if Obama stopped acting like an ELITIST BIGOT and just courted US CITIZENS?
Maybe he doesn't know how to GOVERN but only how to BUY SPECIAL INTEREST VOTES?
So republicans just court dumb white people is that what you are saying?
Or paid corporate interests for that, matter.
Republicans! Party of Whitey and Monied Interests~
Democrats! Party of Whitey's lawn service~
GOP Suppress the Latino Vote
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/39752192#39752192
Or Lord- everybody hide. Here come the cretin posts.....
Boo Mexico?
In case the Latino voters missed it, they are in the same position as the gay and lesbian community. That is, Mr. All Talk and No Action will address his campaign promises to them eventually, when he gets around to it, maybe after the mid terms, or, perhaps, in2013 if he gets re elected,
But, in all likelihood, probably not.
Ain't that the truth.
Kinda of like the pro life groups and Regan, G Bush and GW Bush, twenty years of republican presidents all talk and no action.
So Forrest agrees, Obama is all talk and no action. I wonder if all the Latinos that were promised immigration reform in his first year of office are ok with waiting for another few years... or forever.....
Not just them, the rest of us, for God's sake. This separate-and-inequal bull@!$%# is starting to get on my nerves.
yeah, save the world economy from collapse, pass hcr (attempted since the FIRST President Roosevelt), equal pay for women (attempted since Truman), renew our country's GI bill pledge, improve our (W-shatterred) standing in the world, all while ending combat in Iraq ahead of schedule, and encouraging our kids to stay in school (and then walking that talk by holding reading material right-side-up!)
people that say Obama didn't do enough in his FIRST 21 MONTHS crack me up...
He didn't stop the world from heating up. I'm therefore pissed.
Pres Obama will get DADT done; and he will continue trying to get immigration reform passed. Whether he does depends on whether or not the republicans are serious about solving the problem or if they prefer to continue bashing illegals every two years when elections roll around. Since they haven't been serious about solving any other problem, my guess is they prefer using immigrants as pawns in their political games.
It is amusing that the right complains about both these issues yet we know that if he had tackled them earlier, they'd be complaining he wasn't focused on the economy. HCR is part of our economic problems whether GOPers want to admit it or not.
When in the last two years have republicans been focused on the economy and unemployment? What have them done to help fix the mess the created? Nothing, absolutely nothing.
"Since they haven't been serious about solving any other problem, my guess is they prefer using immigrants as pawns in their political games."
Possibly. Much like Democrats use African Americans, women AND immigrants.
"When in the last two years have republicans been focused on the economy and unemployment? What have them done to help fix the mess the created?"
So, you're telling us that they should have voted FOR the stimulus that Obama passed but hasn't worked? Why? Is it so they could be blamed for voting for something that didn't work? They're just supposed to vote in lockstep with lockstep voting Democrats? Doesn't make sense Jody, sounds like you're trying to deflect failure onto those who opposed it, even though Obama and the Democrats passed just about everything.
I'm confused. Is this president and this congress a success or a failure?
SUCCESS. The stimulus worked; however, the underlying job losses in the economy are eclipsing the jobs created by the stimulus. One legitimate complaint is that the stimulus funds aren't being spent fast enough, but overall the stimulus is working.
Charles,
So the stimulus didn't stimulate business enough to keep from laying off as many as were hired.
Unemployment of 9.6 and unemployment of 9.6 a trillion/year later is "SUCCESS"?
Early Halloween, or scared dookieless about the election?
Sorry Charles, don't think so. There is no evidence that the stimulus created jobs. The best the administration can do is use terms like "saved" or "protected".
I know you can't speak for Jody, but if the stimulus is a success, why do you think she keeps blaming Republicans for messing it up somehow?
Richard, glad to see you. It gets a little daunting, being one of the few voices of reason on this site.
In case you hadn't noticed, "yes we can" has been replaced by "the stimulous worked".
You cannot reason with them, you cannot educate them. The DNC says it worked, and that is good enough for them. Unemployment? sluggish growth made up purely of government spending? Does not resonate.
The fact that OBAMA now admits that there is no such thing as a shovel ready job does not resonate.
They reason as children do-the proof that the Tooth Fairy exists is the quarter under their pillows.
Fortunately, the majority woke up from their media induced euphoria, and see Obama as the epic failure he is; unfortunately, it is two years too late. We now have three trillion in extra debt to pay off.
Okay, this is the long way around begging you to come back more often. There aren't that many of us on this site to hold down the fort.
no joe,
Tooth Fairy/quarter was a good one.
I enjoy Richard's stuff a lot also. I get the impression, that unlike the rest us, he has temporary bouts with sanity and manages to stay away.
Almost sorry about your damn Yankees, but as the Ranger's skipper says...........
(That's an actual quote. Maybe they have another Yogi)
Obama was in the senate therefore he knew there was no such thing as a shovel ready job. He knew he was spending an ernormos amount of money on pork and favors. He did it anyway. They should have come up with a real stimulus that might have actually helped the economy.
Say it ain't so no joe! You're a Yankee fan? I'll try to not hold that against you.
Bob, funny quote. I was watching one of the Rangers' wins with my son and at one point I said to him: "Why do I keep getting this image of Dave Chappelle in a Rangers uniform ducking into the manager's office and doing a couple of lines before the post game interview?"
Seriously, though, I'm glad Nolan Ryan kept him and he got his act together and that things have worked out the way they have. Redemption is always a wonderful complement to success.
Finally, I'm always happy to contribute when I can, but always keep in mind that it only takes two or three of us to hold down this fort.
Richard, bob & no jo - You're absolutely right; the stimulus didn't 'make it all better,' (in fairness, it was a pretty damn-large boo-boo that y'all left us to clean and bandage!) But nobody wishes the stimulus had been enough all by itself more than I do. This father of two young kids spent a lifetime on unemployment from December 2007 to March 2008. It sucks. Badly. And I was there for FOUR MONTHS. There are people - millions of 'em - that have been looking for work for 2 years now. That's because, despite every historical indicator...despite having the first small attempt (Nixon), and then the all-out implementation (Reagan) to look back on, (failed terribly both times) we STILL went back for one more GIANT-FAILURE cupful of the DEREGULATE-EVERYTHING-TRICKLE-DOWN KOOL-AID !!! You're not gonna live that down for a while...
I also understand both the history, (Pres's party loses seats at the 1st mid-term, especially if they control both houses,) and the politically hard-sell facing the Dems on the economy, ("It would've been ALOT worse without us" sucks as a bumper sticker.) But that is the fact of the matter. We acknowledge that we'll lose seats (but not majorities!) over it, and we keep moving forward.
Here's to a fun election week...and whoever wins, here's to that being OUR government for the next two years.
Sorry I'm late responding but according to the CBO the stimulus program saved or created up to 3.3M Jobs and lowered unemployment by up to 1.8 percentage points.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-25/obama-s-economic-stimulus-program-created-up-to-3-3-million-jobs-cbo-says.html
Is that not evidence? I the CBO not credible? Last I check the CBO doen't beleive in the tooth fairy.
"Obama courts Latino vote."
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Isn't it becomming more and more obvious every day Obama is a divisive vile racist?
Only to twerps like you.
Hey...try living in a Southern border state if you want to see examples of actual racism. The brand I witnessed up in New England doesn't even compare~
Telling people what they wanted to hear for political gain got Meg Whitman called a "wh@re"........................................hmmm, ironic
How sad that you folks can only see the world through racist-baiting glasses. Sadder still is the fact that you can't tell that the left is using you and will disgard you when its agenda is achieved. We're already seeing that what the government giveth, the government can easily take away. Think outside the racist-victim box and see the world in a whole new light.
Apolgize for the typo: that should read discard.
Although I disagree with your politics, I respect a person who cares about their spelling and grammar.
Radio Daze...Party Unity; 2010 style;
WPRO-AM: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Frank Caprio is livid after the Providence Journal reported Monday morning President Obama would not endorse Caprio during his visit to the state today.
"He can take his endorsement and really shove it", Caprio told John Depetro and the WPRO morning news. Caprio told WPRO he did not seek the President's endorsement and calls the snub Washington politics.
"We had one of the worst floods in the history of the United States a few months back and President Obama didn't even do a fly over of Rhode Island. He ignored us and now he's coming into Rhode Island and treating us like an ATM machine", said Caprio.
Posted on October 25, 2010
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/10/25/ri_gov_candidate_to_obama_take_your_endorsement_and_shove_it.html
I just want for everybody to understand who President Obama is catering to here. Google DEA Most Wanted to get a perspective on his constituancy.
What's Obeyme going to do? Put down a red carpet for the illegal aliens ?
The man has no shame. He has set about to turn one group of Americans against each other, and then acts as if legal and natural HIspanic Citizens are so much flotsam in his ever reaching power grab. Any Hispanic or Black who throws America under the bus for this man, is probably the reason this or any Country, is dysfunctional.
A warning of what Senator Harry Reid has in store for us, if he is reelected? An AMNESTY--for 13 to 20 million illegal aliens, with a price tag of 2.6 Trillion dollars to process each individual and subsidize their welfare programs, according to the Heritage Foundation. They send approximately $60 billion annually out of the country to their families, plus an estimate $113 billion dollars at the local level of government for public benefits. Harry Reid voted to continuously fund Sanctuary cities and States, so did Senator Barbara Boxer of California. Harry Reid and the majority of democrats crashed American-English as the recognized language of this country, and voted for illegal aliens to participate in our wilting Social Security System. Senator Reid, Boxer and the largest proportion of Lib-Democrats voted equally, to what top Democrats wanted every time. This is sheer madness when his Nevada has the largest proportion of jobless Americans, the highest rate of bankruptcies and home foreclosures. Another fact is that Reid voted yes, to continue public entitlements, including unemployment benefits to foreign nationals.
He must have turned senile when he states that there are no illegal aliens in Nevada, which is currently slipping into insolvency. In the last ten years Dem-Libs have failed to complete the real paired fence along the length of the border with Mexico, but sued Arizona for trying to defend its citizens from overflow of monetary illegal aliens, criminals and even foreign grown terrorists. Senator Reid, along with Barbara Boxer challenged E-Verify, the local policing law 287 (G) yet pushing to award tuition to children of illegal aliens for a college and state universities education, when American students cannot even afford the escalating fees. GOOGLE--"On the issues" website, and then decide your voting preference. In addition GOOGLE—illegal alien costs. I'm a Tea Party Blogger, Independent voter and will be watchful of organizations canvassers’ similar to ACORN, which registered illegal aliens to vote, as well as deceased people and even fictitious people living in vacant lots. GOOGLE--Voter fraud, it's a crime against US citizens and naturalized Americans. Incidentally Tea Party people do not genuflect to either party and are strongly opposed to either ideologies.
Casca;Are you kidding? the tea party get real. Iam a independent and i've already voted,democrat all the way,why because they have no ideologies just jump on the band wagon & tell all these fearful folks just what they want to hear.there all bought just like most of them,whos promoting them? thats right no one knows & i mean no one,scares me & should scare the he-- out of all of us.
I perfer a Hispanic gardener who at least makes the yard look beautiful without bitching and complaining over the likes of you narrow minded, bigoted, not to mention really boring and under educated conservatives who offer society very little. Nothing seems to stop you from wining continually that you didn't get yours and everyone elses portion. Were you not breast feed or something? Jesus, can you give it a break for awhile?
Why is it wrong for the President to court Latino voters? They are citizens and have the same right as other citizens to vote in their own best interests. It is those unidentified wealthy contributers to Republican candidates that worry me!
crackers :/
Libtards just love to place the race card n these posts, that is of course if they aren't playing the class card.
Illegal is illegal. There is no reforming a law that requires proper steps to be citizens. If you come into this country illegally, do not think OBlunder will pass an executive order and make you legal. He risks the IRE of the nation if he does, and a populace already lusting for his impeachment.
If you do not know what IRE means, it only shows you care not to learn the language of this country or the fact that July 4th and not May 5th is Independence day in USA.
Jennifer....... your comments are hateful, vile, and uncalled for. You are displaying the true traits of a liberal...... read your own comments and tell me who's bigoted and who's comments reek of under education......
Mike Crystal, I agree with you. Why does there have to be reform? Why can't the existing law regarding illegal immigration be upheld? I have absolutely no problem with Hispanics, or any other immigrants if they are here legally and are law abiding citizens. Continually making exceptions to our laws to be politically correct is ruining this country. Our current administration is trying to make us "World Citizens" at the expense of being American Citizens. And the left extremist liberals are all but taking over the Democratic Party, whose sole purpose is to push this country further and further toward socialism. As an Independent voter, I have voted both Democrat and Republican in the past, however I can no longer, in good faith vote Democrat when their underlying convictions (pushed by the liberals) seek to destroy the very fabric of this country. Conversely, I think the Republican Party views are all over the board now, from RINOS to those who are on the extreme right. And while I do agree with some of the fundamental beliefs of the Tea Party, they too seem a bit out there on some of the issues. The only real credit I can give to the Tea Party is that they've helped wake up some of the people who'd become complacent about politics and the direction this nation is headed. My hopes are that come Nov. 2nd, people have educated themselves enough on the issues and candidates to make informed decisions versus just voting along party lines because it's the easy thing to do.........
I have never taken welfare. I gotta go to work but yuo are entitled to your openion.
Jennifer, I really need to correct you on something......... where you state, regarding Conservatives: "Nothing seems to stop you from wining continually that you didn't get yours and everyone elses portion." That is right out of the Liberal playbook Jennifer. It's the liberals who typically want the welfare programs, universal healthcare, and all the free handouts, while stealing from the rich to give to the poor. It's the conservatives who believe in working for what they have and don't agree with the free handouts.
I have known alot of people in my life and so far what I have found is that 99% of those people go to work and try to be good citizens. I think that people take handouts or what ever you call it when they are unemployed and cannot feed their kids. Tax breaks to the rich could be considered a handout but you would call that an incentive to create more jobs. I don't take welfare, I go to work and work very hard. I believe that education should not be for just the rich. I also believe that affordable healthcare for our children in not ah welfare program. God help you if this counstry falls into a depression. It will be your ilk who will be unable to survive because you do not understand that we must all be concrned for the welfare of one another.
Let us get clear, when the GOP state that they want less government, what they really mean is that they want NO government and more Corporate Rule, because government will get in the way of their schemes!
They pretend they want to lower taxes for the American people all the while knowing that the loopholes they put in place for the wealthy means that Corporations and wealthy Americans pay very little taxes or No taxes at all, which means Average Americans have to carry and Shoulder all the tax burden.
The GOP/Tea Party want to reduce Social Security benefits and/or tie Social Security to the stock market. They want to reduce the benefits going to our Verterans; they want no regulation of Wall Street, banks, insurance/credit card companies; They want no spending on America’s "Aging" roads, streets, corroded sewersystem and infra-structure and aging rail roads. They want to do away with a free public education(to further “dumb-down” Americans)! They continue to say No to any Investment in America (water, air, clean technology) and her people. However, they don’t mind Spending millions of dollars on Wall Street stocks and bonds, phony ponzi schemes and real-estate deals, They look on and say No, while America further continues to decay into a third-world country. The Simple & Awful truth, is that Republicans do not want and they Fear a government for the people and by the people. Their desire is for America to go back to the times when the rich get richer and the poor get poorer! That’s what they are fighting for, not for average Americans, but for their greedy way of life and for power. They will say anything and do anything to hold onto this power!
What the Republicans Really Don’t Want You To Get Educated On!
http://www.youtube.com/watch...
What is not covered in the article is the President called 60 million Republican Americans "the enemy" of the Latino community.
Bush was chided for saying " you're with us or you're with the terrorists"
Now my President is calling Americans "the enemy"????