Thread: Obama: I'm not walking away from immigration reform

By Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON | Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:38pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama assured Hispanics on Wednesday he was not walking away from immigration reform while expressing disappointment that he had not delivered on a 2008 promise to overhaul U.S. policy.

Obama, a Democrat who is ramping up his rhetoric against Republicans ahead of November 2 congressional elections, said only cooperation from both parties would allow reforms to advance.

He blamed Republicans for backing away from reform and urged Hispanics -- an important and growing voting bloc -- to continue giving him the support they gave during his presidential campaign.

"Now, I know that many of you campaigned hard for me, and understandably you're frustrated that we have not been able to move this over the finish line yet. I am too," he told a gala dinner for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, referring to immigration reform.

"But let me be clear: I will not walk away from this fight. My commitment is getting this done as soon as we can. We can't keep kicking this challenge down the road."

Immigration reform was one of a list of campaign promises Obama sought to realize after taking over the White House in 2009. But the issue largely fell behind other policy priorities such as healthcare and financial reform.

Obama blamed Republicans for slow progress on the issue and, putting a spin on his "Yes we can" campaign slogan, said the opposition party had adopted a platform of "no se puede" which, translated from Spanish, means roughly "No we can't."

"Is that a bumper sticker you want on your car?" he said.

Republicans, who could win majorities in both houses of Congress in November, stress that the United States has to secure its borders before tackling immigration reform on a broader scale. A Republican-controlled Congress would make it more difficult for Obama to achieve his policy goals.

Obama said disappointed supporters should keep pressuring him and his party to advance reform, but he urged them to stick with Democrats.

"You have every right to keep the heat on me and keep the heat on the Democrats, and I hope that you do," he said.

"But don't forget who is standing with you, and who is standing against you. Don't ever believe that this election coming up doesn't matter. ... Don't forget who your friends are."
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68F06H20100916

This man is an amateur, scumbag, lying, race baiting panderer. It's almost like someone took all the worst things that a politician could be and threw them into a blender, took them out and made BHO.

Originally Posted by TexasBorn

This man is an amateur, scumbag, lying, race baiting panderer. It's almost like someone took all the worst things that a politician could be and threw them into a blender, took them out and made BHO.

Well said TB! Obummer is the king of all race baiters. And why not, he learned from the best of them, Farrakhan, Sharpton, Wright, etc.

We 'ain't' giving up either Mr President!

Originally Posted by NoBueno

Originally Posted by TexasBorn

This man is an amateur, scumbag, lying, race baiting panderer. It's almost like someone took all the worst things that a politician could be and threw them into a blender, took them out and made BHO.

Well said TB! Obummer is the king of all race baiters. And why not, he learned from the best of them, Farrakhan, Sharpton, Wright, etc.

I tried and waited to give BHO the benefit of the doubt after he was elected. He has turned out WORSE than what anyone could have imagined. He is dangerous and anti-American.

I just wish he would go on a long vacation or get laryngitis, or something, anything! Anything thats NOT related to him acting like being Americas commander and chief. Sheesh! And hide his pens for Gods Sake.

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Originally Posted by TexasBorn

This man is an amateur, scumbag, lying, race baiting panderer. It's almost like someone took all the worst things that a politician could be and threw them into a blender, took them out and made BHO.

Suing Americans to aid and abet illegal immigrants, disgusting for a potus utterly disgusting

Originally Posted by TexasBorn

This man is an amateur, scumbag, lying, race baiting panderer. It's almost like someone took all the worst things that a politician could be and threw them into a blender, took them out and made BHO.

YOU ARE SO RIGHT AND THIS FOOL SHOULD NOT BE MAKING PROMISES TO THESE PEOPLE THAT HE KNOW IS NOT FOR HIM TO DELIVER ON. HE IS GOING TO LISTEN TO HISPANICS WHILE HE IGNORES THE WILL OF WE THE PEOPLE. THE ONLY CURE FOR THIS JACK@SS IS A SURE AND SWIFT IMPEACHMENT. OBAMA HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A ****UP FROM DAY ONE

Reid and Obama are cut from the same cloth. Both whining and pleading for the Hispanic vote. They are like zombies spouting the LaRaza montra.