Are Americans who oppose the policies of the Obama administration enemies of the president and by extension the state? Obama seems to think so. In a shocking audio clip captured at The Blaze, the president can be heard telling an unidentified interlocutor that
[i]f Latinos sit out the election instead of saying, ‘We’re gonna punish our enemies and we’re gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us’ … then I think it’s gonna be harder. [Emphasis added]
So much for the antiquated notion that the president of the United States is elected to serve all Americans, and not just those who voted for him or accept his current views.
In a separate address to an audience in Rhode Island, Obama made a similarly outrageous statement. Drawing upon his tired “car in the ditch” metaphor for perhaps the ten thousandth time, he told voters that now that progress has been made[!],
we can't have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back.[Emphasis added]
At least the president deserves credit for openly admitting that he views those in opposition to his policies as second-class citizens. During the year-long debate on health care reform, he forced the Republican minority in Congress to “sit in the back,” refusing to entertain even one of their ideas, then accused them of obstructionism when he couldn’t cobble together enough votes from his own party to get the bill using approved measures.
When George W. Bush sat in the Oval Office, opponents of his policies obscenely burned the president in effigy, then excused their actions by claiming that dissent is the highest form of patriotism. Now we are told by no less than the president himself than even peaceful dissent is a no-no. Disconnect, anyone?
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This can't be right. Dumocrats don't believe in a double standard. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Once again the "great uniter" proves himself to be the most divisive, classless President in American history. I never agreed with his politics but thought he was a likable guy as probably a lot of Americans did. He's turned out to be such a condescending, dishonest, egotistical, extreme left wing partisan ideologue. Frankly he scares me and I fear for our country. God Bless America
It's very simply, really. If you're liberal and you criticize the government, you're a patriot. If you're conservative or independent and criticize the government, you're a racist or worse.
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