Michael Bender of the Palm Beach Post reported from a Barack Obama fundraiser at a local hotel where Obama railed against opponents of illegal immigration on radio and TV:
"A certain segment has basically been feeding a kind of xenophobia. There's a reason why hate crimes against Hispanic people doubled last year,'' Obama said. "If you have people like Lou Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh ginning things up, it's not surprising that would happen."
The Post noted that Obama also dismissed the notion that he would have a difficult time wooing Hispanic voters that Sen. Hillary Clinton and Republican Sen. John McCain have claimed as their own. "I'm confident that if the Latino community knows me well, they know my values, they know my stance on the issues, then they will know no one will fight more for things that matter to them,'' Obama said. Including amnesty?
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Obama's campaign is becoming a hate crime.
May 23, 2008 - 17:37 ET by CTCarbon Credits Smoke'em if you got'em!
And Who Commits Those Hate Crimes Against Hispanics?
May 24, 2008 - 02:07 ET by zeestephenSo far, no one here at NewsBusters, or at Freepers, or in the MSM, has asked the obvious question.
Who commits the most hate crimes against Hispanics?
Doing my best Dana Carvey imitation:
"Mmmm.....I don't know, could it be.....BLACK AMERICANS?"
This race crap is simply
May 23, 2008 - 17:42 ET by SchnikeysThis race crap is simply the only way the Dems can get votes. Rally the minorities and get every member of every one of their families to register and vote for Dem candidates.
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Grizzly Bear '08
Hey Obama...just remember
May 23, 2008 - 17:46 ET by bigtimerHey Obama...just remember Operation Chaos...you thought Rush was fine up until then.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill
He's sucking up to the
May 23, 2008 - 18:02 ET by mjgHe's sucking up to the Cuban-American's in Miami, what about his wanting to talk to Raul Castro? I wonder how many hispanic voters he will get if they know this.
I think Obama meant Harry Reid, not Rush and Dobbs, right?
May 23, 2008 - 18:03 ET by Gary HallI think Obama meant Harry Reid, not Rush and Dobbs, right?
"We the people," Sen. Obama, means that you need to at least try to understand how a strong majority of Americans feel about these issues. Perhaps we do need "change" - a change to someone who will listen - rather than at all costs push their own personal agenda.
Ya listenning?
Time To Organize the Gestapo
May 23, 2008 - 18:19 ET by deerjerkydaveSo, Rush is an accomplice to hate crimes? Time to lock him up and anybody who might agree. Ask your friend and neighbor, do you know anybody who might agree. Please tell your local public school authority. Yes, citizens may disapear and you never hear from them again, but it's necessary to save the planet and the children from Christian capitalism.
Our country is so doomed.
Boy, the Dems ought to get
May 23, 2008 - 19:44 ET by sshuffield70Boy, the Dems ought to get cracking on buolding the jails then. Otherwise we'll have 20,000,000 low level criminals getting out very early on good behavior. ;)
This is out of the Bill
May 24, 2008 - 07:17 ET by motherbeltThis is out of the Bill Clinton playbook.
Remember the Oklahoma City bombing?
I agree
May 24, 2008 - 09:15 ET by docbthis is a clinton ploy. I watched Lou Dobbs a couple of times because he professes to be an independent, but he is just into bashing at random about things that he has no apparent solutions for. I wonder how a man married to a hispanic lady could be against that group but maybe it is just AFAM's. Know nothing about Limbash..except he seems hell bent to help Hillery. He does sound like a racist when they clip him on the news!
Hunh?????
May 24, 2008 - 09:23 ET by expatriotI wonder how a man married to a hispanic lady could be against that group
What does being married to someone have to do with "being against that group"? If you are talking about ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS they could be from any country not only Mexico, Central American and South America. My wife is Irish and I don't support Irish illegal immigrants. Where do you stand?
KEEP TALKING
May 23, 2008 - 19:47 ET by Der AlteThe empty suit needs to keep talking. The more he does the better it will be for McCain!
It seems to me that obama
May 23, 2008 - 19:57 ET by RESTLESS 1It seems to me that obama hasn't the brains to go after Rush or Lou. From his website:
"Diplomacy: Obama is the only major candidate who supports tough, direct presidential diplomacy with Iran without
preconditions. Now is the time to pressure Iran directly to change their troubling behavior. Obama would
offer the Iranian regime a choice. If Iran abandons its nuclear program and support for terrorism, we will
offer incentives like membership in the World Trade Organization, economic investments, and a move
toward normal diplomatic relations. If Iran continues its troubling behavior, we will step up our economic
pressure and political isolation. Seeking this kind of comprehensive settlement with Iran is our best way to
make progress."
He had better figure out that these people don't talk.
Anybody know if the claim is true...
May 23, 2008 - 20:17 ET by JannyMae...that, "hate," crimes against hispanics doubled last year? I wouldn't know where to begin to find out, and I highly doubt it's true.
Gateway Pundit
May 23, 2008 - 20:25 ET by JannyMaeSays that the 2007 figures haven't been released yet. They posted the following figures
Anti-Hispanic Incidents in 2005 - 522
Anti-Hispanic Incidents in 2006 - 576
Sounds like Obama's factually challenged.
Well, duh...
May 23, 2008 - 20:57 ET by Tom1969caHe's running as a Democrat, isn't he...?
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Everyone is entitled to their own opinion; they are not, however, entitled to their own facts.
--Sen. D. Patrick Moynihan (D-NY)
I guess when the ol'
May 23, 2008 - 20:29 ET by Chris NormanI guess when the ol' intellectual argument bag is empty, there's always the emergency inflatable Rush doll to pin blame on.
He doesn't care either. In
May 23, 2008 - 21:46 ET by FoolicanHe doesn't care either. In fact, every time the Rush doll gets poked in any shape of form, it means more listeners and, thus, more money for him. If I were Rush I wouldn't be acting offended by this attacks, I'd be lying back in my Hammacher Schlemmer recliner, smoking a cigar and chuckling, "Let them come, let them come."
As a Hispanic I am offended
May 23, 2008 - 20:45 ET by rbosqueAs a Hispanic I am offended that Obama is using such a bogus statistics to belittle Rush. Second, I read somewhere that 13 Americans die each day at the hands of illegals. Where is the justice for them? Where are the race baiters?
If that figure is accurate,
May 23, 2008 - 20:53 ET by Hero SquadIf that figure is accurate, it means that illegals have killed at least five times more Americans than were killed in Iraq since the war started.
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"People only insist that a debate stop when they are afraid of what might be learned if it continues." - George Will
25 killed every day by illegals
May 24, 2008 - 09:36 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsSecond, I read somewhere that 13 Americans die each day at the hands of illegals.
Here are a couple links showing that number is actually closer to 25 a day, 12-13 people murdered by illegals plus 12-13 people killed by unlicensed/uninsured illegal drivers.
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Latino Voters
May 23, 2008 - 23:40 ET by Jerry MackUnfortunantly for Barry the Latino voters are not lock-step Dim voters. Here is something I once heard that applies to Barry : "I was going to vote for him until I got to know him."
This Crosses The Line
May 24, 2008 - 01:06 ET by doctorfixitBee Blogger
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This slimy little twat has crossed the line. He's a walking hate crime.
Obami has a rack of ears,
May 24, 2008 - 09:24 ET by ConservativeRexObami has a rack of ears, but he doesn't listen. Didn't he learn anything from Bill Clinton? No one ever got paid for saying Rush Limbaugh is the reason for this that or the other. Before it's all over Obami will be apologizing to Rush.
I honestly don't remember a presidential candidate who outright lies like he does. Not as blatant as this. At this point, I actually have to question his mental ability. He may just be cracking under the pressure. This country may actually vote a crazy man into office.