Criticism Was Wrong

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Shame on our Congress and our president.

President Obama quite properly honored the Mexican president’s recent visit with a state dinner and an invitation for him to address a joint session of Congress. However, it was not proper for our president and members of Congress to give him a standing ovation when he criticized Arizona’s new immigration law.

The law is an attempt by Arizona to bring some order to their state, which has been overrun by hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants. This has caused a great drain on Arizona’s educational, medical and law facilities, and they are getting very little help from our federal government to stop this flow of illegal immigrants.

President Obama and Congress should be supporting our home team rather than the opposition.

David Lain

Vass

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jamjam 2 years, 11 months ago

thats right!!!!!!

OldSpook 2 years, 11 months ago

I agree with Mr. Lain, Obama and his congress are embarrassments to American's with this stunt. At minimum, I would have expected the members of congress to walk out on the address followed by a strong letter of protest to Obama. This provides us with yet another reason to vote the misdirected parasitic leeches out of office in November.

blessherheart 2 years, 11 months ago

I agree Drazil.

fatboy 2 years, 11 months ago

Mr. Lain, Don't be surprised at the way Obama praises other leaders and puts this country down. That's just his M.O. Hopefully, the rest of the country will see what an embarrassment he and his cabinet are and voice their dissatisfaction at the next election.

BigE 2 years, 11 months ago

You can always go to war, create animosity, hate, distrust, and death or you can use diplomacy, create friends, and partnerships. The first way creates perpetually developing enemies and an unsustainable burden of debt while the latter opens the door to dialogue and problem solving. A wise man once told me that you want people rooting for your success, not your failure. Under Bush, a lot of the world was hoping for our failure.

The problem for President Obama is that a large number of the citizens of our country don't understand him and he is not doing a super job of communicating to the masses on a level they can comprehend.

CJ 2 years, 11 months ago

David, I agree 100%. What is wrong with this country? People have lost their minds and just believe that anyone can come here, pay NO taxes, get all the government benefits, not even speak English and its OK. Guess what? you can't even live in Mexico like that!! They have tougher rules than we do, but yet people are screaming about actually having rules to live by.

FaithinUSA 2 years, 11 months ago

Drazil65 you are right on, BUT also the socialistic programs in the ol USofA that have been born in the past 50 years has also helped to breed this problem. Lets see I have no job in Mexico, I have no health care in Mexico, I live in a shack in Mexico, I have no car in Mexico but my cousin Juan in USA says all this is free to me if I just sneak across the border to the Ustados Unidos. And if they try to send us back we will protest and riot and they wont do anything about it unless we join the Tea Party.(had to add that) I dont know about you people BUT I cant get a job without my SS card if you want them to go home quit employing them, quit giving out free medical care to non Americans unless its life threatening then send the bill(s) to Mexico and their President and see if he doesn't stop the border crossings.

None 2 years, 11 months ago

Can u and everyone else let up on Obama. Never in the history of all the presidents has people been so hypercritical of one individual as this current president. The people and the media has been super critical of this man and his administration and there have been presidents have done graeter harm to us and this country if the president was not of color what he does now would not make a difference.

fatboy 2 years, 11 months ago

Dear nbmoore, please read the letter to the editor at the top of this page. It addresses the fact that the president gave a standing ovation to the president of Mexico for criticizing the new Arizona immigration law. If he had listened to his military advisors and acknowledged the fact that radical Muslems are entering the US through Mexico, along with Mexican citizens, he may have been more responsive to the cries from Arizona. The influx of illegals coming into this country is burdening the taxpayers and our security is being compromised. From your comment, it appears that you are more in support of Obama and the Congressional Liberals who gave the standing ovation, than you are of the LEGAL citizens of Arizona, and the rest of the people who share this financial burden.

dogboy 2 years, 11 months ago

.....ncmoore, playing the race card is being overly simplistic.

artgeek 2 years, 11 months ago

Well said Mr. Lain. Thanks for your thoughts.

dustyrhoades 2 years, 11 months ago

From the right wing lexicon: "Playing the race card"= pointing out the existence of actual racism.

buddysmith 2 years, 11 months ago

It is amazing to me how some people use a race issue when one disagrees with Obama. Am I suppose to blindly follow the fool because I dont want to appear racist? That is an insult to any American with any sense of political knowledge. Obama is the worst president this country has ever had. We have been basically leaderless since he took office, greater in debt, and the weakest we have ever been. I voted for him, I bought the garbage he was selling. I thought maybe with a Democratically controlled government things may change for the better. WOW, I cant explain what I was thinking. I didnt vote for Obama because he was of color, and I am not going to refrain from critisizing him because he is of color. Change we can believe in? How about change in our pockets left to live on! After 2012 maybe Obama should follow his true calling in life. A salesman!!!! He could get rich with the way he operates!!!

Ross 2 years, 11 months ago

buddysmith - to be honest I would rather be "leaderless" than suffer through the bush years again.

You and others like you have given him less than 2 years to clean up the enormous mess left by bush. I wonder how loud your criticism was back then! Seems to me the word "fool" would be more aptly applied to "you"!

newstime 2 years, 11 months ago

You're absolutely right Mr. Lain.

pinewoodnc 2 years, 11 months ago

What I don't understand is why this administration continues to condemn the Arizona bill when it appears that a good percentage of the people in this country agree and other states are trying to pass similar bills.

What don't they understand about "illegal." I can only imagine how the people who have come into this country legally and have learned the language and did whatever was required to become US citizens must feel when all these illegals pour in and then protest against any action that would identify them and cause deportation. These individuals have no rights in this country.

I also agree on the fact that the illegals come into this country and then can receive free medical care where American born citizens are denied. I know that the illegals can get Medicaid. We reward criminal behavior.