At some point, someone has to ask a simple question: What has this guy Obama done to merit such "a blind love" from so many Hispanics?
Here is the answer: The love is not based on results or anything that he has done to make things better for the Hispanic population.
Over the years, Pres BO has carried the water of the labor unions. He certainly did in 2007 when he was one of the Dems who introduced the amendments who killed the "work visas" included in the Kennedy-McCain immigration bill.
As president, Pres BO did not lift a finger to push immigration reform when he had 60 votes in the US, or the super majority that made any GOP objection totally irrelevant.
Don't take my word for this. Read Ruben Navarrette, an honest Hispanic journalist who is not buying Obama-mania:
"Obama tends to forget that, while in the Senate, he supported -- at the
behest of organized labor -- a "poison pill" amendment intended to kill
bipartisan attempts at comprehensive immigration reform. And, as
president, he failed to make reform a top priority, as he promised
Latinos he would."
Today, The Dallas Morning News has an editorial on Pres BO's unilateral, and in my opinion unconstitutional, executive decree about granting a legal status to the "dreamers".
The editorial does make this point:
"The truth is that Obama has not done nearly enough to advance
immigration reform. His record does not begin to approach his
predecessor, George, W. Bush, who was both active and progressive on
this front."
Let me go further.
Pres Bush, and Sen McCain, had the courage to put their idea to a vote in Congress. Some may agree or disagree with the bill but it was done correctly or thorough the constitutional system that we operate under.
Let me ask again: What has this guy done to merit such affection, and even blind love?
It must be a personality cult because there is nothing behind the rhetoric.
No one has done less to advance the interests of Hispanics than Pres BO. Nevertheless, he continues to receive blind support.
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