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Originally Posted by MK Ultra
He's just pandering to his ultra-left base and the hispanic groups, this is all about 2016 and really has nothing to do with immigration.
If he really wanted reform he would have given the new congress a deadline to pass a bill under the threat of executive action if they didn't, all this is doing is getting the base ginned up and guaranteeing that there will be some ultra-right republicans frothing at the mouth that he can point to and say "see how much they hate you immigrants?"
Poll: 48 percent of Americans oppose immigration executive action
I hate all these scumbag politicians, there really needs to be a gallows outside the capitol building.  |
The move is partly altruistic...partly political.
He wants to give the Republicans a chance to make themselves look bad, which they most surely will do because they can't help themselves. They're very skilled at it, in fact. Just look at the Obamacare lawsuit they're finally putting into action.
They're going to spend the next 2 years ensuring they don't get back into the White House. I honeslty wish they would get their act together, because the government can't function when one side is guided by special interest groups like Heritage Action. They're responsible for the government shutdown last year, and they'll be responsible for the shutdown that happens over immigration. Boehner really has no choice.
I don't agree with Obama taking this path, but we all know that congress will do nothing -- and they've been given more than a chance to be the heroes in this situation. The bill has been sitting in the House for over 500 days but Heritage won't let them take a vote on it because they're afraid it might pass.