By Steve Sailer
01/29/2014
Kevin Drum points out that Obama barely mentioned amnesty in his lengthy State of the Union address. Here’s the relatively terse heaping of tripe that the President delivered:
Finally, if we are serious about economic growth, it is time to heed the call of business leaders, labor leaders, faith leaders, and law enforcement — and fix our broken immigration system. Republicans and Democrats in the Senate have acted. I know that members of both parties in the House want to do the same. Independent economists say immigration reform will grow our economy and shrink our deficits by almost $1 trillion in the next two decades. And for good reason: when people come here to fulfill their dreams — to study, invent, and contribute to our culture — they make our country a more attractive place for businesses to locate and create jobs for everyone. So let’s get immigration reform done this year.
Apparently, America needs more immigrants so more businesses will "locate." Or something. I don’t think Obama is even trying to make sense here. He just wants to check this off his box so he can report back to the special interests that he mentioned it in the SOTU.
But he mostly he doesn’t want voters who don’t like him to notice he’s all for amnesty. With Republican politicians winding up to stab Republican voters in the back, the last thing Obama wants to do is get between them.
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