The Unablogger
In a high-profile Rose Garden appearance in June, President Obama promised to announce by the end of summer unilateral measures on so-called immigration reform (i.e., amnesty for illegal aliens) if Congress did not enact immigration reform legislation. But this weekend, at the urging of vulnerable Democrat senators and congressmen, the Administration announced that it would delay taking such executive action until after November congressional elections.
The political purpose of the delay is avoid having voters react to the imposition of amnesty in the November mid-term elections. With voters overwhelmingly opposed to amnesty, that reaction would be overwhelmingly against Democratic candidates.
Democrats’ cynical, simplistic theory is that voters won’t be outraged by what hasn’t happened yet on Election Day, and that otherwise unmotivated conservative voters won’t find the urgency to vote in the mid-terms. Obama and his political advisers think voters are too stupid to figure out that his outrageous action on amnesty will still occur anyway, right after the election, when it will be too late for voters to react. That’s what “until after November congressional elections” is all about. “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!”
Conservatives need to make sure that their like-minded friends, relatives and co-workers are aware that Obama plans to impose amnesty by executive order, without approval of Congress, and of the Democrats’ sneaky plan to hide their true intent.
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