Obama, "Illegals can vote"

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"When you vote you are a citizen yourself."
Because only citizens can vote.
Because illegals cannot vote.
Her question was strange. His answer was spot on.___________________________________________
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Just heard of a co-workers friend who early voted by mail for Trump, then went to early vote in person and was arrested. Thank goodness there are protections in place to make voter fraud non-existent. phewWouldn't it be funny if the world ended in 2010, with lots of fire?0
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Good to know that some rules are still enforced, well only for the non-connected I guess.0
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hell, I've voted 7 times already. and I'm canadian. Pays to be a left-leaning member of the pearl jam fanclub.
membership has its priveleges.
dems for world domination!!!By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0 -
obama and I have a good laugh at this every time I visit him on weekends in kenya.By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0
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I dislike the term illegal, in this context.
Have a wonderful day everyone.
Edit: forgot to add the smiley facePost edited by Boxes&Books on0 -
The clip that aired on Fox, though, did not include Obama’s follow-up remarks, in which the president said, “If you have a family member who maybe is undocumented, then you have an even greater reason to vote.”
“This has been a huge fear presented especially during this election,” Rodriguez noted.
Obama than added: “And the reason that fear is promoted is because they don’t want people voting. People are discouraged from voting and part of what is important for Latino citizens is to make your voice heard, because you’re not just speaking for yourself. You’re speaking for family members, friends, classmates of yours in school… who may not have a voice. Who can’t legally vote. But they’re counting on you to make sure that you have the courage to make your voice heard.”By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0 -
HughFreakingDillon said:
The clip that aired on Fox, though, did not include Obama’s follow-up remarks, in which the president said, “If you have a family member who maybe is undocumented, then you have an even greater reason to vote.”
“This has been a huge fear presented especially during this election,” Rodriguez noted.
Obama than added: “And the reason that fear is promoted is because they don’t want people voting. People are discouraged from voting and part of what is important for Latino citizens is to make your voice heard, because you’re not just speaking for yourself. You’re speaking for family members, friends, classmates of yours in school… who may not have a voice. Who can’t legally vote. But they’re counting on you to make sure that you have the courage to make your voice heard.”
Man, I don't want to get into this discussion.
Did Obama mention the taco trucks? That really gets out the vote.0 -
You go, Hugh!HughFreakingDillon said:hell, I've voted 7 times already. and I'm canadian. Pays to be a left-leaning member of the pearl jam fanclub.
membership has its priveleges.
dems for world domination!!!"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
Unless your a first nations person, your living on stolen land and your all immigrants...I have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon0 -
I say this all the time to people. not once have I received a non-eye-rolled response.lukin2006 said:Unless your a first nations person, your living on stolen land and your all immigrants...
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Nobody is disputing legal immigration.lukin2006 said:Unless your a first nations person, your living on stolen land and your all immigrants...
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HughFreakingDillon said:
I say this all the time to people. not once have I received a non-eye-rolled response.lukin2006 said:Unless your a first nations person, your living on stolen land and your all immigrants...
Well I for one will not roll my eyes at you ...HughFreakingDillon said:
I say this all the time to people. not once have I received a non-eye-rolled response.lukin2006 said:Unless your a first nations person, your living on stolen land and your all immigrants...
I have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon0 -
I roll my eyes because it isn't a fair analogy. Because my ancestors came here legally and went through Ellis Island, that means we should ignore all immigration laws and just let anyone in and vote? Or rewind a few hundred more years to the first pilgrims, and say how unfair it is we inhabited their land. Sure, we didn't do it in the right way, but what does that have to do with current immigration laws with a country that we established on this land that was previously occupied by people stuck in the stone age?HughFreakingDillon said:
I say this all the time to people. not once have I received a non-eye-rolled response.lukin2006 said:Unless your a first nations person, your living on stolen land and your all immigrants...
There are still lots of legal immigrants to the US, and lots become citizens and vote. I don't see what that has to do with allowing people to do it illegally.0 -
his comment has nothing to do with voting. it was a general comment basically saying we are the descendents of immigrants and want to close the door on others. i was responding to that. I see email chains and facebook posts starting up, oh, right about now, about "keep christ in christmas" "fuck happy holidays! you don't like it! go back to your country" type bullshit.mace1229 said:
I roll my eyes because it isn't a fair analogy. Because my ancestors came here legally and went through Ellis Island, that means we should ignore all immigration laws and just let anyone in and vote? Or rewind a few hundred more years to the first pilgrims, and say how unfair it is we inhabited their land. Sure, we didn't do it in the right way, but what does that have to do with current immigration laws with a country that we established on this land that was previously occupied by people stuck in the stone age?HughFreakingDillon said:
I say this all the time to people. not once have I received a non-eye-rolled response.lukin2006 said:Unless your a first nations person, your living on stolen land and your all immigrants...
There are still lots of legal immigrants to the US, and lots become citizens and vote. I don't see what that has to do with allowing people to do it illegally.
them "stuck in the stone age" gave no one the right to slaughter them and steal their land.
"didn't do it the right way" is the understatement of the last 200 years.By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0 -
bootlegger10 said:
Nobody is disputing legal immigration.lukin2006 said:Unless your a first nations person, your living on stolen land and your all immigrants...
LMFAO ... you just don't get it do you? You, your and my ancestors are living on stolen land, period. How hard is that to understand, thats why I don't give a shit about Obama being the first black president or Clinton being the first woman president means shit to me, absolutely nothing ... want to impress me, when a first nation person become president then I'll be impressed, until then you, me and any non first nations person is living on stolen land...so whenever I get a chance I will always encourage our governments to properly engage our first nations people's and get on with the business of dealing respectfully with our first nations people. At least here in Canada our first nations are a thought for our politicians during elections, then their needs become an afterthought as usual...mace1229 said:
I roll my eyes because it isn't a fair analogy. Because my ancestors came here legally and went through Ellis Island, that means we should ignore all immigration laws and just let anyone in and vote? Or rewind a few hundred more years to the first pilgrims, and say how unfair it is we inhabited their land. Sure, we didn't do it in the right way, but what does that have to do with current immigration laws with a country that we established on this land that was previously occupied by people stuck in the stone age?HughFreakingDillon said:
I say this all the time to people. not once have I received a non-eye-rolled response.lukin2006 said:Unless your a first nations person, your living on stolen land and your all immigrants...
There are still lots of legal immigrants to the US, and lots become citizens and vote. I don't see what that has to do with allowing people
to do it illegally.
I have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon0 -
I can think of bigger understatements.HughFreakingDillon said:
his comment has nothing to do with voting. it was a general comment basically saying we are the descendents of immigrants and want to close the door on others. i was responding to that. I see email chains and facebook posts starting up, oh, right about now, about "keep christ in christmas" "fuck happy holidays! you don't like it! go back to your country" type bullshit.mace1229 said:
I roll my eyes because it isn't a fair analogy. Because my ancestors came here legally and went through Ellis Island, that means we should ignore all immigration laws and just let anyone in and vote? Or rewind a few hundred more years to the first pilgrims, and say how unfair it is we inhabited their land. Sure, we didn't do it in the right way, but what does that have to do with current immigration laws with a country that we established on this land that was previously occupied by people stuck in the stone age?HughFreakingDillon said:
I say this all the time to people. not once have I received a non-eye-rolled response.lukin2006 said:Unless your a first nations person, your living on stolen land and your all immigrants...
There are still lots of legal immigrants to the US, and lots become citizens and vote. I don't see what that has to do with allowing people to do it illegally.
them "stuck in the stone age" gave no one the right to slaughter them and steal their land.
"didn't do it the right way" is the understatement of the last 200 years.
Of course it didn't give anyone the right and I said that. Apparently wasn't dramatic enough. I only mention the stone age because there was no government here, just groups of people literally living in prehistoric conditions who were killing each other as fast as the early Americans did. It was wrong to slaughter them.
Voting or not, I still don't see the relation. At least when I hear it, the statement "we are all immigrants" almost always is used as a put-down to those who believe in immigration laws and as an explanation for open-boarders, or at least less strict immigration laws. And seems to be the intended purpose here.
I just don't think you can compare people coming into a land without any government, to our immigration laws today of our government and say based on my ancestors it is unfair.
Yes, most of our ancestors are immigrants. Most by the law or before there was a law to begin with, and many even brought here against their will as slaves. Doesn't have anything to do with immigration today though.
Like just about any country as old as ours, there are some horrible aspects to our history. What does that have to do with today? Because my ancestors were immigrants we have to be easy on immigration today?
And no one wants to "close the doors on others." I have never heard from anyone, other than those misrepresenting what others think. We just see the need for laws and the necessity to follow them.
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They lived on stolen land too. Your history books told you they all lived in peace and harmony together? They killed each other and stole land as fast as we did.lukin2006 said:bootlegger10 said:
Nobody is disputing legal immigration.lukin2006 said:Unless your a first nations person, your living on stolen land and your all immigrants...
LMFAO ... you just don't get it do you? You, your and my ancestors are living on stolen land, period. How hard is that to understand, thats why I don't give a shit about Obama being the first black president or Clinton being the first woman president means shit to me, absolutely nothing ... want to impress me, when a first nation person become president then I'll be impressed, until then you, me and any non first nations person is living on stolen land...so whenever I get a chance I will always encourage our governments to properly engage our first nations people's and get on with the business of dealing respectfully with our first nations people. At least here in Canada our first nations are a thought for our politicians during elections, then their needs become an afterthought as usual...mace1229 said:
I roll my eyes because it isn't a fair analogy. Because my ancestors came here legally and went through Ellis Island, that means we should ignore all immigration laws and just let anyone in and vote? Or rewind a few hundred more years to the first pilgrims, and say how unfair it is we inhabited their land. Sure, we didn't do it in the right way, but what does that have to do with current immigration laws with a country that we established on this land that was previously occupied by people stuck in the stone age?HughFreakingDillon said:
I say this all the time to people. not once have I received a non-eye-rolled response.lukin2006 said:Unless your a first nations person, your living on stolen land and your all immigrants...
There are still lots of legal immigrants to the US, and lots become citizens and vote. I don't see what that has to do with allowing people
to do it illegally.0 -
Actually I'm quite aware of their violent past, but its general consensus they were here in mass first ... which is why we call them first nations people...it is amusing how you can justify our poor treatment of first nations people by using their violent past which took place on their own land on the continent they belong too...but something tells me far fewer first nations people perished during their disputes than did once the europeans showed up in mass, not to mention the over hunting and destruction of traditional first nations people hunting grounds...mace1229 said:
They lived on stolen land too. Your history books told you they all lived in peace and harmony together? They killed each other and stole land as fast as we did.lukin2006 said:bootlegger10 said:
Nobody is disputing legal immigration.lukin2006 said:Unless your a first nations person, your living on stolen land and your all immigrants...
LMFAO ... you just don't get it do you? You, your and my ancestors are living on stolen land, period. How hard is that to understand, thats why I don't give a shit about Obama being the first black president or Clinton being the first woman president means shit to me, absolutely nothing ... want to impress me, when a first nation person become president then I'll be impressed, until then you, me and any non first nations person is living on stolen land...so whenever I get a chance I will always encourage our governments to properly engage our first nations people's and get on with the business of dealing respectfully with our first nations people. At least here in Canada our first nations are a thought for our politicians during elections, then their needs become an afterthought as usual...mace1229 said:
I roll my eyes because it isn't a fair analogy. Because my ancestors came here legally and went through Ellis Island, that means we should ignore all immigration laws and just let anyone in and vote? Or rewind a few hundred more years to the first pilgrims, and say how unfair it is we inhabited their land. Sure, we didn't do it in the right way, but what does that have to do with current immigration laws with a country that we established on this land that was previously occupied by people stuck in the stone age?HughFreakingDillon said:
I say this all the time to people. not once have I received a non-eye-rolled response.lukin2006 said:Unless your a first nations person, your living on stolen land and your all immigrants...
There are still lots of legal immigrants to the US, and lots become citizens and vote. I don't see what that has to do with allowing people
to do it illegally.Post edited by lukin2006 onI have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon0
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