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| Obama seeks to blunt Republican attack over comment |
| 2010-11-02 |
President Barack B.O.Obama said on Monday he should not have used the word "enemies" to describe his political opponents as Republicans sought to make an issue of the comment a day before congressional elections. Obama, in an interview with talk radio host Michael Baisden, said, "I probably should have used the word 'opponents' instead of enemies." He was backtracking from a comment he made a week ago in an interview with Univision radio in which he sought to persuade Hispanics to vote for Democratic candidates instead of Republicans. "If Latinos sit out the election instead of, 'we're going to punish our enemies and we're going to reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us' -- if they don't see that kind of upsurge in voting in this election, then I think it's going to be harder," Obama had said. Republicans in hot pursuit of control of the House of Representatives in Tuesday voting were drawing attention to Obama's "enemies" comment in hopes of encouraging more turnout by Republican voters. Hammering home the issue was John Boehner, the Republican who would oust Democrat Nancy San Fran NanPelosi as House speaker if Republicans win control of the House on Tuesday as most pollsters believe will happen. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Did his teleprompter have trouble translating into Spanish? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-11-02 16:32 |
| #1 Terrible isn't it when people start holding you to the same standards you've stuck on others, particularly little slips of the tongue. The word was 'enemies'. You don't get to take it back than any Trunk who's stumbled upon the political stage as well. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-11-02 13:00 |