Originally Posted by rock steady

What Obama is proposing is simply untenable. He talks about elevating dialog and encouraging constructive debate on the issue. That takes YEARS, which we don't have. I'm sorry but that's simply unacceptable. We have already been trying to do that for 10 fucking years. We have been trying to do the things he keeps saying we need to do. He's talking like we're just sitting on our asses twiddling our thumbs. That is unacceptable.

And when he gives a speech about the DREAM Act all he does is reiterate its provisions. Yeah, I know there's a military option. Yeah, I know there's a conditional residency period. Yeah, I know you have to have been here since you were 16. Jeez, for a guy with such intelligence and at one point, such dominating political savvy, he's shown absolutely poor and unacceptable leadership on this issue.

He thinks Congress is going to do something. The Dems couldn't pull anything off with overwhelming majorities! I'm sick of giving him slack. Yes, it's Congress' job to pass legislation, so yes, he can only go so far. But he hasn't even gone anywhere! He has been giving the same damn speech since he's come into office. Make no mistake, President Bush expended more political capital on immigration reform in one summer than Obama has done in two years.
All he's been able to muster was an invitation to Eva Longoria to come to the White House. Yeah, she's hot, but unless she can give me a green card, I could give a rat's ass that she's meeting with Obama.