obozo needs to review history before he makes a fool of himself.....

[DLR Pyro]

"Long before America was even an idea, this land of plenty was home to many peoples. The British and French, the Dutch and Spanish, to Mexicans, to countless Indian tribes. We all shared the same land," President Obama told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

Mexico declared its independence on September 16, 1810. It was recognized on September 27, 1821.

The United States of America declared its independence in 1776.

video of quote at link
Um, I think the United States was here before mexico was an idea.....

It is unbelievable how much this assclown hates this Nation.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Did I say George Bush?

I meant Barack Hussein Obama:

"Long before America was even an idea, this land of plenty was home to many peoples. The British and French, the Dutch and Spanish, to Mexicans, to countless Indian tribes. We all shared the same land," President Obama told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

Mexico declared its independence on September 16, 1810. It was recognized on September 27, 1821.

The United States of America declared its independence in 1776.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/09/21/obama_mexicans_were_here_long_before_america_was_even_an_idea.html

Is he really this ignorant and is his speechification staff really this slack-jawed in their fact-checking?

I honestly doubt it.

This strikes me as a little more than another historical revision ala expurgating references to "our Creator" from his citation of the DoI. He is pandering to one group by deliberately insulting another via outright lying over fundamental facts.

But note this interesting turn: in liberal memes the US is supposed to be the arch-evil of the world for what we did to the native populations.

Now suddenly Obama has made the Mexicans the first usurpers. Will the tide of historical blame-gaming shift (and well it should, the Spaniards were monsters) or will the fiction deepen to imply only the US was oppressive because the Mexicans practically lived in a multi-cultural utopia beside their native hosts.

[formerlurker]

Wait a minute, he graduated from Columbia and Harvard right?   


....right?

[DefiantSix]

Wait a minute, he graduated from Columbia and Harvard right?   


....right?

Not that anybody can get their grimy mitts on the records to prove it, but that's what he says - especially when he's trying to convince you that he's better able to manage your day-to-day affairs than you are.

[true_blood]

Wait a minute, he graduated from Columbia and Harvard right?   


....right?

He was too busy with community organizing for Acorn and studying Saul Alinsky's RULES FOR RADICALS.

[The Hollywood NeoCon]

Ban me, you prick. I dare you.

"Long before America was even an idea, this land of plenty was home to many peoples. The British and French, the Dutch and Spanish, to Mexicans, to countless Indian tribes. We all shared the same land," President Obama told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

Mexico declared its independence on September 16, 1810. It was recognized on September 27, 1821.

The United States of America declared its independence in 1776.

Ace puts it best:

Genius. Genius.

Whatever, dude, you are ****ing out of here January 2013. Enjoy the book promotion circuit, ****shit.

[BadCat]

Dumb ass doesn't know the difference between Spaniards and Mexicans.

[thundley4]

Dumb ass doesn't know the difference between Spaniards and Mexicans.

Didn't the Spaniards wipe out many of the indigenous people of Mexico?  Current Mexicans have no more valid claim to any of the US than descendants of  white European settlers do.

[Chris_]

Didn't the Spaniards wipe out many of the indigenous people of Mexico?  Current Mexicans have no more valid claim to any of the US than descendants of  white European settlers do.

They did and they bred with the remaining population.  Unless the Mexican government wants to re-negotiate the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, their citizens have no claim to anything north of the Rio Grande.

[Eupher]

Snugs has it correct. Pandering to Hispanics (note the big cheer when Zero said "Mexicans" in his long list of people who were "here" when the US got started?), he outright lies.

Difficult to know if he improvised that, or if he was following TOTUS to the letter.

Noting that Zero often gets in trouble when he veers from TOTUS, it's entirely possible he winged it and threw the word in just because he's a sniveling, snarking politician who can't be trusted. I'd like to think the speechwriters aren't that stupid.

Aren't they? Bueller......?

[littlelamb]

He was too busy with community organizing for Acorn and studying Saul Alinsky's RULES FOR RADICALS.

Don't forget the dope he was smoking that killed a few thousand brain cells there

[DLR Pyro]

Snugs has it correct. Pandering to Hispanics (note the big cheer when Zero said "Mexicans" in his long list of people who were "here" when the US got started?), he outright lies.

Difficult to know if he improvised that, or if he was following TOTUS to the letter.

Noting that Zero often gets in trouble when he veers from TOTUS, it's entirely possible he winged it and threw the word in just because he's a sniveling, snarking politician who can't be trusted. I'd like to think the speechwriters aren't that stupid.

Aren't they? Bueller......?

It's an election year and he is hispandering to get the hispanic vote...

[IassaFTots]

It's an election year and he is hispandering to get the hispanic vote...

I like it, and I am gonna keep it.