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Obama sets 5th Grader Straight on Immigration
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Dec 15, 2007 12:44pm |
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| News Date | Saturday, December 15, 2007 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | ABC's Sunlen Miller Reports: Barack Obama scoffed at Republican Mitt Romney last night for having "the gall to be running all these ads about illegal immigrants” when illegal immigrants were taking care of his lawn.
The Democrat's sarcasm came out when he was asked by fifth grader Beau Bowman in Maquoketa, Iowa, "When you’re elected president, what if like the illegal immigrants start to take action and start bombing and stuff?"
Bowman didn’t even finish his question before Obama interrupted. "Wow," he said in astonishment.
Obama proceded to give Bowman a social sciences lesson, explaining "Immigrants are coming into the country and not blowing things up. They are usually working in meat packing plants, or working in restaurants or working in agriculture, picking vegetables..."
Someone in the crowd yelled "Mitt Romney," and Obama had his straight line.
"Yeah, they are mowing Mitt Romney’s yard. I forgot about ol' Mitt, who’s got the gall to running all these ads about illegal immigrants."
The crowd roared in laughter but Obama stopped himself there and went on. "We’ve got a problem with terrorists who are trying to kill us… That’s a separate problem from immigrants," Obama assured Bowman.
It's possible Bowman's question may have been inspired by a recent ad by another Republican, Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo.
Tancredo's ad argues that there are consequences beyond job losses to open borders. It then shows an immigrant with a backpack who detonates a bomb. The ad includes graphic images of carnage from terrorist bombings around the world.
Illegal immigration has been one of the hottest button issues in the Iowa campaign. |
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