Barack Obama, so Much for Straight Answers
In last weeks debate Barack Obama, while taking a shot at Hillary, said what the American people want is straight answers to questions. Then he was asked about whether he supported handing out driver’s licenses to ILLEGAL aliens, his answer wasn’t so forthcoming:
“On the issue that apparently tripped up Senator Clinton earlier, the issue of driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants, I take it, Senator Obama, you support giving driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. Is that right?” asked Blitzer.
“When I was a state senator in Illinois, I voted to require that illegal aliens get trained, get a license, get insurance to protect public safety. That was my intention,” said Obama.
“And - but I have to make sure that people understand. The problem we have here is not driver’s licenses. Undocumented workers do not come here to drive. They don’t go - they’re not coming here to go to the In-N-Out Burger. That’s not the reason they’re here,” he said.
“They’re here to work. And so instead of being distracting by what has now become a wedge issue, let’s focus on actually solving the problem that this administration, the Bush administration, had done nothing about it,” Obama added.
“Well, let’s go through everybody because I want to be precise,” said Blitzer. “Do you support or oppose driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants?”
Obama responded: “I am not proposing that that’s what we do. What I’m saying is that we can’t …”
At this evasion, the audience started laughing. “No, no, no, no,” said Obama. “Look, I have already said, I support the notion that we have to deal with public safety and that driver’s licenses at the same level can make that happen. But what I also know … Wolf, is that if we keep on getting distracted by this problem, then we are not solving it.”
Blitzer then quizzed the other candidates for a “yes or no answer.” Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards said he opposed giving driver’s licenses to illegal aliens, while noting that once he put people on a “path to citizenship,” he would let them get licenses. As in the earlier debate, Dodd said he opposed giving licenses to illegal aliens.
Then Blitzer put the question to Obama again. “Senator Obama, yes or no?” he asked.
“Yes,” said Obama.
So much for straight answers to questions, huh? At least when pressed he finally gave us his position, a position that 77% of Americans disagree with by the way. Hillary waited until the governor of her state was forced to drop his attempt at handing out voter ID’s, I mean driver’s licenses to illegals before she lied and took a definative stance against the policy on the very same day Spitzer gave up on this issue. But the question to me remains, how the hell could Obama get tripped up by the same question that felled Hillary just two weeks ago? Does this just show us his true inexperience? I think that on top of how wrong he is on this issue, this also shows us he doesn’t have the political savvy he hopes to someday have. He is truly not ready for prime time.
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He was stuttering and stammering so bad I thought Hillary was going to slap him out of it.
Hamanahamanahamanahamanahamana… Wham!
The left is starting to look more a more screwed.
Edwards is just too fucking weak.
Obama cant get out his own way.
Richardson, who?
Kucinich will probably leave on the scientologists mothership.
Biden cant even get asked a question.
Gravel has no money
Dodd is just a mean nasty guy.
So they’re really left with Hillary only. Most of these guys are having a hard time placing.
And now they’re starting at each others throats as that implosion showed us the other night