Every once in a while I will be looking for something the President said, that I distinctly remember hearing him say, and all record of it is gone. For example I remember hearing him say that he wanted to get rid of coal as an energy source and he expected that would cause energy prices for most Americans to go up substantially. Actually, I remember him saying a percentage but I can't find the quote to see what that percentage actually was.
Today I am involved in a discussion with some people regarding immigration and the effects of people breaking our laws to come to the country and how they affect both immigration and people who are citizens. I remember back when President Obama was running for president he had a interview with someone who was sympathetic to him and his causes. In this interview President Obama said something close to "illegal immigration will of necessity lower the wages of all Americans" but now I cannot find it. Of course, this quote was not something that found its way onto the TV or paper, I heard it once on a "right wing" radio show, but it was a sound bite that seems to no longer exist. In fact I cannot find anything about what the President thinks will happen to wages if we legalize and grant citizenship to those who are here illegally.
I can find, still, everything President Bush said about illegals, especially if what he said could be made to make him look bad, but for President Obama, they just disappear.
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