Nu har presidenten bett om ursäkt för sitt dåliga ordval eller i alla fall försökt förklara vad han menade:
I had a conversation with a Hispanic radio outlet, Univision, and during the course of that conversation, one of the things that I had to say to the Latino community, which is frustrated that we haven't seen progress on immigration reform, was that they can't sit out of this election. There were arguments being made that because Democrats hadn't gotten this done, that Latinos should vote against Democrats or just sit out the election.
And I said, well, you can't punish your friends when -- the folks who've been supporting it. Now, I did also say if you're going to punish somebody, punish your enemies, and I probably should have used the word, "opponents" instead of enemies. Now the Republicans are saying that I'm calling them enemies. What I'm saying is you're an opponent of this particular provision, comprehensive immigration reform, which is something very different.
Obamas förklaring stämmer förmodligen. Det var ett dåligt ordval, inte mer än så. Men den klassiska repeat-frågan lyder förstås: tänk om George W. Bush sagt något liknande? Ett medialt ramaskri om "fiendelistor" et c hade toppat nyhetsrubrikerna, och inga "förklaringar" i världen skulle ha tagit udden av myten som därpå skulle uppstå om Bush som partisansk hetspolitiker.
Källa: The Atlantic
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