Media Slams Obama For Lies In Ad - Dos Caras

Media slams Obama for several untruths in his ad called "Dos Caras".

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has launched a new Spanish-language TV ad that seeks to paint Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as anti-immigrant, even tying the Republican to his longtime conservative talk-radio nemesis Rush Limbaugh.

As first reported by the Washington Post, Obama's ad features a narrator saying: "They want us to forget the insults weve put up withthe intolerancethey made us feel marginalized in this country we love so much."

The screen then shows these two quotes from Limbaugh:

stupid and unskilled Mexicans
—Rush Limbaugh

"You shut your mouth or you get out!
—Rush Limbaugh

The narrator then says, John McCain and his Republican friends have two faces. One that says lies just to get our voteand another, even worse, that continues the policies of George Bush that put special interests ahead of working families. John McCainmore of the same old Republican tricks.

There are some real factual problems with this ad, which is titled Dos Caras, or two faces.

First of all, tying Sen. McCain especially on the issue of immigration reform to Limbaugh is unfair.

Limbaugh opposed McCain on that issue. Vociferously. And in a larger sense, its unfair to link McCain to Limbaugh on a host of issues since Limbaugh, as any even occasional listener of his knows, doesnt particularly care for McCain.

Second, the quotes of Limbaughs are out of context.

Railing against NAFTA in 1993, Limbaugh said, "If you are unskilled and uneducated, your job is going south. Skilled workers, educated people are going to do fine 'cause those are the kinds of jobs NAFTA is going to create. If we are going to start rewarding no skills and stupid people, I'm serious, let the unskilled jobs that take absolutely no knowledge whatsoever to do -- let stupid and unskilled Mexicans do that work."

Not one of his most eloquent moments, to be sure, but his larger point was that NAFTA would mean that unskilled stupid Mexicans would be doing the jobs of unskilled stupid Americans.

Im not going to defend how he said it, but to act as if this was just a moment of Limbaugh slurring Mexicans is not accurate. Though again, certainly if people were offended I could understand why.

The second quote is totally unfair. In 2006, Limbaugh was mocking Mexican law, and he wrote:

Everybody's making immigration proposals these days. Let me add mine to the mix. Call it The Limbaugh Laws:

First: If you immigrate to our country, you have to speak the native language. You have to be a professional or an investor; no unskilled workers allowed. Also, there will be no special bilingual programs in the schools with the Limbaugh Laws. No special ballots for elections. No government business will be conducted in your language. Foreigners will not have the right to vote or hold political office.

If you're in our country, you cannot be a burden to taxpayers. You are not entitled to welfare, food stamps, or other government goodies. You can come if you invest here: an amount equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage. If not, stay home. But if you want to buy land, it'll be restricted. No waterfront, for instance. As a foreigner, you must relinquish individual rights to the property.

And another thing: You don't have the right to protest. You're allowed no demonstrations, no foreign flag waving, no political organizing, no bad-mouthing our President or his policies. You're a foreigner: shut your mouth or get out! And if you come here illegally, you're going to jail.

You think the Limbaugh Laws are harsh? Well, every one of the laws I just mentioned are actual laws of Mexico today! That' how the Mexican government handles immigrants to their country."

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[uRn1diot]

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[trollfuck]

Rush Limbaugh is nothing more than a fat shock-jock sack of crap. I guarantee he doesnt believe half the shit he says. He's just causing problems in america by spreading hate with his racism and non-facts. in reality, he's aiding the terrorists by tearing the country apart. al-queda thanks you, rush, and so do the taliban

[dalmatian847]

@KennyWorldshow You speak about that like someone with first hand experience.

[dalmatian847]

@liltimmyspeashooter For someone who demands to see a specific qoute. your own proof of Bush using cocaine is curiously missing . Does the word irony mean anything to you?

Secondly, WTF does Bush have to do with the hypocrisy of yourself and your ill-informed ilk to dismiss what Limbaugh says based on his prior abuse of rx meds when you don't hold Obama to the same scrutiny.

Evidently , leader of the free world doesn't demand the same scrutiny as radio host in your sad little life.

[dalmatian847]

@epadimic learn to spell the the word first before accusing someone of it.

Or for that matter, before referring to someone else as "stupid".

[dalmatian847]

@liltimmyspeashooter

I did provide the qoute dumbass, it was right out of his stupid fucking book. The one no one bothered to read,

From the N.Y Times, October 6, 2006: Obama had written in his first book, "Dreams From My Father" (1995), before entering politics, that he had used marijuana and cocaine ("maybe a little blow"). He said he had not tried heroin because he did not like the pusher who was trying to sell it to him.

Now go crawl back under that rock for another 5 months.

[liltimmyspeashooter]

@dalmatian847 You say that shit like Bush wasn't a cocaine fueled alcoholic. Also, provide a quote on the heroin thing, or else you just look like a retard.

[liltimmyspeashooter]

Seriously, someone just give Rush an overdose of Lortabs so he will shut the fuck up.

[KennyWorldshow]

rush limbaugh likes the cock especially in his ass my music is so awsome

[dalmatian847]

@MickMan211 You sure that wasn't your dad?