A President Who Will Say or Do Anything to Be Re-Elected

On Friday, President Obama announced that his Administration would no longer deport young immigrants who arrived in the U.S. illegally before age 16 and spent at least five continuous years in this country. Under this new policy,  those immigrants would be allowed to stay and apply for work permits if they have no criminal history and meet other criteria, such as graduating from high school or serving honorably in the military.

Many illegal immigrants and the family members of those immigrants are probably cheering the President's new policy.

In reality, they should be very leery of a President who is pandering for their votes.

Consider the facts:

• Shortly after he was elected, President Obama promised to address comprehensive immigration reform.  He has done nothing, although he has had bi-partisan support to address this issue for the past three and one-half years.
•  The Obama Administration has deported twice as many illegal immigrants in his first term than his predecessor, George Bush, did in his first term and considerably more than Bush did in his second term.  http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/12/obamas-record-high-deportations-draw-hispanic-scorn/ 

So the same President who deported hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants is now the champion of Hispanics?

Last month, President Obama announced that his position on gay marriage had "evolved" to the point that he now supports it.  Of course, he also said that it was just his "personal" opinion, meaning that he certainly isn't going to expend any political capital to advocate for this issue on a national policy level.

Earlier this month, when labor unions were making a stand in Wisconsin, President Obama sent a tweet to his supporters, instead of campaigning on the ground, providing funds from his war chest or doing anything substantial to support their efforts.

For three and a half years, President Obama did little or nothing to support gay people, Hispanics  and union members, all of whom were vital to his 2008 election.  Now, as the November 2012 election draws closer, he will be pandering to these groups, saying or doing anything to try to garner their votes.

I learned a long time ago that anyone who is my friend only as long as I can do something for him or her is not really my friend.   I actually consider these folks to be worse than my enemies.  These so-called friends will forget me as soon as they get what they want.

President Obama is just such a fair weather friend to these voting groups, forgetting them for years on end and only remembering when it's advantageous for him.