President Woodrow Wilson’s stunning partisan gaffe prior to the 1918 congressional elections which led to the election of a Republican House

Obama’s remark to Hispanics the other week that they should view people who oppose the legalization of illegal aliens (i.e., virtually all Republicans) as their “enemies” whom they must “punish” was one of the most offensive and inappropriate statements ever made by a U.S. president. It was, however, not without precedent, as is explained in a fascinating article at the Canada Free Press.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at November 04, 2010 07:08 PM | Send