Chuckie Schumer Can Read Polls, Obama Can't

While Chuckie Schumer says that he wants to get tough on illegal immigration, Barack Hussein Obama still hides behind weasel words. Schumer calls them illegal immigrants and says that words like "undocumented," "convey a message to the American people that their government is not serious about combating illegal immigration, which the American people overwhelmingly oppose."

Schumer can read the polls as well as anybody. He knows he can't spout a bunch of pro-amnesty euphemisms and satisfy the voters' desire for strict controls on illegal immigration. That means he has to at least adopt the language of toughness. So out goes that word cherished among many Democrats: "undocumented."

Except not everyone got the message. The very next day, Schumer and other lawmakers met with President Barack Obama to discuss immigration. And guess what the president said? Not once, not twice, but three times:

» "We need a effective way to recognize and legalize the status of undocumented workers who are here."

» "[The American people are] concerned that any immigration reform simply will be a short-term legalization of undocumented workers with no long-term solution."

» "The 12 million or so undocumented workers are here [are a] group that we have to deal with in a practical, common-sense way."

And not only that, just a few days earlier, at a prayer breakfast with a Hispanic group, Obama said we cannot "tolerate employers who exploit undocumented workers in order to drive down wages."