http://www.investors.com/politics/commen...th-praise/

In an unscripted talk to employees, newly minted Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson referred to slaves as immigrants, and the outrage was fast and furious.

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Huffington Post's Jason Linkins said Carson's remark "makes one wonder how far the Trump administration will go to revise the history of the black experience in America."


Just read Carson's crazy statement for yourself and you can understand the anger.

"Life in America was not always easy," he said. "It wasn't always easy for new immigrants. Certainly it wasn't easy for those of African heritage who had not come here voluntarily and yet in their own way were immigrants themselves. There was discrimination and hardship and poverty. But, like you, they no doubt found inspiration in all those who had come before them. And they were able to muster faith that, here in America, they might build a better life and give their children something more."

Unbelievable! Slaves were "immigrants" who "found inspiration in all those who had come before them"?!?!

Oh, wait. That wasn't Ben Carson.

Those remarks were made by another prominent African American — Barack Obama — who happened to be president at the time.

Surely Obama's inept comparison raised hackles, too, right?

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Various news accounts described Obama's speech as "an impassioned defense of migrants," "heartfelt," "a soaring tribute to American history and values," "a full-throated defense of a liberal immigration policy," "a plea for Americans to remember poor treatment toward immigrants in the past and to not repeat it."

It's not as if these folks missed Obama's "slaves were immigrants" point. USA Today, in an article lauding the speech as "a full-throated defense of a liberal immigration policy," noted that Obama "recounted a litany of past abuses of immigrants, silently comparing them to today's environment: The forced immigration of African slaves, anti-Catholic discrimination exhibited in signs reading, 'No Irish need apply,' and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II."

But since Obama was attacking Trump in that speech, everyone loved it. (Obama, as a matter of fact, compared slaves to immigrants on multiple other occasions.)

Well, perhaps what Carson said was somehow far worse than what Obama said a year and a half ago to such high praise. Judge for yourself. Here's Carson's actual remarks:

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But to all those now viciously attacking Carson, we'd ask: Why were you silent — or worse, signing praises — when the president of the United States said basically the same thing a year and a half ago?

News flash---the American media is fake news. The reason the press has reacted so loudly to the charge is because deep down inside---they know it's true. They just didn't think we knew.

Couple of days ago I posted some of Obama's comments regarding cell phones and health insurance that were contextually identical to Chaffetz' comments. So here are Obama's comments:

Quote:"I guess what I would say is if you looked at that person's budget and you looked at their cable bill, their cell phone bill, other things that they're spending on, it may turn out that it's just they haven't prioritized health care because right now everybody's healthy. Nobody actually wants to spend money on health insurance until they get sick."

Point: Whatever Obby said was right. If it's a Republican, it's wrong.