Excellent!

Bryan over at Hot Air has a good post. The FACT that "jobs Americans aren't doing" is 'offensive' is something I pointed out a couple of weeks ago -- of course he does it with greater skill then I.

...line in his speech tonight about “jobs Americans aren’t doing.” It’s probably the worst single line in widespread political use today. Its one benefit may be that it’s ecumenical in its offensiveness–everyone outside the political class can find some reason to find it grating. To a legal immigrant, that line is offensive because it makes it sound as though Americans are somehow innately superior and should’t have to work. It comes across as condescending and racist at the same time. To American citizens, the line is offensive because it gives the impression that Americans are lazy and no longer capable of hard work. Do the politicians from Bush on down realize that that one single line slaps everyone outside the Beltway in the face? Do they care?

My wife, also lovely and a legal immigrant finds the phrase offensive too -- she too voted and is a fan of President Bush; however, believes that her country of origin or region of origin simply doesn't have the 'voter block' to get the politicians to care about what they think. By the way, they (my wife and her acquaintances) feel the path required of them to become 'legal citizens' and 'legal immagrants' is fine and "worth the prize"!

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