The Video:
The money part comes at 3:17 in this video.
The Story via RedState:
On June 18, 2010, Arizona Republican Senator Jon Kyl told the audience at a North Tempe Tea Party town hall meeting that during a private, one-on-one meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office, the President told him, regarding securing the southern border with Mexico, “The problem is, . . . if we secure the border, then you all won’t have any reason to support ‘comprehensive immigration reform.’” [Audible gasps were heard throughout the audience.] Sen. Kyl continued, “In other words, they’re holding it hostage. They don’t want to secure the border unless and until it is combined with ‘comprehensive immigration reform.’”
But this still does not prove that Obama blew up that Oil platform. That is just silly. This I can believe; but the other, sorry, that is just beyond the pale.
Update: AllahPundit makes a very good point:
Does any term of art exist to describe a revelation that’s shocking in one sense and yet not at all surprising in another? (“Kinsleyan gaffe” is in the ballpark, but that’s not quite what this is.) Of course The One won’t do anything about the border until he gets some political cover from Congress on amnesty; his party wants to build a heavy Democratic majority among Latinos long-term and he’s not going to mess that up. What’s stunning is simply the fact that he’d be so candid, to a member of the opposition no less, in admitting his dereliction of duty. Sure, he could fulfill his constitutional responsibility and try to enforce federal law — but what good will that do him politically? If Congress wants to see some action at the border, they need to make it worth his while. And you thought the BP deal was a “shakedown.”
Painful exit question: Isn’t this yet another example of Obama carrying on Bush’s policies? Dubya might not have been as blunt about the reason for his own poor track record on border enforcement, but let’s not kid ourselves.
I swear, me and that guy must be on the same wavelength. 😀
Update #2: White House Says: (H/T HotAir Headlines)
On June 18, Kyl, the Senate Republican Whip, told a North Tempe Tea Party town hall that in an Oval Office conversation between the two of them about securing the US-Mexico border, “here’s what the president said: ‘The problem is,’ he said, ‘if we secure the border, then you all won’t have any reason to support ‘comprehensive immigration reform.’ In other words, they’re holding it hostage. They don’t want to secure the border unless and until it is combined with ‘comprehensive immigration reform.’”
The White House Monday rejected Kyl’s account.
“The President didn’t say that and Senator Kyl knows it,” White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer told ABC News. “There are more resources dedicated toward border security today than ever before, but, as the President has made clear, truly securing the border will require a comprehensive solution to our broken immigration system.”
Kyl spokesman Ryan Patmintra said the senator stood by his account, which he said was “about as straight forward as you can get.”
Now the question is; who do you believe?
For POTUS to deliberately delay the clos’g of our borders is a strict violation of his oath. “To support and defend the Constitution of The United States”. He must stay up late think’g of ways to be more of a slime than he already is. He.thinks he’s above the law when it comes to whatever he wants to do. We HAVE to stop him by whatever legal means necessary, before we lose America!
Okay, I don’t really agree with all of that. But, I’m letting it stand because it is her opinion. Anyone else have a different opinion?