In the Examiner: Should SC enact Arizona-style law?

It's been a while since I posted on The Examiner -- got a million irons in the fire right not -- but I had to get this off my chest.

Should South Carolina enact Arizona-style immigration law?

It's interesting watching the battle rage on about a recently-passed Arizona law that demands that people be prepared to show they are in this country legally. According to this law, a police officer may ask someone for proof if he suspects the person slipped across the border into the United States without telling anybody.

Meanwhile, folks in Charleston watch as their area's population dynamics change. A dozen years ago, a few Latinos were in the area, and concentrated around Johns Island. Now, whole sections of North Charleston are Latino. Along Ashley Phosphate Road and ... (don't just sit there; read the rest!)

It is good stuff for debate, no question there. And it seems PrezBo is determined to torpedo Arizona's actions.

OK. Why? These are points I didn't bring up in the Examiner article, but they deserve mention:

• Obama is, at bottom, a community organizer. It's what he does. 
• It's not politically correct to say bad things about illegal aliens. It's considered racist, and that's built on the assumption that all illegal aliens are Mexicans, or even Latinos. Many are not.
• Obama needs a power base for 2012. He needs voters. While he won't get votes from anyone who knows and values the Constution, he might as well go elsewhere for this power base. And if he does a fast amnesty law and fast-tracks the citizenship process, that's a bunch of grateful immigrants who are guaranteed to support him.

Oh. Something I forgot to mention:

• Obama learned his politics in Chicago, where being a citizen -- or even being alive -- is not necessary a qualifying factor to vote.

'Nuff said.