Japanese lawmakers slam Rand Paul

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Japanese lawmakers slam Rand Paul for WWII detention camps comparison

By Sara Fischer, CNN
Mon November 24, 2014

Washington (CNN) -- Sen. Rand Paul is receiving blowback from some of his Japanese-American colleagues after using World War II Japanese internment camps to describe what happens when a chief executive oversteps their power.

"Think of what happened in WWII, where the President issued an executive order," the Kentucky Republican said in a speech in his home state Friday slamming President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration. "He said to Japanese people, 'We're going to put you in a camp. We're going to take away all of your rights and liberties and we are going to intern you in a camp.'"

"I care that too much power gets in one place," Paul continued. "Why? Because there has been instances in our history where we allow power to gravitate to one person and that one person then makes decisions that really are egregious."

As news of the speech spread, Japanese lawmakers slammed Paul for his remarks.

"Rand Paul's comments comparing President Obama's executive order on Immigration with President Roosevelt's executive order that imprisoned thousands of Americans of Japanese descent during World War II could not be more misguided," Rep. Mike Honda said in a statement out Monday. "At best, he is confused. At worst, he is just wrong."

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"I care that too much power gets in one place," Paul continued. "Why? Because there has been instances in our history where we allow power to gravitate to one person and that one person then makes decisions that really are egregious."

As news of the speech spread, Japanese lawmakers slammed Paul for his remarks.

"Rand Paul's comments comparing President Obama's executive order on Immigration with President Roosevelt's executive order that imprisoned thousands of Americans of Japanese descent during World War II could not be more misguided," Rep. Mike Honda said in a statement out Monday. "At best, he is confused. At worst, he is just wrong."
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So, Honda is saying that Rand Paul was wrong when he said FDR's executive order creating the internment camps really was egregious?
 
"Rand Paul's comments comparing President Obama's executive order on Immigration with President Roosevelt's executive order that imprisoned thousands of Americans of Japanese descent during World War II could not be more misguided," Rep. Mike Honda said in a statement out Monday. "At best, he is confused. At worst, he is just wrong."
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I wonder if there's any relation?

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wow, this is really dumb...

Statement on Rand Paul's Reference to Japanese American Internment

Nov 24, 2014

Offers confused statement when discussing the President's Immigration Executive Action

Rand Paul’s comments comparing President Obama’s executive order on Immigration with President Roosevelt’s executive order that imprisoned thousands of Americans of Japanese descent during World War II could not be more misguided. At best, he is confused. At worst, he is just wrong.

President Roosevelt’s action was based on racism, fear, hysteria, war, and the lack of real political leadership. He succumbed to political pressure to deny Constitutional protections to 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry, two-thirds of who were US-born citizens.

President Obama, on the other hand, through his commitment to immigration reform and American values, is using his Executive Order to include, not exclude, people. He is working to keep intact immigrant families who play by the rules, not exclude undocumented parents and other DACA eligible individuals.

President Obama is showing true leadership by taking action when the Republican leadership of the House has failed to let Congress do so.

The incarceration of US citizens of Japanese origin, including me and my family, was a misuse of executive order. As someone who was a victim of Executive Order 9066, I can say without hesitation that Roosevelt was wrong. It was a misuse of power. President Obama’s order is an appropriate use of executive order because Congress did not do its job.

Every President has the Constitutional right to use Executive Orders. What Senator Paul fails to say, recognize, or admit to, is the motive and outcome of the use of this power. President Obama is using this power correctly – President Roosevelt did not.
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http://honda.house.gov/news/blog-po...uls-reference-to-japanese-american-internment
 
seems like a DNC coordinated attack

Rep. Mark Takano Statement on Senator Rand Paul Comparing Immigration Relief to Internment of Japanese Americans

Nov 23, 2014

Washington DC - Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) released the following statement after Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) made comments comparing the recent executive action issued by President Obama to the internment of thousands of Japanese Americans during World War II:

"Senator Paul’s comments likening President Obama’s executive action that provides immigration relief to millions of people in this nation to the internment of Japanese Americans is insulting - not only to the millions who will benefit from President Obama's executive action, but to the thousands of Japanese who were interned during World War II, including my own mother and father. At best, his comments are revisionist history, wrapped in a logical fallacy.

"President Obama’s executive action prioritizes the protection of vulnerable, hardworking immigrants. Executive Order 9066 did the opposite and was not just a failure of the executive, but a failure of each branch of government, as Congress allowed the internment of thousands to take place, and the Supreme Court failed to uphold the constitutional rights of those interned.

"While I’m sure that Senator Paul's purpose of making these comments was to feed the libertarian fantasy of rampant government overreach in everything President Obama does, the fact remains that there is absolutely no comparison to his executive action, which allows millions of hardworking immigrants to no longer live in fear, and the systematic stripping of basic human rights of Japanese Americans by every branch of government."
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http://takano.house.gov/media-cente...nt-on-senator-rand-paul-comparing-immigration
 
jct74 said:
wow, this is really dumb...



http://honda.house.gov/news/blog-po...uls-reference-to-japanese-american-internment
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jct74 said:
seems like a DNC coordinated attack



http://takano.house.gov/media-cente...nt-on-senator-rand-paul-comparing-immigration
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The position of the Democratic Party has always been that tyranny is a good thing as long as it's benevolent tyranny. And liberals have never been shy about looking the other way or offering excuses when that usurped power gets used in ways that are anything but benevolent, too--witness how many of England's most prominent socialists had no problem with Stalin starving millions and killing anyone who complained about it.

Ask not if your Democratic tyrants are tyrants--ask if they're good tyrants or bad tyrants.
 
If those "Japanese lawmakers" had a shred of integrity they'd go down to the memorial that sits right outside of Congress and read its unambiguous condemnation of Barack Obama's war policies.
 
Another case of "the wrongs against me are more important and sacred than any other", combined with "the ends justify the means".
 
Rands point was the concentration of power and the possible ramifications from it. Not Japanese Internment = Obama's executive order on illegal immigration. People are morons.
 
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