Was Obama experiencing those "nativist sentiments" and "flushes of patriotic resentment" while he was marching

Question

Was Obama experiencing those "nativist sentiments" and "flushes of patriotic resentment" while he was marching with La Raza for immigration reform?

Barack Obama, speaking Powder Springs, Georgia, Tuesday:

"I agree that immigrants should learn English. But instead of worrying about whether immigrants can learn English - they'll learn English - you need to make sure your child can speak Spanish.

Obama, speaking before the National Council of La Raza, Sunday:

We have to finally bring those 12 million people out of the shadows.

Yes, they broke the law. And we should not excuse that. We should require them to pay a fine, learn English, and go to the back of the line for citizenship - behind those who came here legally. But we cannot - and should not - deport 12 million people. That would turn American into something we're not; something we don't want to be.

Wait. I thought we shouldn’t worry about whether immigrants can learn English, because “they’ll learn English.” Now Obama wants the government to require it for them to stay in the country?

Also in Obama’s speech to NCLR:

We walked together in those marches for immigration reform.

Odd. That doesn’t seem to jibe with this statement in his book, The Audacity of Hope, on page 266:

And, if I'm honest with myself, I must admit that I'm not entirely immune to such nativist sentiments. When I see Mexican flags waved at proimmigration* demonstrations, I sometimes feel a flush of patriotic resentment. When I'm forced to use a translator to communicate with the guy fixing my car, I feel a certain frustration.

Was Obama experiencing those "nativist sentiments" and "flushes of patriotic resentment" while he was marching with La Raza for immigration reform?

Answer 1

Those are a lot of contradictions for one person of course McCain isn't much better on this subject, unfortunately.  

I have no problem with people learning a second language, in fact I think its great BUT that second language should be your choice and not dictated by someone who is pandering to a group.  

If we should be required to learn Spanish then why not French?  or Italian?  or German?  we have lots of French, Italians and Germans living in the US, why pick a particular language? We should not have to learn to speak another nations language to communicate with them here in the United States, they should do the adjusting because they choose to live here.  If you learn another language make it the language of the nation you plan (or wish) to visit.

I can not say what Obama was thinking but it likely had something to do with acquiring the Hispanic vote.

Answer 2

There are already communities demanding that Spanish be spoken by employees in addition to ignoring the requirement for English fluency.

With all the talk about change, we wind up with the same type of panderers fighting to represent these anti-American interest groups.

Let them have the "Hispanic vote" because they've already lost the American vote.