Land criticizes Obama's reference to political 'enemies'

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention's top
spokesman for moral concerns added his voice to a chorus of conservative
bloggers and commentators criticizing President Obama for telling
Hispanic voters to "punish your enemies" by getting out to vote.

Richard Land, president of the SBC Ethics and Religious Liberty
Commission, said on his weekly radio program that he was traveling
overseas in Spain when he first heard about comments made by Obama Oct.
23 in an interview on the Spanish television network Univision.

"If Latinos sit out the election instead of saying, 'We're going to
punish our enemies, and we're going to reward our friends who stand with
us on issues that are important to us' --  if they don't see that kind
of upsurge in voting in this election -- then I think it's going to be
harder," Obama told the Spanish-language radio station. "And that's why I
think it's so important that people focus on voting on November 2nd."