Primetime Tactics; Bush And His Conservative Dues
Well, tonight at 8pm, President Bush will officially cave to his more conservative brethren, and call for a new deployment of yet more National Guard troops. And on Primetime Television no less. This call is to send some 8000 troops to "secure" our Mexican borders, "secure"? Are we under attack now? This is nothing short of typical Bush administration grand stand politics. Democratic leader Harry Reid was quick to parry tonight's address with some pointed questions for the President. Referring to a recently passed bill in the House subjects illegal immigrants to prosecution as felons and requires construction of a 700-mile Mexican border fence, Reid was quoted on the Senate floor that President Bush "must publicly denounce" the bill.
Along with asking Bush "what kind of immigration reform he supports," Reid called for answers on what the President would propose on Border Security.
To date, the Bush administration has given little attention to laws already on the books that would thwart employer's efforts to skirt around legalities prohibiting the employment of illegal immigrants. Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., broke ranks and centered his concerns on the overuse of National Guardsmen
White House spokesman Tony Snow could offer no clues as to how long such a deployment might last, or where funding for such an act might come from. He did go as far to say that Bush's plan would go farther and more completely address "beefing up" the Border Patrol, than either plans available presently in the House or the Senate. Go figure, the great Decider has the best idea once again. Should we go ahead and disband the Senate and the House now, and get them out of his way? Such omnipotence is not likely to survive, nor be readily forgotten.
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Along with asking Bush "what kind of immigration reform he supports," Reid called for answers on what the President would propose on Border Security.
Reid also questioned, "If President Bush is going to get tough on border security, will he finally get tough on employer sanctions as well?"
To date, the Bush administration has given little attention to laws already on the books that would thwart employer's efforts to skirt around legalities prohibiting the employment of illegal immigrants. Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., broke ranks and centered his concerns on the overuse of National Guardsmen
"We've got National Guard members on their second, third and fourth tours in Iraq," said Hagel "We have stretched our military as thin as we have ever seen it in modern times. And what in the world are we talking about here, sending a National Guard that we may not have any capacity to send up to or down to protect borders? That's not their role."
White House spokesman Tony Snow could offer no clues as to how long such a deployment might last, or where funding for such an act might come from. He did go as far to say that Bush's plan would go farther and more completely address "beefing up" the Border Patrol, than either plans available presently in the House or the Senate. Go figure, the great Decider has the best idea once again. Should we go ahead and disband the Senate and the House now, and get them out of his way? Such omnipotence is not likely to survive, nor be readily forgotten.
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posted by p_jordan_sr at 5/15/2006 05:58:00 PM
1 Comments:
Whether or not the illegals should be legalized or not aside.
I am concerned with trusting Bush with anything period.He says the 6,000 troops would only be temporary until we can train more Border Guards to replace them.
That will never happen. They will be until the foreseeable future, permanent.
Okaying the money for 6,000 more Border Guards will take forever to get through Congress and probably never will.
Also, bush knows that 6'000 additional Border Guards will not be anywhere near enough. 15,000 would help but even that might not be enough.
My other concerns as to our border security are: what about our Northern Border? What about our inadequate coastal security? What about our anemic port security?
These issues are as equally important if not more so. However they are not the hot button political issue that can be exploited which is all Bush is doing.
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