Posted on 12/06/2006 10:31:16 AM PST by Dubya
AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry, who built his re-election campaign on border security, told a gathering of border mayors today that building a wall along the border with Mexico is a "preposterous" idea.
"Now, strategic fencing in certain urban areas to direct the flow of traffic does make sense, but building a wall on the entire border is a preposterous idea," Perry said.
"The only thing a wall would possibly accomplish is to help the ladder business."
While Perry always opposed fencing the border, his re-election campaign de-emphasized that position.
Perry ran millions of dollars of television advertising portraying the border as an open zone of human and drug smuggling and as a potential pathway for terrorists. He launched a program to put live Internet cameras along the border and said he would ask the Legislature for $100 million for border security.
The campaign was widely seen as an effort to appeal to a Republican voting base angry at the federal government for failing to act to halt illegal immigration from Mexico and Central America.
Perry told the Texas Border Coalition that the national anti-immigrant rhetoric of the political campaigns was not constructive.
"We just concluded an election year that was very heavy on immigration rhetoric, and, I might add, very light on comprehensive solutions," Perry said.
He said the campaign rhetoric did not foster good relations with Mexico.
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Help the ladder business?
It depends on the wall. A REAL wall would work.
One with patrols and such.
Is there anyone in this government, local, state, or federal who actually wants to STOP the invasion? That is, someone whose not a loose cannon like Tancredo.
Perry decides to emulate Governor Janet from Arizona. If you are parroting Dem speaking points, Perry, it ain't a good thing.
What an ass. No one that I know of was aked, in the voting booth, what they wanted to do about illegals. We are supposed to accept that clowns like this and Huckabee (who says hispanics are willing to give US a second chance to right all of our wrongs vis-a-vis their rights) know what we want or what our will is.
Damn, I am getting to hate ALL politicians.
Nope.
Big business wants the illegals.
Big labor wants the illegals.
Big government wants the illegals.
Big religion wants the illegals.
They'll get what they want.
So I wonder if Sam Houston would agree? My guess is that he'd ask why he and others bothered to fight a war against Mexico, if we're just going to become part of Mexico anyway.
Which is stupid, because as America becomes like Mexico:
Big business will cease to exist
Big labor will cease to exist
Big government will thrive
Big religion will find itself marginalized
virutal fence, but what if the Mexicans cant afford Playstation 3?
Personally, I think the wall is a good idea.
Nonsense, it would also help the tunnel business.
(from the article)"The Department of Homeland Security pegs SBInet's costs at $7.6 billion, but the department's own inspector general estimated last month that costs could swell to $30 billion."
Harrumph! Perry is a 38 percenter. He's a lame duck even before he's sworn in. Nobody likes him, boo-hoo.
Ted Kennedy was quoted as saying the exact same thing not more than one year ago. Lovely.
This is the second time in my life I have actually regretted the vote I cast.
The first? Jimmy Carter in '76.
How much do you suppose it would cost to put machine gun emplacements every 1/4 mile? A good deal less than $8 billion, I'd surmise. I know: how terribly cruel! How uncivilized! Uh-huh. Tell me that after we lose a city or two to WMD's smuggled in by someone posing as Pedro the Lettuce Picker.
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