[JackelopeBreeder]

I'm not blaming the original problem on Dubya.

However, the only improvement I have seen over Clintoon's administration was during the period immediately after 9/11. Then it was back to business as usual and benign neglect, except when enforcement gets cut in favor of rescue missions or the apprehension numbers start getting too big and embarrassing and the agents are ordered to lay off.

Now we have to deal with the "unintended consequences" of his guest worker proposals, because quite a few illegals caught here are admitting they came for the impending amnesty. Last year was ugly, but this year is shaping up as a nightmare. We're not even in the busy season yet.

This is a hot-button issue here in Arizona. It's the one issue we have to deal with daily. It cuts across party lines, though I will admit a lot of our local Dems are more conservative than urban Republicans on either coast. Most local candidates here don't bother to list a party affiliation in their literature or on their signs and nobody really cares.

In any event, voters here from both parties are looking at their choices in November and declaring it a lose-lose proposition.

My only real interest in the upcoming election is to get a certain young fire-breathin' knuckle-draggin' true conservative to run against our openly gay RINO congesscritter, Jim Kolbe, and put that sorry POS out to pasture.

[gatorbait]

My only real interest in the upcoming election is to get a certain young fire-breathin' knuckle-draggin' true conservative to run against our openly gay RINO congesscritter, Jim Kolbe, and put that sorry POS out to pastureNow you're talkin' ! We have a couple of similar things going on ver here. Jindal is running for Vitter's house seat, Vitter , who is pretty much up there with us, is looking good to take Breaux's Senate seat.