Posted on 07/04/2005 2:52:34 PM PDT by wagglebee
2008 presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is blasting President Bush for lax enforcement of the nation's immigration laws, saying the White House has dropped the ball on border security and put the country at risk for another major terrorist attack.
In a statement posted to her newly revamped official Senate web site, Clinton charges: "The Bush administration is failing to meet what should be the basic requirements of immigration policy: continuing our American tradition of welcoming immigrants who follow the rules and are trying to build a better life for their families, while strengthening national security in a post 9-11 world."
In a potentially potent bid to win Red State support in 2008, the former first lady is playing the role of tough cop:
"Our current immigration laws need to be reformed," she urges. "We need a better solution to the question of illegal immigration which recognizes the conflict between the need to enforce the law, and the reality that too many employers are using undocumented workers today."
Clinton says that while "this administration has failed to provide the resources to protect our borders, or a better system to keep track of entrants to this country . . . I welcome the addition of more border security."
She pins blame for the failure directly on the Oval Office, saying, "President Bush refused to provide the necessary funding in his Fiscal Year 2006 proposed budget sufficient to hire all of the border patrol agents that had been authorized."
"Fortunately," Clinton adds, "during the Senate’s debate on the budget in March of 2005, we passed an amendment to provide increased funding for border patrol agents."
Then, in a none-too-subtle dig at GOP foot-dragging on the immigration issue, Clinton says: "I hope the Republican leadership will support the maintenance of this funding, to provide the resources necessary to properly protect our borders."
I think we should place life sized photos of Hillary every 6 feet along the border. This should help to stem the tide of illegal aliens. It's kinda like putting a scarecrow in a cornfield.
Like that will ever happen!
Looks like Hillary got 'splainin' to do.
She talks pretty tough for a woman whose husband pardoned a bunch of Puerto Rican terrorists.
Hillary won't lose a single libbie vote on this--they can see her winking at them, and will let her run on this "Red State" position until she's elected president, at which point she will appoint a Blue Ribbon Panel to investigate Ways To Strengthen Our Borders, and will accept their findings just before Election Day 2012, and will run on a Let Her Finish The Job platform, and upon her re-election will promptly lose these findings in the Senate and shrug and say "I did what I could, now let's get back to work on those Welcoming Centers on the Texas border, we have lots more political refugees to welcome..."
China, Cuba and North Korea are all "red states," she has their support.
What's so terribly sad is for the most part she's right.
Hillary doesn't give a rip about border security but she's got an issue that will play well and it's Bush's fault for handing it to her on a silver platter. He deserves the ass kicking he's going to take on the issue.
Can anyone say "transparency"? I knew you could. /Mr. Rogers.
Like it or not, she will peel away votes because of Bush's incompetence on the border. Bush is wrong on this issue, and blind support for him could result in Hillary in '08.
She's such a girly-man.
The Prez gave this one to her.
I agree. Hillary is a witch but this is one platform that can win her some votes and she knows it.
I voted for GWB but he has totally let this issue get out of control.
Yes, you're probably right, the feeble minded among us will peel off to Hillary.
President Bush had better act quickly and decisively on this issue, as he should have since 9-12-01. IMHO.
Or is she a "manly-girl". It's getting so hard to tell.
What cant you believe. We all knew this was coming we just didnt know when. It has been said here many times that Hillary would use Bush's immigration record against him.
I don't see any and I mean any US Senator taking this to the Senate floor for any action.
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