President Bush has been willfully negligent in enforcing immigration law. There's no way around it. The evidence has been presented over and over on this forum.
I do not appreciate you persistently painting those of us who want enforcement as irrational, and all the other names that we are called.
We are patriots. Personally, I not only voted for Bush/Cheney in 2000 and 2004, but campaigned for the ticket both times. I have lost multitudes of friends and associates because I finally switched to the party I belong in, and I live in the "belly of the beast," Los Angeles, California.
I have been a firm supporter of our war against islamofascist jihad, and especially a supporter of the troops, in deed as well as in word. I am disgusted by Democrat smears on the administration. He has the right and the power to give orders concerning this war.
However, I seriously diverge (to the right) from the administration on some matters, and on the matter of the illegal invasion and border security most of all. There is no way around the evidence of negliglence on the part of the administration. I don't care what he has SAID in terms of proposals and policy; NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.
He PERSONALLY cut back the Border Patrol instead of increasing it. As Bill O'Reilly is stating this morning, the best "fence" we can have on the border is law enforcement personnel, the Border Patrol and the National Guard.
Finally, I believe that this weakness on the domestic front -- the failure to be firm with the invasion from the south -- seriously detracts from the efforts we need to be making in fighting the even bigger threat of islam.
BUMP!
...but ohiowfan is my friend.....her son was in Iraq...
..Your points are well made....
...but it's when you resort to name calling and belittling that you lose ground.
Beautiful post. I agree completely. KFI had a blurb from his speech in which the Prez says that it's impossible to deport millions of illegals. I nearly threw my cast iron pan at the radio. If we charged EVERY employer $2K per DAY per illegal, they would all deport themselves. Bush makes me furious, and it sounds like Hannity is now agreeing with Bush?
Your heartfelt post got to me LaDita! I also voted for Bush twice, the second time I had already been pleading with him, the RNC and so many critter's about this issue, and how they would alienate the Republican base by ignoring our needs, particularly in the SW!
Today I told every aide I talked to we may not be out protesting in the streets with the number the extreme left is BUT we have our phones, our fingers, that they are underestimating the power of Internet activism and we will show our might in November!
And THIS is why I am proud to call you my friend!
He is simply wrong on the borders, wrong on illegal aliens and vague on immigration reform.
Very well said. Excellent post.