Frist: Country needs to lock down borders

AP ^ | 5/8/6

[SmithL]

CHATTANOOGA — Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said the United States should "lock down" its borders and create a better temporary worker program.

Frist, R-Tenn., spoke with reporters before giving a commencement speech at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's graduation ceremony Sunday.

"The No. 1 problem we face today when it comes to immigration are the people streaming across our border and the lack of border security," Frist said, adding that the Senate will begin debating immigration reform legislation next week. "It's a national security issue, an economic issue and a humanitarian issue."

He also said that drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and investing in alternative energy sources like nuclear energy would help drive down the price of fuel.

"Given the fact that everyday men and women are suffering under the burden of skyrocketing gas prices, (I hope) they will allow us to drill," he said.

Mark Brown, spokesman for the Tennessee Democratic Party, said Frist's answers to the country's major problems represent little more than "piecemeal solutions."

"It's election-year posturing, and that is not what we need," Brown said.

During the commencement address to 700 graduating students, Frist encouraged them take risks in their lives and punctuated his advice with experiences from his own career as a transplant surgeon.

"When everybody else says 'no,' be that woman or man that says 'yes,'" he said. "Don't be afraid to leave the place in your life that's comfortable."

Frist also gave the commencement address Saturday at LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis.

[Bommer]

Frist is just as utterly worthless as Trent Lott was/is! Both have a backbone like a limp dishrag!

[OpusatFR]

Who are these people?!

All these Congresscritters sound like Goldilocks. The statements have to be crafted to be juuuuuussstttt right..

Stop the sound bites and legislate, and if that is too difficult, just enforce the existing laws.

[ConsentofGoverned]

"Great news! I hope he means it. Frist isn't known for having the firmest backbone - the man is able to do a 180 on the drop of the hat."
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all too right there, He has flip flopped on the secure border issue so many times, I am surprised that many here take this as a good sign..Frist's resolve is made of wet noodles. He will support Amnesty and smile while doing so.

[Malesherbes]

Exactly. The Republican leadership in the Senate has no credibility until McCain-Kennedy has been flushed down the toilet.

[VanDeKoik]

Earth to Frist:

Welcome to 2001. Try to keep up in the future.

[Arrowhead1952]

Can this work start today? It's about 10 years too late, but better late than never.

[DumpsterDiver]

ping

[bert]

I faxed all 11 pages of this thread to Senator Frist to convey Free Republic thought on his recent speech.

My summary of the thread...... less talk, more action.

[Preachin']

Mr. Frist, we don't have the time for you to drag this out for two or three years as a presidential campaign issue.

Do it now, and you'll have my support in '08.

[eeevil conservative]

Nice of Frist to finally SAY THIS...

now- will they DO IT?

I thik with the Minuteman Caravan in TN- he felt he needed to make sure he got his sound bite in the news and get a little attention.....but today is a new day....

will he stick to his words?

[dljordan]

"I think maybe our guys are getting the message."

Yeah, but we shouldn't have to raise hell just to get them to pay attention. If it was special interest legislation for some of Frists business buddies I'm sure he would have stepped right up.

[stephenjohnbanker]

SEEING is believing!!

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RE: "Country needs to lock down borders"
"Duh..... Welcome to Reality, Bill. (Where've you been?)"

EXACTLY!!! ...BUMP!!!

'Interesting', isn't it, how the closer we get to the 2008 Presidential election season, the more 'epiphanies' Bill Frist seems to be having...???!!!
When Miguel Estrada was going down, all Frist did was keep sending me emails, tooting his own horn about how 'GREAT' he (Frist) was, for pushing through that disgustingly misguided medicare drug benefit legislation! (...barf)
...Anybody else miss Trent Lott...???!!!

   
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[Cindy]

Politicians...I'm looking for an honest, breath-of-fresh-air type who uses common sense.

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RE: "Politicians...I'm looking for an honest, breath-of-fresh-air type who uses common sense."

...Sorry, I'm just guessing here...
...Clinton?...Gore?...Kerry?...Kennedy?...McCain?...Frist?...Specter?...Reid?...Pelosi?...  ...Tom McClintock...?

[Rakkasan1]

time to Freep Fristy frequently

[Smartass]

"Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said the United States should "lock down" its borders"

WHEN

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RE: "Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said the United States should "lock down" its borders"
    "...WHEN(?)"