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Perhaps it would have been nice, if on one of his trips to the border, the Pres. would have gone to some of the ranchers who have had to live the nightmare of not only fending off the hordes of illegal trespassers that wander thru their privately owned ranches 24/7, but also have had to contend with the total deaf ear of our own gov., not just currently, but for the past umpteen years.....both Dem. and Rep. administrations. I don't care which Party was or is in power, it's just plain wrong. Our gov. is to protect the rights of our citizens, PERIOD.

It's all well and good to defend the Pres. I voted for him twice and I couldn't be more supportive of his stand on fighting the terrorists. I back him 100%, but in my opinion,his attitude on our borders, north and south is plain pigheaded. Makes no sense at all to send troops half way around the world to fight war on terrorism and yet leave our borders open. That makes no sense at all....UNLESS you consider, the Pres. surely must have a different agenda that he really doesn't want the American people to know about just yet. Do you think that might be possible?

"That makes no sense at all....UNLESS you consider, the Pres. surely must have a different agenda that he really doesn't want the American people to know about just yet. Do you think that might be possible?"

I don't think it's a matter of a hidden agenda; Bush is pro-business, and business pretty much wants to maintain the status-quo on porous borders. As for possible terrorist infiltration, Bush is apparently confident that this can be dealt with via other means. I am surprised how many conservatives expect Bush to act like Pat Buchanan; Bush never claimed to be Pat Buchanan.

It's all well and good to defend the Pres. I voted for him twice and I couldn't be more supportive of his stand on fighting the terrorists. I back him 100%, but in my opinion,his attitude on our borders, north and south is plain pigheaded. Makes no sense at all to send troops half way around the world to fight war on terrorism and yet leave our borders open. That makes no sense at all....UNLESS

Fist off GWB having been a Governor of Texas (border State) most certainly has talked to plenty of "Ranchers" who live right along the border -

Regarding your above comments......there is quite a bit of difference first off regarding the need to send our warriors off to battle in the ME (taking the fight to our enemies there) then specifically sending troops to our borders. Furthermore more is happening on our borders with regard to NS (dirty bombs, profiling, etc) then can openly be talked about (think NSA Op that was outed and this nation is less secure because of that).