President Bush's Misstatements on Amnesty

Congressional Website ^ | Oct. '06 | Tom Tancredo

[WOSG]

I always make a statement when I sign something.

I fully support this statement:
way to go, Tom Coburn (R-OK) ...

http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=LatestNews.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=fc75437e-802a-23ad-4fcf-d2a2aa375e06

Coburn Statement on Passage Of Border Control Fence Bill

September 29, 2006

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) today hailed passage of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 as a first step in securing our nation’s borders.

“The American people have rightfully demanded Congress take action to secure our nation’s borders,” Dr. Coburn said. “The public understands the issue is not only about curbing illegal immigration. Securing our borders is also an urgent national security issue. While there is more work to be done, I’m pleased the Senate has taken this first step in securing America’s borders.”

The Secure Fence Act of 2006 (H.R. 6061) directs the Department of Homeland Security to construct 700 miles of fence along the southern border of the United States. The bill also provides for increased surveillance along the border through the use of unmanned aerial drones, ground-based sensors, satellites, radar coverage and cameras. Also, the bill calls for vehicle barriers to be constructed along the border to prevent unlawful border entry and to facilitate lawful entry at checkpoints monitored by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The bill also requires the department to annually report to Congress the progress on border control.

[B4Ranch]

The fact that you didn't recognize I was referring to the President and his issuance of "Signing Statements" when he decides that he doesn't want to obey Congress shows just how out of touch you truly are.

I suggest you Google the words "Signing Statements" Bush to get yourself up todate.

[WOSG]

B4, you tool! ... you are the out of touch one.

I know what irrelevent side-issue you were trying to bring up. I tried to get back on track: Do you like Coburn's pertinent statement on the border securit bill the Republican Congress passed and the President will soon sign? Do you agree?

(oh, no, you dont care; you are a troll only here to bash Republicans and anyone who defends them. gotcha.)

I dont need to use 98% Dem-supporting Google Inc. software to know you are bringing up another leftwing lament about Bush, a lament that has no real grounding in reality so it's hardly worth responding to. I am not in the business of trying to debunk every DU/troll looneytunes theory about how awful Bush is. If you buy into that cr*p and cant see in 10 seconds how hollow the leftwing complaint about Presidential signing statements are - (hint: we still have 3 branches of govt, independent and with their own powers no matter what any Prez says) - you are hopeless. I'd have to go with Mike savage and say "Liberalism is a mental disorder" and you are a victim of it!

[B4Ranch]

Obviously you can't carry on a conversation with someone who holds a differnt opinion without calling them names. It's a shame your mother didn't teach you better manners.

Now that I have seen a solid example of your character, I'll just say,"Have a nice day."

[WOSG]

My, you are the hypocrite.
If you dont like name-calling, don't engage in it. buh bye.

[wgflyer]

Randy Graf looks like a good man. I love his platform. If he were running in my district I'd vote for him and I hope he wins. When he does, I hope that career in politics doesn't replace his passions for real problem solving legislation like it has for so many others.

Look. It took, what, only twelve senators to prevent our senate from using their so-called "nuclear option" against filibuster in supreme court justice selection? 12 out of a hundred? To do such a stupid thing? How many "conservatives" are there in the house? Certainly more than 12! Guys just like Randy Graf. Yet they sat there and played in their assigned committees and passed bill after bill of no or negative consequence, while avoiding real issues. Tax reform is tabled, always awaiting a more "favorable" legislative climate. They dump tons of riders on spending bills. They worry about the sale of horse meat. They cower and resign before liberal slander instead of being proactive in the fight. What few conservatives do exist in Congress could be a much more effective block to liberal legislation (by Republicans!) than the infamous 12 were to filibuster and the nuke option, if they tried. But they don't. They are, even with their stated convictions, impotent. They are purely reactive, defensive, and apologetic.

I hope Randy Graf is all he and you say he is. I hope he gets the chance to prove it. He's done pretty well so far. But if, in the end, he has trouble convincing voting citizens in his own district, then I doubt he'll do much in Washington if he wins. Good luck.

[Pete-R-Bilt]

From the first line of the "welcome" message...

Free Republic is the premier online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism

I looked but I didn't see on the page where it said that, that was exclusively a republican statement.

help me out if I'm missing something here. Aren't we here to defend our constitution and what IT stands for?

[Howlin]

help me out if I'm missing something here.

I'll be glad to:

To: PeoplesRepublicOfWashington

Just a reminder: This website supports the war against Islamofascism, supports our troops and supports our commander in chief. We are also opposed to giving up seats to the Democrats. And, no, we are not going to impeach the president. If you are going to oppose our efforts you will be asked to leave.
Jim

223 posted on 05/03/2006 10:20:53 PM EDT by Jim Robinson

To: Lurker

I'd crawl on my knees over broken glass to pull the lever for a Republican to keep these evil monsters (Democrats) away from the levers of power.

16 posted on 05/13/2006 3:43:51 AM EDT by Jim Robinson

To: Buckeroo_1999

"Jim Robinson, what happened to you in your blindness to accept a president such as GWBush as your leader?"

Well, duh. Guess it was mainly Gore, then Kerry. And I favor Bush's judges over those of any Democrat. Judges are forever.

To: Carry_Okie

Well, there is the Republican party with some conservative members and some not so conservative and then there's the evil Marxist liberal socialist Democrat Party. I'd rather have a conservative Republican in office, but I'll take a not so conservative Republican over any evil Marxist liberal socialist Democrat any day of the week. And I might express my unhappiness with some of his policies but I think I've learned my lesson about irreversibly trashing the Republican office holder or the Republican base or the party itself (at least not too much trashing). As they say, the alternative is unthinkable.

34 posted on 03/02/2006 3:15:02 AM EST by Jim Robinson

To: Willie Green

"No Jim, it's time to throw the bums out."

We can't do that. All WE can do is throw the REPUBLICAN bums out. And after we do that, the DEMOCRAT bums will be so deeply entrenched, we'll never get them out. Can you say wandering in a liberal/socialist wilderness for the next forty years?

94 posted on 03/27/2006 9:27:17 PM EST by Jim Robinson

[Jim Robinson]

Just a reminder: This website supports the war against Islamofascism, supports our troops and supports our commander in chief. We are also opposed to giving up seats to the Democrats. And, no, we are not going to impeach the president. If you are going to oppose our efforts you will be asked to leave.
Jim

"Jim Robinson, what happened to you in your blindness to accept a president such as GWBush as your leader?"

[Jim Robinson]

"No Jim, it's time to throw the bums out."

[Pete-R-Bilt]

so if your beliefs are lock step with Jim's, you figure that we're a two party system, thats it no exceptions and no one else but the republicans can have a vision that correct for this country?

if'n yer not with us yer agin us?

pretty short sighted, I thought you'd have better arguments...

but then you didn't argue your point, you espoused Jim's...

[Howlin]

No, my view is that there are two boxes to check on the ballot that matter.

I pick the one which puts what's best for our country FIRST.

[Pete-R-Bilt]

I pick the one which puts what's best for our country FIRST.

so then we are on the same journey, possibly different paths to get to to the same destination...

don't forget your local decisions though, they're as important as any...

[Howlin]

I've already voted!

[AWG]

"The Clinton Administration increased the Border Patrol from 4,026 to 9,078, an increase of 5,052 agents or 125%. George W. Bush increased the manpower from 9,078 to the 11,800 in his first five years, an increase of 2,722 agents"

This is the type of bullshit that takes place on both sides and restricts positve change.

First of all, many of the "hires" under the Clinton Administration were actually hired during the previous Bush administration but didn't start working until Clinton was president. Second, many of the legitimate "Clinton hires" were forced on his administration by a Republican congress which decided to focus on border security - long before 9/11.

Don't use statistics to distort effort. It doesn't help anyone.

[CountryBumpkin]

As I sit here this morning listening to him speak while preparing to sign this bill, I wonder how many other Americans are absolutely astonished to what lengths he will go to defend this country from terrorism, all the while leaving our borders wide open to the terrorists.

Especially when you consider the following. We currently have about 11,000 Border Patrol agents. We are spending $1B per day in Iraq. Let's say we hired 10,000 new Border Patrol agents, the very best people we could find, and paid them all $100K per year ($385 per day for a 5-day work week). The cost of those new agents amounts to $3.85M per day, which equals 0.39% of what we spend in Iraq per day. Yet our borders remain wide open. The amount of new agents is a trickle at best. Worst of all, we have a President insulting every American with lines like "doing the jobs Americans don't want to do" and expressing thinly-veiled desires for an amnesty plan. Not exactly what I call conservative or smart.

[Kimberly GG]

It's absolutely insulting to the intelligence of the American people and a slap in the face to all Republicans. That he would risk everything for the OBL by dividing the party and now chumming immediately to Calderone and Pelosi which was a huge red flag, the whole Rumsfeld thing....aghh. well it needs repeating that the OBL must be stopped. I wish people would grasp the bigger picture and understand exactly what their agenda is and how dispicable it is that our leadership, Republicans AND Dems alike, would sell us out. The only way to win the WOT is for Republicans to unite in an effort to stop them because they've invested so much already into their agenda and they're going to pass this 'amnesty' in the spirit of some concocted 'bipartisan compromise' and we will lose the WOT in our own backyards. And we need the anti-OBL Leadership to step forward immediately and lead the way on this.

[Sword_Svalbardt]

Bush is not misspeaking. He has lost touch as have a lot of Republicans with our more conservative members of the electorate - I being one of those rare individuals. Bush has slipped, he has never thought about shutting down the border, or he would have done so by now.

If anyone thinks Senior Bush would support us has not watched the man closely. The rats are leaving the ship.

dear, have you seen my life preserver.

SS.