Posted on 01/02/2008 7:34:33 AM PST by pissant
There are places in this state where a “Double Fence” with a road in between, would gobble up land that is privately owned, and cut off access to the river to ranchers, etc.
This is Texas, you don’t mess with our water rights, especially when it affects our cattle.
Yes. She is lying. Her amendment was very clear, it de-funded the fence.
Neither Bush nor Congress ever intended to build that wall, it was all just smoke and mirrors to fool the public into thinking something was finally going to be done about the outrageous illegal immigration situation. Congress is heavily indebted to the big agricultural companies, industrial corporations, and service trade associations which use the cheap labor provided by illegals, and will pay lawmakers off with whatever it takes to keep the cheap labor coming. Nothing harmful to the big money contributors will ever be done by Congress unless the voters throw these bums out and start all over again with some new guys before they too get bought off.
Sorry, she’s still a traitor. One can’t avoid being a traitor based on PAST PERFORMANCE.
That's no worse than telling Israel they have to negotiate with the terrorists who we are funding to the tune of $555 million!!
Anyone who voted FOR this amendment and/or FOR the spending bill needs to be thrown out of office next re-election bid.
If Hutchison runs, hopefully someone will pull out her appearance where she states she will vote for every woman in the Senate over any of their competitors. The only problem was that she would thus vote for Boxer, Feinstein, etc. For lack of words, she is an airhead, and another reason that Texas politicians should be neither seen nor heard.
That sounds like bull to me. Please show me your source.
Anyone that knows her, and I DO, knows she is a staunch conservative in almost every way, and hell would freeze over before she supported Boxer, etc. The people of Texas would hang her out to dry if she ever did so.
Question is, how will the Right march?
As for your crass remark about Texas Politicians, just remember that Texas can do without you too.....
You answered your own question - she's leaving and has nothing to lose.
Maybe she thinks she will have better luck pulling stunts in TX running for governor if only the TX voters are watching and listening to her instead of conservatives from all over the country. I would guess she believes her TX constituents are neither conservative nor anti-illegal immigration.
Maybe conservative Texans will get wise and she won't be able to run for the Republican nomination for governor unchallenged.
Not even the least bit surprised.
Pathetic!
Surely you jest.
People in Texas need to start a recall drive against Kay Bailey Hutchison for this treason.
She can't weaselword her way out of this one ~ it's all about sex and the elderly woman.
You’d think the GOP voters would be starved for a real Reaganite. Instead, many have no clue.
Saudi Arabia built a fence along their northern border to keep out th troublemakers in Iraq. Even the SAUDIS understand the importance of a border fence. What the crap is wrong with Congress??
You believe that?
The "local input" is just a sham to make sure that it can be tied up ion court forever and not be built at all. She's bought and paid for.
“Every elected office has term limits. They’re called ‘elections’. If the constituents want Hutchison out, they can vote her out.”
That is true to a certain extent, but you certainly must realize that in almost every case, the most corrupt politicians in Congress are those who have been there the longest. These self-serving individuals are causing great harm to America, wasting billions per year on pork projects, and it is VERY difficult to defeat them with their massive financial and human resources.
Do you think Bill Clinton would still be running for President without term limits? You bet he would.
2 terms max for the U.S. Senate & 5 Terms max for the U.S. House would cut out a lot of corruption and cronyism in Congress - and save America untold billions of dollars.
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