You need to refocus on what I wrote. This is a pathetic move to revive Republican voters for the up coming elections, nothing more, nothing less.
This EO has nothing to do with illegal aliens or our borders. The only reason I spoke of the Oct 2006 pre election fence bill was to show that we’ve been here before and we came away with nothing, just as we’ll get no action from this EO.
The bureaucracy will drag their heels and pretend to be working on putting this EO into effect until McCain or Obama take office and immediately rescind the EO.
Net effect? None, only time and money wasted pretending to do comply with the EO.
That is probably true: a weak attempt to provide McCain with some political cover as the election heats up. I was speaking in the context of the others on this thread who have chosen to forget what Bush's stated intentions were, especially during the early portion of his presidency. You appeared to be blaming Bush for not implementing the Secure Fence Act, when it was delivered stillborn by Congress. Sad, but true.
That is also not to say that Bush had other opportunities to implement other things . . . it's just that our frustration with Bush (bordering on hatred by some) does not allow us to change the facts.