Border Opportunity Ripe for Dems

[illflem]

With Arizona's Governor Janet Napolitano declaring a border emergency right on the heels of a similar announcement by New Mexico's Bill Richardson, Democrats are spearheading the infancy of a dangerous wedge issue for conservatives.
Aug 18th, 2005: 10:17:11
This strategy can be seen as little else but a maneuver aimed at hurting Republicans, as opposed to a sincere policy objective, due to the two Democrats' respective histories on this subject. Both of the Governors have supported giving driver's licenses to illegal aliens in the past, a policy that is completely anathema to the rule of law and is completely at odds with so-called border security. Nonetheless, this type of political posturing poses a clear and present danger to an inept Republican leadership that has not effectively dealt with this important border security issue.
As if this were not enough, there is a potential for these Governors to cause a rift between conservative supporters of the Iraq war and supporters of a secure border policy. Back in June, Montana's Democratic Governor Brian Schweitzer got into a tug-of-war match with the White House over the right to use his state's Guardsmen for the purpose of fighting wildfires, as opposed to deployment to Iraq. This argument never gained much traction or national attention because, in the end, national security always trumps other issues. However, if Richardson or Napolitano were to take a similar approach to that of Schweitzer's and call on their respective Guardsmen to patrol the US-Mexico border, political fallout for the Republicans could be extensive. After all, such an approach would be viewed as consistent with the National Guard's mission in the context of both state and national security. Many single issue conservatives would turn against the war if President Bush were to continue to deploy Guardsmen from these border states in light of such a call-to-arms from the Governors of these states.
The lack of an effective border policy has always been the glaring weakness in the War on Terror and has made the idea of Homeland Security, at best, flawed. It seems the Democrats may be beating the Republican party to the punch on this important issue, and the national Republicans have no one to thank, save themselves

http://matt.redstate.org/story/2005/8/18/101711/437

[Blaze Diem]

1. Timely Post ..Thank You.. My Freeper Boss argued this very point today

I asked where Bush's million$$$ Homeland Security was all these years while our US/Mexico borders remained openly accessible to any one, including TERRORISTS. Wasn't this agency put in place to secure our borders from terrorist movement in the US?
His answer was typical..Its the DEM governors's fault for not securing the border. Apparently, as my bush adoring boss proclaimed, Governor Richardson vetoed a bill presented by the State of New Mexico that would have closed the US/Mexio border. The citizens wanted it and Richardson said "NO" since it was an election year.

My reply was, " So Tim, back to my question. Why hasn't our Homeland Security Agency spent some of the millions we gave it to secure our southern border? With the Patriot Act as its trump card, Homeland Security could have done whatever it wanted to , regardless of what Gov Richardson wanted.
Why is securing our US/Mexico border not been a priority?
Do you suppose by now word has gotten out around the WORLD, that if you 'd like to find the easiest and most undetectable entry into the United States, the Mexico border is the open door."

My boss, Tim, replyed " Well the Patriot Act is about to be renewed and Bush will take care of this problem. He fights for American Freedom."

I laughed..he got pissed and left.

Never did answer the question.

Bush has left his loyal dwindling few with no way to rebut a simple question.

*ush is fishing in Idaho..getting on with his life.
George lives in a fantasy world.
Always kept outta 'harms way'.
He could care less about what happens to this United States..human beings and broken lives. He's pleased his "base", and that's why he was put in the White House.
The rest of the Planet doesn't exist.
Its was never his job to preside over this Nation..just do right by his "base".
That's it. America was duped. Bush is a liar and should be told to leave the Presidency.

Thanks
Blaze

[sarcasmo]

2. This was never on local news in the Right Wing town of Grand Rapids

Michigan. I told my RW nut job wife about it and then of course it wasn't on the news. Told her later that it would take three to five days to reach MSM.
The funny thing is that the wingers will say it's a left wing media, LMFAO.