Tag: "Border Security"
Janet Napolitano Must Go
I was wrong. Janet Napolitano is not a nincompoop. She’s dangerously incompetent and dishonest as well. Here is what she said earlier this week about our border with Canada. The furor began when Napolitano was asked to clarify statements she had made about equal treatment for the Mexican and Canadian borders, despite the fact that [...]
Tonight, I Became A McCainiac
It’s no secret that I don’t like John McCain as a candidate for President. The closest I’ve ever come to really endorsing him was when he chose Sarah Palin as his running mate, but the way he and his team muzzled her swung me right back to the “nope” column. Up until today, I fully [...]
Self-Deportation Works .0000175 Percent of the Time
After taking heat for ramping up its enforcements efforts against illegal immigrants and the company who hire the lawbreakers, ICE decided to roll out a new kinder and gentler program earlier this month. The agency called it “Scheduled Departure” and aimed it at the 457,000 illegal immigrants who have already been ordered to leave the [...]
Still Believe John McCain’s Going to Put Border Security First, You Gullible Republicans?
Republicans might as well get used to the fact that John McCain is a Hispanderer of the highest order. Witness his new Spanish-only radio ad, wherein Johnny Mac promises to “stand up for immigrants”. That, by the way, is code for “screw border security”. How do I know that? Here’s a bit of the ad: [...]
Halt, Illegal Immigrant!
What’s the answer to our woefully porous southern border. A fence? More border guards? Feh. We don’t need any of that rubbish. We’re going to get a super-dee-duper new virtual fence! Color me significantly less than excited. I’m not exactly a novice when it comes to security matters so I know that a bunch of [...]
It Looks Like John McCain Has Learned His Lesson All Right.
John McCain, on Meet the Press, January 27, 2008: TIM RUSSERT: If the Senate passed your bill, S-1433, the McCain-Kennedy immigration bill, would you as president sign it? JOHN MCCAIN: Yeah, but the lesson is that it isn’t going to come, it isn’t going to come. The lesson is they want the borders secured first. [...]
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