How close do you need to be to the border to feel you KNOW the border problems?

Reading from Powerline, here’s the list of who voted AGAINST the border wall:

Let’s look at this another way, shall we?

What’s the chance any of these people had to deal with border issues? I’m not talking immigrants, I’m talking the violence and drug wars going on AT the border? Yet, they all saw fit to tell the people AT the border they knew better than what they thought they needed. What did the people AT the border vote? 7-1 FOR the wall.

Secondly, what was the party trend of those people who felt that, living more than a thousand miles from the troubled border still allowed them to dictate what people AT the border thought they needed? 100% Democrat of course. 100% liberal of course. And, every one of them will jump in line with Nancy Pelosi in telling YOU they know what you need more than you do. And that goes for security as well. I’ll spell this out clearly. The borders ARE our biggest risk. Period. If those folks voting against this wall tell you anything else, they’re lying. Simple enough? They’ll tell you isolationism is a bad thing. I’ll agree with that. But, having a porous border is even worse. We give Pakistan and the Middle East grief for not spending the resources needed to secure THEIR borders. Why are we supposed to be doing any less to protect out own?

And, like I said, as soon as this wall gets built, I want one up north to keep the Neil Youngs out.

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  • http://moonagewebdream.blogs.com/storms_counter_terrorism/ StormWarning

    From where I sit right now, there is a border problem. SO much so that I’ve been told not to drive to Mexico from here.

  • Moonage

    That’s sorta my point. How many of those senators that voted against border security do you think could even drive to Mexico? It’s easy to oppose something for ideological purposes when it’s someone else’s ass on the line.

  • http://moonagewebdream.blogs.com/storms_counter_terrorism/ StormWarning

    I live approximately 160 miles from Laredo. I’ve heard that there may be more illegal aliens in this town (percentage wise) than any other place in America.

    I don’t regret being here one bit, and I am thankful that the mayor refused to declare this town a “safe haven” for illegals…Houston and Austin have actually done so.

    You and I have debated the merits of my statement, “Close the border!” often enough.

    Show me some members of the House of Representatives who have the “gumption” to close the borders.

    This will undoubtably be a keystone issue in the 2006 and 2008 elections.

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