Republicans Talk Tough, But Fail To Put Money Where Their Mouths Are

[JABBS]

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In May, the Republican-led Senate voted 83-16 to build 370 miles of fencing along the border. Yesterday, the same Republican-led Senate voted 71-29 against providing the $1.8 billion needed to fund the fence.

"We do a lot of talking," said Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), who authored the funding proposal. "The things we do often sound very good, but we never quite get there."

[fasttense]

1. Yep, the blow hard repukes love to talk about security

but they never put their money or their lives on the line.

[wryter2000]

2. It makes sense

They're planning a faith-based wall.

[ThomCat]

3. They get away with double standards

They can tell the people who want the fense that they supported it. And then they can tell the people who are against the fense that they opposed it.

But nobody in the media will endlessly repeat that they were for it before they were against it. :grr:

[zbdent]

4. I can just see how they'd build it

truck in a bunch of illegal Mexican workers (using the truck laws Bush signed during the first few months in office) ...

Tell them that they're going to work on construction for $X an hour.

Have them put in a full day's work.

As they're lining up to get paid, "INS" comes by, ships the "illegals" back to Mexico.

On the ride "home", the truck crosses paths with the next day's shipment of workers coming the other way ...