This is a RIOT - a classic case of the good 'ol Texas bait and switch. Before the election, this is Rick Perry on border security:
If there is any issue we cannot avoid, it is one I just mentioned: It is time to enforce the sovereign laws of this nation and protect our borders.
In the last two months my office has dedicated $10 million to Operation Linebacker an effort led by local Texas sheriffs. We are helping them to increase patrol hours providing rapid deployment teams of state troopers increasing investigators and funding new technology and infrastructure...
And yesterday I announced the launch of Operation Rio Grande a new state effort to use intelligence available state law enforcement resources and a new command and control structure to secure our border from Brownsville to El Paso.
I appreciate the Administration announcing plans to increase detention space by 6,700 beds invest in new technology and put an additional 1,500 border patrol agents on the border. It’s a step in the right direction. But these investments will take time that we frankly don’t have.
The threat today is real, and it grows each day. My friends, this is the most serious of public policy matters. And it is an important front in a multi-front war...
But how can we fight this war on foreign fronts while leaving the front door to our nation vulnerable? Securing our border is about securing our future and our freedom.Source:
http://www.conservative.org/pressroom/2006/speech_perry.aspNotice how slick he did that! To get the conservative Repugs to cast their vote for him he tied in border security with what? The war on terror! How conveeeeenient! "Let's vote for Perry then," many Texas Repubs said, "he's for border security. He'll build a fence to keep those illegals out so they won't take our jobs and cause crime."
Now here's Slick Rick Perry AFTER the election: (NOTE: This article does not specifically state that Rick Perry is not in favor of building a border fence in TX but the 12:00pm newscast did in fact say he is AGAINST it. Supposedly, Perry's fake "tough on border security" stance is why so many Texans voted for him; it implied a fence and a tough stance against illegal immigration rather than his now-changed position of no fence and a path to citizenship)
AUSTIN, Texas -- Emphasizing immigration reform far more than he did before his re-election, Republican Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday that a guest worker program is needed for Mexican immigrants employed in the United States...
Perry's comments were much more tilted toward immigration reform than were his speeches before his Nov. 7 re-election. In the campaign, as he worked to drum up conservative support in all regions of Texas, he mostly steered clear of discussing immigration reform proposals and instead stressed the need to crack down on border crime...He went a step farther and offered more opinions Wednesday in an Austin speech to the Texas Border Coalition, made up of mayors and other public officials along the Texas-Mexico border.
"Our economy is greatly impacted by migrant workers. Let's create a guest worker program that takes these workers off the black market and that legitimizes their economic contributions without doing the same for their citizenship," Perry said, to applause from coalition members.
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http://www.myfoxdfw.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=1702746&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.11.1In typical Texas fashion, Perry gave Texans the 'ol Texas scroogie. I wonder how they feel now? Stupid? Taken? Robbed? Oh well my fellow Repub Texans, there's always 2008 to switch your vote to Democrat once and for all.
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