Monday, May 15, 2006
That Was Then...
But this is now.
Bush then:
Bush now:
Sixteen months ago George W. Bush couldn't be bothered with securing our borders. Yet now it's "a matter of national importance." So I guess you could say he was against it before he was for it. I seem to remember the Republicans having a word for that . Flip... something or other.
So Mr. Bush, now who's swaying with the polls?
Bush then:
- The law signed by President Bush less than two months ago to add thousands of border patrol agents along the U.S.-Mexico border has crashed into the reality of Bush's austere federal budget proposal, officials said Tuesday.
Officially approved by Bush on Dec. 17 after extensive bickering in Congress, the National Intelligence Reform Act included the requirement to add 10,000 border patrol agents in the five years beginning with 2006. Roughly 80 percent of the agents were to patrol the southern U.S. border from Texas to California, along which thousands of people cross into the United States illegally every year.
But Bush's proposed 2006 budget, revealed Monday, funds only 210 new border agents.
Bush now:
- Tonight I'm calling on Congress to provide funding for dramatic improvements in manpower and technology at the border. By the end of 2008, we'll increase the number of Border Patrol officers by an additional 6,000. When these new agents are deployed, we'll have more than doubled the size of the Border Patrol during my presidency.
Sixteen months ago George W. Bush couldn't be bothered with securing our borders. Yet now it's "a matter of national importance." So I guess you could say he was against it before he was for it. I seem to remember the Republicans having a word for that . Flip... something or other.
So Mr. Bush, now who's swaying with the polls?
