Well, Chris first of all, anybody who says we haven’t been enforcing is just willfully blind to the facts. We have done more in terms, and unfortunately it’s been some painful stuff, in terms of arrests, 700 criminal cases against employers, uh raids involving thousands of people, unfortunate pictures of crying children whose mothers are being…

And who is he hoping to impress with those comments? Nationally, it doesn’t even qualify as a drop in a bucket to have 700 employer cases, when there are probably more than 150,000 businesses of various sizes knowingly employing illegals. And the occasional raids are just about scripted to capture media attention as if they were truly “cleaning up”, while most of those taken are released within 3 days. But the capper from this quote is his ridiculous attempt, while Wallace is interrupting, to appeal to our emtions about poor children crying. Yes, when mommy and daddy are taken into custody because they are criminals, it will make children cry. That’s the fault of whom? The authorities? The federal government? Lindsay Graham’s bigots who won’t shut up?

We tried enforcement only, that didn’t pass?

I call BS. It was the pro-amnesty crowd themselves, the White House included, that blocked all bills which were not “comprehensive” in nature, saying that you couldn’t deal with this issue piecemeal, but had to tackle the whole thing together as a monolithic structure.

We’re still gonna work on our part to enforce the border using the tools that we have.

Really? Let’s check with Ramos and Compean about that one.

Why do they say they can’t?

REVENGE for losing the Senate bill for it is NOT that they can’t secure the border…SIMPLY PUT THEY WON”T!

Their attitude is “Screw You”!

Chertoff is as incompetent to Homeland Security as that mousey little woman heading the Department of State is incompetent.

Individuals and the appropriate government departments at all levels must be sued for not enforcing existing laws.

digitalintrigue on July 2, 2007 at 1:08 AM

Sounds good.

I’m also about ready to sue the White House for defamation of character if they keep calling those of us who demand enforcement ‘racists’ and ‘bigots’.

Even if it fails, watching Harry, Teddy, and smilin’ Nancy Pelosi squirm while they try to explain why they must, regrettably, oppose the bill would make for dynamite politics.

The status quo won’t change and there won’t be another serious attempt for another five years when the newly reelected president can safely sign off on anything. I’m sure a Pres Hillary will sign off on a much tougher bill /sarc/ than what was just killed.
Why would Bush do something like this anyway? After all his base has abandoned him.

I would be very happy to see FNC ratings plunge for a month or so. Just to let them know that if they’re going to allow guests on their broadcasts that spew hate, they shouldn’t let it pass unchallenged.

We have a tiny bit of momentum right now; why not press it?

No thanks, says Chertoff.

Hate to say it, but until this guy leaves as the head of DHS, not much is going to change. I wonder if Chris Wallace feels like he’s talking to a brick wall. I’ve written letters to some of these congressmen, and I sure feel like I’ve been writing to a few of them.

Found this screwing around on the net. Wish it came in black to match the car, but it should get the point across. Right alongside the Glenn Beck “Eco-friendly Hydrocarbon Powered Vehicle” sticker I’m getting next week.

Jerkoff – I mean Chertoff is too busy worrying about the price of produce to concern himself with enforcing laws, protecting legal U.S. citizens, and preventing terrorist attacks.

jeffNWV on July 1, 2007 at 11:55 PM

Now that’s something I’d like to see on a 4XL shirt. Say something along the lines of “Do you really want a ‘Jerkoff’ in charge of Homeland Security?” I’m sure someone will come up with something better. Better yet instead of a t-shirt, put it on the side of one of those beer bottle cooler sleeves. I’ll use it when I’m drinking Coronas.

A fund must be started, and lawyers must be hired.

Jerkoff – I mean Chertoff is too busy worrying about the price of produce to concern himself with enforcing laws, protecting legal U.S. citizens, and preventing terrorist attacks.

jeffNWV on July 1, 2007 at 11:55 PM

LOL! Great comment; short, sweet and to the point.

Strategists of both parties say Bush has now moved closer to lame-duck status—especially considering that his popularity is so low, with only about 30 percent of the public approving his job performance. This means his influence on Capitol Hill has been greatly diminished.

According to latest polls, his job performance is 10 points higher than Congress’s numbers. And no, I’m not sorry to see him becoming a lame duck. My only concern right now is that he doesn’t have the rug pulled out from under our troops in harm’s way. He burned all his remaining (not much) political capital on this shamnesty that almost none of his base wanted. Why in the world didn’t he exert even half of that on reforming social security? That was one of the main reasons I voted for him… it took b@lls to push for reform (even that modest) but he barely put up a fight on that issue. I am truly disappointed in his performance, but I’m still glad Gore or Kerry didn’t win. As miserable as Bush has been on amnesty, etc., I can’t imagine how bad they would have been.