So, while meeting with with the President at the Whitehouse, a group of Republican Senators discussed responsible immigration reform. The senators put forth the argument that prior to enacting any further regulations the Fed should secure the southern border. Our President disagreed with the Senators at the meeting, but shortly afterward announced that he was sending 1200 National Guard troops to “help police the border”. While some may herald this as a move in the right direction and others may claim that he is trying to make the Republican Senators look foolish for vociferously disagreeing with him, a closer examination portrays incredibly partisan political extremism.
Before anyone stops reading because I am bashing this administration, consider my reasons for taking this position. First and foremost, 1200 additional troops is atrociously inadequate to the task. Secondly and more important, the 1200 troops are not allowed to guard the border, they are only allowed to offer administrative support to the boarder patrol. This administrative support does nothing to “help police our border”. Even in the event that these troops were actually allowed to function as boarder guards, 1200 additional troops covering a border which is 1800 miles long and has a very harsh DMZ of approximately 60 miles north from the border wouldn’t begin to address the problem. This can only be interpreted as partisan political gamesmanship by the President.
In support of the previous statement I note that since the Presidents announcement, administration officials have already begun to spin his action as an attempt to “reach across the table” and come to a compromise with rigid Republican legislators who are not willing to work with him. This administration and most specifically the President continue to follow a growing habit of deriding anyone who disagrees with his position. The President will now pander to the ignorant and uniformed of his supporters to portray the Republican legislators as partisan politicians who place their interest above those of the American people. In fact, his actions show that he is unwilling to consider the opinions of anyone who doesn’t support him blindly, including the majority of the American voting public.
I am truly depressed that I have come to think this way because, although I couldn’t in good conscious vote for candidate Obama, I had hoped that as President, he would grow into the job of being a statesman. I had the same hope for President Bush and was disappointed by him as well, but at least he didn’t embarrass the office of the President. Unfortunately, what I see in President Obama is a growing narcissistic arrogance which belittles the man, the office of the Presidency and embarrasses the people who are proud to their core to be an American. We, the proud and loyal citizens of this country, deserve better from our President. We also deserve to have our borders protected from the absurdly excessive illegal and criminal entry across our southern border.
Before anyone stops reading because I am bashing this administration, consider my reasons for taking this position. First and foremost, 1200 additional troops is atrociously inadequate to the task. Secondly and more important, the 1200 troops are not allowed to guard the border, they are only allowed to offer administrative support to the boarder patrol. This administrative support does nothing to “help police our border”. Even in the event that these troops were actually allowed to function as boarder guards, 1200 additional troops covering a border which is 1800 miles long and has a very harsh DMZ of approximately 60 miles north from the border wouldn’t begin to address the problem. This can only be interpreted as partisan political gamesmanship by the President.
In support of the previous statement I note that since the Presidents announcement, administration officials have already begun to spin his action as an attempt to “reach across the table” and come to a compromise with rigid Republican legislators who are not willing to work with him. This administration and most specifically the President continue to follow a growing habit of deriding anyone who disagrees with his position. The President will now pander to the ignorant and uniformed of his supporters to portray the Republican legislators as partisan politicians who place their interest above those of the American people. In fact, his actions show that he is unwilling to consider the opinions of anyone who doesn’t support him blindly, including the majority of the American voting public.
I am truly depressed that I have come to think this way because, although I couldn’t in good conscious vote for candidate Obama, I had hoped that as President, he would grow into the job of being a statesman. I had the same hope for President Bush and was disappointed by him as well, but at least he didn’t embarrass the office of the President. Unfortunately, what I see in President Obama is a growing narcissistic arrogance which belittles the man, the office of the Presidency and embarrasses the people who are proud to their core to be an American. We, the proud and loyal citizens of this country, deserve better from our President. We also deserve to have our borders protected from the absurdly excessive illegal and criminal entry across our southern border.
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