Critics bash Mexican truck decision

[Dilloduck]

I speak Spanish, but I won't. Always comes as quite a surprise whenever I get around a new bunch of guys and they start trying to talk shit in Spanish because they think all the gringos don't know what's up.

I usually reply to something in Spanish just to get that "deer in teh headlights" look when they know they got busted.

We need a damn seriously anti illegal govenor---the mexican invasion combined with NAFTA flowing right up the middle of Texas is insane !!

[Gunny]

We need a damn seriously anti illegal govenor---the mexican invasion combined with NAFTA flowing right up the middle of Texas is insane !!

The really sad part is Perry was actually the best of that bunch of lameasses last election, and he's a piece of shit. But who'd he run against? "Cowboy Bob" Friedman, and the Granny who was going to go Austin and show them "what's up."

Perry's a f-ing Dem in Republican's clothing. Hw'd you like that $1 a pack cigarette tax?

[Dilloduck]

The really sad part is Perry was actually the best of that bunch of lameasses last election, and he's a piece of shit. But who'd he run against? "Cowboy Bob" Friedman, and the Granny who was going to go Austin and show them "what's up."

Perry's a f-ing Dem in Republican's clothing. Hw'd you like that $1 a pack cigarette tax?

NOT ONE DAMN BIT !!! I agree on Perry----maybe Tancredo could come down here and be a carpet bgger govenor. Lord knows we need one.

[Gunny]

NOT ONE DAMN BIT !!! I agree on Perry----maybe Tancredo could come down here and be a carpet bgger govenor. Lord knows we need one.

IMO, it's the underlying reason for the conservative voters abstaining last election. Republicans aren't representing conservatives. Even as the left has coninued to shift left, so has the right.

[Dilloduck]

IMO, it's the underlying reason for the conservative voters abstaining last election. Republicans aren't representing conservatives. Even as the left has coninued to shift left, so has the right.

And Austin is just putrid with liberals

[Abbey Marie]

Okay, Texas guys, can you tell me why Bush is so soft on illegals?
Did something happen to him in Texas to make him that way?

[Dilloduck]

Okay, Texas guys, can you tell me why Bush is so soft on illegals?
Did something happen to him in Texas to make him that way?

He pisses me off BIG time---I think he's paying off his cronies by allowing cheap labor to flood Texas.

[Gunny]

Okay, Texas guys, can you tell me why Bush is so soft on illegals?
Did something happen to him in Texas to make him that way?

Because you don't get to be Governator of Texas without the Mexican vote. And for some damned dumb reason, law-abiding, tax-paying Hispanic Americans vote on the issue with their emotions and not their brains.

Had Bush been tough on illegals, he'd have been a one-term governor, if that. He's used to appeasing the Mexican American community. Look how he caved to Fox's grandstanding. What was Fox going to do? Invade Texas?

[Abbey Marie]

He pisses me off BIG time---I think he's paying off his cronies by allowing cheap labor to flood Texas.

Lordy. Do you really think that's it? It's so beyond a state issue in its effect.

[Dilloduck]

Lordy. Do you really think that's it? It's so beyond a state issue in its effect.

So are his buddies. Big GLOBAL corporations. I think an experienced independent running on an anti-illegal platform could stand a good chance.

[Abbey Marie]

Because you don't get to be Governator of Texas without the Mexican vote. And for some damned dumb reason, law-abiding, tax-paying Hispanic Americans vote on the issue with their emotions and not their brains.

Had Bush been tough on illegals, he'd have been a one-term governor, if that. He's used to appeasing the Mexican American community. Look how he caved to Fox's grandstanding. What was Fox going to do? Invade Texas?

That makes perfect sense, but it doesn't really explain why he continued to be soft, even into his second term as President.

[Nienna]

That makes perfect sense, but it doesn't really explain why he continued to be soft, even into his second term as President.

I think he caved to pressure in many areas, just like many of the Republicans. They get so used to playing the game of trade-offs that they forget to stand up for what is GOOD or RIGHT.

[Dilloduck]

That makes perfect sense, but it doesn't really explain why he continued to be soft, even into his second term as President.

Which is what makes me very suspicious of him now. For someone who is so anti-terrorism to allow illegals to flow across the border is quite a contradiction. Obviously there are other agendas at play here. Even now he has nothing to lose by slamming the border shut. He doesn't need votes anymore.

[Gaffer]

Which is what makes me very suspicious of him now. For someone who is so anti-terrorism to allow illegals to flow across the border is quite a contradiction. Obviously there are other agendas at play here. Even now he has nothing to lose by slamming the border shut. He doesn't need votes anymore.

That's how I feel too Dill. He's got nothing to lose by shutting down the border so there has to be something else in the works, like cheap labor for big business. I support him on iraq but I'm pissed about the border.

[Gunny]

Lordy. Do you really think that's it? It's so beyond a state issue in its effect.

It has only recently become a front-page, "beyond a state issue." Those of us who live in the Southwest have watched this happen all our lives.