Posted on 05/21/2006 5:27:10 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
Sen. John Kerry joined most of his Democratic colleagues last week in voting to build a wall along 370 miles of the U.S.-Mexican border.
But he now says that after the wall is built it should be taken down as soon as possible.
"I voted for it," Kerry acknowledged Friday while speaking to the New England Council breakfast.
But in quotes picked up by the Boston Herald, the Massachusetts Democrat added: "If I were making the long-term decision, I’d announce, you know, hopefully it’s a temporary measure, and we can take it down as soon as we have enough people" to guard the border.
Kerry said beefing up the number of border patrol agents "should be America’s goal, absolutely and positively." He noted that he'd introduced an amendment to the Senate border bill that would add 3,000 new officers.
"But in the temporary," he said, "we’ve got to have a comprehensive approach everywhere," adding that, "in the short term, I think [the wall] can serve us well."
more from mr 'dewey canyon iii'....
he is a classic liberal...
so he wants to build a wall as a 'message' then knock it down. jeeze u could not make this up..
why is it liberals always want to deliver 'messages'...what is that about...
Once we build the wall has John decided which side he intends to stand on?
He wants to build the wall so that he can campaign on a platform of tearing it down.
That's one of the first moves I learned in ballet class. He's good, I tell ya!!
Talk about sitting on the fence!
SKerry voted for it before he voted against it?! Is this a re-run or WHAT?!
Yea, like she grew up in the most lucious of colonial pandering in Mocambique under Portugues rule, and studied at the top university (WITS) in Apartheid South Africa. Very much doubt she would want to live under black rule in South Africa or Mocambique.
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