Posted on 07/13/2014 10:26:37 AM PDT by PoloSec
exas Gov. Rick Perry slammed President Barack Obama on Fox News Sunday, once again demanding the National Guard, and called on Obama to stop the blame game and get up and lead.
Host Brit Hume asked Perry to explain why he wants the National Guard sent to Texas, inquiring skeptically, “What exactly would National Guardsman and women do on the border?”
Perry explained that the National Guard acts as a front-line deterrent for illegal immigrants, and is critically important now, because most border patrol agents are stuck taking care of the illegal immigrant children. “The president was not even aware that his border patrol was back 40 or 45 miles from the border at these checkpoints,” he said. “They need to be right on the ripper, they need to be there as a show of force.”
“This flood of children is pulling away the border patrol from their normal duties of keeping bad people, keeping the drug cartels, they’re being distracted.”
Hume pushed back, questioning how effective the National Guard could be when they aren’t allowed to actually detain anyone. “They’re not, under the law, allowed to apprehend any of these children that are crossing, are they?” Hume asked.
“It’s the visual of it that’s the most important,” Perry countered. “Their conversations are being monitored with calls back to Central America, and the message is ‘hey come on up here, everything is great, they’re taking care of us,’ and that needs to stop.”
Hume then asked if Perry thought the presence of the National Guard would really deter children who have already “made the harrowing journey.”
“Are they really going to be deterred by the presence of troops along the border who won’t shoot them, and can’t arrest them?”
“What we’re talking about is sending the message back now to staunch the bleeding,” Perry replied. “Those that are already here, to address them, to humanitarily [sic] take care of them, to make sure they are safe — to reunite them with their families — that is the most humanitarian thing we can do.”
Perry again stressed the necessity of the National Guard to help get border patrol agents back to their actual jobs. “Right now, reports of up to 70 percent of them [border patrol] are taking care of these young people who have come in, rather than do their job of securing the border.”
Hume brought up President Obam, and his hope that Perry would “put the heat” on the Texas congressional delegation to pass “this nearly $4 billion dollar measure” that he is proposing.
And Perry had some choice words for the president.
“Very little of it [the bill] is for border security. And I think until he gets realistic about the problem and how you deal with the problem, and it is a border security issue, and we’ve got a track record now of five plus years of him disregarding what is going on on the border, so here’s his opportunity to truly lead,” Perry declared.
“Don’t blame this on anyone. Be a leader, lay out a plan.”
Hume then asked Perry to clarify if he was saying he would disregard the president and not pressure the Texas delegation to pass the bill.
“So in other words, governor, you don’t particularly support the bill, and you’re not going to be encouraging your delegation to pass it. Is that a fair assessment?”
“I think you have distilled the correct answer,” Perry replied.
I ghost write political commentary, analysis, political humor, - cutting edge stuff. It’s for an immediate media, not print. It’s rapid fire.
I’m not a biographer.
I find you to be very egotistical and very lacking in, ironically, your ability to stay on topic with your responses. Perhaps you are familiar to attacking and that's all you can do. Occupational hazard?
Political humor? You're about as funny as Bill Maher!
The irony is…..you’ve probably quoted my work (thinking you were quoting others) and agreed with it, and thought it was funny. But it’s kinda hard to be funny when you go off all personally insulted that people outside Texas, many who want to vote Perry for President - wish he would do a certain thing. The first post was your attackimg me for attacking your precious governor and state - when actually I did no such thing.
Like I sadi, you need therapy.
So I went on a road trip with friends.
Not being one of us, you have no clue what crap is thrown at us. After years of it gets a little old. One of the most disgusting was a FReeper who blamed Texas/Texans for the illegals in AL.
You jumped on me and accused me of having thoughts that weren't mine...yours projected on to me. Your bad!
Also, you seem to be lacking in the possible repercussions of governors calling up the NG.
I hope your pro responses are more accurate than your FReeper responses!
FYI, your first error was calling me a "dude."
Which nobody did, and certainly not me. To even look at it as "blaming Texas" is just sophomoric frankly. Most people saying that were cheering Perry and Texas on and hoping they'd go even further. For you to assume it was the other speaks volumes about an overly emotional response on your part.
Which nobody did, and certainly not me. To even look at it as "blaming Texas" is just sophomoric frankly.
You don't seem to understand that not EVERYTHING centers around YOU!
This "blaming" Texas has been going on for years and you are totally unaware of what I'm referring to and keep projecting your faulty opinions into something you know nothing about!
You are an Obama-like narcissist..."me", "I", "my."
You are not the center of anybody's universe but your own.
YOU POSTED TO ME FIRST and ACCUSED ME OF BLAMING TEXAS. thick thick thici thick thick, but emotional.
Send your NG down to take care of the problem. Instead of telling Perry what to do, why don 't you put pressure on YOUR congress members to do something! This is not just a Texas problem!... we are just now getting the blame because illegals are spreading out to other states and people don't like it.
What I said resulted in this tirade from you? and I have a problem?
Stick your defensive territorial misplaced pride up in the shade somewhere….really, so friggin defensive you've taken leave of your senses. You idiot you can't send anyone elses National Guard BUT Texas - and it isn't about blaming Texas. Get out of middle school dude. Really. This is a great great opportunity for Rick Perry to look Presidential, and open up a national discussion that is needed. I don't need your phony immature defensiveness.
Me thinks you project and protest... irrationally.
Your defensive reply only encouraged me to be offensive.
Nope.
Not impressed, yet.
Of course, most people don’t impress me. They do what they do...I do what I do.
What’s to be impressed about? That someone writes words that some other person repeats?
Really?
How about doing something that you take credit for yourself?
This guy...
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