Our illustrious President neglected to mention…

That his 2006 budget, released Feb. 7th, 2005, funded only 210 border patrol agents, out of the 10,000 originally agreed to in the “National Intelligence Reform Act”. So now, since we don’t have the border patrol agents we need, it’s time to call out the National Guard?? This is just another example of the shortsightedness and total ineptitude of this administration. First they say they need to add 10,000 border patrol officers. Then they choose not to fund the increase. Now they decide to deploy the National Guard because we don’t have enough border patrol officers.

Or perhaps this was the plan all along? After all, this is the hot button issue that the Republicans CHOSE to use for the mid-term elections. Nothing like getting broad public support ahead of militarizing the border. So the question becomes, what is the long-term goal here? I mean, we are talking about the administration that has turned the concept of a hidden agenda into an art form. So what’s the Rovian scheme?

Perhaps I’m too much of a cynic. Perhaps I give this admin. too much credit. Given their history so far… I think not.