Bill White TV Ad: "Border"
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Bill White promises 1,000 more security officers on the Texas-Mexico border in his latest TV spot, appropriately titled "Border."
"Rick Perry's been governor for nine and a half years. You would think he'd be able to get some of the federal resources that he's said we needed all those years," says an emphatic White, in the spot.
Is focusing on the border a winning strategy? Perry's primary foe, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, spent television time on the topic in the winter, but you know how that story ends. To compare ...
Comments (8)
Mark Cain via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Where's he going to get the $40,000,000.00 (est.) for salaries, not to mention all of the vehicles, gas, insurance, taxes, ......, oh I guess we'll have to come up with it, well then gee, go for it.
Maria Helena via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Bush was more interested in Iraq and spent 2 trillion dollars to kill Saddam Hussein but he didnt have WMD, an Army, and never attacked the United States. Obama admnistration deported more illegal aliens than Bush. Republicans created a new enemy, illegal aliens, because terrorism has become an old issue and November is coming.
Cheryl Walker via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Yeah right maybe to one spot to help the illegals into this country so TEXAS can be a sanctuary STATE!! say Ni to Bill White Texas does not need to be all like Houston! Bill White made Houston a sanctuary city don't let it happen to all of Texas!
Tim Tukaram Spotswood via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Bill White won't do anything about the border and neither will Governor hairdo... I mean Gov Perry. We need Jan Brewer!
Jonathan Gal via Texas Tribune on Facebook
What's really holding up additional border troops is the political turf battle between Governor Perry & the Obama Administration.
If we elect Bill White for Governor, I expect that things will begin to move on border, education, and other issues.
Maria Saldiva via Texas Tribune on Facebook
In the last year, there has been a substantial increase in federal money going into border security, including US Customs and Border Patrol. Deportations of those in the country illegally are up. According to FBI statistics,there has been a consistent decrease in violent crime rates in U.S.-Mexico border towns. Jan Brewer is full of hot air and ises false scare tactics . Her claim that headless bodies had been found along the border in her state was a crock of sh*t. Unfortunately, when politics, bigotry and scapegoating are involved, the facts become obsolete.
Mette
Do You Really Think White who helped get Houston designated as a Sanctuary City is going to eliminate the illegal alien problem? Do you think Perry who also lives in a Sanctuary City and has done nothing about holding the mayor and city counsel accountable for their illegal support of illegal aliens will solve the problem? I am voting for KATHIE GLASS. She at least agrees the border patrol need to be on the border and not in the middle of the state.
I live 16 miles from the border. Maybe if the border patrol would spend more time on the border and stop harassing the citizens, trespassing, cutting locks, leaving gates open, letting livestock loose, driving their ATVs and destroying vegetation on private property. These are all done without permission of use. Many of these properties are not on the border.
Border patrol stop cars for giggles and then lie saying they were just seeing if the car was stolen. Even when the recognize the driver and the car as being someone from the area. They are not peace officers.
One organization, American Stewards, are involve with two groups, one in Uvalde and one in San Antonio, trying to deal with border patrol harassment. Border patrol does all this without jurisdiction.
Take all the border patrol agents, which are all the way up to Oklahoma and put them back on the border. We don't need more agents. We already have enough agents to cover close to one for every 20 to 30 yards. They need to do their jobs at the border!
The trouble is they are not trying to find illegals. They are reminisce of the Nazi brown shirts. Dregs who were given free reign to do anything they wanted without punishment.
We had two agents tell my 100% disable veteran husband they could go anywhere they want and do anything they wanted to include destroy our fence. They preceded to damage to our fence in front of my unarmed husband. $2,000 worth of damage. The sheriff Clint McDonald,who gets federal grants (bribe) money, refuse to take the criminal complaint. The county attorney Monroe, didn't know if she had jurisdiction in her own county. The county judge Leo Smith ran out of the court room with our criminal complaint, a sworn affidavit, and made the paperwork disappear. He later called us at home and told us to file a civil lawsuit. Shall I tell you about the grand jury tampering in Terrell County? That is another long story.
The truth is the agents are conditioning you to checkpoints. The checkpoints are in the middle of the state and not on the border crossing. The permanent and even temporary checkpoints have the back scatter machines which are stronger than the ones at the airports since it sees through your car. There are no signs to telling pregnant women that the machines will damage their fetus. Nor are there any signs saying that it disrupts DNA, causes sterility or cancer. This is a OSHA violation. Plus according to the FCC the machines are suppose to be used in rooms without windows and not outside.
Jonathan Gal via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Obama in OHIO: "TAX CUTS NEXT WEEK".
Republicans have NO EXCUSE for obstructing this one!