June 6, 2007

Where's the Fence?

Last year, Congress pass and President Bush signed legislation that promised 700 miles of fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. But they never funded it - the promised 700 miles of fence was nothing but an election-year con to make you think they were serious about border security. Now they're back, with a plan for less fence as part of the plan to grant amnesty to 12 million illegals already here.

The ad at the right is from Grassfire.org, which has developed a media and grassroots campaign around a simple question: "Where's The Fence?"

The initial media buy includes national airings on Fox and CNN, along with regional broadcasts of customized ads targeting the following Republican senators: Jon Kyl and John McCain of Arizona, Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, Sam Brownback of Kansas, Trent Lott of Mississippi, Richard Burr of North Carolina, John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchinson of Texas, and John Warner of Virginia. The Where's the Fence? campaign also will target one Democratic senator, Virginia's Jim Webb.

The goal: scuttle the current immigration "reform" proposal. The message: we don't trust you, Washington. You promised more border security with the last amnesty, for 3 million illegals, and instead we got less border security and 12 million more illegals. Fence First!