Monday, February 12, 2007
Bredesen drops the ball
Governor Phil Bredesen has spent the better part of the last five years trying to make people forget - particularly in East Tennessee - that he's a Democrat. During his re-election campaign last year, he pandered to conservative voters by famously sending members of the Tennessee National Guard to the U.S.-Mexican border to assist federal agents in the apprehension of individuals trying to enter the United States illegally.
Bredesen, who was re-elected in a November cakewalk, has seemingly dropped the illegal immigration in a way that'd impress Tyrone Calico. (For those who don't know to whom I'm referring, Tyrone Calico was a Tennessee Titan who was released because he couldn't hold on to the football.) Indeed, as Bill Hobbs deftly points out , "[I]f you voted for Bredesen because you believed he was going to get serious about illegal immigration, you are going to be sorely disappointed." More from Hobbs:
"[Last] Monday night Gov. Bredesen delivered his fifth State of the State speech, the first since his re-election campaign ad blitz promising to tackle illegal immigration in his second term. And how many times did he mention illegal immigration? Exactly the same number of times he did in his inauguration speech a few weeks ago.
"Which is to say: Not once."
Bredesen, who was re-elected in a November cakewalk, has seemingly dropped the illegal immigration in a way that'd impress Tyrone Calico. (For those who don't know to whom I'm referring, Tyrone Calico was a Tennessee Titan who was released because he couldn't hold on to the football.) Indeed, as Bill Hobbs deftly points out , "[I]f you voted for Bredesen because you believed he was going to get serious about illegal immigration, you are going to be sorely disappointed." More from Hobbs:
"[Last] Monday night Gov. Bredesen delivered his fifth State of the State speech, the first since his re-election campaign ad blitz promising to tackle illegal immigration in his second term. And how many times did he mention illegal immigration? Exactly the same number of times he did in his inauguration speech a few weeks ago.
"Which is to say: Not once."
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Monday, February 12, 2007 
