I'll be on KPNX Channel 12's Sunday Square Off at about 8:05 right after meet the press. House Minority Leader David Lujan and Democratic Consultant Bob Grossfeld are on as well.
Here's my 30-second "final thought."
When former governor Janet Napolitano bought her one way ticket to Washington and left Arizona with a three billion dollar deficit, I thought she had done all the damage she could. Now as Homeland security Director, Janet has proceeded to make a fool of herself on a national stage. First she warned us that returning vets could be turned into terrorists by right wing groups. Then she offended the entire nation of Canada by repeating the myth that some of the nine eleven hijackers crossed the border from the north and then incredibly, went on CNN and said that sneaking across the US border isn’t illegal. She was quickly reminded that of course it’s illegal. That’s why it’s called illegal immigration. The only thing left to complete this string of embarrassments is for President Obama to say “Youre doing a heckofa job janet”
Watch out for that sizzling Luhan wit. You may only look 98% correct after a partisan blast from his mighty aresenal of Nappy propaganda.
Posted by: Jim Torgeson | April 25, 2009 at 09:13 PM
Good luck with that. I will be sure to watch. I'm sure apologizing to veterans groups for a report that was commissioned by the previous administration will be considered time well spent by the new head of the D.H.S. in the event of a terrorist attack. Tim McVeigh was a veteran. He committed an act of domestic terrorism after returning from Desert storm. Why in the world should law enforcement be barred from discussing the possibility that something like that could occur again? Our former Gov. is an asset to the country. It's a difficult thankless job and you know it.
Posted by: Chris Hedgecock | April 26, 2009 at 04:11 AM
While it may have been commissioned by the previous administration, it was RELEASED by the current administration, and defended by Janet as a valid concern.
Then she follows up by blaming Canada for 9-11 and downplaying illegal immigration.
That was all Janet, and you can't blame Bush for that.
Posted by: Steve F. | April 27, 2009 at 01:09 AM
Since Napolitano released the DHS report, she takes responsibility for it. She could have looked at it and slammed it as a piece of Bush-era garbage and really gone to town with it politically. But she didn't. People who are her apologists apparently don't realize they get nothing from that bargain. Janet is all about Janet and NO ONE else.
Posted by: DGN | April 27, 2009 at 01:36 PM