I am Outraged at President Bush’s Recent Pardons

 Cross posted on Grizzly Groundswell

 Last week President Bush pardoned 14 people and commuted the sentences of two others. The offenses of the people who were pardoned ranged from eagle killers to drug dealers to embezzlers. After seeing the list of the people that the president has pardoned I have to say that I am outraged.

 I am outraged not because of the people that he pardoned but because of the people he didn’t pardon. Or to be more specific, two people that he didn’t pardon. They would be Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, two border patrol agents who are currently jailed for shooting an illegal alien drug dealer.

 The scumbag drug dealer who was in this country illegally was given full immunity and brought back into the country by the Feds for his testimony against these two American heroes who were trying to keep our border secure.

 We all know about President Bush’s stand on illegal immigration, much like John McCain, Ted Kennedy, and Barack Obama he is all for it. Let them all come over. His opinion is that there are too many jobs that Americans are too lazy to do so we must bring in cheap, illegal help to fill in the gap. I find this whole notion disgraceful.

 Perhaps the president is just being stubborn by letting these men rot in jail for defending our borders because in reality he doesn’t want the borders defended. This is his way of making a statement on the issue of illegal immigration. He may claim that securing the borders is his top priority when it comes to immigration yet two men who were doing just that are rotting away while their wives and children are basically left fatherless. I think that this defines his true position on illegal immigration far better than his hollow words do.

 What I find most absurd about this whole thing is the fact that we are fighting the war on terror overseas so that we don’t have to fight them over here, that is what he tells us, yet our borders remain open so that ANYBODY can slip into this country. It makes absolutely no fucking sense. How can this be justified?

 Two men who were defending our borders remain in jail, I AM OUTRAGED! I demand that Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean be pardoned by the president before he leaves office. If he truly believes in the security of the country he will do what is right and free these men. If not he is no better than John Kerry, Jack Murtha, Harry Reid, or Nancy Pelosi. Our troops are fighting overseas to defend this nation, the least we could do was to do the same at home.