BAIT AND SWITCH – AT 8:26 A.M. ET:  He ran as a moderate, he governs as a doctrinaire leftist.  His greatest concern is that some foreign government might be upset with us.  Obama's latest border policy provides more proof of who we've really got in the White House.  From AFP:

US National Guard troops being sent to the Mexican border will be used to stem the flow of guns and drugs across the frontier and not to enforce US immigration laws, the State Department said Wednesday.

The clarification came after the Mexican government urged Washington not to use the additional troops to go after illegal immigrants.

And, after all, we must serve the Mexican government first, not the people of the United States.  Didn't Obama take some kind of oath, or somethin', when he was inaugurated?  I think I saw that on TV. 

President Barack Obama on Tuesday authorized the deployment of up to 1,200 additional troops to border areas but State Department spokesman Philip Crowley told reporters, "It's not about immigration."

Do you get a sense of weirdness?  Why does Crowley think those troops were requested?

He said the move was "fully consistent with our efforts to do our part to stem, you know, violence, to interdict the flow of dangerous people and dangerous goods -- drugs, guns, people."

So who are the "people"?  Legal immigrants just strolling across the border?

He said the extra troops would be used to free up civilians engaged in support functions so that law enforcement personnel can be increased along the 2,000-mile-long (3,200 kilometer) border.

In other words, the troops will have desk jobs.  And the law enforcement people will be doing..?

Nearly 13 million Mexicans live in the United States, more than half of them illegally.

"We have explained the president's announcement to the government of Mexico, and they fully understand the rationale behind it," Crowley said.

Well, that's a relief.  We wouldn't want President Calderon to be running back here lecturing us again.  You know, our self-esteem is involved.

How many days to the next presidential election?  In this country, I mean.

May 28, 2010