Janet Napolitano - Chief Of Homeland Security???

I don't know about her politics, but looking at her I wouldn't want to pick a fight with her. However she has some very interesting views on religious extremism so it is possible she may be able to effectively counter the causes of violence and take on other right wing fundamentalist groups than we usually hear about. It depends. She has the executive experience behind her and Arizona has to deal with border security. Maybe she surprises.

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Personally, I think one has to consider the source when attempting to understand the foolish decisions that our politicians make as a result of their personal life experience.

As a member of the gay community, I believe that Janet is influenced by her own experience with prejudice and the resultant "compassion" and leniency towards the laws she was supposed to be governing demonstrate a failure to act on behalf of the people who were paying her bills. While attributing her failed performance to her sexual preference seems a little far fetched, I can't, for the life of me, come up with anything else that would justify her soft stance and failed performance on border protection.

Putting Reserve Troops at the border and then revoking their authority to act against this invasion was nothing more than a public relations move. She gleaned the benefits of appearing to have done what the citizens of Arizona demanded that she do, while betraying their trust in her leadership and failing horrifically at defending our borders.

The fact that she is now in charge of our National borders is nothing short of bone-chilling in my opinion.

The lie that Americans won't do the jobs that Mexicans are willing to do is exactly that: a lie.

To add insult to injury, catering to the lack of willingness of these immigrants to integrate and learn our national language has produced a plethora of management, administrative, social service, and government jobs that require Spanish-speaking in order to communicate with a largely illegal population. Yes, as English speaking Americans, we've lost jobs and lots of them.

Janet's performance in Arizona should never have been rewarded with one of the most critical seats in our Federal Government. The increase in violent crimes in Phoenix is directly related to her failure to protect the border from drug lords, human traffickers, and invaders or various kinds.

How anyone feels safe with Janet Napolitano at the helm of Homeland Security in entirely beyond me.