Arnold Gets It, Even if George Doesn't

This is from our pal, David. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace. Here is an excerpt from the transcript, where the Governator weighs in on the border issue and the Minuteman Project:

WALLACE: ... you also have praised the Minute Men whom President Bush says are vigilantes for doing a terrific job. Briefly, how would you secure the borders?

SCHWARZENEGGER: By just having more patrol. That's what every country does. It's not reinventing the wheel. That's a no-brainier.

I mean you don't have to be a brain surgeon or anything like this to figure that one out; that if you have not enough border patrol, then people can go through it left and right. I mean...

WALLACE: But there are thousands of miles.

SCHWARZENEGGER: So what? That's what you do when you have a huge country. If you have thousands of miles and thousands of cities in America and they all have to be patrolled.

We have the money to do it. It's not a lack of money. When we can afford the war in Iraq, we can afford to control our own borders.

We are not saying that, yes, we endorse — the Minute Men should do the job. We are saying that the federal government should do the job.

But if the federal government falls short of doing their job and fulfilling their responsibility and the promise to the people, then the average citizen will rise up and will do that job. And that's what they do.

Good on ya', Gov!

Read the entire transcript. In a sea of mostly mealy-mouthed politicians, The Governator is a pretty straight shooter, and that is refreshing.