LIE OF THE WEEK: 09-28-2007

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on building a border fence:

"I have been against the fence, I thought it's a bad idea even when it was just a matter of discussion," said Pelosi, D-Calif. "These are communities where you have a border going through them, they are not communities where you have a fence splitting them."

THE TRUTH: This is an absolutely ridiculous statement from one of the top leaders of a government that is supposed to espouse the rule of law. Unlike other nations who hold together based on a common culture or loyalty to a royal family, all American citizens (and especially the political leaders) swear to upload the US Constitution as the basis of our nation. If laws are being flouted with people crossing our border illegally, then the only logical response is to enforce the law through stricter means. Having a border going through a community does not negate the fact that each half of those communities exists in a different country with a different set of laws. If Speaker Pelosi cannot be trusted to enforce the laws, then she should resign or be removed from her position as a leader in a country based on the rule of law.