Kinda obligatory… But, remember that video of Senator John Kyl? Well, the Obama White House is coming out swinging on that one:
White House officials challenged the veracity Monday of an account of a private conversation Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., said he had with President Obama.
On June 18, Kyl, the Senate Republican Whip, told a North Tempe Tea Party town hall that in an Oval Office conversation between the two of them about securing the US-Mexico border, “here’s what the president said: ‘The problem is,’ he said, ‘if we secure the border, then you all won’t have any reason to support ‘comprehensive immigration reform.’ In other words, they’re holding it hostage. They don’t want to secure the border unless and until it is combined with ‘comprehensive immigration reform.’”
The White House Monday rejected Kyl’s account.
“The President didn’t say that and Senator Kyl knows it,” White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer told ABC News. “There are more resources dedicated toward border security today than ever before, but, as the President has made clear, truly securing the border will require a comprehensive solution to our broken immigration system.”
via White House: Senator Kyl Not Telling Truth About Immigration Reform Conversation – Political Punch.
I figured this was coming; and I tend to believe the White House on this one. Republicans have been known to tell half truths in the past. Just look at George W. Bush. He was not exactly known for his truthfulness. Especially when it came to Iraq; so, I tend to side with the White House on this one here. Like I said in a previous posting; Republicans, If this is your strategy to win the White House in 2012 or to win in the 2010 elections, count on losing. Because the American people are just too damned smart for this sort of idiotic nonsense.
(H/T to HotAir Headlines)