Press Briefing by Scott McClellan
...
If only President Bush were supportive of the rank-and-file agents -- and my question, first question, has the President given any reconsideration to his reference to the Minutemen as vigilantes?
MR. McCLELLAN: Well, first of all, we have great appreciation for the job that our Border Patrol does day in and day out. They work very hard to enforce our borders and to protect the American people and make sure that our borders are secure. So we greatly appreciate the job that they are doing.
And second of all, I mean, I think that we've been over this now two or three times, Les, and I think the President's views were made known and I've expressed what our views are, as well.
Reference isn't stated. That is exactly what I said it was. He was asked about minutemen and he answered about vigilantes.
Flase premise to say he referred to them as vigilantes. Pull up a quote where he did so. You cannot. All you have is inuendo, implication and reading into what he actually said while assigning ones own meaning to it.
That,friend, is exactly what Chris Mathews does when he says that W said Saddam was responsible for 911 and that removing him was about retribution for 911. This is simply not the case. Just like the whole vigilante deal.
W did not call the minutemen vigilantes. If you can post where he said such a thing...then lets see it.