Yes, he did. He was at a press conference with Vincente Fox and was asked about private groups patrolling the border, and that is when he responded with his "vigilantes" quote.
Now, you can pretend all you want that because "vigilantes" and "Minutemen" were not in the same paragraph, that Bush really wasn't talking about them, despite the context of the comment. It's your right to fool yourself. Just realize you aren't fooling anyone else.
W has never stated that the minutemen are vigilantes anymore than he stated Saddam was responsible for 911.
Produce the quote without all the inference and inuendo.
You cannot.
Bush supports what the minutemen are doing as it is their right to do what they are doing. He has never said he opposes what they are or have been doing. He has stated that what they are doing is a first ammendment issue and they have the right to what they are doing. FACT IS that after 911 he asked for this very thing. Remember?
Remember? Be vigilant.
I laugh at your same paragraph deal. The word minutemen was not in his words used when speaking of the minutemen. Indeed that word was from someone else. As i said before, he ducked the issue when he answered as he did.
One part about minutemen was a question.
His answer was about vigilantes.
He has never said that the minutemen had undertaken any actions he classified as vigilante.
Can you post where he has? Nope.