[FreeReign]

An appropriate answer would have been "No, I think they're patriotic people doing a wonderful job of assisting our Border Patrol agents in locating those who are breaking the law by entering the country unlawfully."

"Doing a wonderful job"? The Minutemen weren't even on the border yet. Yet you want the President to comment on the Minutemen's activity at the border before it happens.

In any event, he made an accusation

No, the president gave his position on potential vigilantism.

The record speaks for itself to those who are objective about it.

March 2005 - Minutemen not yet on border.

March 2005 | Reporter:President Bush, I wanted to ask you about your opinion about those people who are hunting migrant people along the border.

March 2005 | President Bush: I'm against vigilantes in the United States of America. I'm for enforcing law in a rational way.

April 2005 Minutemen go to border.

August 2, 2005 | Reporter:We've got these groups on the border called the Minutemen. They think you've called them vigilantes. Do you think they are vigilantes?

August 2, 2005 | President Bush: Well, this was -- I was in Waco when I decried potential vigilantism. I want to make it clear that this is before they even showed up, as I recall, and I wanted to make it clear that it was intolerable for people to take the law in their own hands, because we didn't want people showing up with guns.

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""Doing a wonderful job"? The Minutemen weren't even on the border yet. Yet you want the President to comment on the Minutemen's activity at the border before it happens.

You're misreading my comment, either intentionally or unintentionally. If it's the latter, I would encourage you to reread the comment and then reconsider the response.