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So my question is, has President Bush used that word since then?
Has he continued using the term, "vigilante"?

Honestly, I dont' know.
I worked Google News a bit, but can't find anything definitive.

I remember back when the Minutemen project first began, President
Bush made some comment about not wanting any vigilantes.
No one knew back then exactly how the Minutemen would conduct themselves.
I myself didn't want vigilantes (taking the law into their own hands).

I didn't either.
And as far as I can tell, The Minutemen didn't either.
And ejected anyone joining with reckless intent.

This just makes what Dubya said even worse.
Given a situation that pitted illegals that invade the USA and US citizens
willing to enhance border security ON THEIR OWN DIME...Dubya decided
who was more more likely to be "the bad guys".

Even worse, he gave every journalist in the country a very large and effective
one-word club to beat The Minutemen over the head with in every story
on immigration.

We may simply disagree on this topic.
But my opinion is still that Dubya made a choice.
And decided that it was more likely I was an evil-doer than someone
breaking our borders.
All without any substantive evidence.

I'm still voting Republican this fall.
But to a large degree, that's only because the alternative sucks
even more.

I'm still voting Republican this fall. But to a large degree, that's only because the alternative sucks even more.

And did you vote in the primaries? Is your (R) incumbent (assuming you have one) a RINO? Was there an alternative, or did you go with what you knew?

My (R) incumbent senator up for election this November is a RINO: DICK - L.O.S.T. Treaty front man - Lugar. He had NO, zero, zip, nada, (R) opponents?

Now what?

I appreciate the fact that you tried to find an answer to my question. I have been unsuccessful in finding the answer as well.

Yes, the President made a comment about not wanting vilantes, and that made perfect sense to me. But for folks to now take that word and use it against him everytime this issue is discussed.....well, I don't think that is fair, nor helpful. You sound as if you believe that just because our President cautioned against vigilantes, he was saying that the Minutemen would be worse than "the bad guys". I disagree with that assessment.

You say he gave the media a "one-word club" to beat the Minutement with. IMO, the media will always find their one-word wonder to use against us. It's bad enough that the MSM convinced Dems that this one-word was a "club", but it's more disturbing that members of his own "base" would believe it.

God bless the Minutemen. They have already done more to bring this issue to the public arena than anything that has been done for years. I'm also proud of the fact that they have been ever so careful about how they organized this effort and have proven that they aren't a bunch of vigilantes. They are Americans trying to protect our country and deserve our support and respect.