Snow: Flow of illegals not an 'invasion'

WorldNetDaily ^ | June 2, 2006 | Les Kinsolving

[AmericaOne]

Snow: Flow of illegals not an 'invasion'

Spokesman says Article 4 of Constitution doesn't apply to border issue

Saying Mexico is "not the enemy," presidential press secretary Tony Snow today rejected the characterization of the constant flow of illegal aliens over the U.S. border as an "invasion."

At today's White House press briefing, WND asked the spokesman: "Article 4, Section 4 of the Constitution says, 'The United States shall guarantee to every state in the Union a republican form of government and shall protect each of them from foreign invasion.' My question is, does the president believe this foreign invasion means only armed invasion, or doesn't this also mean the invasion of millions of illegal immigrants?"

Responded Snow: "I think what you are doing is you're attaching a martial connotation to something that does not have martial consequences. …

"What the president has said – if you were talking about an invasion, he's made it clear that Mexico is not the enemy."

WND also asked Snow about a lawsuit by war veteran Sgt. Peter Damon, who lost both of his arms in Iraq. Damon has sued Michael Moore for using clips without his permission in "Fahrenheit 9/11" to give the false impression that he opposed the war.

"I didn't lose my arms over there to come back and be used as ammunition against my commander in chief," Damon was quoted as saying.

"If he is asked," queried WND, "will this commander in chief be willing to testify in court on behalf of this double amputee sergeant?"

Snow called it a "hypothetical question"

"Please don't put me in the position of trying to answer to a lawsuit between somebody who served his country and Michael Moore," Snow said. "We'll let them deal with it."

[Vision]

He's not our buddy anymore. He's the willing mouthpiece of George Bush, selected to help co-opt the flak from the Right. The better he does his job the more invisible his own opinions are

Time will tell. His new job is to be a mouthpiece for Dubya's politics, not his own. I can't think of another guy better to be giving his opinions to the President. Snow did say he has an open door policy to the oval office.

[Regulator]

we are not being invaded, we're being out numbered...

Heh. Yeah.

I think that's what's known as a "distinction without a difference"!

[Regulator]

I also assume illegals vote or can vote as there is no practical way to determine who is legal or not in this country

Only if someone challenges an election. And even then, get set for massive screaming and whining.

[Celtman]

Down with Newspeak!

[beaversmom]

For all their talk about Independence from the white man they seem quite taken with the idea of living in a country that has a white majority.

Odd, isn't it? Unfortunately, I think some of them think they can take this good thing over. They don't seem to understand though that this good thing will no longer be a good thing when that happens. It will be the same crap hole they left.

[fantom]

So will he.

[beaversmom]

I prefer the Norman Rockwell Code:

http://www.thenormanrockwellcode.com/

[Pelham]

Flow of illegals not an 'invasion'

It all depends on what the meaning of "is" is.

And, of course, it depends on whether or not it's your neighborhood that gets the 40+ illegals living in one house. If it's not your neighborhood, or your parents' neighborhood, or the neighborhood of anyone you might know or associate with, it's not an invasion, it's A Political Outreach Opportunity.

[kcar]

I wasn't trying to criticize him, only point out that that's his job and he's damned well going to do that as he should, rather than opining in favor of his own views (at least publicly). He may have been selected to help co-opt us, but that probably wasn't his view of his role. Now his role is defined: He's the President's mouthpiece. He's only good or bad in relation to how well he relays the viewpoint of the WH.

I think I'm agreeing with you. I like Tony and hope to see some entertainment vis-a-vis the MSM.

[longtermmemmory]

ok Tony Snow is talented but he has to be following orders to come up with such unbelievable and uncredible comments.

[George W. Bush]

He's turned into a total mouthpiece in record time.

[kcar]

That's the job!

[VOA]

Webster's says "'na-wat-l" (with the long a's)

But I think we'd say it sounds something like "Na-huh-wa-tle".

I've been mildly suprised that the TV/radio commentators haven't raised
this interesting little tidbit.
Especially when there was debate about an "Official English" measure in the US Senate.

[Pelham]

The reporter is Sandy Wells, with KABC radio in Los Angeles.

http://kabc.com/goout.asp?u=http://www.kabc.com/mcintyre/default.asp

[no-to-illegals]

Your tagline caught my eye. You seem to realize there are those in congress willing to make this a nation of 1 billion plus people in ten to fifteen years? It would appear, we are being primed as the safety valve for the world, at the cost of our culture and our money. Call me greedy if one wishes, but we simply cannot take in the world, and give the world welfare, citizenship, our lives, and our nation.

[O Neill]

I prefer the Norman Rockwell Code...

LOL. Thanks for the link!

[cripplecreek]

I wonder if there's a spanish word for Madrassa?

[Pelham]

You'll find this interesting:

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1161076.php

[plain talk]

Snow is technically right. It is NOT an invasion by a government of another country and that's what the framers were talking about. Use a different word. The problem is still there though.