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Snow: Flow of illegals not an 'invasion'
WorldNetDaily ^
| June 2, 2006
| Les Kinsolving
Posted on 06/02/2006 4:51:13 PM PDT by 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."
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To: gondramB
Vision, you are calling our President names instead of discussing his policies
I've done nothing of the sort.
You engage me in personal attacks instead of debating. End even post 271 where you do use some (sarcastic) facts you get some wrong.
Up to a third of the U.S. federal prison population is composed of non-citizens
But along with this we will need a massive increase in legal immigration and people who
Shut down all immigration for five years, we hostile aliens trying to "shut down" our economy.
if people object to new legal immigration then they were really weren't concerned about illegals they just don't like brown people
Please take your racist false argument somewhere else.
Also, those of you who want to blame every ill in society on illegals sound like you want a scape goat, not a solution
Can you stop whining? The only ills talked about here are from illegal aliens.
And you seem to have chosen our President as that scape goat. It hurts our country to scape goat the President instead of working on the issues.
Let me paint this more clearly than it has obviously been done for the last five years. The President, while a good man, considers illegals the "New Americans" and doesn't care what you or I think. Capiche?
If you would just stop supporting criminal behavior and get your friends to apply legally, everything would be fine.
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posted on
06/03/2006 8:05:09 AM PDT
by
Vision
("There are no limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence" Ronald Reagan)
To: Vision
Me:Vision, you are calling our President names instead of discussing his policies
Vision: I've done nothing of the sort.
Example quote from Vision proving my point "You're a joke "Jorge" and your time is up."
282
posted on
06/03/2006 8:07:23 AM PDT
by
gondramB
(We may have done a lill' bit of fightin amongst ourselves but you outside people best leave us alone)
To: gondramB
283
posted on
06/03/2006 8:07:32 AM PDT
by
Vision
("There are no limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence" Ronald Reagan)
To: gondramB
Me:Vision, you are calling our President names instead of discussing his policies
Vision: I've done nothing of the sort.
Example quote from Vision proving my point "You're a joke "Jorge" and your time is up."
You pathetic numb skull, I was posting to "Jorge" the pro illegal alien Freeper. Please stop wasting my time.
284
posted on
06/03/2006 8:09:48 AM PDT
by
Vision
("There are no limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence" Ronald Reagan)
To: Dawggie; camle; Alkhin; Professional Engineer; katana; Mr. Silverback; MadIvan; agrarianlady; ...
It's a banana!!LISTER: Kryten, it's easy! (Holding up the apple) Look: an orange. (Holding up the orange) A melon. (Holding up the banana) A female aardvark!
KRYTEN: Oh! Oh, that is just so superb, sir! How DO you do that?
Especially calling a banana an aardvark? An aardvark isn't even a fruit! It's total genius!
285
posted on
06/03/2006 8:13:49 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, a sense of humor is just common sense, dancing)
To: Vision
Me: if people object to new legal immigration then they were really weren't concerned about illegals they just don't like brown people
Vision: Please take your racist false argument somewhere else.
Me: Also, those of you who want to blame every ill in society on illegals sound like you want a scape goat, not a solution
Vision: Can you stop whining? The only ills talked about here are from illegal aliens.
1. That has been my experience with people who object to large quantities of legal immigrants - it wasn't really the illegal aspect that was bothering them.
2. Hmmm over crowded hospitals, full prisons, wage issues - all the fault of illegals and nobody else bears any responsibility -that's seems a bit convenient since it allows everyone else to have no responsibility at all. I wonder if this fear of the outsider could be used to unify a country? I wonder if its been tried before?
286
posted on
06/03/2006 8:16:09 AM PDT
by
gondramB
(We may have done a lill' bit of fightin amongst ourselves but you outside people best leave us alone)
To: Vision
>>You pathetic numb skull, I was posting to "Jorge" the pro illegal alien Freeper. Please stop wasting my time<<
Then it sounds like I made a mistake. I Apologize.
287
posted on
06/03/2006 8:18:14 AM PDT
by
gondramB
(We may have done a lill' bit of fightin amongst ourselves but you outside people best leave us alone)
To: Samwise
What good if we liberate Iraq but lose our own nation?Every time I call a business and get the English/Spanish option for languages, I have to wonder the same thing.
288
posted on
06/03/2006 9:02:32 AM PDT
by
daybreakcoming
(If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. A. Lincoln)
Comment #289 Removed by Moderator
To: Names Ash Housewares
Sometimes I leave the front door open for the breeze. Since the door is not locked does that mean you are free to enter at will?
To: PhilDragoo
good one, how about a tony snow/bagdad bob cut and paste.."this is no invasion!"
291
posted on
06/03/2006 9:11:56 AM PDT
by
proust
To: null and void; Dawggie; camle; Alkhin; Professional Engineer; katana; Mr. Silverback; MadIvan; ...
Snow: Flow of illegals not an 'invasion' --------------
************
Soft Tony is an ASSH*LE on this subject.
Everyone is a lying b*stard in D.C............. after all, that's how they get their silly and destructive jobs.
*****
God Bless America ................ but it's gone ........ and such a young little country.
******
The Founding Fathers ARE DISGUSTED and DISRESPECTED!!!!
292
posted on
06/03/2006 9:27:34 AM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(A nativist rube ..... yep, that's me.... and oh, the Senate and nearly ALL Senators SUCK.)
To: null and void
By the way .... thanks for the ping.
This is just a 60 year old guy who is just sick of the lying b*stards... Tony Snow included!
293
posted on
06/03/2006 9:30:49 AM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(A nativist rube ..... yep, that's me.... and oh, the Senate and nearly ALL Senators SUCK.)
To: Names Ash Housewares
Is it an invasion if we invited them?The problem is in the word "we." Certain business interests in the US have have subverted the enforcement of law by buying our politicians. In our CA Central Coast valley those business interests that use illegals for cheap labor are largely foreign owned--Japan, Holland, etc.
To: Vision
Tony Snow ......... if he keeps talking like this ( flow of illegals not an 'invasion' )........... that causes cancer.
I swear that I'm not at all trying to be cold or ignorant toward Tony because of his recent past problems .............. but knowingly lying for your boss about this INVASION can cause worry, self-hatred, and then bad health.
STOP LYING TONY!
295
posted on
06/03/2006 9:35:53 AM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(A nativist rube ..... yep, that's me.... and oh, the Senate and nearly ALL Senators SUCK.)
To: Charles Martel
"Snow is trying to cloak this mess in euphemistic bullsh!t-speak. It's disappointing to see people here supporting that." ---
Tony has always been a mealy mouthed intellectual with a soft tongue. He's so wrong on this and he KNOWS it!
He should be ashamed of himself!
296
posted on
06/03/2006 9:39:39 AM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(A nativist rube ..... yep, that's me.... and oh, the Senate and nearly ALL Senators SUCK.)
To: beyond the sea
297
posted on
06/03/2006 9:40:29 AM PDT
by
Vision
("There are no limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence" Ronald Reagan)
To: AmericaOne
Dubya didn't do Tony any favors by hiring him. He is required to carry the Administrations water on the illegal immigration issue at the expense of his own credibility.
To: AmericaOne
Tony will call it a floor-cleaner or a whipped topping... before he calls it an invasion. Sad to see them keep throwing this pig skyward... hoping that it will sprout wings and fly.
299
posted on
06/03/2006 9:47:47 AM PDT
by
johnny7
(“And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda... what's Fonzie like?!”)
To: Charles Martel
We are not experiencing an invasion by a foreign country which is what the founders meant. It doesn't mean I am for illegal immigration though. I am in favor of a sea-tosea wall, stiff penalties for employers and no amnesty. But I'm not willing to twist words to support an agenda. The truth is the truth. Snow is exactly right.
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