[Lunatic Fringe]

More yellow journalism from WND.

[Brilliant]

Although I agree with the wife, I don't think it's a very smart strategy to insult the President publicly while he's considering the idea of pardoning her husband.

[Red Badger]

Something is terribly wrong. And why isn't the MSM all over this? Greta? Geraldo?..........no rich dead white girls........

[DainBramage]

IMO it is hard excusing shooting a fleeing suspect in the back. I dont however see any reason to give a drug runner a free pass to testify, especially when the Mexicans wont do the same for us.

[Calpernia]

I would like to know more about the Clinton-Zedillo relationship

[deport]

and was sharply critical of President Bush, calling him a hypocrite and worse.

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Yep..... that's the course to take......

When you need help you don't spit in the face of those that may can help. Rohrabacher is no different.

[MEGoody]

"How could President Bush say that he wanted to secure our borders and that he would double the size of the Border Patrol when my husband is in prison," she asked WND.

Because, Mrs Ramos, the two have nothing to do with each other. I know you're upset that your husband is in prison, but get a clue. You only come off sounding looney with these kinds of comments.

[vox humana]

Whatever happened to the old "STOP, or we'll shoot." police command?

Political correctness will be the downfall of this country.

[dforest]

The drug smuggler was armed with pounds of an illegal substance to sell to our kids and put us in jeopardy at the hands of druggies and criminals. This scum should have been ignored, instead he was given immunity. I believe he was shot in the butt, not the back. The big issue was that they tried to cover it up. It has to be a difficult job to work for a government who doesn't really want you to do your job at enforcing our borders.

The Border agents were wrong to try to cover it up. This sentence is as much as people get for murder. Maybe a more equitable justice should be worked out. Instead the US is still pandering to Mexico.

[devane617]

Talk about taking two Patriots and turning your back on them...When they do get out, I will not be surprised to see two very different attitudes towards the people and entities that were supposed to protect them. Actually, I don't blame them if they do come out swinging.

[P-Marlowe]

I have lost a lot of respect for Bush and his administration over this prosecution. In the last two years Bush has shown almost no leadership qualities. The quality of a leader is in his ability to garner followers. At 22% approval rating it is clear that Bush does not have what it takes to lead. He may be governing ok, but he is not leading anyone.

By allowing this travesty of justice to occur he has lost his base. It is a shame because I had high hopes for this presidency. Bush may be a decent man, but at this point he is wholly ineffective as a leader. If he does not begin to effectively lead this country, then the odds of a Republican being elected in 2008 are nill.

[windcliff]

ping

[Xenalyte]

Asked what message he wanted to send by inviting Ramos' wife to attend the speech in person, Rohrabacher explained: "I wanted to give Mrs. Ramos the opportunity to be in the room and look President Bush right in the face, knowing that this was the man who was destroying her life by his decision to prosecute her husband to the hilt."

Rohrabacher described the injustice he perceived in emotional terms: "By prosecuting these two Border Patrol agents while the drug smuggler is given immunity, President Bush has brutalized the lives of agents Ramos and Compean with a decision that threatens to destroy their families."

Silly me. I thought some guy named Sutton was the prosecutor.

Hyperbole rarely helps one's case.

[SuziQ]

"President Bush can say all he wants that the solution to border security is new infrastructure and technology," Ramos told WND, "but as long as my husband is in jail the American people should know that President Bush doesn't mean a word he says."

The President didn't force her husband to shoot anyone, and if a jury convicted him, it possibly was on the strength of the EVIDENCE, again, nothing to do with the President.

[Sloth]

Ignacio Ramos

Probably one of those Stormfront-type racists who just hates Mexicans because they're Hispanic.

< / sarc >

[america-rules]

The more I here on this case the more I think they shouldn't get a pardon !

They are GUILTY !

[Kimberly GG]

"Rohrabacher agreed with Ramos, emphasizing to WND that "the Bush administration has a hidden agenda with Mexico and that agenda is to keep our border with Mexico wide open, even to drug smugglers."

and terrorists. Pretty much sums it up.

[Kevmo]

Bump for later reading

[Kitty Mittens]

Both Sides of this Issue have Right and Wrong in them, IMHO. At the End of the Day, I Trust my President to Do the Right Thing.

[lawdude]

I must admit that I have not followed the details of this case but, I know of no jurisdiction in the US that allows a suspected felon to be shot in the back.