The White House Web Site posted a document on Friday 5/18 called “Myth/Fact: Ten Key Myths About the Border Security and Immigration Reform Agreement” (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070518-4.html).
“Myth #1” is “this is amnesty.”
It’s the age-old sales technique of addressing objections in order to close the sale. I’m wondering how many people who email the White House with objections to this bill will receive a response with a link to this document...
I sent him a scathing message opposing this and elaborating onm my Republican background.
No response to date.
Pronunciation: (am'nu-stē)1. a general pardon for offenses, esp. political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
2. Law.an act of forgiveness for past offenses, esp. to a class of persons as a whole.
3. a forgetting or overlooking of any past offense.