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To: servantboy777

“Even Jorge Bush labeled the border watch group, Minutemen....vigilantes.”


Actually, the word “vigilante” comes from the Spanish word “vigilante,” which literally means someone who is vigilant (the verb form, “vigilar,” means “to watch closely”), but is usually used to refer to a sentry guard or some such. In fact, the Texas Rangers baseball team is known in Spanish as “los Vigilantes de Texas.” So perhaps President Bush did not mean to ascribe a negative connotation to the Minutemen, who were vigilantly protecting the border while the INS looked the other way.


22 posted on 05/24/2011 3:01:10 PM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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To: AuH2ORepublican
>>So perhaps President Bush did not mean to ascribe a negative connotation to the Minutemen<<

Well, I'd like to drift off into lala land and conjure up all the warm fuzzy feelings for Bush, but....no, not so much.

When he called the Minute men vigilantes, he was attempting to intimidate anyone that might stand in the way of the open border agenda.

The same goes with the two border agents the feds tossed in prison for defending the border. Bush finally bowed to the pressure and commuted their sentence...no pardon.

If Bush were a real Texan, he’da shut down those borders tight. He chose to keep them wide open.

Curious as to why? Wouldn't be an agenda....would it?

25 posted on 05/25/2011 10:55:14 AM PDT by servantboy777
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