[Paladin2]

" And, President Bush, I wanted to ask you about your opinion about those people who are hunting migrant people along the border.

"PRESIDENT BUSH: I'm against vigilantes in the United States of America. I'm for enforcing law in a rational way. That's why you got a Border Patrol, and they ought to be in charge of enforcing the border. "

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/03/20050323-5.html

It's all a little unclear when reviewing the text of the verbal interchange. It does seem that the reporterette was referring to the MM and W was essentially calling them vigilantes (in the armed, enforcing sense). Closely parsing the words of the statements shows that W is in fact a politican and can use weasel wording with the best of them. AC doesn't have a lock on the concepts and methods.

[FreeReign]

It's all a little unclear when reviewing the text of the verbal interchange. It does seem that the reporterette was referring to the MM and W was essentially calling them vigilantes (in the armed, enforcing sense).

No it doesn't seem that way. The Minutemen patrol wasn't even on the border yet. And more to the point the President didn't even make an accusation.

Q:And, President Bush, I wanted to ask you about your opinion about those people who are hunting migrant people along the border.

PRESIDENT BUSH: I'm against vigilantes in the United States of America. I'm for enforcing law in a rational way. That's why you got a Border Patrol, and they ought to be in charge of enforcing the border.

There's a difference between a specifically directed accusation of vigilantism and a general denouncement of potential vigilantism.