Minutemen and Bush

There have not been many time I have disagreed with out president over his 4 year term, This however, is most definately one of those times.

President Bush has called the Minutemen, who are now patrolling the U.S.-Mexican border:"vigilantes." I suppose that Bush believes anyone who wishes to help enforce our laws and maintain U.S. sovereignty is a vigilante. If our president had not abdicated his responsibility in this matter, the Minuteman Project would not exist. However, he did and they are doing a great job!

Despite the erroneous propaganda perpetuated by the liberal media, the ACLU, the Mexican government, and even our president, the Minutemen are not a group of wild-eyed racists--with bloodlust in their hearts. They are retired police officers, former military men, laborers, businessmen, moms, and dads, in short--they are a cross section of America. The only difference between these Americans and most of us, is the fact that they are willing to sacrifice their time and are even willing to put themselves in harm's way. They like most of us, are fed up with our government's lack of interest in enforcing our borders.

Unlike many of my ultra-conservative compadres, I do sympathize with Bush on this entire immigration issue. He is prescariously caught between a rock and a hard place. Act decisively on closing the border and cracking down hard on the illegals and he alienates a large percentage of the Hispanic community. If it wasn't for the Hispanic vote we would be addressing President Kerry today. It's the classic connundrum "Do you want to be right, or do you want to be president."

Bush calling the minutemen "vigilantes" was flippant and just plain inaccurate. They are not taking the law into their own hands and are thusfar behaving peacefully and thoughtfully. He would be well advised to make some sort of CYA statement like "I hope they act responsibly and follow the law" and then just clam up on the issue. As successes mount, I believe more of these groups will pop up all along the Mexican border. Time will tell if I am correct on this.