butterbean
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 Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:00 pm Post subject: Bush's Amnesty Lingo |
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The nation’s debate on immigration policy largely hinges on how one defines “amnesty.”
It’s too bad for conservatives that the man who famously joked “I admit it, I am not one of the great linguists” is leading it.
Surprise, he’s wrong.
This man, of course, is President Bush and through his Commerce Secretary who testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday, the White House’s definition of this word, amnesty, was finally revealed.
While conducting a hearing about the President’s guest-worker bill he is negotiating with the Democrat Congress, Judiciary Chairman Sen. Patrick Leady (D.-Vt.) asked Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez what he thought amnesty was.
Gutierrez replied. “Amnesty, for me, it’s unconditional pardon.”
So, there we have it: the President’s definition of amnesty. A simple nexis search shows this is a carefully thought out line Gutierrez has delivered in various speeches to political organizations before.
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http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=19631 |
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