Instead, the Consulate emphasized that Powell apologized because the U.S. is an “open society” that welcomes visitors. “Our goal is to ensure that visitors from around the world have a safe and enjoyable stay in the United States,” the Consulate quoted Powell as saying. “The United States will continue to work that incidents such as this one do not occur again.”

And, only lunatics would believe such a thing. No right minded person would believe our government is attempting to integrate the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. Nonsense I tell you!

And only fools would believe Ramos and Compean were caught in the middle of this conspiracy.

Oh wait …

(Emphasis mine)

The House of Representatives has attached two amendments to spending bills intended to free Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean from prison and prohibit the Department of Transportation from spending any funds on the development of NAFTA Superhighways.

Several congressmen are discussing a third amendment, designed to shut down the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America working groups in the Department of Commerce, but as yet no sponsor has been finalized.

Taken together these memos evidence a growing resistance in the House to open borders, prosecutions of law enforcement on the border, and the increasingly evident drive by the Bush administration to push North American integration.

I guess the House of Representatives is full of lunatics and nutjobs that are completely unaware of what’s being pushed by their coworkers.

Some people refuse to see it and make excuses for him.
csdeven on July 26, 2007 at 7:33 PM

And some people fail to see his absolute genius. Some people fail to see his charisma and charm. Some people fail to see how much like me he is.

:-)

No! I already called for Angie Harmon!
Spirit of 1776 on July 26, 2007 at 8:25 PM

Hmmmm…

I change my vote!

Gary Sinise for President!
Slublog on July 26, 2007 at 7:56 PM

No! I already called for Angie Harmon!

I guess you guys are just gonna have to find a different candidate. Maybe there’s a guy on a different TV show and you can draft him?
csdeven on July 26, 2007 at 7:41 PM

Gary Sinise for President!

The Apologist on July 26, 2007 at 7:37 PM

Ask fred?. The more we know about him the worse he gets.

I guess you guys are just gonna have to find a different candidate. Maybe there’s a guy on a different TV show and you can draft him?

The Apologist on July 26, 2007 at 7:30 PM

Straw man.

two faced fake

So is this the new meme? Lazy didn’t work. Liberal didn’t work. Maybe impure and 2 faced will? Whateva.

The Apologist on July 26, 2007 at 7:23 PM

Like I said, you think it’s a wise move, I do not.

I also think the media would never had promoted him the way they did if he had just followed his own advise and never said a word until October. But fred? wanted it both ways. He wanted to push the line to be a candidate way back in April all the while he was whining that it was way too early and he was gonna run his own campaign.

fred? has shown from the beginning that he is a two faced fake. Some people refuse to see it and make excuses for him.

Ugly is as ugly does.

Man, I hope Romney’s paying you a lot to smear people with no proof (or even an articulate allegation) like that. I’d sure want a healthy paycheck to sacrifice my integrity.

Maybe McCain’s people will be desperate enough in a couple weeks to start paying people to be ugly on the internet at popular conservative sites. Of course, I don’t know if McCain would have enough money to get me to be as nasty as you’re willing to be. I guess we’ll see.

It would have been perfectly fine for him to announce a date he would announce.

It would have been legal, though not necessarily wise strategically. Especially if it was unclear when the last episode would air months ago when he was trying to lay out plans.

He hasn’t and therefore all these “contractual” excuses are BS.

Not at all. Just because it would have been legal doesn’t mean it would have been a good idea in every other measure. Frankly, I’m glad of it. It shows sound judgement in not letting your opponents and the media force you to show your cards early and play your hand before it’s best for you and your campaign.

The only people it would help are his opponents. Which is why their staffers keep showing up in these threads with oppo research and complaints about how Fred isn’t playing fair. :( Boo hoo.

Fred’s running his campaign pretty well as far as I’m concerned. The question is more one of what’s the substance of the campaign and that’s what we’ll begin to see in September.

jeffshultz on July 26, 2007 at 7:05 PM

Ugly is as ugly does.

The Apologist on July 26, 2007 at 6:46 PM

Yeah? He is flirting with the line. Some people think that is cool, others think it’s not. I do not trust a guy who wants it both ways. Especially a clown who tries to paint himself as a Washington outsider and the first sign of trouble, his fans start talking like he’s a slick savvy Washington insider. The fred?heads can’t have it both ways. He is either an insider or an outsider. He is either a candidate or he isn’t. freds? playing coy with the date serves no strategic purpose other than to fudge the rules. It would have been perfectly fine for him to announce a date he would announce. He hasn’t and therefore all these “contractual” excuses are BS.

Yup, those are the actions of a guy who wants to be known as “Ol fred” while he drives around in his fake red pickup truck.

The hits keep coming. Wonder why Rudy^* and Mitt@?? aren’t getting this kind of media anal exam?

jdawg on July 26, 2007 at 6:37 PM

Because fred? is a fraud and they aren’t playing his non-candidate-candidate game anymore.

Rudy already had his anal exam and Mitts! is just around the corner. Late September.

“We have enough to test the waters,” said Rozett simply.

That wording is carefully chosen. Thompson continues to maintain a so-called “testing the water” committee with the Internal Revenue Service, which allows him to raise money, hire some staff and travel to early states in order to decide whether or not he wants to run.

You can insist he either is or isn’t, but it’s lawyers who make the determinations here and I’ve never met one that wasn’t a weasel willing to spin any argument to get his way, so Fred (bein’ a lawyer an’ all) is wise to recognize there are limitations. “A man’s got to know his limitations”, as a great man once said.

Additionally, I don’t see how a campaign shakeup at the time of a campaign transition is surprising or indicative of Fred’s imminent demise. Romney isn’t really getting his money’s worth on your arguments here.

Speaking of Romney, he’s raised a hell of a lot of money to be sure and he’s a good Republican for a guy from Massachusettes, but Fred is still kicking his butt in the polls. Hell, McCain is kicking Romney’s butt in the polls. The only poll Romney’s gonna win is the one in Ames that he can buy and even there he’ll be followed in second by The Only Man Who Can Save America.

Like I said before, I’m open to a Fred candidacy, but I wanna see how he handles himself in the debates and see if he can land a punch effectively against a Democrat when he doesn’t have a script. And I don’t have anything in particular against Romney either, but your Anti-Fred crap is really getting old and busted and it was weak to begin with.

That’s the day his committee is expected to file a report
Spirit of 1776 on July 26, 2007 at 6:27 PM

Expected by who? Is this another case of fred? playing his BS games with announcement dates etc?

The hits keep coming. Wonder why Rudy^* and Mitt@?? aren’t getting this kind of media anal exam?

Anything to hammer the Fred!

But I am still watching to see what he does, and how he handles himself. I am concerned. This drive for divine perfection is going to kill us come Nov 08.

We’ll know a heck of a lot more about the scope of Thompson’s campaign come July 31. That’s the day his committee is expected to file a report detailing its fundraising and expenditures with the IRS.

From your link.

And how mighty will be his fall.

I told you guys months ago that she would stick her nose into this and become fair game for the media.

It’s happening.

Buh Bye fred?, you lazy, lying, fake.

Because it’s tantampount to announcing and then he would be in violation of election law. Fred is as close to campaigning as is legally allowed without filing papers with the FEC on money stuff. In fact, there are people who think he’s already crossed the line (Romdroids) but can’t figure out how to make a stink without looking like crybaby losers.

And since when does Fred have to prove his motivations on any of this stuff? You’re the only Romney campaign staffer here. The rest of us are just citizens.

The Apologist on July 26, 2007 at 5:51 PM

No it isn’t tantamount. He either is or he isn’t. He can announce that he will let us know on October “whatever” and that is no violation. fred? is playing games, and the only people left lapping it up, are still being fooled by him.

I doubt that the Romney campaign is worried about fred?. He has raised millions and fred? has raised next to nothing. He is weathering the attacks on him, while freddie boy is whithering under the attacks on him.

Since when? Since he wants my support and money. He’d better get on the stick, because as we have seen here over the last few days, the patience for freds? cowardice in the face of the real candidates is wearing realllll thin.

If that is the case, why has fred? screwed around with the announcement instead of just telling us all last June that he would announce after Sept 1st and the reason why?

csdeven on July 26, 2007 at 4:41 PM

Because it’s tantampount to announcing and then he would be in violation of election law. Fred is as close to campaigning as is legally allowed without filing papers with the FEC on money stuff. In fact, there are people who think he’s already crossed the line (Romdroids) but can’t figure out how to make a stink without looking like crybaby losers.

And since when does Fred have to prove his motivations on any of this stuff? You’re the only Romney campaign staffer here. The rest of us are just citizens.

OT; 300 is out on DVD this coming Tuesday July 31! Get ready to rumble Spartans! 90 minutes of extras and interviews! Hoo-rah!