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2006-07-25 Home Front: Culture Wars

Minutemen Founder: 30 Million Illegals in U.S.

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Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-07-25 13:24|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Where'd he get that 30 million number? Absent something more substantial than an unsourced comment in a NewsMax article, I tend to get the impression that this is a play from the "Notice me, notice me, damn you!" guide to drawing attention to oneself.

(Immigration is not the hot button for me that it is for some people here in the 'Burg. If it's an issue for you, you should be concerned by this. Nothing will discredit a movement faster than someone "authoritative" going around pulling provocative, yet unsustantiated, assertions out of thin air. Remember Dan Rather and Mary Mapes?)

Posted by Mike 2006-07-25 15:12|| 2006-07-25 15:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, the source is Jim Gilchrist. Don't blame Newsmax - they just reported what he said. The numbers may be unsubstantiated, but Newsmax makes no claim to their validity. As far as credibility goes however, I'd trust Newsmax and their ilk over the NYT and WaPo any day of the week.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-07-25 15:18|| 2006-07-25 15:18|| Front Page Top

#3 "Where'd he get that 30 million number?"

He does seem to have a problem with figures, does he not? Illegal immigrants, where all the donations went, et cetera.

Posted by Fordesque 2006-07-25 23:53|| 2006-07-25 23:53|| Front Page Top

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