[heywoodubuzzoff]

After W’s wimping out on this issue, I have lost all respect for the man as a leader. I have voted for him as Governor and President without regret. But he has sowered. If you can live in this country for years illegally and then remember you did not get to talk to the Mexican Council general, it should be to damn bad.

[whitedog57]

Thanks Jorge Bush.

1) You are a coward with regard to Mexico. These scum deserve to be treated as they treated those young girls.

2) Your immigration ideas are either traitorous or you have sold out to big business over consumers

3) Your have handed the Presidency to Hillary Clinton.

Thanks alot.

[JayAr36]

We need to send Jorge some kneepads so he won’t hurt himself in dealing with Mexico. While we’re at it maybe some pads for Jorge Sr. for his meets with Bubba.

[sasafras]

You are right about Bush, however I believe further that we have been duped by the GOP. I refuse to vote for another RINO, we should not be feared into voting for these one world types who could care less about America, our sovereignty and the constitution. Bush only uses the term Christian to gather votes, all while he claims that Allah is the same as Jesus. His war on terror is a sham - if he was so concerned about terrorists why does he allow American citizens to be murdered by Mexican terrorists on own soil.

[gathersnomoss]

George W. Bush has his head firmly placed up his @$$. These girls, citizens of the United States, were brutally murdered by ILLEGAL ALLIENS.

And GWB is going to ignore the rights of these murdered citizen’s/and their family's, of this country, and forgo the legal system here in the United States, and have this verdict overturned.

What Then Hell is going through this mans head? Is he Clinton’s evil brother? Bush has lost ALL CREDIBILITY!!! I am for impeaching his @$$.

And this comes from someone who has supported him, until he went to bed with Mexico. What a prick.

[ReignOfError]

As an American citizen, I would expect to be allowed to contact the closest US embassy or consulate if I were arrested overseas — no matter how long I’d been there, whether I entered legally, or what charge I was arrested on.

If I were accused, with good evidence, of a heinous crime, I wouldn’t expect the State Department to do any more than provide, or maybe just recommend, a lawyer. And to monitor the proceedings. One key duty of any country’s diplomatic corps is to ensure that its citizens are treated fairly. I would expect diplomats in the US to extend the same protection to their citizens.

That said, I don’t think that is sufficient grounds to overturn a jury’s decision, unless he was denied effective counsel. The most the consulate could have done would be to provide a lawyer and lobby on his behalf, and there was nothing in this case preventing them from doing either, or preventing a lawyer or anyone else from contacting the consulate for him.