GILCHRIST SUES HIS OWN MOVEMENT!!

Well, well, well how far do you have to go to totally make yourself look like an ass? Back in September, 2005 I supported Jim Gilchrist's run for congress. Since that time I covered numerous of his appearances. The man was so outspoken that I devoted a whole category of coverage just to him in the James Gilchrist Archives.

At the time he was a leader in the movement, spurring the formation of the Minuteman Project. Some in the movement who don't pay attention may still view him in that light, but let me clue you into a few things that have happened since then behind the scenes that you may not be familiar with. And trust me I have been more than fair in giving Gilchrist the benefit of the doubt throughout all of this, but enough is enough and the truth needs to be stated.

First of all there was a struggle for power of the Minuteman Project as Gilchrist was charged with allegedly embezzling funds or fraud or somesuch, I'm not exactly certain on all of that. The project was wrested from his hands by people who were watching what he was doing. At the time I said nothing not wanting to get involved and not having all the facts. Since then Gilchrist has been erratic. He's been sending out hate mail to leaders in the movement and those who cover illegal immigration on a daily basis and are actively in the fight for the sovereignty of our country.

Gilchrist then went on to make the strange move of endorsing Mike Huckabee for president. Huckabee of course is a pro illegal alien supporter as demonstrated by his actions as governor of Arkansas. There was a gasp throughout the enforcement movement at this very weird action by a man formerly respected by many. The motivation of the endorsement seems to be money or power, nobody is quite sure. He then went on to make appearances with Huckabee touting his stance on immigration as security first.

Those in the movement who questioned him were lambasted with hateful emails from Jim Gilchrist calling them traitors and people who don't really care about illegal immigration or this country. Basically he was saying people like myself are in it for ulterior motives, when it was clear that the only one with ulterior motives was Gilchrist himself. Gilchrist himself has not actively set up a rally or covered illegal immigration for a long time. All of the rallies he has spoken at recently were organized by others - with their own time and money - with him just showing up to appear. yet these same people he then calls traitors.

Just days ago Gilchrist went out to the border where Minuteman volunteers were patrolling the southern border and brought a news crew with him. These men and women have been out there for 2 years as volunteers watching the border, all while Gilchrist was off doing other things and promoting himself. I personally am not sure how much time Gilchrist has actually spent on the border, but it surely wasn't as long as these true patriots. These patriots were not happy to see him show up. Watch the video below to see how Gilchrist was received and how Gilchrist reacts to the patriots questioning his lack of physical presence.

So now Gilchrist has totally alienated himself from everyone in the movement except the few who still seem to have blinders on and in a desperate act to blame others, Gilchrist has now decided to file a defamation lawsuit against 100 patriots in the movement that he claims have damaged his reputation.

On April 16, 2008 the first of the summons for the lawsuits were received by Brook Young of Immigration Watchdog, Chelene Nightingale of Save Our State, Barbara Coe of CCIR, Minuteman Project Treasurer Deborah Courtney, and Minuteman Project President Marvin Stewart.

In the summons, of which you can find at this entry at Immigration Watchdog, it is noted below the individuals named above an additional "and Does 1-100 inclusive". These are people in the movement he has not tracked down yet that have spoken bad about him or pointed out truths about him that they disagree with.

I contest that the only defamation that has occurred against Jim Gilchrist has been done by Jim Gilchrist himself. If you run around acting like an ass to people who believed in you, if you allegedly embezzle funds, if you endorse people who are against everything you say you believe in for your own self interests, you will lose your reputation by your own hand.

It really is a shame, as I at one time felt that Gilchrist was a good man trying to do right by this country. It has now become increasingly clear that this is not the case. I will be awaiting my summons from Gilchrist for pointing out the obvious and for at one time being a supporter of his, because those are the people he has singled out to attack directly and financially with this frivolous lawsuit.

There is much more on Gilchrist and this lawsuit and commentary over at Brook Young's website Immigration Watchdog. Be sure to check it out as I don't have even half of what Brook has on this traitor to the enforcement movement.

You can also support the individuals currently named for their defense. (I'll try to get the remaining defendants donation info)

Brook Young:

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