Posted on 05/14/2008 9:04:06 AM PDT by dynachrome
Give retiring U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo a job at The Onion!
The Littleton Republican got such a chuckle out of a Rocky story this morning about the University of Colorado's $9 million plan to bring high-profile political conservatives to teach on the left-leaning Boulder campus that he jokingly threw his hat in the ring.
"I should be the clear favorite for the job," Tancredo said — tongue firmly in cheek — in a news release announcing he'd sent in his application. "Who doesn't want a slightly used Congressman, with a 98% lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union, educating their children?"
The joke announcement continued:
"As for his references, Tancredo listed conservative commentator Pat Buchanan as well as the entire Minutemen organization.
(Excerpt) Read more at rockymountainnews.com ...
Tancredo would be very effective at CU — as a poster boy for the worst possible conservative stereotypes. The left would love him. Dunno that I would, though.
Quit the joking and do it, Tom! Those are our future voters there, listening to Demonrat garbage all day long.
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