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A true maverick for Colorado: Who’s afraid of Tom Tancredo?
Michelle Malkin.com ^ | 6/13/14 | Michelle Malkin

Posted on 06/14/2014 1:36:56 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

Panicked liberals and crony Republican elitists agree: Tom Tancredo would be bad for their Big Government and Big Business rackets. That’s exactly why I support him in Colorado’s June 24 GOP primary election for governor. A fear-mongering ad campaign by the left-wing group “ProgressNow,” which is funded by billionaire George Soros, hyperventilated last week that “Tancredo believes Obamacare is a scam.” Gasp! “Scam” is putting it politely, of course. Billions of dollars have been wasted on defunct and dysfunctional Obamacare health exchanges. Criminals, illegal aliens and con artists have been hired as “navigators” to sign up Obamacare enrollees (a.k.a. future Democratic voters). And millions of Americans of all backgrounds, including my family, have had their plans canceled thanks to the costs and regulatory burdens of the law. Workers have seen their wages and hours cut; employers, especially small and family-owned businesses, have been forced to drop coverage. It’s absurd to call Tancredo’s dead-on diagnosis of Obamacare “radical.” But the pile-on against Tancredo isn’t just coming from out-of-touch Democrats. Here in Colorado, many corporatist Republicans who support the suicidal push for illegal alien amnesty claim Tancredo “can’t win” because his “divisive,” unrelenting stance on securing America’s borders (gasp again!) will scare away Hispanic voters. This attack on Tancredo is nonsense on stilts.

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KEYWORDS: colorado; georgesoros; michellemalkin; tomtancredo
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To: Reo

Well if one is going to be a one-trick pony then immigration is a good pony. Immigration affects pretty much every other issue, especially those considered more important (economy, jobs, health care, education, homeland security).

Maybe Tancredo wasn’t as loud on other issues while in Congress, but he had a nearly unassailable conservative voting record.


61 posted on 06/14/2014 8:46:32 PM PDT by Aetius
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To: impimp

Then how much ultimately would you allow? We already admit over one million legal immigrants per year. That isn’t enough?

And would you even look at reallocating existing visas before calling for an overall increase? Why not abolish Ted Kennedy’s absurd Diversity Lottery visas? That’s 50,000 a year right there. Why not end extended family chain migration? Why not discontinue the settlement of refugee groups who would be better suited elsewhere? Why not be more strict with asylum seekers so we don’t get garbage like the Boston Marathon bombers?

And finally, how can you reconcile support for even higher amounts of legal immigration with supporting conservative principles? Hispanics and (to a lesser extent) Asians are natural liberals. Going left on immigration will not change that. Your policy would hasten the demographic doomsday of conservatism.


62 posted on 06/14/2014 8:58:01 PM PDT by Aetius
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To: Aetius

A nation that does not grow its population will eventually be taken over by one which does. A nation that does not have population growth at its core is neither Christian nor conservative.

If 5 million illegals are deported (either by force or self-deported) then that would be 5 million new legal immigrants I would want to replace them as soon as possible, in addition to current levels of legal immigration.

No diversity visas or extended family chain migration.

I want H1-Bs to be non-lottery based - they need to be income based.


63 posted on 06/14/2014 9:09:25 PM PDT by impimp
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To: impimp
My stance is that of President Calvin Coolidge who stood for a policy of selective immigration:

American institutions rest solely on good citizenship. They were created by people who had a background of self-government. New arrivals should be limited to our capacity to absorb them into the ranks of good citizenship. America must be kept American. For this purpose it is necessary to continue a policy of restricted immigration. It would be well to make such immigration of a selective nature with some inspection at the source, and based either on a prior census or upon the record of naturalization. Either method would insure the admission of those with the largest capacity and best intention of becoming citizens. Those who do not want to be partakers of the American spirit ought not to settle in America.

64 posted on 06/15/2014 12:19:44 AM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: Aetius
Maybe Tancredo wasn’t as loud on other issues while in Congress, but he had a nearly unassailable conservative voting record.

I never saw it so much a matter of how loud Tancredo was as a matter of a media selecting which of his comments they would report.
65 posted on 06/15/2014 6:52:30 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: impimp

I share Tancredo’s stance on immigration. I’ll go a step further and say I want EMMIGRATION of freeloading Marxist leechers and liberal moonbats.

To fix a leaky faucet, you first have to shut off the water.

Immigration is only beneficial when it benefits the benefactor. And I really can’t say that we need any more dual citizens in this country, especially when the same companies sponsoring these people are shipping jobs overseas at the same time. Maybe after the dust settles in 5-10 we can review where we are and open immigration back up. That’s what Tancredo wants. That’s why I voted for him last time. That’s why I’ll vote for him again.


66 posted on 06/15/2014 11:12:14 AM PDT by Up Yours Marxists
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To: CodeToad
BLS is the source of any labor statistics used in policy debates/decisions. Supporting my numbers with sources makes exposes your bogus estimate of the immigrant impact on U.S. labor. Saying BLS is bogus avoids having you explain where your 100k figure came from — how Clintonesque you act when it suits you.
67 posted on 06/15/2014 1:19:50 PM PDT by sefarkas (Why vote Democrat Lite?)
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To: sefarkas

Sure, pal. The BLS is an honest, apolitical agency, whereby millions more can lose their jobs but unemployment is reported even lower.

“Food production is up due to a higher production of tractors production.”

As though you are old enough to even know what that is in reference to.


68 posted on 06/15/2014 4:15:50 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: CodeToad
Just plain Clintonesque. I am old enough to know what that means. Your non-sense reference is still no answer to the basis of your 100-million hyperbole on the effects of immigration on labor in the U.S.
69 posted on 06/15/2014 7:58:12 PM PDT by sefarkas (Why vote Democrat Lite?)
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