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Tancredo for president, group says
Rocky Mountain News ^
| January 21, 2004
| M.E. Sprengelmeyer
Posted on 01/21/2004 10:34:57 AM PST by Columbine
Immigration critics in Tennessee want to draft Rep. Tom Tancredo as a protest candidate in the upcoming Republican presidential primary, but don't expect the Littleton lawmaker to become their volunteer.
"A lot of people think my politics are crazy, but I'm not delusional. I don't think I'm going to be president of the United States," Tancredo said Tuesday, in response to a new committee, "Tennesseans for Tancredo," touting a write-in candidacy on the Internet.
Some immigration critics are so upset about President Bush's proposal to offer legal status to millions of illegal immigrants that they want to field a protest candidate in Republican presidential primaries in Tennessee and elsewhere.
A Web site, www.tennesseansfortancredo.com, cites the need to "make noise, collect signatures, build a grass-roots movement that attracts citizens from all walks of life and all political parties."
With or without Tancredo's approval, they hope critics of Bush's plan will write in Tancredo during state presidential contests.
Tancredo said he supports Bush on most issues besides immigration and could not see himself having much of an effect on Bush's chances.
This week, the representative launched "Team Tancredo," a political action committee to raise money for candidates who oppose amnesty for illegal immigrants.
"Tancredo for President" bumper stickers have been floating around the Internet for more than a year.
"It's a conversation starter," he said. "And the conversation usually starts with, 'Who the hell is Tom Tancredo?' ''
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; aliens; drafttancredo; fartinginthewind; illegals; immigration; president; tancredo
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To: Zipporah
Well now that's interesting. If he does it he will finally be admitting that he could care less what we want.
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posted on
01/22/2004 6:47:58 AM PST
by
Bikers4Bush
(Constitution party here I come. Write in Tancredo in 04'!)
To: Bikers4Bush; Consort
Well for starters I'd be able to sleep at night knowing I voted for someone who wasn't going to give away the store.
Political pundits have a name for that kind of self-indulgent and self-absorbed action which makes one feeeeel good, but is ineffective and unproductive.
To: Cultural Jihad
This should be rich. I can't wait to hear what name you're going to attempt to label me with.
283
posted on
01/22/2004 6:52:07 AM PST
by
Bikers4Bush
(Constitution party here I come. Write in Tancredo in 04'!)
To: Bikers4Bush
... that he could care less what we want.
So in other words cares a lot.
To: Cultural Jihad
Nope, I left off the 'nt.
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posted on
01/22/2004 6:53:27 AM PST
by
Bikers4Bush
(Constitution party here I come. Write in Tancredo in 04'!)
To: rdb3
Whether he wants it or not he will get it. I do not want my car payment bill to keep coming, but it does. In every life a little rain must fall. I am sure he will be able to cope.
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posted on
01/22/2004 6:56:22 AM PST
by
RiflemanSharpe
(An American for a more socially and fiscally conservation America!)
To: Bikers4Bush
Well for starters I'd be able to sleep at night knowing I voted for someone who wasn't going to give away the store.The DNC appreciates it when their opponents fragment themselves. It makes it easier for them to take the store.
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posted on
01/22/2004 7:14:17 AM PST
by
Consort
To: Bikers4Bush; RiflemanSharpe
This isn't about what he wants, it's about what we want.I can't believe I'm reading this. He's the guy you want, but he has also asked for his name not to be written-in for President.
Has common sense departed the fold? Has myopic pig-headedness invaded the spirit here?
You all have the right to do as you wish, there's no arguing that. But he isn't on the ballot (for President), does not wish to challenge the sitting President for the Oval Office, and has expressed his desire not to have his name written-in on the ballot.
Question: If you can't respect this man's wishes, why should anyone respect yours?
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posted on
01/22/2004 7:38:08 AM PST
by
rdb3
(If Jesse Jack$on and I meet, face to face, it's gonna be a misunderstanding...)
To: rdb3
I agree. If he's not running, he can't lose. If he's written in, he will be a loser.
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posted on
01/22/2004 8:07:04 AM PST
by
Consort
To: rdb3
Oh, I'd say you're safe to assume that..........LOL.
He said "We decide??" They obviously want the ISSUE more than they want a solution, don't you think?
I'm bookmarking that.
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posted on
01/22/2004 8:07:25 AM PST
by
Howlin
To: Consort
Talk about risk management.
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posted on
01/22/2004 8:08:34 AM PST
by
Howlin
To: rdb3
Tancredo says "I support George W. Bush for President in 2004."
Tancredo says "Do not write my name in on the 2004 Presidential ballot."
That's too clear, however, for those disrupters who desire only to stir up the Bush-bashing pot.
It seems that some people still haven't learned the lessons of supporting at all costs a right-winger purist like Goldwater in 1964.
Some people never learn. Fortunately, Bush will win so big in 2004 that such small numbers of non-learners won't make a difference.
They would have changed history had they been this active back in 2000, though.
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posted on
01/22/2004 8:09:38 AM PST
by
Southack
(Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Howlin
i kinda like that term TEAM TANCREDO....while i support dubya a message needs to be sent..."mr. prez...tell mexico to clean up their corrupt guv ...then we will talk"
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posted on
01/22/2004 8:11:18 AM PST
by
rrrod
To: Happy2BMe
Malaysia is smart about a lot of things. Illegal immigrants
are caned, jailed and deported.....women are just deported.
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posted on
01/22/2004 8:21:40 AM PST
by
international american
(support our troops...........................revoke Hillary's visa!!)
To: Howlin
They obviously want the ISSUE more than they want a solution, don't you think? I've said that very thing thousands of times.
295
posted on
01/22/2004 8:23:27 AM PST
by
rdb3
(If Jesse Jack$on and I meet, face to face, it's gonna be a misunderstanding...)
To: rrrod
I agree with sending the message; I'm not happy with every single thing he does either; but if you're going to send a message, why not make sure it's "delivered," if you get my drift, by voting for somebody who's actually running.
296
posted on
01/22/2004 8:26:39 AM PST
by
Howlin
To: Howlin
agree... frustrating isnt it?
297
posted on
01/22/2004 8:28:17 AM PST
by
rrrod
To: Joe Hadenuf
You know it's going to happen Tex. America is starting to outgrow it's two-party system as they are becoming one in the same. In 1972, Wallace again entered the presidential primaries, this time within the Democratic party. He led off with a Florida victory in which he carried every county in the state. In May 1972, while campaigning in Maryland, Wallace was felled by would-be assassin, Arthur Bremer. As a result of the assassination attempt, Wallace was paralyzed in both legs.
Famous one liner of Wallace "Not a dimes worth of difference between them."
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posted on
01/22/2004 10:06:20 AM PST
by
itsahoot
(The lesser of two evils, is evil still...Alan Keyes)
To: Bikers4Bush
All I know is what I was told by the senate aide. I made the call to find out what my senator's position is on the Bush proposal. I didn't expect that response to say the least. What reason would the aide tell me that? Other than he had gotten the information?
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posted on
01/22/2004 10:32:17 AM PST
by
Zipporah
(Write inTancredo in 2004)
To: FITZ
You're right -- I for one want to keep people like this out of my country!
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posted on
01/22/2004 11:09:41 AM PST
by
Naspino
(Write in Naspino/J'Lo in 2004. Immigration Policy: Keep the Latin Hotties And Throw Back The Rest.)
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