Republicans will not forget or forgive Tancredo for his treasonous behavior. Anyone on his staff who doesn't resign in protest of Tancredo's attacks on the President better start practicing saying "would you like frys with that?" because after the election they won't be welcome anywhere in politics or government.
There is no similarity between advocating a different position on issues (eg McCain, Lugar, Ron Paul etc..) and personally attacking the President with lies three weeks before a close election.
Tancredo has proven beyond doubt that his loyalty is to Pat Buchanan, not the Republican Party or President Bush, or conservatives or the people of this nation.
No I do not work for Tancredo.
So let me get this straight. Tancredo holds views on immigration that are much more in line with most Americans, and w/o question w/ most conservatives, yet he is being disloyal to conservatives? I guess his near-perfect conseravtive voting record means nothing to you. Again, I guess his support for and loyalty to Bush and the party on tax cuts and Iraq mean nothing to you.
He dares publically disagree with the President over the President's bad immigration policies so we should throw him to the dogs, right? Well that bodes well for conservativism. What about other social issues on which the GOP leadership decides to abandon its base? Must we also all eagerly embrace racial preferences now because the President has?
And what lies did he tell? Is it true or not that the White House wanted the anti-illegal immigration measures removed? If Bush weren't so far out in left field on immigration he could see that these provisions would go over well with most Americans. Yeah, they'd be demonized by the Dems and radical groups like La Raza, but if you calmly make it known to Americans that the bill would help deport illegal aliens, and deprive them of other rewards like drivers licenses then Americans would support the bill. Those are popular ideas, and they could only do Bush good if he embraced them.
Treasonous?
What is treasonous? Pointing out that what the President is doing is STUPID?
Excuse me, but Tancredo doesn't work for the President.
He works for the people of his district.
And Tancredo didn't swear to uphold loyalty to Bush and to the RNC-Karl Rove agenda.
He swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States.
You ought to get it into your head that Bush is not a deity and no person in this country is obligated to treat him as such. This "Bush can do no wrong" bullshit is getting way out of hand.