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Anti-immigration Rep. Tom Tancredo hints at presedential run
cnn ^ | 7/22/2005

Posted on 07/22/2005 5:34:28 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak

DENVER - Tom Tancredo has been called a one-trick pony of a politician, a man out of step with his party, a bigot.

The Republican congressman vehemently opposes illegal immigration, and he created an uproar last week when he talked about nuking Muslim holy sites.

No matter, Tancredo is pressing on and even hinting at a long-shot presidential bid in 2008.

Tancredo has already visited New Hampshire and Iowa this year, and says he found a welcome audience among voters who are fed up with the nation's immigration policies, including proposals by President Bush.

"Unless I misread the political tea leaves, there is a great deal of support for what I say," Tancredo said.

Tancredo raised eyebrows last week by telling a radio talk show host that "you could take out" Islamic holy sites should terrorists ever launch a nuclear attack against the United States.

"You're talking about bombing Mecca," asked the host.

"Yeah," Tancredo responded, saying he was "just throwing out some ideas." He later said his comments were taken out of context and refused to apologize.

Few consider Tancredo a serious challenger for the GOP presidential nomination, but his stance resonates with some in a post-September 11 era when volunteer groups like the Minutemen have been patrolling the border for illegal immigrants.

Tancredo would like the United States to patrol its borders with the military. He said the U.S. also needs a guest worker program that requires employers to prove a need for short-term labor, without amnesty for illegal immigrants.

Esteban Flores, executive director of the Latino Research and Policy Center in Denver, calls Tancredo a bigot who is trying to use racial division to further his career. He compared Tancredo to George Wallace, the outspoken opponent of desegregation.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: aliens; buchananpartdeux; cannotwin; hillary08; hillary2008; immigrantlist; onehitwonder; perot2; singleissuewonder; tancredo; votetancredo2008
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1 posted on 07/22/2005 5:34:29 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak

""Tancredo would like the United States to patrol its borders with the military. He said the U.S. also needs a guest worker program that requires employers to prove a need for short-term labor, without amnesty for illegal immigrants.""


these are excellent ideas, too bad Tancredo is such a horrible messenger. I fear his actions and lack of temperment will discredit his issues.


2 posted on 07/22/2005 5:36:09 PM PDT by atlanta67
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To: 1_Inch_Group; 2sheep; 2Trievers; 3AngelaD; 4.1O dana super trac pak; 4Freedom; 4ourprogeny; ...

ping


3 posted on 07/22/2005 5:36:27 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak

he'll never be president of the united states.

hillary would dispatch him with one word.


4 posted on 07/22/2005 5:36:31 PM PDT by ken21 (it takes a village to brainwash your child + to steal your property! /s)
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak
"You're talking about bombing Mecca," asked the host.

"Yeah," Tancredo responded...

I wonder if he could fix the damage he did with that comment by saying, "Oh, I meant Mexico."

5 posted on 07/22/2005 5:41:06 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak
Might as well move this thread to the Smokey Backroom now, cause it's gonna end up there sooner or late.
6 posted on 07/22/2005 5:45:52 PM PDT by A Jovial Cad ("A man's character is his fate." - Heraclitus)
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"Dispatch with one word huh", thats whats wrong with republicans in this country and with the Dems as well they talk a good game but when someone with guts points out the elephant in the room they all pull out the word Bigotry.what C**ppy conservatives you are. Tom has more GUTS and hutspah than any of you so called republicans. Tom is sounding the alarm and you all would rather talk than think about solutions. I'm done.


7 posted on 07/22/2005 5:46:03 PM PDT by St.Mark
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak
"Tom Tancredo has been called a one-trick pony of a politician, a man out of step with his party, a bigot."

And that was just here on FR. I'd hate to see what the leftists are saying about him.

8 posted on 07/22/2005 5:49:23 PM PDT by Klickitat
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To: ken21

Forget Hillary...Tom'll NEVER win the GOP primary and if he runs as a fringe candidate, he'll just be a joke. Oh wait...he already IS a joke.


9 posted on 07/22/2005 5:52:07 PM PDT by nopardons
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As I saw it. Tom was asked a question, If Islamic/Muslim terrorists detonated an Atomic device in the US would it be appropriate to respond in kind?

The answer was yes. And now the press is going Goldwater!

10 posted on 07/22/2005 5:52:26 PM PDT by rocksblues (I support the war on terror)
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he definitely is not presidential material. I dont wanna hear about how we would defend ourselves. I'm all for wide open borders, calling the minutemen vigilantes and saying over and over that islam is really peaceful!!


11 posted on 07/22/2005 5:54:43 PM PDT by Luigi Vasellini (60% of Saudis, 58%of Iraqis, 55%of Kuwaitis,50% of Jordanians married 1st or 2nd cousins. LOL!!!)
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To: ken21
Never say never..I said the same thing about bubba..."no reprobate like bill clinton will never be president of the U.S." says I....heh heh...how wrong I was. I don't think anyone knows the level of the underlying anger that is boiling around concerning the illegal immigration and muslim infestation in the United States. If we elect the same old "politicians" to run things, we are all in deep doo-doo.

We need some radicals running things...I am tired of political correctness selling us out by the hour. If Hillary wins, a lot of us will die....mark my words. The mullas and kleegals running islam cannot and will not negotiate and mediate. They have promised to kill us all if we do not convert to mohammadanism. They have chosen the war...I want someone running the American Army who will tell the American hating judges and lawyers to go 'f themselves. If it takes nuking mecca to get this "war" into high gear, so be it....

12 posted on 07/22/2005 5:56:14 PM PDT by B.O. Plenty (Liberalism and islam are terminal.......)
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To: 4.1O dana super trac pak

He needs to start a third party and run on that. He wouldn't win anything, but the point of the third party is to get the agenda adopted by one of the major parties. If he gets enough of a following it might make a difference since the major parties are so closely matched like it was in 1888 and 1892 and the Populist Party ran Bryan which caused much of the platform of the Populists to be adopted in the years ahead even while the Populist Party itself disappeared completely.


13 posted on 07/22/2005 5:57:18 PM PDT by RightWhale (Substance is essentially the relationship of accidents to itself)
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To: nopardons
Forget Hillary...Tom'll NEVER win the GOP primary and if he runs as a fringe candidate, he'll just be a joke. Oh wait...he already IS a joke

That's why he gets mucho face time in the liberal media.

14 posted on 07/22/2005 5:58:20 PM PDT by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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To: A Jovial Cad
Maybe one poster could just act out all the predictable posts from the usual suspects, perhaps with the aid of sock puppets.
15 posted on 07/22/2005 5:59:05 PM PDT by dagnabbit (Vincente Fox's opening line at the Mexico-USA summit meeting: "Bring out the Gimp!")
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To: RightWhale
He needs to start a third party and run on that. He wouldn't win anything,

perot redux, which gave us 8 years of clinton.

16 posted on 07/22/2005 5:59:39 PM PDT by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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To: dagnabbit
Maybe one poster could just act out all the predictable posts from the usual suspects, perhaps with the aid of sock puppets

LOL! You put my keyboard in peril of getting drenched with that post...

17 posted on 07/22/2005 6:03:05 PM PDT by A Jovial Cad ("A man's character is his fate." - Heraclitus)
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To: Dane

So far he doesn't seem to be anywhere near the caliber of Perot. Still, the next election will probably be uncomfortably close, which might cause some concessions to the Tancredoists in the platform.


18 posted on 07/22/2005 6:03:40 PM PDT by RightWhale (Substance is essentially the relationship of accidents to itself)
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To: Dane

I would have to re-register I guess. He would damn sure have my vote. If radical Islam would nuke us it was already stated here by many that Mecca would make a great "ashtray for the world". He didn't say anything new. I would think that it would be a plausable threat. Screw Islam!!!


19 posted on 07/22/2005 6:05:37 PM PDT by Sterco
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To: gubamyster

If he runs, he'll get my financial support and as many votes as I can round up.


20 posted on 07/22/2005 6:08:21 PM PDT by B4Ranch ( Report every illegal alien that you meet. Call 866-347-2423, Employers use 888-464-4218)
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