I suspect Leonard Pitts is not a complete idiot, else he would not be holding down a full time job.
But I'm sure he knows that what he wrote is not factual. Close, but not quite correct.
Tancredo was bushwacked, and his only sin is his inability to realize that he had been bushwacked.
The only winning hand in any response might have been total silence.
But I could have fun even with that response, if I wanted to imitate a clever "progressive"...