Oh, imagine that...Tancredo on immigration. One issue candidate. He stands no chance. Dont waste our time with Tancredo's crap.
If Bush wants there to be ANY chance of electing a Republican President in 2008, he had best not endorse Kennedy/McCain.
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No joking matter. If the immigration and border issue is not addressed SOON AND EFFECTIVELY it will have a major impact. The REAL citizens of this country are NOT HAPPY with the complacent and politically-driven position of Washington. Not at all.
Why not? Everyone endures yours..
Oh, imagine that...Tancredo on immigration. One issue candidate. He stands no chance. Dont waste our time with Tancredo's crap.
Oh, imagine that...Lincoln on slavery. One issue candidate. He stands no chance. Dont waste our time with Lincoln's crap.
Sound familiar....?More one note candidate stuff?
Bwahhahaaa!!
One issue? I could care less. If you're only going to focus on one thing, illegal immigration is a heckuva good choice.
Maybe the reason Tancredo keeps playing his one note song is that it's high time it got heard and, if it doesn't get heard, in the aftermath, nobody will be able to blame him for that. Nobody will be able to stand up and say Tancredo didn't give it his all, no matter how annoyed YOU are about it. Maybe, instead of downing the man, you ought to pick up the tune and sing along. Maybe, if enough of us were signing that same note, Big Bro would finally hear it and get his mojo on to do something about it, after which we could all lay it to rest and get on with other things.
Go back and read about William Wilberforce and the issue of slavery in England and, in particular, the British slave trade. He was another famous "one note song" kinda guy, and nobody wanted to hear his music, either. His first efforts in 1791 were resoundingly defeated. But he was playing a song that needed hearing and, when it finally did get heard, the change began and the slave trade was made illegal in 1807. The greater issue of slavery in England was finally laid to rest in 1833 with the emancipation of all slaves in the empire -- one month after Wilberforce's death.
Take a page from more recent history and look at the life of Rev. Billy Graham. He's pretty much sung just one song his whole life -- "Just As I Am" if I'm not mistaken -- and nobody in their right mind is taking him to task over it. Has he annoyed people? Yeah. Lots of people; his crusades frequently have picketers or pamphleteers outside working for the Jehovah's Witnesses or other opposition groups. Has he changed his tune? No. Because it is a song that needs to be heard, and when it does get heard, lives are changed for the better.
Some people live their whole lives with just one purpose: to sing the one song they have in their hearts. People like these have changed the world and will continue to do so. If we're lucky, Tom Tancredo will prove to be one of them.
Lead. Follow. Or stand aside.
Tancredo acknowledges he's not going to be nominated for president. He's running to make sure all the candidates take a firm stand on immigration reform.
Apparently the voters got one issue on their mind too. According to a Washington Post poll:
The issue on which Bush scores worst is not Iraq, the economy or Social Security. It is immigration. News accounts often implicitly assume that more or less all of those who are critical of the administration are on the administration's left. In fact, though, on the issue where the President's position is least popular, the criticism comes almost entirely from the right, some of it from people who on other issues describe themselves as moderates or even liberals.
If you think conservatives aren't deeply concerned about immigration and that it won't affect future GOP races in the House if it's not handled properly you're misreading the current mood of voters.
Imagine that, another Bushbot trying to defend the indefensible.
"Oh, imagine that...Tancredo on immigration. One issue candidate. He stands no chance. Dont waste our time with Tancredo's crap."
It is only the most important issue facing this country.
"Oh, imagine that...Tancredo on immigration. One issue candidate. He stands no chance. Dont waste our time with Tancredo's crap."
I'd rather vote for a candidate that takes a stong stance against illegal immigration then listening to the same platitudes of "cleaner air, better schools, more health care, blah, blah, blah."
If this is a waste of time, why do you come on this thread? And do not tell the rest of us how to spend our time. Hordes of illegal aliens and roaming across the nation, causing extensive problems, among them terrorists infiltrating this country. This sure is a major problem.
I think people with your attitude are going to be the ones scratching their heads wondering why:
a) Hillary won the election in 2008
b) Why so many people voted for a third party or didn't vote at all
Are you pro-illegal immigration or anti-illegal immigration?
That one issue will impact ALL other issues on anyone's plank to some degree.
"Oh, imagine that...Tancredo on immigration. One issue candidate. He stands no chance. Dont waste our time with Tancredo's crap."
He's not a one issue candidate... this is just one of the most important issues, and no one else is proposing anything halfway useful.
If you can't attack the message... attack the messenger. You smell like a Dem.
He's the head of the congressional panel on immigration. For gosh sakes, why wouldn't he be concerned? He has been slapped around by the open borders Republicans, including the President and I don't blame him for wanting a fight.
The Republicans have fallen from being the party of the future to the party of the destruction of the USA, through low wages and massive illegal immigration.
Anyone who denies this is either stupid or a business person who wants to hire slave labor and feel good about it.
Yet another quisling pops its head up.
Yes, but it's the one issue that the Bush administration is most egregiously wrong on. He's got my vote if he runs.
Tancredo's "one issue" is "THE" issue for America in the coming elections. Why do you defend illegal immigration?