Posted on 11/22/2005 12:28:26 PM PST by Icelander
I would vote for this man .
He is right on in many regards .
He responds personally those that write him as well.
Not up in some lofty tower.....
Oxygen deprivation the cure or the cause? :-)
As Republicans look to the 2008 primaries in search of a candidate whose credentials and personality can triumph over Senator Clinton
Automatically assuming that billary will win over any republican candidate and that she has personality. Nice job MSM
I need to know:
Is Tancredo running on an ANTI-IMMIGRATION campaign?
Or and ANTI-ILLEGAL-IMMIGRATION campaign?
This is a most interesting smear if Tancredo is really for the latter.
We know Tancredo is against bilingual education and multiculturalism.
Given what is happening in Europe, we know Multiculturalism is a sure recipe for disaster.
What is more important is what he is for. He is for assimilation and integration of legal immigrants who arrive in this country on the basis of a sound immigration process.
BTTT
Truth doesn't go stale. One of the two major parties will win. The Constitution Party elected no one. When your party grows up give us a call.
Man, are you asking for a temper-tantrum beating.
So? Give me a call when you have a point to make.
That is a popular misconception. Hispanics who can vote are just as supportive of strict immigration policies as anyone else.
I'd vote third party before I'd vote for McCain.
Missing key word:
Tancredo Plots Anti-ILLEGAL Immigration
Typical MSM spin trying to make Conservatives our to be racist, xenophobic, anti-immigration nutjobs.
AAA...bloody. MEN...
Listen to Peroutka, and the Constitution Party platform.
Bias can also been seen in the incorrect title to this thread. Tancredo is not "anti-immigration", nor are the policies he proposes. He is anti-illegal immigration, and anti-mass legal immigration. That is an obvious distinction, and it is intentionally ignored by the media.
---"While the Colorado congressman's message might win votes as a hot-button issue in 2008 and 2012, Mr. McIntyre said, demographic trends suggested the position might prove electoral poison in 2016 and beyond as the American electorate becomes increasingly Hispanic, and if the Tancredo platform paints national Republicans as "anti-immigrant." ---
Well, duh! For decades now the GOP has sat by and watched as mass immigration has altered the nation's demography in favor of the Democrats, and not lifted a finger to stop it despite having public opinion on the side of ending mass immigration. That public opinion still exists today, but the GOP still refuses to embrace it. Eventually, as McIntyre says, that public opinion will likely evaporate, though it should be noted that large percentages of Hispanics favor tighter restrictions on immigration. As to McIntyre's second point about the danger of appearing 'anti-immigrant'; well, any position short of amnesty for illegals and continuing mass legal immigration will be painted that way by the Left (radical ethinic interests groups, Democrats, media), and sadly, by entities on the right like the WSJournal editorial page, Jack Kemp, Grover Norquist, CATO, etc. Any thing short of accepting open borders will be demonized as 'mean.'
If the GOP insists on playing by the Left's rules, and accepts competition on their ground, then it is doomed to lose. The invidious idea that opposing mass immigration is akin to hostility towards immigrants, or even immigration, must be fought head on.
Same here, but he'd win without our votes.
That's why McCain must not win the primary. But Tancredo will siphon off a few percentage points from the conservatives, and it could become a real problem.
"If the GOP insists on playing by the Left's rules, and accepts competition on their ground, then it is doomed to lose. The invidious idea that opposing mass immigration is akin to hostility towards immigrants, or even immigration, must be fought head on."
Ta Da. Can't really nail it down any harder than that.
Well after 16 years of Clinton policies, maybe it's time for a Tancredo candidacy.
"No bias there (the headline). No mention of ILLEGAL immigration."
And no mention of simply enforcing the law, either.
Oh, I completely agree. I love Tancredo, but I don't want him in this race. It will cause too many people to vote McCain.
I think at this point our best hope is Allen in 08, and let tancredo keep pushing reform in Congress. He seems to be rallying alot of support lately.
There is a bill I believe in Congress right now, called the CLEAR Act, which has something like 100 co-sponsors alrwady. I believe Tancredo is very involved with it, and it is a tough bill.
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