I do have issues with the wrong messenger theroy. I have met Mr. Tancredo... I don't think he is of the same ilk or going the same route as buchannan...if Mr. Randolph wanted to avoid getting into the p!ssing match that he is in now he should have expanded on his theroy right away... I think this was an attempted to get attention and flame people... he really has not added much but rhetoric to the conversation.. where as you have state a few valid points.
You're right, I should have just ignored him. I guess my only excuse (such as it is) is that it's getting late at night. I should probably be heading to bed soon.
The stated premise (in prior posts) is:
1. Tancredo is right on immigration.
2. Tancredo is the wrong messenger because he cannot win national office. (Name one member of the U.S. House of Representatives who has ascended directly to the presidency without serving as a governor or senator first).
3. The best way to achieve a win on the immigration issue is to persuade those GOP candidates who have a real chance of winning the presidency to adopt/co-opt Tancredo's stance on immigration.
You call this rhetoric. I call this a cogent argument that has been met with nothing but flames by Tancredo purists who refuse to acknowledge that he cannot, and will not, be elected to the presidency.
Pat Buchanan's wife runs Tancredo's PAC. Buchanan and Tancredo are joined at the hip. It is impossible to distingish one from the other.