Tancredo Throws Punches at Bush

Human Events ^ | February 9 2006 | Robert B. Bluey

[Reagan Man]

Rep. Tom Tancredo (R.-Colo.) didn’t hold back in his criticism of President Bush this morning at the Conservative Political Action Conference—delivering what amounted to a presidential stump speech that could have easily been delivered in New Hampshire or Iowa.

Tancredo attacked the administration for its support of a guest-worker program for illegal aliens and its big-spending ways on education and Medicare prescription drugs.

“It is the President who is out of step with his party, not Tom Tancredo,” the Colorado Republican said to applause at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Northwest Washington, D.C.

Tancredo called for the repeal of two programs offered by President Bush: the No Child Left Behind Act and the Medicare prescription drug program. Both expanded the cost of government and drew the scorn of conservatives in Congress.

Tancredo said the Big Government policies of the Bush administration need to be halted. He said conservatives must return the GOP to a “party of individual rights and shouldn’t afraid to say it.”

[You Dirty Rats]

Insulting the President is brilliant strategery on the part of the Tancredo supporters because they believe attacking the President will cause him to abandon his own ideas on immigration and adopt Tancredo's. Either that, or it's just gratuitous Bush-bashing.

[68 grunt]

Disruptor's snapshots don't count ...

[inquest]

Tancredo made a unilateral promise to the electorate at large and then junked it for the sake of power because SOME of his constituents wanted him to.

The electorate absolved him of it, obviously. So it wasn't as though they were inconvenienced by his decision. The only people who would have been were his political enemies.

[inquest]

Its called a campaign

Not something he could have conducted very effectively if he'd held himself to that "commandment", now is it?

[68 grunt]

Nice insults ...

[F16Fighter]

Do loopy Lemmings ever tire of repeating themselves?

[You Dirty Rats]

The electorate absolved him of it, obviously.

Some of the votes for him may have been from people who thought he was the best candidate even if he did sell out his promise for continued power. At the very least, he's demonstrated less commitment to his clearly stated campaign promises than, say, President Bush.

[68 grunt]

I voted karter rather than Ford. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, a thousand times over, I'm sorry ...

One of my two mistakes. The other was goobinor moonbeam, once.

[SQUID]

I agree. As far as I am concerned, guest worker program is support for illigal immigration PERIOD It is also a slap in the face for all of those who come here by the book. If we are going to keep allowing this to happen then we should work for Mexico to become a US state and start taxing these people. We have a double standard immigration policy. Since when has a Mexican had more rights to this land than an American citizen?

Puerto Rico should also pay taxes and be a state. Hell they get to enjoy all the perks of a US protectorate, but they don't pay taxes and some even hate this country. Think I'm kidding? Just come to the Puerto Rican parade in Chicago and you will see for yourself. Heck they even have a congressman at large.

Tancreto is right about big government. The fact is, government has become a big goon that beats you up and takes your money on the way to and from work.

Government has become a burden to the citizens of this great land. Think about it, government taxes gas, hotel stays, parking on public streets, amusement fees, convenience fees, zone parking fees, city parking fees, cable TV, phones, cars, homes, every damn thing you can think of. Government has also burdened small business and forced business and homes to leave certain areas.

So, why? Why would anybody spend 20 million to get a job that only pays $158,100? Government is big MONEY and a place where you can make some serious money under and above the table at the expense of Joe Citizen. You see, this is the ME generation. It's all about "ME". The "WE" generation is slowly fading into history.

It is unfortunate because there are GREAT people out there who should be in government and are not. There are too many who are in government too long. Are there good people in government today? Yes but not enough.

The people need to take government back and start to give a damn. Government can never police itself. The people must.

I say have a national referendum on illegal immigration and to hell with some of these politicians.

[68 grunt]

Well?

You are a silly woman. Wait.

[F16Fighter]

"... perhaps with someone such as Tancredo at its helm."

" You'd like that, huh?"

Lol, it's an INQUISITION!

But ze Party hasn't even picked Herr Tancredo. He iz non persona grata with ze "GOP insiders" for daring to challenge Dubya Bush's "see nothing, hear nothing, know nothing" border policy.

[SQUID]

Your self is not really yours is it?

[inquest]

Some of the votes for him may have been from people who thought he was the best candidate even if he did sell out his promise for continued power.

So in other words he promised to deny them something they wanted (at least I presume that "the best candidate" is something they would have wanted), and then relented?

Is it really such a bad thing to go back on a promise to someone to do what they wouldn't have wanted you to do? That's more in the category of going back on a threat. Yes, it does somewhat diminish your credibility next time you make a threat, but really, who hasn't gone back on threats at one time or another?

[68 grunt]

... Either that, or it's just gratuitous Bush-bashing.

Or, perhaps, an orchestrated effort by FR fifth columnists to lead the useful idiots in decent.

[68 grunt]

... now is it?

This thread has proven you to be confused. I'd really rather not explain in your dithering terms ...

[mthom]

No need to wait. You have no answer because you cant be bothered to know anything about the issue. "big picture"

[68 grunt]

Do loopy Lemmings ever tire of repeating themselves?

Do disruptors ever tire of the truth?

[inquest]

If you weren't confused, you'd have a very easy time answering such a simple question.

[arasina]

... perhaps with someone such as Tancredo at its helm.

You'd like that, huh?

Not at ALL. I made the mistake of jumping aboard the Perot bandwagon back in 1992. I just want SOMEBODY, some DECENT Republican with GUTS to take this illegal immigration/open borders/terrorist loophole problem SERIOUSLY! People are not happy with the paternalistic attitude of the current administration. ("Be quiet and go to your room. This is an adult conversation and we know what's best for you.")

It's NOT just Republicans who are opposed to it. There are many on the Left who oppose illegal immigration, but they say nothing because they're having too much fun standing back and watching us fight about it. SOMEONE will have to deal with and solve it; if the Republicans continue to be cowards, it could be a Dim or a new Third Party leader, but it's NOT going to simply fade away.

WHY does something REALLY BAD have to happen before the problem is dealt with? We complain about that having happened with the terrorist strike on 9/11/01. We now have an opportunity to prevent the awful consequences of allowing artful dodgers to cause serious economic damage to our country and our way of life. So WHY DOESN'T PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH take THIS bull by its horns like he has with the WOT?

Ahhhh. That felt good. Stay tuned for tomorrow's episode of "Don't Get Her Started", featuring arasina FReeper. :o)

[arasina]

You should hear him say "Go ahead." It's one word: ga'ad. LOL