Hi, Mike,
I saw your screen name and that is what finally got me to look at this thread. :) I've been very busy, working for a local paper. Hey, I got my local town to spend some money for snow plows; we had a wheel fall off of a snowplow in the middle of a snowstorm; I talked to every guy at public works, and my title was something like "The wheels have come off!" LOL!!!
Anyway... I lived in Colorado for ten years, and I am/was a huge fan of Tom Tancredo. He is a smart man who is very able to bring important issues to people, and illegal immigration is a very big issue in Colorado, Texas (lived there, too), etc., and other border/magnet states. Nationally, though, I'm not sure.
At the risk of sounding like an idiot because I haven't had the chance to read through this thread, I don't think he is electable on a national level. One issue is not enough to carry a candidate through the primaries, especially if, as you say, a majority of people aren't worried.
So these are my thoughts without having read through the thread. :) I guess I just wanted to say hi, and thanks again for your service, Mike.
Hey... today I was able to connect the Pentagon with our local mayor, who wanted to write a letter of condolence to the mother of a guy who was born in this Canadian town, but gave up his citizenship to join the US military; he died in the recent Blackhawk helicopter crash.
I spent a lot of time trying to do this. And today I thanked the mayor's aide; I said, "I am an American citizen and I appreciate that he will take the time to write a letter."
Whew... I've gotten wayyyyy off topic, huh?! LOL
Hey it's ok. No big deal there :)
As for my service, as some have been so insistent on pointing out, I will say that I was over in Iraq as a contractor.
It really sucks that I have to say that right off of the bat because some just love to assume such things.
Anyway, I agree with you. His message isn't the problem, it's the lack of heat he is getting on that message. At least for me.
Wow. You must not be in Toronto or in Ontario huh? :) I say that mainly because it isn't every day that a mayor of a town that a person gave up his citizenship too would write to the Pentagon.