Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo.
Posted on 05/22/2006 4:14:55 PM PDT by Conservative Coulter Fan
Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo. |
WASHINGTON – Two years ago, he was as lonely as the Maytag repairman – an obscure congressman trying desperately to raise the visibility of an issue he believed threatened the very security of the U.S.
More recently, he has become a force to be reckoned with, the leader of a powerful House caucus, a Republican who has taken on the president, a man respected for outspoken positions and the political force behind what has become the hottest issue in the nation.
Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., chairman of the House Immigration Reform Caucus and the undisputed heavyweight champion of the border security issue in the nation's capital, now tells the whole story of the threats facing the nation, the solutions within its grasp and his own personal quest to awaken the political establishment to the seething discontentment gripping America as a result of illegal immigration.
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In his new book, "In Mortal Danger," published by WND Books, Tancredo warns that the country is on a course to the dustbin of history. Like the great and mighty empires of the past, he writes, superpowers that once stretched from horizon to horizon, America is heading down the road to ruin.
English historian Edward Gibbon, in penning his classic "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" (ironically published in the year America's Founding Fathers declared independence from Great Britain), theorized that Rome fell because it rotted from within. It succumbed to barbarian invasions because of a loss of civic virtue, its citizens became lazy and soft, hiring barbarian mercenaries to defend the empire because they were unwilling to defend it themselves.
Tancredo says America is following in the tragic footsteps of Rome.
Living up to his reputation for candor, Tancredo explains how the economic success and historical military prowess of the United States has transformed a nation founded on Judeo-Christian principles of right and wrong into an overindulgent, self-deprecating, immoral cesspool of depravity.
His recipe for turning things around?
Without strong, moral leadership, without a renewed sense of purpose, without a rededication to family and community, without shunning the race hustlers and pop-culture sham artists, without protecting borders, language and culture, the nation that once was "the land of the free and home of the brave" and the "one last best hope of mankind" will repeat the catastrophic mistakes of the past, he writes.
Tancredo, born and raised in Colorado, represents Colorado's 6th district in the U.S. House of Representatives. Prior to his election to Congress in 1998, Tancredo worked as a schoolteacher, was elected to the Colorado State House of Representatives in 1976, was appointed by President Reagan as the secretary of education's regional representative in 1981, and served as president of the Independence Institute. He serves on the International Relations Committee, the Resources Committee and the Budget Committee, and is the chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus. Tancredo and his wife, Jackie, reside in Littleton, Colo.
False. See all the above links.
You want this guy with his finger on the button? Mental problems, indeed. Remember the Nuke Mecca quip?
Freepers who chronically indulge in character assasination of certain politicians are usually the same ones inclined to worship certain other politicians themselves.
They think that by destroying the messenger they win some sort of victory. Its pathetic.
I "refute" that the denver posts article says what you say it does. So we can be exactly clear how about you point out exactly what it is that Tancredo did wrong and cite your source to back it up.
The Denver post article sure does not support what you are claiming.
Could you help me out by being clear what it is that you claim Tancredo did wrong with his basement?
What exactly appears to be true? State it clearly in your own words and lets just work from there.
Well you just showed you have not even read this thread because we already went thru the nuclear comment.
Self defense in response to a nuclear detonation is quite acceptable and to most folks it is required.
Your spin is becoming more apparent the more you post. By all means keep doing so.
I agree, many folks think that if they can pull others down further than they reside they will indeed be above them.
Pathetic indeed.
He said it wasn't his responsibility to ask for ID on the workers.
I'd say that makes him a hypocrite. Remember when he got the honor student expelled?
Along with his other baggage, I'd say he's unfit for the Office.
I guess I missed it in the near 600 responses. Sue me.
Self defense in response to a nuclear detonation is quite acceptable and to most folks it is required.
Doing it may be ok, but talking about it from the Grandstand is not.
Your spin is becoming more apparent the more you post. By all means keep doing so.
Spin? Read your posts newbie.
I just wish that idiot journalists would stop using Edward Gibbons' classic work on Rome to score political points.
Gibbons' main argument was that Christianity destroyed Rome by undermining public belief in the more virtuous pagan gods. Is WorldNetDaily siding with the anti-Christian crusading now?
You obviously haven't visited California any time in the last 20 years or so.
Of course, most of them are Catholics by birth, so I suppose, as fellow Catholics of mine, that's why they have no values.
Your own Catholic faith may be sincere and morally uplifting but the average illegal invader is about as "Catholic" as Kerry and the Kennedys. Otherwise, they'd cause far fewer problems, if any, and the only people who'd want to get rid of them would be the the pro-abortion, pro-sodomite Democrats.
Then again, if the invaders really were Catholic they'd know that they're supposed to obey the law (Romans 13:1-5), and they wouldn't even be here. Of course, ArchMishop Baloney isn't helping matters by ignoring the scriptures and promoting a spirit of lawlessness.
Several links are above, my own words aren't needed.
Lots of devout Catholics would shout for joy if Mahoney got hauled off in handcuffs. My mom, for starters.
Are you telling me that when you contract some work to be done at your home or on your car or when you pick up some fast food you do a backround check on all those businesses employees?
What you are spinning here is an unreasonable request. Notice too please that the employer thought all his employees were legally here and had he asked he would have been given that answer.
Care to try again?
No. You have a habit of putting words in people's mouth. That's dishonest.
Please explain from the grandstand. It was an interview for crying out loud.
Talking about it? it was in response to a question asked him, my guess is you do not even know what the question was he was aksed!
I laugh at your newbie comment and I can defend myself against it as I have many many many times before.
Going there just shows that you are reaching for attacks now as your posts drop one by one.
Links? So you are afraid of posting your own words so that they can be discussed?
Denver post article says he didn't do anything wrong. Yet you attempt to use that article to bolster your claim that he did?
Who is the newbie here again? HA HA Go on with your bad self.
Good for you!
Maybe if you spoke your OWN words clearly as you were politely asked to do we wouldn't have that problem would we?
Here's how it works, newbie. Post sources and links. Your opinion is worthless.
H aha ha the truly worthless one is showing quite well.
It shows that you fear posting your own words and all you can doi is rely on what someone else says.
I used that Denver post article as you just posed. Again if you had read this thread you would have seen that. But alas that shows thru also.
In that Denver post article that you claim says he did something wrong actually says something other than that.
Illegals are quoted as saying something, after the fact. The employer stated that he thought all the employees were here legally and he said quite clearly that Tancredo didn't do anything wrong.
Maybe a bit of reading ,especially the threads themselves, might help you out.
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