I've actually been called a racist by Dane when I wrote about two of my neighbors being raped by an illegal. We have a problem here in Arizona. I am sick of Tancredo and his troops making this an issue that can not be discussed.
IIRC, you didn't say that it was your neighbors who were raped, but a general stereotype that all illegals are violent criminals and I posted a picture of a an african american who was charged in the brutal slayings of 7 people and the white guy from Reno who shot the Judge and murdered his divorced wife to make a point that evil knows no ethnic boundries.
As for you comments about tancredo I agree with you completely, he has poisoned the debate and that is why I support a more level headed person such as Mike Pence, who isn't looking for glory or to sell books. And it is tancredo himself who has also attacked Mike Pence.
My thoughts and prayers to your neighbors and I hope things are going better for them now.