Posted on 11/28/2006 8:05:55 AM PST by meg88
And some people actually think this guy can be president? Good luck with that.
Been there. Miami is very much like a Third World country.
That will really help his run for the White House. *eyes roll*
Tancredo does not have the sense to limit his rhetoric. As a result, he stands no chance at ever being elected to a national office.
Agreeded, yet the truth hurts ambitions
Miami is the porn movie-making capital of the South, so it's got that goin' for it...
Rep Tancredo would be well advised to making such comments about communities in Southern California rather than Miami, Forida where they have a Republican Representative. In So Cal the Dems would welcome such remarks as true as they want the state to become like a third world country.
You would never know it by the incredible rise in the price of real estate down there.
and again Tancredo shows us that no matter what truth or how much truth his comments may or may not have, he is completely and totally unprepared to deliver them in an effective manner.
Actually I'm glad this nutcase is saying things like this. This way we will get his non-starting Presidential campaign out of the way before the end of 2007....
Works for me. Never go there unarmed.
I think that the statement "Miami is a third world country" is innaccurate, but the point is reasonably close.
He would be better talking about how to fix the problem, and not just fences, but a whole range of solutions from a web verification of citizenship, to punishing companies that hire illegals, to punishing states that cater to illegals, to punishing illegals, to punishing Mexico for sending them here and not providing a free democracy.
There are plenty of solutions that can be discussed.
Attacking a huge city in a key state is not how to do it.
Who needs Florida's electoral votes anyway?
oh what the hell....I went to college at the U of Miami from '75 to '81. Lived in Coconut Grove, Miami,Ft Lauderdale etc and the Cubans from Miami are flat out AWESOME . I mean awesome. They are truth tellers,reverent and believe in the great ole US of A. Til my grave,I'm greatful for my Cuban neighbors and their wise offered "hands up" to me as a punk growing up.
Tancredo proves once again he's not ready for prime time.
He's right. Everytime somebody tells me they are driving to Miami I tell them to remember their passport.
miami has its nice parts and its ghettos, no different than any other city in america. ive been to miami and i think philadelphia is more of a third world country.
not a very wise thing to say.
From what I've been told, the Haitian areas of Miami are a lot safer than neighborhoods like Liberty City, where the population is mainly native-born African-American.
If true, this factoid would seem to undermine Tancredo's argument with finality.
Especially when renting a car there.
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