Colorado Congressman [Rep. Tancredo] Calls Miami a 'Third World' Country'

Miami Herald ^ | 11/28/06 | Lesley Clark

[uglybiker]

...Tom has now chosen the path of demagogery.

Well, gee whiz! Why not?

Look what it did for Buchannan? < /sarcasm>

[antisocial]

"Unfortunately, I predict a bill to be passed and signed in '07 that will make us wistful for the Bush-style plan;"

Any plan passed in '07 will be a Bush-style plan if it has amnesty.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Damnit Tancredo. There's the right way and the wrong way.

[skeeter]

There goes Tom, once again noticing the 800 lb gorilla in the room. He should know by now mentioning it is not considered de rigour.

A real presidential contender would avert his eyes & mumble some inane platitude about 'diversity's rich tapestry'.

[subterfuge]

Pretty much any WalMart in Florida is its own third-world country.

[Jason_b]

Unfortunately a politician has to be careful what he says. It would have been better if Tancredo ran a political ad showing clips of Miami and the narrative to the effect of this is Miami, is this how an American city should look? You decide. Takes it off him. It is better to lead people to their own conclusions than to make conclusions for them.

[junta]

Face it the low macho swagger of low latin culture is unappealing as it gets outside its little confines. And the day that the PC regime gets its statues toppled into the streets some feelings are gonna get hurt, perhaps yours.

[No.6]

"Any plan passed in '07 will be a Bush-style plan if it has amnesty."

Maybe you could clarify ... 'cause from over here it sounds like the bill Pelosi and Reid dream up and force through *their* Congress will be called the "Bush amnesty" by you.

[Dane]

Unfortunately a politician has to be careful what he says. It would have been better if Tancredo ran a political ad showing clips of Miami and the narrative to the effect of this is Miami, is this how an American city should look?

You mean showing this?

Oh the horror.

[BunnySlippers]

Not ready for primetime that's for sure.

[Dante3]

Tancredo is absolutely right. At least somebody dares to speak out.

[usmcobra]

He was the only one on the ballot for that district there were no challengers.

As a resident of Miami I take offense at being calling a third world nation, we are a second world nation at least complete with the sort of gridlock that LA would be proud to bitch about.

I know I drive through 40 miles of it every to work.

[zerosix]

Even in the airport, if all one speaks and understands is the official language of America (English for those who don't understand), one cannot get services, food, etc.

[itsahoot]

It is much more libertarian than Victorian California.

Uh, lets see if that is correct. Do they have an annual "White Party" on Easter? Or maybe they have an annual Urine festival? Surely they have multiple Gay Pride parades. Maybe the Mayor is a Black Baptist Minister that is openly Gay?

I f you need an explanation of these festival events, send a private message, too crude for this forum.

[pollyannaish]

Just out of curiosity...has he ever been to any actual third world countries?

[PRND21]

Tancredo is retarded.

Bump.