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Gov. Bush calls congressman's insult `naive'
The Miami Herald ^ | 11/29/2006 | Lesley Clark

Posted on 11/29/2006 10:12:22 AM PST by NapkinUser

Trash-talking about Miami has earned a Colorado congressman a rebuke from Florida's governor.

Don't mess with Miami.

That's the message Texas-born Florida Gov. Jeb Bush delivered Tuesday to fellow Republican, Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado, who dissed the governor's adopted hometown as a ''Third World country'' in recent remarks.

In a two-page letter, the governor, born in Midland, Texas, but claiming Miami as his home since 1981, used statistics -- citing high-scoring Hispanic students at Miami high schools and declining crime rates -- to tout the city.

''The bottom line is Miami is a wonderful city filled with diversity and heritage that we choose to celebrate, not insult,'' Bush said in the letter addressed to Tancredo's Washington office. ``Miami has been my home for years and I am looking forward to returning there in January.''

Tancredo, in response to Bush, held his ground and suggested that Miami's increasingly multiethnic population means the city is losing its ties to the United States.

''America, because of the many places, cultures, races, and religious origins of our citizenry, depends on a few things to hold us together. One is the English language,'' Tancredo said in an e-mail addressed to Bush. ``That is something that fewer and fewer Miamians share. Unfortunately fewer and fewer Miamians think of themselves as Americans.''

(Excerpt) Read more at miami.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: immigrantlsit; jebbush; tancredo; tancredothenonentity; tomtancredo
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To: SouthernBoyupNorth

Are you sure? I still see many of them around. I continue to see a huge AMERICAN flag by MIA for all the planes to see when they are landing or departing. There are also some of the biggest AMERICAN flags you will ever see by both I-95 and the Palmetto. So you probably didn't do your job real well when you state that you took the last flag with you. I invite you to come back and steal these flags I am talking about. Lets see how far you get.


201 posted on 12/03/2006 10:09:24 AM PST by David1
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To: Sherri

If it wasn't for the Cuban-American GOP vote, Dade county would be going 90% for the Dems. The GOP Cuban vote is the one that keeps the county's election results evened out against the lib Dem Black, Anglo, and Jewish votes.


202 posted on 12/03/2006 10:14:28 AM PST by David1
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To: Sherri

One more thing, please check out the election results in Broward and Palm Beach County.


203 posted on 12/03/2006 10:18:44 AM PST by David1
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