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Who's Being Naive Now, Jed?
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| 11/29/2006
Posted on 11/29/2006 9:35:10 PM PST by NapkinUser
Tom Tancredo is once again under fire for stating the obvious. This weekend our founding chairman told a group of conservatives that ``You would never know you're in the United States of America. You would certainly say you're in a Third World country.'' This should not be a controversial statement. In fact many of Miami residents like to brag that the city is the capital of Latin America.
Florida Governor Jeb Bush was offended by his truthfulness and called him Naïve. Bush said Miami is home to the best advanced placement programs in the country. These achievements are a far cry from the `ethnic enclaves devoid of any English' you mentioned in your statement. Tancredo noted that while there are plenty of bright talented students in Miami (just like there are in Mexico City,) that does not change the fact that there is a 45% drop out rate in their high schools. If this is what Bush considers high achieving schools, we are in trouble.
One way that Florida is looking like a Third World country with Enclaves devoid of any English is Jeb Bushs campaign commercials. In 2002, Governor Bush ran an ad that started off by showing seven Latin American flags. Nowhere in the ad was an American flag, any mention of the United States (or even Los Estados Unidos,) or a word of English. Another way America is becoming more like a Third World country is how the establishment tries to silence brave voices of opposition like Rep. Tancredo.
As Miami is becoming indistinguishable from the Third World, if we do not secure our borders, the rest of America will soon become indistinguishable for America.
Congressman Tancredos Response to Bush: A Must Read
Read Governor Bushs attack on Tancredo (pdf)
Watch Goveronor Bushs anti-American Spanish language campaign ad
60% of Rocky Mountain News readers say Tancredo is On Target
Time Magazine Calls Miami Capital of Latin America
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: aliens; immigrantlist; jebbush; loudmouth; miami; tancredo; tomtancredo
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To: stainlessbanner
I dont have to.
Cuban immigrants are by law Legal once they set foot in America.
If they are caught by the coast guard in the sea they are sent back.
But once they set foot on American soil, they are legal as per US immigration law.
So simply put there technically one cannot be a Cuban illegal immigrant in the US.
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:02:31 PM PST
by
GregH
To: NapkinUser
I think the original attack by Tancredo has to do with his statement ''the nature of America can be changed by uncontrolled immigration,'' .
So it meant that he was referring to illegal immigration or unless he was referring to all immigration - both legal and illegal.
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:04:03 PM PST
by
GregH
To: NapkinUser
What does legal or not have to do with the lack of English in America? You do know that Jeb's wife, the mother of his children, was born in Mexico, of Mexican parentage, don't you? It is likely that the Governor makes a sharp distinction between legal and illegal immigrants.
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:09:09 PM PST
by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
(I went down in 1964 for Barry Goldwater with all flags flying! This is just a blip!)
To: NapkinUser
Bush said Miami is home to the best advanced placement programs in the country.HS Graduation rates put FL between 45 and 50 depending on which studies are used.
Miami-Dade has the second lowest graduation rate in the state. Source
To: NapkinUser
Tancredo is a good spokesperson for his idiotic alarmist cause. He obviously hates latino culture since he thinks everywhere that Spanish is spoken is a thrid world country.
To: BiffBonko
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:14:19 PM PST
by
Let's Roll
( "Congressmen who ... undermine the military ... should be arrested, exiled or hanged" - A. Lincoln)
To: NapkinUser
Tancredo could have picked a better example, like la ciudad de Los Angeles.
Nobody would have complained because nobody there speaks English anymore, except for Maxine Waters, who can't read.
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:16:02 PM PST
by
oldbill
To: Petronski
Jed.
To: NapkinUser; dighton; martin_fierro; Tijeras_Slim; Fierce Allegiance
Now just s'pose'n I was naive,
so what aboudit?
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:19:58 PM PST
by
Petronski
(BRABANTIO: Thou art a villain. IAGO: You are--a senator. ---Othello I.i.)
To: BiffBonko
>>>>>Tancredo is a good spokesperson for his idiotic alarmist cause. He obviously hates latino culture since he thinks everywhere that Spanish is spoken is a thrid world country.Pure ignorance. Gotta be in the running for the most asinine post on FR for all of 2006. As an FR poll question from earlier this year shows, 83.5% of FReepers agree with Cong Tancredo.
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:20:14 PM PST
by
Reagan Man
(Conservatives don't support amnesty and conservatives don't vote for liberals!)
To: steel_resolve
For some reason there has been an enormous backlash against Tancredo on FR lately.Because he's been taking pages from the Pat Buchanan playbook.
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:20:53 PM PST
by
uglybiker
(Don't look at me. I didn't make you stupid.)
To: Reagan Man
It might be that the Bushes not only tolerate but prefer Christian immigrants to what's been migrating to Europe. Mexicans and Cubans aren't bloodly likely to destroy nearly as much U. S. culture as our new house and senate majorities. And, btw, the demise of English and the growth of dual language accommodations can be laid at their feet as well.
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:31:52 PM PST
by
Mach9
(.)
To: Mach9
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:34:50 PM PST
by
Reagan Man
(Conservatives don't support amnesty and conservatives don't vote for liberals!)
To: GregH
''the nature of America can be changed by uncontrolled immigration''
Nothing wrong with that statement. Deciding who comes in and how many is a basic immigration plan.
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:37:34 PM PST
by
FLOutdoorsman
(One man with courage is a majority.)
To: Reagan Man
"Pure ignorance. Gotta be in the running for the most asinine post on FR for all of 2006. As an FR poll question from earlier this year shows, 83.5% of FReepers agree with Cong Tancredo."
BiffBonko
Since Nov 30, 2006
Now days I look at the "Member since". That says it all about alot of the posters any more.
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:39:45 PM PST
by
JSteff
To: BiffBonko
"Tancredo is a good spokesperson for his idiotic alarmist cause."
Welcome to FreeRepublic.
You'll find that Tancredo's position on immigration is the majority one here, FreeRepublic poll after FreeRepublic poll shows this, and calling it "idiotic" probably won't go over well.
And what is your opinion?
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:40:43 PM PST
by
NapkinUser
(Tom Tancredo for president of the United States of America in 2008!)
To: NapkinUser
BiffBonko
Since Nov 30, 2006
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:42:00 PM PST
by
JSteff
To: Reagan Man
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:44:28 PM PST
by
Mach9
(.)
To: NapkinUser
Cubans are the solid citizens in Miami. Try Haitians and people from all over Central and South America. They make wonderful music there, though.
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:51:43 PM PST
by
ClaireSolt
(Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
To: FLOutdoorsman
So Tancredo is now against all immigrants - even legal? I thought his priority was curbing illegal immigration and fighting for border security.
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:52:49 PM PST
by
GregH
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