From my personal experience in Miami I never had a problem with everyday Cubans and those of Cuban descent.
Like everyone else they do have their bad elements. I/am thinking he is getting his information from "Miami Vice" and "CSI Miami".
Posted on 11/30/2006 8:30:21 AM PST by Dane
Tancredo fires back at Fla. guv Colo. congressman accuses Jeb Bush of 'happy talk'
By Tillie Fong, Rocky Mountain News November 30, 2006 U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo on Wednesday accused Florida Gov. Jeb Bush of spouting "politically correct happy talk" in a war of words touched off by the congressman's swipe at the city of Miami as resembling a "Third World country."
In a letter responding to a blast from Bush, Tancredo said the governor did not recognize illegal immigration as a problem in Miami.
"I certainly understand and appreciate your need and desire to create the illusion of Miami as a multiethnic 'All American' city," Tancredo said. "I can also appreciate that Miami's schools graduate many outstanding students and that the cultural and ethnic diversity of the city offers many advantages to its residents.
"However, it is neither naive nor insulting to call attention to a real problem that cannot be easily dismissed through politically correct happy talk."
The letter was in response to one sent by Bush on Tuesday, after the governor learned of Tancredo's comments during a weekend summit of conservative activists in Palm Beach.
Tancredo reportedly said that unchecked immigration, both legal and illegal, was behind many of Miami's problems, including its high crime rate and poverty.
Bush described Tancredo's comments as "disappointing" and "naive" and defended Miami's diversity, citing the contributions made by people of all ethnicities. He also noted declining crime rates and improving test scores posted by minority students.
But Tancredo said it was Bush who is being naive.
"The tolerance of cultural diversity in a city or a nation is admirable up to a point, but when diversity is worshipped to the detriment of assimilation, it becomes a serious problem that undermines the civic culture that forms the basis for our democratic institutions and the rule of law," he wrote.
Besides the president's brother, civic boosters also have come to Miami's defense.
Frank Nero, president and CEO of The Beacon Council, Miami-Dade County's economic development partnership, called Tancredo's statements "insulting, divisive and intellectually reprehensible."
"Perhaps (Tancredo's) next junket should be to read the inscription on the Statue of Liberty, along with a stop at Ellis Island," he said
Jeb Bush could have mentioned that he liked the people coming in, but then mention how expensive the current social program scheme is to keep funding.
So was tt deliberately setting out to drive Cuban republicans from going to the polls or was it just a accident?
He needs to get the last word no matter how foolish he looks.
Tancredo was responding to Jeb Bush's criticism...of fellow Republican Tancredo
Tancredo has a point about the crime rate (perhaps Jeb's single biggest failure, in my opinion, is his inability to bring down the murder/violent crime rate), but anyone who has spent time in real third-world cities like Caracas or Bogota or Port-au-Prince will understand that Miami is NOT a 'third-world' city under most definitions of that term.
Following the same route as George Allen who.
I live 1 strreet out of miami and am willing to deliver this garbadge scow of a city.You should live here half the cops dont speak english 90 percent of civil service dont speak anything except gibberish. The Man from Colorado is right.
So was tt deliberately setting out to drive Cuban republicans from going to the polls or was it just a accident?
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The real tragedy upon America is that the vast majority of our politicians are totally consumed with personal empowerment and pay little attention to the REAL PROBLEMS in America --- Tancredo is an exception.
The only thing that will save what is left of America, is for more pols, like Tancredo, to stop worrying about votes and start doing their job, which is looking out for America, and being guided by the majority will of the American citizenry.
We have lost that grand, original purpose of the American government.
Governor-elect Charlie Crist has been FL attorney general for the past four years. Fraud and price gauging have been his focus.
"I'll take Miami any day."There are some nice areas in Miami,and of course the weather and the beaches:)"Bad news-there are areas in Miami where you can't go without a side arm and an interpeter.
From my personal experience in Miami I never had a problem with everyday Cubans and those of Cuban descent.
Like everyone else they do have their bad elements. I/am thinking he is getting his information from "Miami Vice" and "CSI Miami".
You guys are so silly. (just wait, Dane will post this same article every time it shows up on a different web site - this is the 2nd). Tancredo is not running for president. He has always said he would if he needed to put immigration on the table. Thank God for his hard work in facing and making others face the immigration problem head on.
I'd suggest the party of George Lincoln Rockwell.
-Eric
Perhaps Jeb wouldn't need 'Happy Talk' if Tom didn't seem to engage in so much 'Stupid Talk'.
"Bad news-there are areas in Miami"
Oh, I'm sure there are some really bad areas of Miami. They sure seem a lot easier to avoid in Miami than Atlanta, to this business traveler.
That's the good news.
The bad news is that he's probably running for Senate. And he'll get murdered and cause us to lose a Senate seat.
Of course, the silver lining to that is he won't be nearly as visible when he says stupid things like this after he loses.
I tend to disagree with you on that one. HE signed into law FL Statute #765 that allows a feeding tube to be removed from disabled patients, like Terri Schindler Shiavo. That's HIS work. And, I'll NEVER forget.
Thank God for his hard work in facing and making others face the immigration problem head on.
So you make people face the problems by angering your largest minority constituancy?
I agree that we have problems with illegal immigration and an unsecure border. However Tancredo just turns the flamethrower on "full power" and hoses anyone or anything he doesn't agree with.
Youngman - where is "here"?
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