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To: Kimberly GG
Has Tom Tancredo`s approach accomplished what you want? Pences plan could have passed if Tancredo would have supported it and it would have made a positive difference. But, if the goal was to NOT solve the problem, to use it as a stepping stone for personal political gain, well, compromise of any kind is out. As if any bill is without a compromise. And, what`s really neat from Tom`s position, is that he can always blame Bush.
176 posted on 12/01/2006 12:29:31 PM PST by bybybill (`IF TH E RATS WIN, WE LOSE)
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To: bybybill
"Pences plan could have passed if Tancredo would have supported it and it would have made a positive difference. But, if the goal was to NOT solve the problem, to use it as a stepping stone for personal political gain, well, compromise of any kind is out.'

If the problem is solved, Tancredo is out of a job.

These words seem to apply here SO WELL:

"There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs -- partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs." -- Booker T. Washington

Walter E. Williams quoted Washington in an article titled "Problem Profiteers"; that's what Tom Tancredo is.

209 posted on 12/01/2006 3:07:52 PM PST by Luis Gonzalez (Some people see the world as they would want it to be, effective people see the world as it is.)
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To: bybybill

Now why would I want Tancredo to support Pence? Might as well be asking for Tancredo to support Bush. Bush & Pence, Same goal, different route, goal=amnesty. If Tancredo succeeds in accomplishing what the American people want, that IS the GOAL and the problem of an open border and enforcement of our immigration laws WILL be solved.

And what the heck are you talking about 'he can always blame Bush'? He's already to blame. The borders should have been effectively secure on 9/12. They are not. Our immigration laws should be enforced. They are not. And neither should be 'compromised' on, they should be done!! And if you think Tom is using the issue for some kind of political gain, then so be it. He's a politician, just like Bush. But as long as he is willing to do what Bush clearly is not, I'm all for giving him the power to do so.


220 posted on 12/01/2006 5:04:21 PM PST by Kimberly GG (Tancredo '08 'ILLEGAL ALIEN' .....is NOT a RACE)
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To: bybybill

http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110008697


236 posted on 12/01/2006 8:21:20 PM PST by Luis Gonzalez (Some people see the world as they would want it to be, effective people see the world as it is.)
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