Posted on 01/16/2007 7:29:24 AM PST by Valin
Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) is expected to announce the formation of an exploratory committee to seek the candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. "He's going to paint himself as a mainstream conservative," says the staffer for one of Tancredo's colleagues in the House of Representatives. "But the folks he's associating with are not part of the mainstream."
Tancredo, who came to national prominence on the basis of his tough stands on immigration reform, an issue he has pressed for quite some time. "There is more to Tancredo than just immigration," says another House staffer. "If he does this, he's going to try to appeal to a broader, socially conservative audience."
In fact, it's not clear Tancredo is in line with the mainstream, social conservative wing of the GOP he seeks to align himself with. According to campaign finance reports, one of Tancredo's biggest financial backers has been the family of Dr. John Tanton, the founder of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). Wall Street Journal editorial-page features writer Jason Riley wrote a devastating piece about the organization back in 2004, in which the group's pro-abortion and pro-eugenics roots were revealed.
Tanton is also one of the most prominent conservative financiers of Planned Parenthood in the United States, having helped found in the mid-1960s the first Planned Parenthood chapter in northern Michigan.
Tancredo appears to have embraced FAIR's extreme and repugnant policy positions, having accepted more than $20,000 from the FAIR PAC and personal donations from Tanton between 1996 and 2006. Over the past ten years, according to Federal Election Commission reports, FAIR has provided more than $15,000 to Tancredo campaigns and PACs. Tanton has given Tancredo $7,000, while donating $28,000 to FAIR's political action arm.
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I've been to the fair website and all the statistics and articles they use seem to be pretty good, fair and balanced.
The founder maybe a nutcase, but I did not see much else to complain about.
Further, I see no need for Tancredo bashing. The political process will take care of tancredo.
The people we should be bashing are the Tancredo supporters who somehow feel the need to engage in smears and character assasination on Guiliani, McCain and Romney.
Smearing the others will not elect tancredo who is unelectable.
Smearing the others only benefits obama and hillary.
However, the political process involves a lot of bashing.
The Wall Street Journal editorial page is one of the top cheerleaders for the illegals - they want to keep that cheap labor coming. I do not support a presidential run by Tancredo, but I would like to see both sides of the story on this topic, given the accusers.
"Guiliani, McCain and Romney. "
Speaking of those unelectable....
Further, I see no need for Tancredo bashing
Oh but it's so much fun! There's nothing like the smell of burning Tancredocistas in the morning.
Hopefully, none of those three will get the nomination.
but I would like to see both sides of the story on this topic, given the accusers.
Have no fear, as the campaign heats up you will.
Duncan Hunter isn't a dud. But I wouldn't waste a second of my time arguing with someone who says that he is. Just to be factual, he is not a "national senator" or a "state level representative". I understand the point you're TRYING to make, however.
I can see why you are badmouthing Duncan Hunter if you think Guiliani is the way to go. RINO candidates hate having to deal with conservative competitors.
"Giuliani IS the most electable candidate. This party must quickly get behind him and become unified if there is any hope of us keeping the White house in '08"
Not a chance. Social conservatives will sit home if Giuliani runs. We would just as soon see a Democrat win than Giuliani.
Most of the comments I've read here concerning Romney,McCain,and Guiliani seem factually based,not 'smears'. At this stage of the election process I see nothing wrong with pointing out facts.
Referring to inconvenient facts as smears is how RINOs camouflage themselves in the wild.
We would just as soon see a Democrat win than Giuliani.
The we indicates you and many others think this is reality.
Sadly it appears to me to be idiocy of the first order, on display for all to see. Sort of like the dem Iraq policy, if there is one, cut and run, redeploy, bring the troops home, whatever you call it just not victory.
I haven't a clue this far out who could should or will win in 08, but thinking, if that is what you call it, that voting for a democrat doesn't have consequences beyond the nose on your face, and beyond the foolish no RINO policy is just beyond belief.
Giuliani's own family couldn't trust him. Why on earth should I? Not even "the best of a bad lot". Gotta be somebody out there who isn't either tainted or self-seeking, but I haven't located him/her yet. Condi?
"Giuliani IS the most electable candidate. This party must quickly get behind him and become unified if there is any hope of us keeping the White house in '08"
Oh bull. He's a rino. His positions are repugnant to the base. His only support is by fanboys and the media. When it comes time to face off against a democrat, the liberal media support and cover (the hidding of his rino ways) will vanish.
Supporting any of the three rinos will mean defeat in 2008. When republicans run a candidate who effectively espouses conservative principles, they win. When they run a rino, they lose. History bears that out. There is nothing to bear out your false claims that he is the most electable candidate.
No Hillary is the most electable, maybe we should just get her to put an (R) beside the (D) on her ticket most here would notice anyway.
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