Tancredo Rips Edwards Comments on the War on Terror as "Bumper Sticker" Slogan

Team Tancredo ^ | 5/23/2007 | Alan Moore

[SittinYonder]

(Washington, D.C.) - Presidential candidate Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) responded today to Senator John Edwards’s comments that the War on Terror is nothing more than a "bumper sticker slogan."

"If Senator Edwards is saying that the war on terror doesn’t exist, I would agree", Congressman Tancredo said. "Terror is a tactic used by the enemy with which we are at war. The enemy is radical Islam, and if he does not believe that, then he is delusional. America can’t afford a president that is an ostrich, with his head in the sand on this issue."

Edwards, in a speech to the Council of Foreign Relations in New York said, "It is now clear that George Bush's misnamed 'War on Terror' has backfired and is now part of the problem. The War on Terror is a slogan designed only for politics, not a strategy to make America safe. It's a bumper sticker, not a plan."

[SittinYonder]

America can’t afford a president that is an ostrich, with his head in the sand on this issue.

Tancredo understands the fight we're in!

[SittinYonder]

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[cripplecreek]

I’m glad to see this side of Tancredo and wish he had shown it earlier.

[wastedyears]

Go Tancredo

[Archytekt]

the problem with the head-in-sand approach is that it leaves one’s rear end so exposed!

[AU72]

And “Two Americas” is not bumper sticker material?

[SittinYonder]

I’m glad to see this side of Tancredo and wish he had shown it earlier.

It's not a lack of Tancredo showing it. For years he's been the go-to guy on illegal immigration for Fox and MSNBC. Tancredo's got a fantastic voting record - the most conservative of all of the candidates, IMO.

He's a solid conservative and immigration is not the only issue where his voice needs to be heard.

[garjog]

Edwards feeling pretty —The only political ad that the GOP needs if this twerp gets nominated:

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[SittinYonder]

the problem with the head-in-sand approach is that it leaves one’s rear end so exposed!

LOL! And Tancredo came along and kicked it!

[SittinYonder]

And “Two Americas” is not bumper sticker material?

No. There are two Americas and that's a fact we can't get away from. There's the real America and the one that exists in John Edward's mind.

[cripplecreek]

I know he’s always been a good solid conservative but you’re right about the media paying selective attention to him.

[Calpernia]

I don’t think Edwards has a problem with that.

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[oyez]

ostrich, with his head in the sand

Like Jimmy Carter. Saying his head was in the sand was putting it politely.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Good for Tancredo. Hucklebee was also great, calling the statement idiotic. Rs need to pound hard on this one. I don’t want this idiot any where near the WH. He’s insane as Gore.

[SittinYonder]

I know he’s always been a good solid conservative but you’re right about the media paying selective attention to him.

I don't necessarily hold it against them. It makes their job easier if they've got a filing cabinet and under "Illegal Immigration" they've got Tancredo's contact information.

Only now that he's on a national stage does he need to broaden the scope of his appeal, and I think he's done that well (particularly in the Fox debate).

[SittinYonder]

Does every thread have to be about illegal immigration?!

;-)

[AlaskaErik]

“War on Terror” is really a euphemism for “War on Islamofascism”.

[Cobra64]

"America can’t afford a president that is an ostrich, with his head in the sand on this issue."

[Cobra64]

Like Jimmy Carter. Saying his head was in the sand was putting it politely.