Tom Tancredo's Feb. 4 Tea party speech in Nashville

Rocky Mountain Foundation ^ | February 5, 2009 | Tom Tancredo

[Cobra64]

Who knows? The mods fuss with threads and posts and no one knows why. When there is a reason, it’s like a Microsoft Error explanation.

[dennisw]

I should I suck up the illiterate gimme gangstas? I have no problem with what Tom Tancredo said about people too dumb to vote. We do need a civics test before you get yr right to vote. States can pass such laws

[Las Vegas Ron]

It was my bad, I had too many tabs open.

[fr_freak]

Even FOX news is taking a dim view of his remarks on zero's voters.

Dumb thing to say.

First, FOX is on the wrong side of things routinely, especially when it comes to being politically correct.

Second, tell me which part of what Tancredo said wasn't true. If it was true, how can it be dumb?

[Hostage]

Yes it was and it was only partially true.

A few highly educated people I know voted for Obama because they felt it was safe once again to show they are democrats and there was an intense anti-Bush sentiment from everywhere.

And then ‘moderate’ every other day RINO John McCain and his lunatic desire to be President allowed these educated types who should know better to snicker and say let the young cool hip black guy have the ball. Even though I pointed out Obama was inexperienced, way in over his head and was an empty suit, they were not going to vote for McCain. But they were going to vote because they were mad at Bush.

And I could not blame them for choosing not to vote for McCain.

I think a lot of Obama votes were done to register disgust for the GOP. Yes there were many uninformed people who were easy to manipulate and probably couldn’t spell as a euphemism for just being ‘stupid’ to vote for Obama. Ziegler proved it.

http://howobamagotelected.com/

[rmlew]

I gave you a link to Tom Tancredo's Journal at The Rocky Mountain Foundation. The first item is the speech in MS Word 2000 Format.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Tom Tancredo will be used to tar the whole of the tea party movement. His stand on Israel was seen as “Anti-Semitic” in the media. He’s is a voice in the movement but not a leader. I found the speech not inflammatory but the thin skinned liberals will say it was nothing but hate and report him as just another racists. Before too long they will be depicting him as a grand dragon of the KKK.

[A CA Guy]

I think he said something about people being able to read and take some test before being qualified to vote.

IMO as long as it applies to everyone, then I’m fine with that.
Also require some official picture ID and yearly purging of the voting rolls.

[fr_freak]

Tom Tancredo will be used to tar the whole of the tea party movement. His stand on Israel was seen as “Anti-Semitic” in the media. He’s is a voice in the movement but not a leader. I found the speech not inflammatory but the thin skinned liberals will say it was nothing but hate and report him as just another racists. Before too long they will be depicting him as a grand dragon of the KKK.

Who cares what the MSM will do? The only way they wouldn't label a conservative a racist or whatever is if he toed the left wing line. All I want to know is if Tancredo is telling the truth and, in my opinion, he is. The last thing we need to be doing is self-censoring out of fear that the Left will call us names. That is surrendering before you even get started. Speak the truth and let the chips fall where they may.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

We shouldn’t give a fig to what the MSM say. We can’t watch out words as the ship of state is steered toward the rocks.
Tom is a voice in the movement —not the only voice—but a voice.

[rmlew]

Go watch what Tacredo said. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YN-X1kUnhQ

(starting at 3:50_ Tancredo did not approve of 9/11 conspiracies. Stop lying.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Tancredo did not approve of 9/11 conspiracies. Stop lying.

You do realize that I didn't post that right?

[rmlew]

Tom Tancredo was one of the best antiiIslamist voices in congress http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/3633 .
What did he say about ISrael that has been percieved, re-imagine, or reported as anti-Israel?

[SoCalPol]

He did’t state that at the speech but shares the view and supports a party that does.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Tom said the Israel Lobby was all powerful in Washington and they could destroy anyone who didn’t support the jewish state. I do not believe he is an anti-Semite. He was commenting on the aggressive Jewish Lobby more than anything else. I guess that lobby has little clout in Obama’s rule.

[rmlew]

Where has he ever supported 9-11 conspiracy theories. Cite or retract.

[rmlew]

Tom said the Israel Lobby was all powerful in Washington and they could destroy anyone who didn’t support the jewish state. I do not believe he is an anti-Semite. He was commenting on the aggressive Jewish Lobby more than anything else. I guess that lobby has little clout in Obama’s rule.
I can't find anything on this. Tancredo has attacked the ADL and other leftist lobbies, but I've never heard him attack Israel or that lobby in the US. The Paulestinians and the "paleoconservatives" and anti-Jewish racists attacked him as a tool of the Israeli lobby.

[rmlew]

Sorry, I was talking to SoCal.

[Las Vegas Ron]

I thought so, jsut to be sure :)

[rmlew]

I forgot something. Tancredo attacked the Republican Jewish Coalition for not inviting himself, Duncan Hunter (who I supported), and Ron Paul. Tancredo was correct and I gave up my membership top the RJC.