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Tancredo wins applause at NAACP
Boston Globe ^ | Thursday, July 12, 2007 | Scott Helman

Posted on 07/12/2007 2:02:42 PM PDT by SittinYonder

DETROIT -- As Susan Milligan noted in today's Globe, Republican presidential hopefuls have largely shied away from appearing before organizations and groups deemed to have a liberal slant. But don't tell that to US Representative Tom Tancredo of Colorado, the lone GOP candidate to appear this morning at the NAACP's annual convention in Detroit.

After he came out, Tancredo wandered around the empty stage, not knowing which podium to use. "Oh, right here?" he said when led to the center lectern. "Oh my gosh, this is amazing."

"Do you think we should wait a few minutes to see if these other guys show up?" Tancredo said, drawing a big laugh from the crowd. "Do they know something I don't know, is that it? I think actually I know something that they don't know."

That line drew a loud cheer from the audience, clearly appreciative that Tancredo had bothered to show up. He used his opening remarks to talk about his signature issue, illegal immigration, and how it was hurting American workers, and especially African-American workers. Tancredo said he gets "insulted" every time he hears that illegal immigrants are working jobs American citizens won't take.

"I've done those jobs, you've done those jobs, our kids have done those jobs," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: illegalimmigration; naacp; tancredo
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To: SittinYonder

It’s amazing that more black Americans don’t get it. They sure are starting to here in L.A. The drywall business was once competently covered by black entrepreneurs and workers. They’ve been edged right out by illegals and those that hire them. Actually, that’s true in almost all sectors of middle class jobs here. They are gone or going. If you work with the public here, the employer wants only bilingual people. Sad.


81 posted on 07/13/2007 7:14:11 AM PDT by Yaelle (Hoping to see someone crawling under the Oval Office desk again: a real toddler and not an intern!)
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To: Plains Drifter
Here in Montana we all do those jobs, when I moved here I couldn’t get over the fact that white people did landscaper jobs and made up the beds in the local motels

Funny that. The same observation I made when I came out here from the East Coast a couple of years ago, and a more recent observation tells me, that hasn't changed. Blackbird.

82 posted on 07/13/2007 9:51:05 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (We stirred the melting pot (America), and incompetence floated to the top!)
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To: SittinYonder

“The audience gave Tancredo a standing ovation, more because he was the only Republican to show up, rather than approving of his stance on issues.”

Amazing, the reporter can read minds?!?


83 posted on 07/13/2007 2:12:34 PM PDT by baa39 (Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us.)
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To: SittinYonder
Merely appearing at the NAACP was not pandering. They are a vital voting block and he wanted to appeal to our common ground. Blacks should be united with us against illegal immigration because it affects them, too. True, there are many areas where our viewpoints diverge, but on this vital issue, they really should be the same.

Several years ago my husband was visiting Orange County (here he grew up) and he was very uncomfortable with all the Spanish-speaking and signs everywhere. It made him feel like a foreigner in his own home. He loved seeing blacks because he knew they spoke English.

84 posted on 07/13/2007 8:27:29 PM PDT by Heartland Mom (Build the fence, secure our borders, deport illegals - Protect our sovereignty!)
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To: HoustonTech; ken5050
>> I don't quite see how you therefore deduce that he favors a pathway to citizenship for illegals. <<
>> Based on what he said, it is apparent that you didn't listen. He said nothing about legalizing illegal aliens. <<

On a “Path to Citizenship” for ILLEGAL Aliens

FRED THOMPSON: I think that you have to realize that you're either going to drive 12 million people underground permanently, which is not a good solution. You're going to get them all together and get them out of the country, which is not going to happen. Or you're going to have to, in some way, work out a deal where they can have some aspirations of citizenship”
REPORT: http://www.latestpolitics.com/blog/2007/05/fred-thompson-no-restrictionist.html


Fred Thompson clearly says deporting illegals is "not going to happen" and we should consider finding a way for them to become citizens. Giving ILLEGAL aliens some form of citizenship IS amnesty.

Yes, all know Fred is officially "against" amnesty. So is President Bush, John McCain, and Mel Martinez -- they all say they're 100% amnesty and have never vote for amnesty, and their support to legalize criminals doesn't "count" as amnesty. No sane politician will ever admit to being "for" amnesty, because you might as well tape a sign to your back that says defeat me. Fred Thompson's insistence he he opposes amnesty is no different than what Mel Martinez said when he ran for the Senate in 2004. It's easy to "oppose" amnesty bills in the Senate when you're not actually there to vote on them.

Unless Fred promises to veto ALL legislation legalizing criminal aliens, you can mark him down as pro-amnesty.

85 posted on 07/15/2007 12:46:42 PM PDT by BillyBoy (FACT: Governors WIN. Senators DON'T. Support the RIGHT Thompson in '08: www.tommy2008.com.)
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To: SittinYonder

There is absolutely no love lost between Black America and Illegals from Mexico.


86 posted on 07/15/2007 12:50:40 PM PDT by no dems (If there is no pressure, there is no change.)
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