[Miss Marple]

I read the article again to make sure I understand it. here is what I think:

1. The paper has found illegals who have at some point worked for the drywall contractor.

2. The contractor is not going to admit that he hired illegals.

3. Tancredo, because he didn't check with the employer ahead of time, is caught in the middle.

4. This was a trap waiting to happen because of his stand. It falls into the "people who live in glass houses, etc." realm.

5. Tancredo should have realized, given his constant criticism about the numbers of illegal aliens, that using a drywall contractor might open himself up to risk of hiring illegals. He should have gotten a sworn statement from the contractor.

This is a political mistake, not a legal one.

[Torie]

I think such conduct would suggest a paranoid obsessive. Maybe Trancredo is that, but whatever.

[Black Agnes]

Should he also get a sworn statement from his grocery store that no illegals picked or processed his produce? His auto repair place that no illegals touched his car? (insert any and all inane occurences...) How insane is this?