[usadave]

Tancredo's response was a nice piece of Clintonian parsing. Yes, it is illegal to inquire as to the nationality of the contract employee; no, it is not illegal to independently verify the legal status of the employees. The fact that Tancredo offered his excuse in that fashion says that he probably did not want to know in the first place.

Probably so. Some group cleverly painted Tancredo into a corner, and no matter how he chose to explain his way out of it, he was made to look less than respectable. Very unfortunate.

[Poohbah]

Probably so.

Your next sentence needs an edit.

Some group cleverly painted Tancredo into a corner, and no matter how he chose to explain his way out of it, he was made to look less than respectable.

It should read:

Some group Tancredo cleverly painted Tancredo into a corner, and no matter how he chose to explain his way out of it, he was made to look less than respectable.

There are no victims, only volunteers. I've done due diligence on contractors coming to my home. Tancredo needed to do it far more than I did, and he didn't.

When one starts throwing stones, one had better make sure that one's house is made of Kevlar and not glass. It is far easier to avoid the problems in the first place rather than engage in Clintonian word games after the fact.

Like it or not, the liberal media is not going to give a conservative the same pass that

Very unfortunate.

Yeah, his foolishness was very unfortunate, indeed.

[nanny]

', and no matter how he chose to explain his way out of it, he was made to look less than respectable. Very unfortunate. '

Oh, I think he could turn this in a positive. I think he should state whether he did or did not ask his original contractor, and if he did or did not ask his contractor about subcontractors - first. Then whatever the answer - he should admit that he, even he, had taken a misstep because the illegals are so prevelant in our workforce and that what he will do in the future is personally check on the status of any and all persons who will be working for him no matter how small the situation. If, in fact, there is a way to do this, he should encourage all Americans to do so. He should, in fact, show that there are some who feel he should have done it, so apparently many people think we should. He should tell us how to go about the checking. He should do it on one of his C-Span speeches, newsletters, every speech he makes anywhere, and post it on his website and ask others to do it.

Turn the tables - if the pro-illegal group want these people to be checked out - he should tell us how to go about it and if it is not possible, he should stand on the floor of the house and demand there be a way. You should not be able to smear someone for not doing something unless there is actually a way do so.