[sarcasm]

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[sneakypete]

Ah,yes. Jorge "The Messiah" Bush is afraid of losing the illegal alien vote. His nephew Jorge "The Mexican" Bush wil need those votes when it's time for him to enter the "fambly bidnez".

[iopscusa]

Truer words rarely spoken - (Rep. Bob Schaffer, R-Colo.) Tancredo's "constituents are the ones who have the right to decide whether he's doing the right thing."But Schaffer said he isn't worried about a Hispanic backlash in the voting booth. "I haven't given any thought to that, and I frankly don't care," Schaffer said. "If Republicans conclude breaking the law is good for politics, then Republicans deserve to lose."

"The government has gone too far by suggesting that critical laws go unenforced," Schaffer said. "The INS is an incompetent agency that has made a mockery of citizenship."

[RandallFlagg]

Ya know, this is the thing...

Minorities are gonna read this in the paper and say, "Those racist Repubs are at it again, trying to make America all-white," and vote Democrat, and they're missing the point. We have no problem whatsoever with immigration. We have a serious problem with illegal immigration, which also takes much needed $$$ from taxpaying citizens and rewards it to those who have no regard for our laws. I wish more members of the GOP would explain this to folks instead of simply pandering for votes.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

One positive thing resulting from this is the Republican Party now admits it is the party of illegal immigration. The vast majority of Americans are against illegal immigration. I believe the GOP will alienate more voters than it attracts by supporting illegal immigration.

Those of us fighting illegal immigration can borrow some of the president's own words: "You are either with us, law-abiding citizens, or you are with the illegal immigrants."

[goldstategop]

No, its the national Republican Party that's THE STUPID PARTY again. What is it about ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION the national party and the President don't understand? Americans don't want more illegal immigration, want those here deported, and want to make sure more illegal aliens don't sneak across our borders. END OF STORY. The GOP's cowardice on issue important to our future and our national security will cost it votes in November. If they keep it up, they hand Congress to the Democrats alright, but not for the reasons they think. The base is fed up with the GOP's see no evil, hear no evil, don't act against evil approach in the aftermath of 9-11. I'm with Tom Tancredo and this and if the party hierarchy and the President don't wake up soon, they'll discover he speaks for a lot more Americans than they acknowledge.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

I just wanted to add one more thing. If there is ever an American Patriot Hall of Fame, Tom Tancredo should be one of the first elected to it. He is fighting a popular president of his own party to do the right thing and demand enforcement of the law while lesser men cower before illegal foreigners. Shame on the belly-crawling cowards who slap the faces of American citizens by their pandering to foreign trespassers. God Bless Tom Tancredo.

[Sabertooth]

The unusually sharp remarks show what Republicans say is a growing anger with Tancredo's kink in their campaign strategy for November - one that depends heavily on attracting Hispanic voters in key races nationwide...

"by assuming that the only way to attract Hispanics is to pander on Illegals."

President Bush had an opportunity to shore up our borders and deal appropriately with Illegals during wartime, when we've been attacked by sleeper terrorists exploiting our lax immigration laws (three of the 9/11 terrorists were here illegaly). The President chose to do otherwise, instead stealthily attempting to extend Clinton's Section 245(i) Amnesty program this Spring in a perverse rider on the Homeland Security bill.

The President is betting he can do this against the will the majority of Americans and the majority of the GOP, and now the RNC whiz kids are coimplaining that there's resistance.

After the November elections, it appears Bush will try to extend Amnesty again. If he does, he will simultaneously bust our immigration caps while rewarding Illegals at the expense of thousands of legitimate immigration applicants trying to obey our laws.

This would not be a "kink" in campaign strategy, this would be an impending train wreck of Bush's own making.

[FatherTorque]

"I haven't given any thought to that, and I frankly don't care," Schaffer said. "If Republicans conclude breaking the law is good for politics, then Republicans deserve to lose."

Amen. Bush and co. can call themselves conservatives all they want, but they are nothing but pandering politicians just like the other side.

[MissAmericanPie]

"I haven't given any thought to that, and I frankly don't care," Schaffer said. "If Republicans conclude breaking the law is good for politics, then Republicans deserve to lose."

Bears repeating.

[rdb3]

I'm with Tancredo and his illegal immigrant stance. It's past time for them to go.

However, with the November elections just a few weeks away, I have to question his TIMING. Why right now? What can be done with a soon to be lame-duck Congress that would even make a difference?

Tancredo is obviously correct in what he is saying. But I don't understand his timing.

[meadsjn]

...fearing that controversies swirling around his views may spoil efforts to woo Hispanic voters.

That alone should prove Tancredo's points.

[ForOurFuture]

Screw the damn poll! Read the article! The GOP is screwing Tancredo because they'd rather get a few dozen more votes from the illegal trash than take out the trash and restore our sovereignty and borders. Retitle this: "GOP screws Congressman and Country in desperate search for votes".