Sock Puppet Alert!
And Gee, I couldn't beat them to the "He Back-Stabbed DeLay" punch either...they must have a REAL good Sock-Puppet ping list!
Posted on 07/30/2005 3:35:55 AM PDT by Happy2BMe
Mehlman says Republican Party backs Tancredo
The Associated Press
COLORADO SPRINGS — The chairman of the Republican Party said Friday the party backs Rep. Tom Tancredo, despite rifts the Colorado congressman has created with some Hispanic groups.
“The fact is, we’re a big-tent party. I’m proud that we have debate in our party. I think debating the way to protect our borders and protect our national security is a good thing. I believe in a big public debate,” Ken Mehlman said.
Mehlman said if Tancredo is nominated for a fifth term, the party will back him. That’s a sharp change from 2002, when a spokeswoman for the party said Tancredo did not speak for mainstream Republican values.
Mehlman said the Hispanic vote is important to both parties because it represents the fastest growing population in the country. He said Hispanics support a number of Republican standards, including a strong military and support for religious values.
Tancredo has come under fire recently from some Hispanic groups for his calls for tougher immigration enforcement and a proposal to tax some of the money immigrants send outside U.S. borders.
Hispanic and Islamic groups called for his resignation in a Denver protest earlier this week, citing Tancredo’s suggestion to target Islamic holy sites if terrorists launch a nuclear attack on the U.S.
Spokesman Will Adams said Tancredo has no intention of apologizing or resigning.
Tancredo has visited Iowa and New Hampshire to study the possibility of a presidential bid and said he has found a lot of support for his views. He has said he is working to make sure a tough immigration policy is made part of the GOP’s platform.
Mehlman said he planned to visit the headquarters of the evangelical Christian ministry Focus on the Family during his stay and praised its chairman, Jim Dobson, for supporting President Bush’s nomination of Judge John Roberts of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to the U.S. Supreme Court.
He said the group’s support has been good for the Republican Party, even though the party does not agree with all of the positions taken by Focus on the Family. He declined to be specific.
Luis Miranda, spokesman for the Democratic National Committee, said Republicans including Tancredo are using wedge issues like immigration to pump up their constituents and said Mehlman is trying to repair some of the damage.
“All over the country, they seem to be fanning the flames on immigration issues,” Miranda said.
“Their record is atrocious. They seem to be trying to divide America,” he said.
Luis Miranda, spokesman for the Democratic National Committee, said Republicans including Tancredo are using wedge issues like immigration to pump up their constituents and said Mehlman is trying to repair some of the damage.
Spokesman Will Adams said Tancredo has no intention of apologizing or resigning.Tancredo has visited Iowa and New Hampshire to study the possibility of a presidential bid and said he has found a lot of support for his views. He has said he is working to make sure a tough immigration policy is made part of the GOP’s platform.
If Tancredo ran, he would be a one issue vanity candidate.
He should stay in the House and get his work done there.
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Q: Karl Rove, the White House strategist, got so mad over your immigration stance that you were told not to darken the White House door. What's your relationship like with the president these days?
A: My wife and I went to the holiday ball at the White House. No one dances at this ball, because there's no room, and you get stuck waiting in this line... Luckily, we were by the cocktails and the canapes. Finally we got into the room with the Christmas tree, and the president comes up to me and says, "Tommy, I tell you, buddy, thanks for all the help out there." And I'm thinking, "Help out there?" And I say, "Thanks -- anytime." And I realize later that he's talking about the fact that I was the Bush co-chair in Colorado, an honor I did not seek. That was the sum total of my communion with him.
That's nice...
Still doesn't change the fact that he would be a vanity candidate in the 2008 primary...
Tancredo for Prez '08!
He'd be the Pat Buchanan of 2008. And look what that got us in '92.
No, he'd be a sideshow.
Not much different than Alan Keyes in 2000.
There; that's better.
If there are any terror attacks in ther U.S.A. before the 2008 election and it turns out that the southern border was a factor in allowing terrorists and/or weapons to enter the country... Tancredo becomes the front runner.
Tancredo becomes the frontrunner when pigs fly.
I'm really not trying to bash Tancredo here, I think he is a decent congressman, but I just don't see him as presidential material.
I suspect it ain't much.
Regardless of what happens between now and 2008, Tancredo will just help elect a Democrat.
So, after a (hypothetical) attack in which the open border policy was the enabler, American voters will elect another open border candidate? If so, they deserve what they will get.
How's that go?In politics talk is cheap-follow the money.
IMO the Republicans will finger the air and voice support for Mr.Tancredo until they think they have someone more
appealing to the Muslims and mexican-Americans.Then their money will be with anybody but Mr.Tancredo.
Tancredo could not get elected assistant butt wipe at a diarrhea convention.
Although he would be eminently qualified for the job.
the LIBERALS hate anyone who tells it like it is. They live in a fantasy world. We need MORE Tancredos in American politics!
I think that Tancredo could use a couple of friends right about now. I don't have a problem with anything that he said recently, but his comments about Delay stepping aside during that time when Delay was under attack REALLY upset me. He may wind up really regretting those comments, especially if he needs more support from the House GOP members.
You're right. I hope.
I don't either, but I appreciate his place in the scheme of things. His job is to push the party toward certain issues during the primary.
All you anti-Tancredo people need to get a grip. He's not the Ross Perot of the future.
I think you've got it about right.
Tancredo isn't going to run as a 3rd party candidate. His value is in pushing the GOP further right on illegal immigration.
Or at least that was his value. After his failure to support DeLay, and the bombing Mecca debacle, it's hard to say if he has any value left or not. Who knows what other controvery he'll cause before primary time.
You don't support nuclear retaliation if we are nuked?
Sock Puppet Alert!
And Gee, I couldn't beat them to the "He Back-Stabbed DeLay" punch either...they must have a REAL good Sock-Puppet ping list!
A message brought to you by the people who INVENTED wedge
issues!
Democrats Baaaaah!
I'm glad to read this as I think Tancredo gets a bad rap sometimes.
We urge our politicians to stop being so PC and then when one is more outspoken, he gets condemned. Sometimes you just can't win :-)
whether or not I agree he is a good candidate for President or not, I think that if he is the most viable and conservative ELECTABLE candidate for his district, he should get full support whether he is a Maverick or whatever....
>"Tancredo could not get elected assistant butt wipe at a diarrhea convention."<
Really? I believe he was elected as a U.S. Congressman to represent the Denver area of Colorado. (6th district)
Was he not?
BTW, Tancredo has a 100% ACU rating last year:
http://www.acuratings.com/singlerecord.asp?RepID=112&RatingsYear=2004
Tancredo also supports eliminating the Federal Income tax, and replacing it with a flat, national sales tax.
....and I've yet to see the Bush administration come up with any serious IRS reform, after almost 5 years in office.
That blindsides tancredo and his followers because charm to them is like sunlight to vampires.
Your posting the above image towards me is the epitomie of the adage of the pot calling the kettle black
Think again Luis......the biggest dividers of America are Dumbocrats. You guys have balkanized Americans into hyphenated cliques---each clique working againt the other, manipulating the political process, exploiting Americans to get the most benefits, perks and privileges not given to unhyphenated Americans---the ones paying the tab so that pandering politicans can buy your votes.
Sock Puppet Alert!
And Gee, I couldn't beat them to the "He Back-Stabbed DeLay" punch either...they must have a REAL good Sock-Puppet ping list!
The second coming of bayourod ? Frankly I've put a lot of hard work and effort in trying to start The Free Republic San Patricio Battalion as a catchphrase but it doesn't seem to be working. I like it. It's a good catchphrase. It shows erudition and those historical allusions that are the sign of the overeducated. Give it a chance.
See reply #30.
A Tom T thread is just not "complete" without Danes thoughtful and enlightening input.
/sarcasm off
Translation: We're looking for someone else to run against him in the primary.
This is the most nonsensical statement I've read today. Most presidential runners don't look like presidential material. But, someone will become president. The sophisticated former governor, peanut farmer, submarine commander, and nuclear engineer turned out to be one of the worst presidents. The straight talking former actor, advertiser spokesman, and governor turned out to be one of the best. It took a cripple to move the county to fight Fascism. It took a shoe salesman to drop the bomb on Japan. An unpresidential looking patrician "read my lips, new world order" goof turned America over to a smooth talking sex addict who set America up for terror attacks.
Tancredo is a straight-talking leader who is voicing the fears on the minds of Americans who make this country work. Unlike McCain who bet all his capital on campaign finance reform and term limits which meant nothing to ordinary Americans, Tancredo is in touch. Tancredo will latch onto other topics important to Americans to round out his appeal.
JMO, a correction is due, tancredo will latch onto any issue that is important(i.e brings in money) to his(tancredo's) bay buchanan administered politcal action committee(PAC).
"Still doesn't change the fact that he would be a vanity candidate in the 2008 primary..."
All he has to do is start talking about a few other issues.
He already gets credit for being among the first to stake out territory on the hyper-important issue of the waves of illegal immigration we are facing, and a credit for having the cojones to buck the RONO country club wing of the GOP and still win re-election.
His GOA rating isn't bad, either. Also, if he had any real skeletons in his closet, they'd be out by now. The only real critique I've heard is that he once hired a home contractor who might (or might not) have employed illegal aliens.
Hell what's the guy supposed to do, check the ID of every business he spends money at? I'm sure he's eaten at restaurants where the food was cooked or dishes were washed by illegals, too. As have all of us.
"He'd be the Pat Buchanan of 2008. And look what that got us in '92."
How so? His politics are pretty different that Pat Buchanan. For starters, Pat wants to play kissyface with Arab terrorists. Tancredo wants to kill them.
"Tancredo could not get elected assistant butt wipe at a diarrhea convention."
He did get re-elected to Congress a few times.
What office have you been elected to? Milk Money Monitor back in 2nd grade?
Maybe someone stole your account? Your posts are usually intelligent and erudite. This one was just downright stupid.
LOL! tancredo talk about other issues???(my belly is still hurting from laughter)!
He(tancredo) made his bed with the bircher, world net daily crowd. He will have to lay in it.
Kinda of cute there adam. Original? Nah, more like knee jerk(per your reply #47 of this thread).
I'll bet it's less that Congressman Tancredo.
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That is NOT the Bay Buchanan email! It is what someone wrote to PREFACE introducing her email. http://www.phxnews.com/fullstory.php?article=23678
Here is the actual email.
uly 28, 2005
Urgent Message from Bay Buchanan
Dear Friends,
In recent months I have written you often of the great movement I am seeing on the critical issue of immigration. All over the country people had said enough is enough. And the sentiment is true of all Americans without regard to political affiliations.
They see that illegal immigration is at epic levels and is destroying the very fabric of our society. We have no homeland security at a time of war, we have drugs, criminals, and jobless people pouring across our border, our health and education systems are burdened beyond belief, our jobs are being taken and our wages suppressed.
Last week when the majority leader, Tom DeLay, announced that no guest worker or amnesty bills would be considered by the House until we had border security, I knew we had finally scored big. At last our elected representatives were listening.
But the White house was listening as well. And they have determined that it’s time to stop Tom Tancredo and “his wing of the party”. Their plan was laid out in the Los Angeles Times this week and friends, it must be defeated!
But your help is necessary!
The White House is launching a full scale operation to they say “court Latino votes”. They are planning a national campaign which promotes amnesty for millions, offers guest worker opportunities for millions more, and plans to demonize Tom Tancredo and all those who want our borders secure and our laws enforced.
The White House has pulled together businesses and industries who hire illegal workers and, rather than prosecuting them, they are shaking them down! That is correct! According to the Los Angeles Times the political operatives who have been put in charge of this coalition have told the corporations they need to “contribute” $50,000 to $250,000 to finance the campaign! If they want protection to violate our laws they are going to have to pay for it, by golly!--The Mob would be impressed.
Friends, we have the attention of the big boys. Congress is finally moving in our direction, thereby closing the window of opportunity for amnesty. So the White House must move now and they are.
Friends, I have been here before and I let me assure you it will get ugly. I hope and pray that every one of you will stay in this battle with us. We can win—and the stakes are too huge for us to even consider losing!
Even now Team America is planning to put up several hard-hitting billboard ads right here in Washington, DC, reminding all who see them that we have had enough wake-up calls. It is time for the President to defend America’s borders, and time for Congress to demand our borders be secured and stop talking about giving amnesty to illegal aliens.
The billboard ads will “drive” readers right to the Team America PAC website, where they can learn how to take direct action to lobby Congress against the amnesty bill, and be encouraged to join all the efforts of Team America to secure our borders.
Depending on how much money we can raise, we will put ads in newspapers and radio and keep the campaign going…until the national debate resumes on an amnesty bill! We may even be able to put up billboards, or some radio advertising in targeted congressional districts as the legislative calendar brings us closer to deliberating amnesty.
It would be a tremendous help to me, and to Team America PAC, if you could see your way clear to help us with a contribution today, so that we can have our billboards up by Labor Day. Whatever amount you can spare now would be a great help to us!
I personally commit to you that Team America will do all that is possible to fight to see that this nation is protected, our borders defended and our laws enforced.
Thank you for standing with is in this important battle.
Warmest regards,
Bay Buchanan
Chairman
PS Please go to our web site and see our first proposed billboard which we hope to place in the next few weeks.
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