Posted on 06/20/2006 4:06:53 AM PDT by Dane
My main objection is that the tnacredo/bay buchanan absolutists here all become Jacobots when he proposes his own form of amnesty.
Seems like you all don't like the taste of your owm medicine that you dish out willy nilly to people who do not think as you do, that good conservative Chris Cannon is akin to the anti-christ.
So, you don't have a problem with the pass, rather you object to freepers who do not renounce Jacob when he proposes something akin to amnesty.
Shouldn't we be equally irritated at Dane, who does not immediately embrace Jacob for proposing an amnesty scheme? You've embraced everybody else with an amnesty scheme, from Pence to Kennedy.
Neither anti-amnesty Freepers nor FROBL's like Dane are going to reconsider Jacob based on any proposals Jacob makes. Because the race is solely a referendum on Cannon, and his immigration record.
Do you agree?
You don't replace something with nothing.
To say that Jacob can propose anything he wants or that his own amnesty plan is not going to be factored in or highlighted by voters is wishful thinking, it seems to me.
And the hypocrisy is boundless when you defend someone who is proposing his own amnesty(Jacob).
Nope this race is all about spite from paleocons such as bay buchanan and tom tancredo, who could care less that Chris Cannon is a good conservative with a 97 ACU rating.
With ego driven "friends" like tancredo/bay buchanan who needs enemies.
So why turn out a great conservative like Cannon when, on the one issue on which he is weak, his opponent is barely different?
Jacob is the challenger. He's the one who has to prove his value.
Speaking of hypocrisy, could Dane care less that Tom Tancredo has a 100 ACU rating ?
Tell us Dane, and tell us true: If Tancredo had a Republican primary challenger, who opposed Tancredo on immigration, would you support Tancredo, citing his 100% ACU rating?
I didn't think so.
So, why do you chide us for opposing Cannon, whose position on immigration is 180 degrees from Tancredo? For both you and me, the immigration postion trumps both ACU ratings and experience. If a ham sandwich opposed Tancredo in the Republican primary, you would support the ham sandwich. I don't know if Jacob is a ham sandwich or not, but were he one with no mayo on rye, I'd support him over Cannon.
Tancredo--now there's a guy permanently opposed to illegal immigration. You seem to be for it, but hate Tancredo for inexplicable reasons. Most Freepers are opposed to illegals. Where are you?
I didn't think so
And I don't think that Chris Cannon or any other House Republican would set up a PAC with bay buchanan to try to oust good conservatives for pure ego driven spite as tancredo did.
I can't wait till next week when Cannon wins and the tancredo/bay buchanan PAC wipes the grime off their face after another candidate they pushed backfires in their face.
BTW, Chris Cannon has a 100% rating from the ACU for 2005.
BTW, how come the tancred/bay buchanan PAC didn't target a real RINO like Chris Shays?
The only think Dane cares about is the downfall of the USA so he can assuge his Liberal conscience.
He is the Mods' pet cockroach so they let him spew his anti-American, pro-illegal crap.
He is just a little to the left of Nancy Pelosi. And on par with intelligence.
Your post is basically this: "I worship Tancredo and I will do whatever he tells me." It isn't about challengers to Tancredo. You're changing the subject. The fact is that Jacob is a dud and Tancredo is an opportunistic creep.
Because Tancredo/Buchanan can raise money easier in Utah than in Connecticut.
My point is that it isn't about Jacob. It is about the primary being a referendum on immigration. I will give you that Jacob may be a dud, if you will give me that if Jacob were proclaimed by angels as the embodiment of Republican perfection, and you learned Cannon was actually Damion, you would still support Cannon.
How come you don't support a REAL conservative Republican like Rep. Tom Tancredo?
Rep. Tom Tancredo's ratings from various conservative organizations:
100% "Best and Brightest" Rating from American Conservative Union (one of only 38 other Congressmen)
100% Rating from National Right to Life Committee
100% Rating from Conservative Index (Spring '05 - 75% lifetime, tied for second highest rating)
100% Rating from Concerned Women for America
100% Rating from Christian Coalition
100% Rating from Campaign for Working Families
100% Rating from FreedomWorks
98% Rating from National Tax Limitation Committee (average since 1999)
95% "Taxpayer Hero" Rating from Citizens Against Government Waste
95% Rating from Americans for Tax Reform
95% Rating from Christian Action Network
93% Rating from Eagle Forum (tied for second highest rating)Rep. Tom Tancredo's ratings from various leftist organizations:
0% Rating from National Education Association
0% Rating from National Organization for Women
0% Rating from Brady Campaign
0% Rating from People for the American Way
0% Rating from Planned Parenthood
0% Rating from Pro-Choice America
Because they're afraid that it would give you something else to whine about?
There you go.
Fact is, if Jacob is elected, he'll vote overwhelmingly with the conservative caucus in the House, just as Cannon has done on most things except the border. His district and constituency make that a certainty.
Chris Cannon made a conscious choice to make himself the poster boy for open borders. It's time for him to pay the piper for that.
As I demonstrated in a previous post, Cannon consistantly scores lower in conservative ratings than Rep. Tom Tancredo. You ignore Tancredo's HIGH ratings yet you tout Cannon's comparatively lackluster ratings. You are a hypocrit.
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