Rep. Steve King On Rep. Tom Tancredo

fred08.com ^ | 12/20/07 | Sean Hackbarth

[Man50D]

I think endorsements from other political figures who are respected do mean something. Steve King is respected in Iowa on this issue. He has earned credibility with the voters.

That repsect ended the moment he endorsed someone who is pretending to be Conservative.

[a_chronic_whiner]

ROBOT: ERROR..ERROR.. DOES NOT COMPUTE.

lol

[Romneyfor President2008]

I am pledging to vote whoever the republican nominee is. It is perfectly OK to fight for your choice during the primaries. But once the winner is chosen, I will support him whether it is Mitt, Fred, Mike, John, Rudy or even Ron.

Exactly, Republicans must stick together. Also, people need to think about the troops. No way do I want the Dems to lead our troops! You might as well hand over our troops to Osama. Republicans must lead the troops!

[LibLieSlayer]

Tancredo was offered a cabinet slot... this is what I believe... he is NOT the man that I thought he was. 2007 has been a year of seeing through many phony Conservatives... power above principle... if they had principle to begin with.

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

When Fred served in the Senate... the Border was not an issue even talked about... we were still all thinking that Reagan’s Amnesty enforcement clauses would be enforced. That is about the most clintonian attack you could launch on Fred... and tank sold his Conservatism for a cabinet spot and his campaign debt being paid off. He was a cheap buy.

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

Your boy is the one that raised his well manicured, multi-milliondollared hand and agreed with man-made globull warming... Fred WAS THE ONLY MAN THAT REFUSED TO RAISE HIS HAND... no surprise... he was the only Conservative on that stage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LLS

[ovrtaxt]

2007 has been a year of seeing through many phony Conservatives... power above principle... if they had principle to begin with.

You got that right. Then again, we're talking about politicians, not principled men.

[Vigilanteman]

Fred and Mitt have roughly equal records on immigration-- just OK but not stellar. The only candidate left in the race with a superb record on illegal immigration is Duncan Hunter.

Still, I wouldn't mind seeing Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney working together in the same fashion that Huckabee and Guilani are doing.

The Huckster and Julie Ann will work to either open our borders wider or subvert any enforcement. Fred and Mitt are at least persuadable to listening to the people. It is hard to tell which of the two would be better.

[Free Vulcan]

link please?

[Free Vulcan]

I have no problem with legal immigration. If we got the illegals out, by default we’d have lesser immigrants.

[GregH]

Anyone running for the Presidency can come up with a tough plan to tackle illegal immigration. It is what they did when they were elected before is also important. Illegal Immigration did not surface in the 21st century, Fred’s lack of a voting record on this issue is factual and hence plays a significant part in him not getting Tancredo’s endorsement.

Infact all the front running Presidential candidates dont have a record on this issue, all their supposed tough positions are not backed up by their track record.

Hunter is the only remaining Presidential candidate who HAS a record opposing illegal immigration and I agree with those who criticise Tancredo for not endorsing Hunter. If he is not endorsing Hunter, then he can endorse anyone he wants.

[ejonesie22]

He supports Huck and is talking about Thompson on immigration...

Wow, I can’t even get my head around that...

[ejonesie22]

Riiight...

Don’t you have a Tax Scheme to peddle...

[fieldmarshaldj]

Billy loves his RINOs. The only person in America who supported Tommy Thompson for President, and is the single biggest and only defender of Lindsey Graham on FR. If the RINO liberal sucks, Billy will take up his cause.

[ejonesie22]

It must be early since I am swinging at pitches in the dirt, but what the hell...

This was 5 years ago before the countering science was hardened as it has become.

Also your own post answer the question on where Fred was on this:

I would like to thank my colleagues for their statements and indicate my support for the agreement that we have reached with regard to Title X. A lot of hard work has gone into this agreement. It is my belief that there are still many uncertainties with regard to climate change. However, I also believe that the potential risks of climate change warrant study, research and technological development. This substitute to Title X goes a long way towards achieving those goals. This amendment also recognizes that there are many contributors to climate change beyond CO2, and I appreciate that black soot is included.

So we are against taking actions that move science ahead and try and preserve our nation against a perceived threat, which is where this was at that time.

In 2002 the bulk of the science was looking at a dramatic impact from Global Warming. Even then there was some debate on the cause, as Thompson noted, but not denying something was up. As we know now this appears to be a natural phenomena and not as dramatic as it was thought hopefully.

So they, and he, erred on the side of caution. I like that in a Conservative. I hope he errs on the side of caution in regards to Iran and other thinggs as well.

[LibLieSlayer]

Sad and true.

LLS

[RoadTest]

It’s scary to see how little interest our government, both Congress and The President, have in protecting our borders and enforcing law. If Tom Tancredo hadn’t effectively shouted about it, it would be like Holocaust Denial.

Now that Tom isn’t running, we’re sinking back down into Clintonesque Invasion Denial.

[kevkrom]

It is my belief that there are still many uncertainties with regard to climate change. However, I also believe that the potential risks of climate change warrant study, research and technological development.

What part of "we don't know if there's a real problem, so let's study it to be sure one way or another because there is a risk involved" isn't conservative?

I do this all the time as a manager -- it's called risk mitigation, and you pay an upfront cost to minimize the chances of a much, much higher cost problem coming later.

[glmjr]

[Politicalmom]

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