Tom Tancrazy: The Not-So-Great 3rd Party Tradition

Townhall.com ^ | September 8, 2010 | Michael Medved

[Artemis Webb]

"The sad truth, so dramatically illustrated by Tancredo's egotistical campaign, is that third-party candidacies seldom demonstrate courage or commitment but almost always amount to illogical, revenge-fueled reactions to disgrace and failure — reactions that naturally ensure continued disgrace and failure"

That sums up Tom Tancredo pretty well.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

But remember - “revenge-fueled raction to disgrace and failure” = “principles”...

[businessprofessor]

This analysis is not correct for Tancredo in the Colorado governor’s race. The problem in Colorado is two flawed candidates for governor in the Republican primary. The Denver Post hyped an incident involving Scott Mcginnis to send the primary race into chaos. The other candidate (Maes) misrepresented his background before the primary.

I believe that Tancredo should not have entered the race but he was trying to force both Republican candidates out. He was not trying to force the Republican party to nominate him as a substitute candidate. If Dan Maes had dropped out last week, Tancredo would have dropped out also. Dan Maes is the problem, not Tancredo.

[Vigilanteman]

The sad truth is that Tom Tancredo is the only viable option for Colorado conservatives. The GOP could do a hell of a lot worse and just did in the form of the ass clown whom they nominated last month.

[rellimpank]

—the ones who come my mind immediately are Teddy Roosevelt, who gave us Woodrow Wilson (IMHO the one who led us to the ruination of lots of the twentieth century and much of the world) and that fellow from Texas-Perot , remember him?—who got us Clinton-—

[ElectionInspector]

Exactly,

but it never fails that the RobertKennedyLover Medved will always attack and dissemble about any conservative... he HATES them all while parading as a moderate middle of the roader. he’s always been a double crossing RINO loving progressive at the microphone and isn’t worth the listening time... but that’s just Medved all the time, useless and doing damage to the conservative cause

ymmv

[Cicero]

Yes, the three Presidents who have done the most to damage our country were Woodrow Wilson, FDR, and LBJ.

Jimmy Carter was a rotten president who got inflation up to 19%, but he did far less long-term damage.

The jury is still out on Obama. He may be remembered as the guy who put the finishing touches on destroying our country, depending on whether the Republicans are willing to bite the bullet, repeal Obamacare, and follow fiscal responsibility, which will cause a good deal of suffering before this mess can be straightened out.

Huge measures are needed, such as abolition of several Federal departments entirely. Will they have the guts to do that? Will spoiled and deluded voters allow them to do it?

[EveningStar]

The Constimatooshin Party? ROFL!

[JohnnyP]

And, he believes in bigfoot but hates the birthers.

I stopped listening to both him and Hannity. There is no substitute for El-Rusbo.

[Verbosus]

You are absolutely correct.

I believe Dan Maes is now considered the ‘minor candidate’,
with Tancredo out raising him in donations more than 4 to 1.

Dan Maes has also lost the endorsement of almost all the influencial GOP Coloradoans.

Meanwhile, liberals are thanking Maes for staying in the race.

[rdb3]

But remember - “revenge-fueled raction to disgrace and failure” = “principles”...

Yeah, and try as I might, I just can't square that circle.

Runaway Slave

Apostle Claver tells the world how the real party of racism is the Democrats

[arthurus]

How are Republicans going to reverse anything? To do that they would have to cause hundreds of thousands of government employees to lose their jobs. They will not do that. No. They will not do that. They will try to “defang” and defund the worst of it but they will leave the structures and the bureaucrats in place which will then grow slowly at first but exponentially so that with another Bush or Democrat in the White House we leap way ahead to irremedial Socialism in a year.

[snarkpup]

Medved has no clue what's going on in Colorado. Due to a series of unhappy accidents, the Republican Party was effectively knocked out of the gubernatorial race. We (i.e., the Republicans) are using the Third Party mechanism to get back in.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Yeah, and the truth of the matter is, a vote for Tancredo helps the Democrat.

[gogogodzilla]

I guess the real truth of the matter is that a vote for a non-conservative is only helping non-conservativism.

Dang shame so many willingly stab themselves in the back when it comes to voting.

[MileHi]

Medved is a RINO, conservative hating dolt. It seems you share his views.

[snarkpup]

"Third-party gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo has outpaced the GOP’s Dan Maes in August fundraising, collecting $200,485 to $50,201 for Maes."

"The Denver Post reports Maes had nearly $18,000 cash on hand, compared to more than $141,000 for Tancredo."

Full article:

Maes trails Tancredo in fundraising

[keepitreal]

"Third-party gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo has outpaced the GOP’s Dan Maes in August fundraising, collecting $200,485 to $50,201 for Maes."

And out of that $50,000 raised, Maes paid a $22,500 fine for election violations and $2,300 in reimbursements to himself. Maes currently has $19,800 in his coffers to run the race.

I heard a clip of Maes on the radio yesterday. He said that if the elderly woman, Frieda Poundstone, wanted a seat at the table, she needed to come up with some money - which is why he took the money from her. Looking at his fundraising, not too many folks want a seat at Maes' table!

[Artemis Webb]

Tom Tancredo has no principles. He’s all ego. It’s all about HIM. He had no loyalty to America, he only has loyalty to himself. And yes I share Medved’s views on this issue.