Quote of the Day: on Tom Tancredo
On NRO's The Corner yesterday, John Derbyshire noted Congressman Tom Tancredo's call to eliminate congressional caucuses based on race (e.g. the Congressional Black Caucus). Derbyshire went on to say:
Tom's [presidential] candidacy is of course a no-hoper—everyone says so. I'm still looking for some point on which I disagree with him, though.
My head says Rudy, but my heart says Tom.Five minutes later, John Podhoretz of the New York Post answered:
Derb, you say your head says Rudy but your heart says Tom. My heart says Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, who has a better chance of being president than Tom Tancredo.Now there's a solid presidential ticket: Buzz & Woody in '08. Think of the slogan possibilities . . .
posted by Ken @ 12:52 PM
4 Comments:
At 1/31/2007 9:26 PM,
Anonymous said…
I could not support Tom Tancredo he is to Anti bush for me and to much against war I am also a part of the american legion and into supporting our troops.supporting Tancredo would be like supporting Mccain and I could not do either.unless hold the nose to vote
the problem I have with mccain is he ran agains't president bush in 2000
At 2/07/2007 4:29 PM,
Anonymous said…
Tancredo cites immigration issue for possible presidential bid
By Dolly A. Butz, Journal staff writer
Rep. Tom Tancredo told party activists Saturday at the Victorian Opera Company that Republicans lost control of the House and the Senate because they did not live up to Republican Party principals.
Tancredo, R-Colo., hasn't announced a run for the presidency, but he recently formed an exploratory committee. Tancredo said he is in Iowa to "generate support and enthusiasm" for the next phase of a presidential campaign.
Tancredo said he is "in conflict" with the president, his own party and the congressional leadership on the issues of immigration and the growth of government. He said immigration pushed him to consider seeking the presidency.
"It is a huge issue and it affects every part of our life," he said. "The cost of health care is exacerbated by the fact that we are providing health care to millions of people who came here illegally and access our health care system for free. You pay. They get it."
Encouraging a "separate and bilingual nation," is "defacing" the country's own culture, Tancredo said.
Tancredo touted his pro-life and fiscally conservative voting record and said that Republicans need to "reconnect" and "re-establish" party ideals.
No Child Left Behind, Tancredo said, was the start of a long series of "very bad decisions" by the Bush administration. He assailed his party for spending too much money and "trying to buy votes," and said Republicans have to take as much responsibility as Democrats.
Tancredo cited the Hurricane Katrina aid package as an example of careless spending and cited the passage of the Medicare/Prescription Drug Act as an example of government increase.
"That was the largest increase in government since the creation of Medicare," he said. "Who did this? I can't blame the Democrats. I can't blame Clinton."
Regarding the war in Iraq, Tancredo described the conflict as "long-term" and said the U.S. was "successful" in the first phase of the war. He said the war is not a war against terror, but a war against radical Islam and called for the U.S. to "exploit the schisms" inside of it.
Tancredo said the nature of the war has changed and that the U.S. is now in a position of "refereeing a civil war." He said the U.S. needs to take a diplomatic and strategic approach and seek out threats such as Hezbollah and Al-Qaeda.
"Any place in the world where these people are grouping in order to attack us, we need to go and do it," he said. "It's absolutely imperative that we identify and take care of this threat because it's a real one. That's where we need to apply our resources and our strategy."
Tancredo, a native of Denver, represents Colorado's sixth congressional district. He is a former junior high school teacher who worked in the Department of Education under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush before being elected to Congress in 1998. He is a member of both the House International Relations and Resources committees. He also serves as the chairman of the bipartisan House Immigration Reform Caucus.
At 2/07/2007 4:32 PM,
Anonymous said…
Rep. Tom Tancredo told party activists Saturday at the Victorian Opera Company that Republicans lost control of the House and the Senate because they did not live up to Republican Party principals.
Tancredo, R-Colo., hasn't announced a run for the presidency,
being he hasn't announced a run for the rpesidency yet we could possibly gain Hillary/clark/obama maybe even
Nancy pelosi as house speaker.
At 2/28/2007 10:55 AM,
Anonymous said…
Tom Tancredo controversies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Tancredo#Controversies
for more check this out.
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