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« on: November 30, 2006, 03:17:31 PM »
In an article by www.poltics1.com, Tom Tancredo said the city of Miami, Florida looks like a "Third World" country.  Gov. Jeb Bush and many other Floridians have demanded an apology from Tancredo, but Tancredo refuses to back down and even is implying that Jeb Bush is naive.

If Tancredo had any hopes whatsoever of winning the GOP nomination in 2008, that just got drowned in the waters off South Beach.

What do you think?  Should Tom Tancredo apologize, or does his remarks have merit? Discuss.
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« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2006, 03:22:40 PM »
How did this fruitbag get elected to Congress?  Sheesh.
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« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2006, 03:25:58 PM »
Anybody who regularly visits Fark will see that his comments certainly do have merit.

However, yeah, hopefully this is *finally* the end of his political career.
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« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2006, 03:29:58 PM »
But he's one of the few economic conservatives left in Congress!!!1111
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« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2006, 03:30:22 PM »
Fark.com? That site is a joke. All they do is post stupid one liners to selected news stories. But of course no one really cares what anyone writes there.

As for Tancredo- he knows his audience. This will help his political career, not end it.
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« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2006, 03:36:51 PM »
Quote from: thefactor on November 30, 2006, 03:30:22 PM
Fark.com? That site is a joke. All they do is post stupid one liners to selected news stories. But of course no one really cares what anyone writes there.

That's the point.  And also why I like it.
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« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2006, 03:42:46 PM »
Quote from: Joe Republic on November 30, 2006, 03:36:51 PM
Quote from: thefactor on November 30, 2006, 03:30:22 PM
Fark.com? That site is a joke. All they do is post stupid one liners to selected news stories. But of course no one really cares what anyone writes there.

That's the point.  And also why I like it.

Quote from: Joe Republic on November 30, 2006, 03:36:51 PM
Quote from: thefactor on November 30, 2006, 03:30:22 PM
Fark.com? That site is a joke. All they do is post stupid one liners to selected news stories. But of course no one really cares what anyone writes there.

That's the point.  And also why I like it.

Well to each his own I guess. Tongue
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« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2006, 04:35:13 PM »
I say this earlier today. What trash. Not only did he call insulted Bush and the city of Miami he said Miami was like "a third world country".

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/30/politics/main2217944.shtml

I was looking over Google News earlier today and saw this and I say "I wonder who this could be?" I then looked over at the picture and said "God damn Tom Tancredo".

So who's worse Jean-Marie Le Pen or Tom Tancredo? I really think that Tancredo should now be classed with the neo-fascists and far-right in Europe.
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« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2006, 05:29:29 PM »
He is certainly committing political suicide with those comments.  He is a thorn in the side of the Republican party.  Hopefully, his constituents will wise up and kick him out of office in 2008.
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« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2006, 05:34:45 PM »


I don't think he should apologize, since the city does look like a foreign country.  However, is it proper for an elected politician from one state insult the city of another state?  No.  But there is no cause for him to apoligze.
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« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2006, 05:36:56 PM »
Quote from: Northwest Oklahoma Democrat on November 30, 2006, 05:29:29 PM
He is certainly committing political suicide with those comments.  He is a thorn in the side of the Republican party.  Hopefully, his constituents will wise up and kick him out of office in 2008.

They won't -his quirkiness apparently reflects their own.  There is a reason why they chose him as their congressman. 
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« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2006, 05:38:11 PM »
Quote from: MODU on November 30, 2006, 05:34:45 PM


I don't think he should apologize, since the city does look like a foreign country.  However, is it proper for an elected politician from one state insult the city of another state?  No.  But there is no cause for him to apoligze.
a foreign country =/ third world
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« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2006, 05:53:16 PM »
Quote from: MODU on November 30, 2006, 05:34:45 PM
I don't think he should apologize, since the city does look like a foreign country.  However, is it proper for an elected politician from one state insult the city of another state?  No.  But there is no cause for him to apoligze.

Why do you pretend to be an Independent?  It isn't fooling anyone.

Even if you were representing Tancredo's comments correctly, he would be guilty of inspiring nationalistic hatred and even possible racism.  But to say that a part of the United States looks like a third world country because of the presence of Spanish-speaking immigrants is simply despicable.
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« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2006, 05:57:40 PM »
Go Tom Go!

Although I have to say the Mecca comment was much better
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« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2006, 05:59:45 PM »

Yes, go Tom go right into the retirement home if there is a god.
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« Reply #15 on: November 30, 2006, 06:07:09 PM »
Quote from: DownWithTheLeft on November 30, 2006, 05:57:40 PM
Go Tom Go!

Although I have to say the Mecca comment was much better

They really shouldn't let you out of school this early.
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« Reply #16 on: November 30, 2006, 06:09:44 PM »
Quote from: Gabu on November 30, 2006, 05:59:45 PM

Yes, go Tom go right into the retirement home if there is a god.

Retirement homes are breeding grounds for radical muslims and as such are the tools of the devil.
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« Reply #17 on: November 30, 2006, 06:10:04 PM »
Quote from: bullmoose88 on November 30, 2006, 06:07:09 PM
Quote from: DownWithTheLeft on November 30, 2006, 05:57:40 PM
Go Tom Go!

Although I have to say the Mecca comment was much better

They really shouldn't let you out of school this early.

Go Tom Go!!!  Run over all who do not believe in the message of the Republican party
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« Reply #18 on: November 30, 2006, 06:12:39 PM »
Quote from: DownWithTheLeft on November 30, 2006, 06:10:04 PM
Go Tom Go!!!  Run over all who do not believe in the message of the Republican party

... says the child currently wearing a C-NJ avatar.
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« Reply #19 on: November 30, 2006, 06:15:24 PM »
Quote from: DownWithTheLeft on November 30, 2006, 06:10:04 PM
Quote from: bullmoose88 on November 30, 2006, 06:07:09 PM
Quote from: DownWithTheLeft on November 30, 2006, 05:57:40 PM
Go Tom Go!

Although I have to say the Mecca comment was much better

They really shouldn't let you out of school this early.

Go Tom Go!!!  Run over all who do not believe in the message of the Republican party

And what precisely is that?
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« Reply #20 on: November 30, 2006, 06:16:19 PM »

Blowing up Mecca and killing all of the Hispanic people, of course.
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« Reply #21 on: November 30, 2006, 06:20:48 PM »
Quote from: Gabu on November 30, 2006, 06:16:19 PM

Blowing up Mecca and killing all of the Hispanic people, of course.

Extremely ambitious...radically new...must have been forumlated in the halls of academia...and by academia I mean High School
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« Reply #22 on: November 30, 2006, 07:17:41 PM »
Quote from: MODU on November 30, 2006, 05:34:45 PM
I don't think he should apologize, since the city does look like a foreign country.  However, is it proper for an elected politician from one state insult the city of another state?  No.  But there is no cause for him to apoligze.

Uh, yeah, because calling it a different country and a third-world country are the same thing.

Tancredo represents the least-impoverished congressional district in the country.  He knows his audience.
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« Reply #23 on: November 30, 2006, 07:23:50 PM »
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Quote from: MODU on November 30, 2006, 05:34:45 PM
I don't think he should apologize, since the city does look like a foreign country.  However, is it proper for an elected politician from one state insult the city of another state?  No.  But there is no cause for him to apoligze.

Why do you pretend to be an Independent?  It isn't fooling anyone.

Even if you were representing Tancredo's comments correctly, he would be guilty of inspiring nationalistic hatred and even possible racism.  But to say that a part of the United States looks like a third world country because of the presence of Spanish-speaking immigrants is simply despicable.

What did I say imply I'm not an independent?  Being a non-Tancredo fan, I think my comment was quite objective.
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« Reply #24 on: November 30, 2006, 07:34:04 PM »
Quote from: MODU on November 30, 2006, 07:23:50 PM
What did I say imply I'm not an independent?  Being a non-Tancredo fan, I think my comment was quite objective.

But he still didn't say that Miami is a "foreign country," unless you consider all foreign countries to be third world ones.
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