What would you ask Tom Tancredo?

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Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo is running in the 2008 United States presidential election.

Tancredo was appointed regional representative for the Department of Education under Reagan, and served in the Colorado legislature for five years before his election to the United States Congress. He now has the reputation of being a pro-life, pro-gun, small government Republican.

One of his main campaign issues is illegal immigration, though he also supports the banning of abortion and income tax reform. For a complete list of his stance on issues, visit Tancredo for President - On The Issues.

Based on this and other information you may have come across, what questions would you want Tom Tancredo to answer? What would you ask him?

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I would ask how it feels to be ignored by the media, despite his current position ACTIVELY in government, to spend more time talking about a liberal ex-mayor and a liberal ex-governor.

I would ask what he sees in the future for the Republican party if they keep pushing liberals rather than conservatives.

Then I would ask him if he'd like to have dinner with my family and myself.

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What programs do you plan to eliminate from the government in order to reduce it's size?

How will you lower the national debt?

How will you fund social security for existing retirees if you were to switch to a privately funded social security system with 401K-type accounts?

How do you feel about sustainable farming? How do you feel about big business?

How do you plan on encouraging illegal immigrants to leave?

What accomplishment are you most proud of as a Congressman? What do you most want to accomplish in the future as President?

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Do you think it was wise that you made a wage with Mitt Romney over a World series game? What were you hoping to gain from doing this?

Why would you find it necessary to contact ICE and request a raid on Senator Durbin's news conference?

If you drop out of the presidental race , do you plan to run for re-election ?

One of your recent quotes directs an issue that faces a lot of Progressiveu bloggers. You said: "I am absolutely tired and sick and tired of being forced to go to the polls and say I'm going to make this choice between the lesser of two evils,I really don't intend to do that again.” What makes you any different than the candidates you were referring to in that quote?

Since one of your main issues is Illegal immigration , what will you do as president to fix this national problem?

And lastly

You voting record on Women's Issues has gotten you low ratings with Women Interests groups, as president what do you plan to do for women's rights?

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On the illegal immigration issue the Tank is the only one that really has a clue. Too bad he does not have a chance.

I'd ask him what he thinks of how President Bush has handled the illegal immigration issue.

I'd ask him if he thought Presiden't Bush's handling of the illegal immigration issue was better or worse than President Clintons and why.

I'd ask him which of the top tier Republican Presidential Candidates had the best position on illegal immigration and which had the worst and to rank the rest somewhere in between.

And I'd ask him how the worst Republican candidate on illegal immigration stacked up against the best Democrat.

Mr Tancredo, why do you accept money from neo-nazi organizations like the "Council of Conservative Citizens".
JackTheNimble, my dear cousin, can you shed some light on that?
You know, being a member of the CCC and all ...

Mongo
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There is an old saying that when you see a liberal playing the race-card you are seeing a liberal without a rational argument. Mongo this is the second thread where you have written posts to me implying that I am a racist. Do me a favor and don't bother to ever post to me again. I'm going to respond to one last post for you.

Politicians do what they gotta do. Just look at all the politicians who kissed butt at the last La Raza convention. What could be more racist than an organization who's very name stands for "The Race"?And how about the motto of their sister organization MEChA, "Por La Raza todo, Fuera de La Raza nada" which translates pretty clearly to: For the race everything and outside the race nothing. That coupled with the anti-semitism, and separatism that used to be smeared all over their website doesn't speak very well about their tolerant character. With a little looking I'm sure I could find the speech where one of their leaders was recently talking about the need to kill white people . Mongo, do you belong to MEChA? How about La Raza?

When I see politicians renouncing their speeches at Tan Klan La Raza events and denouncing them for the racists they clearly are, I'll worry about the insignifcant organizations that nobody ever heard of who may have donated Tom Tancredo money.

Mongo, I've read that Mexico is one of the most racist countries on the planet and I have seen with my own eyes that their economy is stratified by skin color with the darkest folks on the bottom as the poorest. And poor in Mexico is really poor. The Mexican elites hate them and that is why they are driving them into America. It is essentially racial cleansing. Mexico's black african population is treated horribly and they are even beneath the Mexican indians in terms of Mexican contempt. In Mexico they still use blackface in acting and use the foulist sterotypical humor in newspaper cartoons to portray blacks. Mongo, how do you feel about the racist nature of your countrymen? Do you share them?

Don't bother to answer, I've already guessed.

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Ouch. That must've hurt.

But, dear cousin, this isn't about me. I don't have to justify or defend those associations you mention.
I was asking your opinion about why a neo-nazi organization like yours contributes to Tancredo. And most importantly, why Tancredo accepts that money.

Would you care to answer these questions?

Mongo
www.itsnofun.com

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1- How do you intend to secure the borders? What do you intend to do with the illegal aliens currently living in the United States? How?
2- Do you believe in passing an amendment outlawing abortion? Do you believe that the potential effects the abortion has on the women are worse than the potential effects of the woman being forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term?
...a- How do you intend to educate students on the issue of sex in general?
3- How do you intend to fix the Social Security system? Why is that the best way to fix it?
4- What kind of curriculum would you suggest schools teach? Why?
5- You say that the state should support only heterosexual marriage because it alone, biologically, leads to children. Do you think that married couples should HAVE to have children? Do you think a homosexual person who has a child should be allowed to marry a member of the same sex?
......a)You are against abortion. Don't you think that, as a result of anti-abortion legislation, more children would be in the adoption system? Wouldn't you think that this would increase the ability for a homosexual couple to adopt? Do you oppose homosexual adoption? Why or why not?
6- What government spending would you cut in order to fix the budget? How do you propose to pay off the nation's debt?

"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything."
Friedrich Nietzsche

Who are you?

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Other than to back Romney, why did you bow out of the elections?

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If You Swear That There's No Truth And Who Cares, How Come You Say It Like You're Right? [Bright Eyes]

http://progressiveu.org/143541-how-to-survive-the-2008-elections

Jsaj's picture
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He knows he can't win and doesn't want to waste anymore of his time.

"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything."
Friedrich Nietzsche

BurningExample's picture
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Right,

But what less damaging excuse would he give? :)

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If You Swear That There's No Truth And Who Cares, How Come You Say It Like You're Right? [Bright Eyes]

http://progressiveu.org/143541-how-to-survive-the-2008-elections

Jsaj's picture
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He's having personal issues. He wants to support another candidate.

"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything."
Friedrich Nietzsche

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