Tom Tancredo's Candid Moment
By Erick Posted in 2008 | FRC Action — Comments (5) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
Tom Tancredo is fired up. He's really fired up. He's impassioned. He says that in the minority he's voting much more regularly with his party leaders in the House.
He also admits he is a second tier candidate.
So why is he still here?
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As far as I can tell he's said all the right things about illegal immigration.
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My priorities for casting my vote are 1) Pro-Life, and then 2) Hard core on Illegal Immigration.
Illegal immigration is THE most important issue facing this nation.
This narrows the field substantially. . . . Giuliani, Romney, Huckabee, Thompson, McCain . . . these either have no problem with the current state of illegal immigration affairs, or are somewhat ambiguous on their position.
That leaves Hunter and Tancredo.
You are right on target moijea.
Rep. Tancredo has a lifetime rating of 97.8 from the American Conservative Union. That is the highest rating among all the presidential candidates.
Rep. Tancredo has recieved a grade of "A" from the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) for each year that he has served in Congress. He has also received a "Taxpayer Friend Award" from the NTU for each year that he has served in Congress.
Rep. Tancredo received a grade of "A" from the National Rifle Association for 2006 election cycle.
Rep. Tancredo has achieved a score of "100%" from the National Right to Life Committee for the 106th, 107th, 109th and the ongoing 110th Congress.
At the May 3, 2007, GOP debate, Rep. Tancredo said the following: "After 40 million dead because we have aborted them in this country, I would say that that would be the greatest day in this country's history when that [Roe v. Wade], in fact, is overturned."
At the May 3, 2007, GOP debate, Rep. Tancredo said this: "The reproductive choice part of that [question], if I heard you correctly, is a reference to abortion. The right to kill another person is not a right that I would agree with and support."
Rep. Tancredo's reaction to the April 17, 2007, the United States Supreme Court decision on the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act: "Today the Supreme Court put an end to this barbaric practice of infanticide."
Further reaction from Rep. Tancredo on the April 17, 2007, United States Supreme Court decision on the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act: "One can only hope this is the first step towards ending the tragedy of abortions."
More reaction Rep. Tancredo to the April 17, 2007, United States Supreme Court decision on the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act: "I am pleased the Court has finally begun to address the moral and intellectual travesty of Roe vs. Wade."
Though the Tancredo haters will never admit it, there is no Republican candidate for president that is more conservative and more pro-life than Rep. Tancredo.
"The defense of our nation begins with the defense of our borders." - Rep. Tom Tancredo
He is the right's equivalent of Mike Gravel, incredibly polarizing and ideologically radical. The fact that he was a war hawk in the '60s, but feigned a medical condition in order to get out of service doesn't give him too much credibility among the military crowd. Also, taking such a hard line stance on illegal immigration can be perceived by some as thinly veiled bigotry.
Why is he still in? Probably because none of the 'first tier' candidates have taken up the issue of illegal immigration seriously. After the applause Tancredo got today maybe they'll reconsider.