"Anti-immigration Rep. Tancredo"? Why is CNN lying to me?
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The AP has released an article by Steven K. Paulson about Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO)'s possible presidential run. It contains one false statement and references a smear. More on that later.
The AP-provided title appears to be "Tom Tancredo eyes White House run", and that's the title under which google news shows it appearing in Seattle Post Intelligencer, Boston Globe, Guardian Unlimited, Times Picayune, philly.com, San Jose Mercury News, The State, Fort Wayne News Sentinel, WaPo, S.F. Chronical, Newsday, and the L.A. Times.
However, CNN and a few others seem to have gotten a bit creative. CNN offers Anti-immigration Rep. Tancredo hints at presidential run, from the Fort Worth Star Telegram comes Immigration foe toys with presidential run, from 9news.com comes Anti-immigration lightning rod Tancredo talking about presidential run, and from Fox23News.com comes an article with that same title
Obviously, Tancredo is not "anti-immigration", nor is he an "immigration foe". That's not just a matter of an opinion, it's a lie.
Now, to the AP story. It starts out with this:
Tom Tancredo has been called a one-trick pony of a politician, a man out of step with his party, a bigot. The Republican congressman vehemently opposes illegal immigration, and he created an uproar last week when he talked about nuking Muslim holy sites.
First, he didn't talk about "nuking", as the transcript shows and as reported by the AP at the time. Perhaps they've just been reading the wrong blogs.
Second, some people call other people all sorts of things, but it's usually best to provide context and backstory when repeating what they say.
Later on in the article we are treated to the thoughts of "Esteban Flores, executive director of the Latino Research and Policy Center in Denver," who:
calls Tancredo a bigot who is trying to use racial division to further his career. He compared Tancredo to George Wallace, the outspoken opponent of desegregation.
"He's preying on peoples' fears, which is the worst way to build public trust," Flores said.
That Center is associated with the University of Colorado at Denver. Here's Flores trying to get a $250,000 donation to non-profits out of the Denver Nuggets over a comment their coach made. Here's a search for their name. If you find anything at any of those pages that is not just oriented towards people of their own race, let me know.
I believe people has to understand the difference between "good" and "bad" immigrantation. I agree that in the past, legal immigrantation is what made America a great nation, but today, it's illegal immigrants who are doing it wrong in America.
My father is a Hungarian, he fled communist Hungary in 1969 to Austria, lived there for a short time before moving to America by legal means. I'm sure it would offend him greatly to see all those illegal immigrants seeking to enter America illegally while he had do it legally. It's like saying committing a crime does pay off handsomely.
We need to fund more Border Patrol units and start building a massive concrete wall cross the border with checkpoints to permit legal immigrants to enter and work in America.
Immigrants can have American Dream, but they ought do it legally and be assimilated into American culture rather than hanging onto their native cultures, thus creating an undesirable balkanized society in America.
Tancredo is simply pointing out the harsh reality facing Americans created by the tsunami of illegal aliens: bankrupt school districts, insolvent hospitals (with more and more curtailment of emergency services), and higher taxes for prison incarceration. Numerous studies have demonstrated that the illegals have imposed on us a far greater social and economic cost than their labor contributes, not to mention that many illegal immigrants are part of the drug cartel. And this doesn't even begin to address the outrageous fact that our out-of-control borders exposes us to terrorists who may come across among the hordes of illegals. Dick Morris was right when he that if we suffer another massive terrorist attack because Bush refuses to defend us from a foreign invasion -- he should and will be impeached. Bush should listen to Tancredo who is personna non grata in the White House. I suppose if we have another terrorist attack because the borders are not protected Bush will go into hiding and say he thought they only wanted jobs Americans wouldn't do.
... Tancredo is the man! I live in California and it's truly sad that a politician from Colorado has to stand up for OUR borders. Tancredo and the Gilchrist have been leading the movement that has brought illegal immigration to the forefront of our national political discourse. Meanwhile, politicians of both parties in my home state have sat, thumbs firmly planted in their rears, while our infrastructure is brought to the brink of destruction by what is, for all intents and purposes, an invasion.