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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-25-06 06:24 PM
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Tancredo mulls running for president to push illegal immigration issues


http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Senator_Tancredo_mulls_running_for_president_0825.html

Senator Tancredo mulls running for president to push illegal immigration issue

Ron Brynaert
Published: Friday August 25, 2006

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On Friday's edition of FOX's Your World with Neil Cavuto, Colorado's Republican Senator Tom Tancredo said that if "no one else" in the party will push the illegal immigration issue then he would enter the 2008 Presidential race.

"If it is -- if the situation develops that no one else will take this issue on not just with their rhetoric, but with their heart -- because people will see through that, I think -- if they will really do this, then I'll be knocking on doors for them," said Senator Tancredo.

"If no one does, I will do it and I will push it as hard as I can because I believe with all my heart, Neil, that this -- we're talking about the country here, the salvation of the nation," said Tancredo. "I believe it is that much of a problem."

A few days ago, Tancredo placed fourth in a Zogby poll which featured only "blind bios."

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joemurphy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-25-06 06:28 PM
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1. An Open Letter to Rep. Tom Tancredo from Lazlo Toth
Edited on Fri Aug-25-06 06:37 PM by joemurphy
November 4, 2005

The Hon. Thomas Tancredo
1130 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20515-0606

Re: No Citizenship for U.S. Children of Illegal Aliens!

Dear Rep. Tancredo

This is the first time I’ve ever written you, but I see you a lot on C-Span and on The Lou Dobbs show on CNN. I’ve always been one of your biggest fans. (By the way, you really look sharp in that blazer you always wear! Great haircut too!). Also, whenever I see one of your statements in my local paper I always make a point of clipping it out and showing it to my wife, Elzbeta Toth. She likes you a lot too.

Actually, Elzbeta and I both thought that we wouldn’t see much more of you on C-Span after you became President of “Colorado Term Limits, Inc.” and swore a solemn oath to limit yourself to only three terms in the House of Representatives. We were sure glad when you changed your mind about it and ran for your fourth term back in 2004. We need more patriotic Republicans like you in Congress! It’s only thanks to guys like you that this country isn’t totally overrun by Mexicans!

One of the things Elzbeta and I like most about you is how you always seem to notice things that others don’t. And I don’t just mean Mexicans. For example, you were the only one that I know of in Congress that noticed that the National Park Service had put up a memorial to the 9-11 victims of Flight 93 in Pennsylvania that was shaped in the form of a “Crescent.” Nobody but you was sharp enough to pick up on the fact that the Park Service was also going to use the word “Crescent” in the name it was going to give to the Memorial. You were right to point out that “Crescents” are big-time Islamic symbols and that the Park Service, by calling the Flight 93 Memorial Crescent a “Crescent,” was really honoring the Islamic hijackers that stole the plane and not the victims! Those traitors! Elzbeta and I were really glad when you made the Park Service drop the word “Crescent” from the name of the Flight 93 Memorial. That was great work! But there’s another “Crescent” we wanted to tell you about that I think you missed. Besides being called “The Big Easy,” the city of New Orleans is also nicknamed "The Crescent City". As long as you’re getting rid of “Crescents,” we were thinking maybe you could do something about that one and make New Orleans less Islamic too!

My wife and I also backed you completely when you fearlessly took on the Denver Public Library after you caught it trying to buy library books written in Spanish. Nobody else but you had the courage to confront a big institution like that! But you were right! The only ones that would be reading Spanish books would be illegal Mexicans that don’t speak English. Buying library books in Spanish only encourages more illegal Mexican immigration! What a waste of money! We were glad when you stood in the Library’s way and blocked that steamroller from going through! Also, because it was such an important matter, Elzbeta and I didn’t mind when you called what the Public Library was doing “cultural Balkanization.” See, Elzbeta and I are originally from Hungary (which, if you look at a map of Europe, you will see is kind of in the Balkans). I guess Elzbeta and I are sort of “Balkanized” too. Ha! Ha! Anyway, we knew you didn’t mean any offense so we let it go.

Elzbeta and I were also right there with you when you said in your interview on that Florida radio show that if Osama Bin Laden blew up a dirty bomb in a U.S. city, then we ought to drop a nuclear weapon on Mecca and Medina and all those other Arab holy places. I know it made a lot of people angry, but that’s just good foreign policy thinking in my book. Did you discuss that with Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice before making your statement? Ha! Ha! I’ll bet you did! Anyway, I’m glad you stuck to your guns and refused to give an apology when those Muslims you offended all over the world were demanding one. Never compromise on matters of moral principle! Hang in there, Big Fella! Don’t give an inch to those Towelheads!

And don’t think Elzbeta and I haven’t noticed your Presidential ambitions! You’ve certainly got our votes if you manage to get that Republican nomination. By the way, I looked on your website and noticed that you are presently ranked 9th among Republican candidates for 2008 – just behind Mike Huckabee and Hailey Barbour. Like I told Elzbeta, 9th is pretty good when you consider that you’re running against charismatic heavyweights like them. Keep on fighting! Pretty soon you’ll storm past Huckabee and Barbour and be challenging the likes of Santorum and Gingrich!

But I better get on to the reason for this letter. Elzbeta and I are both long-time Republican voters. We agree with you 100% that something should be done about all these Mexican immigrants that keep coming here and taking away jobs from U.S. citizens. Your idea -- building a big wall clear across the whole Mexican border -- makes a ton of sense to us. Even if it might cost the $8 Billion that people say it will – it’d still be worth it just to keep those Latinos on the other side! But it’s your other idea – the one about taking U.S. citizenship away from U.S.- born children of illegal immigrants – that’s got Elzbeta and I a little nervous. We were wondering if you might consider writing in an exception for U.S. born children of illegal Hungarians.

See, my wife, Elzbeta Toth, was born here in the U.S. but her parents, Ferenc and Matilda Esterhazy were both illegal immigrants at the time of her birth. They both came here in 1956 after the Hungarian Uprising by sneaking across the U.S. border from Canada. (Hey, maybe we ought to wall off that border too!). Anyway, Matilda was later given asylum and she eventually became a U.S. citizen. However, Ferenc never bothered with the paperwork. Both of them were still illegal when Elzbeta was born to them in Pottstown, Pennsylvania in 1959. Unfortunately, in the mid-1960s Ferenc developed a really bad hemorrhoid problem and was deported after he was caught shoplifting anal suppositories from a drug store here in Indianapolis. Because Ferenc never got his papers, that makes Elzbeta the U.S.-citizen daughter of illegal Hungarian immigrants – someone that could get deported if you get your Constitutional Amendment passed. That’s got both Elzbeta and me wondering if your proposal to strip children of illegal immigrant parents of citizenship applies not just to Mexicans, but also to Hungarians. If Hungarians are included that might be bad news for Elzbeta.

Elzbeta and I have been married for over 30 years. I’d really hate to see her stripped of her U.S. citizenship and deported after all these years. That’s why I’ve written you. We’re both hoping that there might be some kind of exception for children of illegal Hungarians in your proposal. Ordinarily, I’m not one to ask for favors, but you’ve always seemed like a fair person in your appearances on Lou Dobbs’ show. I figured that a reasonable man like you would recognize the need for a special exception for Hungarians like Elzbeta.

I also read somewhere that during the Vietnam War you didn’t have to serve in the army because you were mentally ill, prone to anxiety attacks, and were using mind-affecting drugs. When I read that it gave me hope that you would be sympathetic to Elzbeta’s plight. Since you were the beneficiary of that special exception for mentally ill people yourself back in the 1960s, I was thinking that you might be able to make a special exception for Elzbeta in your Constitutional Amendment. So, how about it? Elzbeta and I would be really grateful if you did!

By the way, Elzbeta and I are both glad that you are no longer mentally disturbed and have stopped using mind-altering drugs. We both think you look really good now. To look at you now, it’s hard to believe that you once had problems like that.

Well, I know you’re a busy man, and I guess you’re still a long way from getting that Constitutional Amendment to strip Mexican babies of U.S. citizenship passed. But I still wanted to give you an early heads up on Elzbeta’s special problem so that you could keep her in mind when drafting the wording of your Amendment.

So, keep on repelling those Mexicans! Get that wall built! Deport all their U.S.-born babies! Elzbeta and I are pulling for you!

Your friend,

Lazlo Toth

Voting for Republicans (both unindicted and indicted) since 1952!
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-25-06 06:36 PM
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2. Your subject line should read Tancredo, or am I missing something?
That is one great letter! Make an exception for a Hungarian, and battling mental illness (I have no doubt!)-I love it! :applause:
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joemurphy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-25-06 06:39 PM
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3. Whoops! Thanks for the heads-up.
I owe you a Schaeffer's. :-)
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Totally Committed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-25-06 07:35 PM
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4. "A few days ago, Tancredo placed fourth in a Zogby poll which featured
.... only 'blind bios.'"

Get outta town! That proves what a bunch of reactionary, bigoted whackos the other side is. Fourth! -- Do they know this wahoo wants to nuke all the Muslim holy sites in the ME just to show 'em we mean business? Fourth! -- (I know it's a blind bio, but still... He's a WHACKADOO!)

TC
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-25-06 08:21 PM
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5. What scares me are all the irrational people in this country
who are so focused on the immigration issue that they see nothing else. God forbid this whackadoo gets any kind of traction off of them.:-(
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PresidentWar Donating Member (499 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-25-06 09:08 PM
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6. Easy diversion
Bringing up immigration, legal or illegal, is a time honored trick of fascist-bent powers when their support is sagging. So, here we go again. What gnaws at my shorts is that so many people, even some Democratic liberals who should know better, are so eager to take the bait and let themselves be pulled away from other, more important issues.

I plead with my comrades: DON'T take the bait.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-25-06 09:29 PM
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7. Welcome to DU, PresidentWar! The Dems 'took the bait'
because they have no choice being the minority, which is why November is so important. They/we win, we direct the conversation, and that's priceless.
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-26-06 01:20 PM
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11. Hi PresidentWar!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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PaDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-25-06 09:45 PM
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8. I welcome it..........
I say let's get this guy all the exposure possible. I'd love to see him front and center, one of the faces of the Republican Party over the next 2 years.
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rep the dems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-25-06 09:48 PM
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9. I thought Tancredo recently said he was "Too short, too fat, and
too bald to be president." He obviously forgot too stupid, but the rest are dead on.
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ncrainbowgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-25-06 10:41 PM
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10. Well, it'll make the debates more interesting...
:eyes:
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