How the fuck did Tom Trancredo get 14% of even Repigs to pick him????

[Hepburn]

Iowa straw poll ~~ according to MSNBC, 14% picked that mega idiot Repig Tom Trancredo!

YIKES!!!!!

[MADem]

1. Look at the FIELD!! It's the politics of VERY LOW expectations!!! NT

[Hepburn]

3. But THAT low!?!?!?!

Gads, Tancredo is a complete idiot....and the shit he says is just unbelievably STUPID. But then I do have to consider this is a REPIG straw vote. That could explain it.

[MADem]

8. So's Mitt Romney, yes, really. It's a very slim margin between the idiots.

They may vary in their STYLE of idiocy, but not in their degree.

[calimary]

11. What did you expect? After all, these ARE the same people who cling

to bush.

I dunno. Brain damage, maybe? Perhaps they're the Flat Earth Society turning out en masse?

[EFerrari]

2. Electronic voting.

lol

[valerief]

4. It takes millions of dollars to rig votes. nt

[Mz Pip]

5. Because he's

a racist warmonger. Need I say more?

On edit: Who doesn't believe in evolution. That surely covers at least 14%.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Hepburn]

6. Hmmmmmmmm.....

......yes, that WOULD appeal to at least 14% of the Repigs. You do have a point there.

[Bluzmann57]

7. The fifth district in Iowa kinda sucks

I mean they elected Steve "electric fence" King as the eternal Representative out that way. Now this is not to disparage all people who live there, after all, I know of at least one DUer who was there, but overall, that district stinks. I suspect those are the ones who voted for Tancredo. The straw poll means nothing. They all suck.

[Olney Blue]

9. He appeals to the base. Nuf said.

[JPettus]

10. He's cornered the bigot vote

Those are the only cretins that *would* vote for him.

[Bongo Prophet]

12. I think he peeled off only the bigots who specialize in Mexican.

PLenty more to go 'round, esp. since the "Islamists" covered about ALL of them. ;)

[Yukari Yakumo]

13. Because the Ghoul and Fred didn't participate? {nt}

uguu

[BenDavid]

14. Because the gop is

filled with bigots and racists and sexists....Now who do you really believe the racist right wing really wants to run against? uh huh If you said Obama you would be correct......
This election we are going to see exactly who the racists and sexists are..
I do thank you
Ben David

[fujiyama]

15. Basic if you're part of the crazy party

he's the closest at articulating (well I guess you can call it that) those views...

[AnotherGreenWorld]

16. He's not against lying, telling people want they want to hear--

namely Christians are oppressed, and Muslims and atheists run country.

In his speech at the Iowa Straw Poll, he went on a rant about how kids can't say "Easter" or "Christmas" in school, which, of course, isn't true at any school.

[ProgressiveAmPatriot]

17. You mean you do not support "the Tanc"?

I wrote up candidate summaries and here is what I got for Tancredo.

Tom Tancredo: Finishing fourth in Ames, with 13.7% of the vote, Tom Tancredo is the third of the 3 G men. On to the final G: guns. Tom Tancredo’s campaign has taken to calling Tommy boy "the Tanc." Don’t believe me? Well, check out the Tanc’s http://teamtancredo.typepad.com/team_tancredo/2007/07/des-moines-gu-1.html">offer to go shooting with you. I do not care whether or not Tancredo owns guns or is willing to go shooting with me. I am glad to see that he respects at least one aspect of our Constitution. I am, however, concerned that a grown man who refers to himself as "the Tanc" might have issues with his masculinity which he seeks to reinforce by touting guns. Just my theory, but I think we can all agree that "the Tanc" is not presidential.

http://progressiveamericanpatriot.blogspot.com/2007/08/real-rinos-rundown-of-fascists.html

[DaveinMD]

18. maybe because

so many rank and file Republicans are racists.