Thread: Tancredo & Buchanan Trying to Defeat Conservative Republ

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Tancredo & Buchanan Trying to Defeat Conservative Republicans
By: Art Rasputin · Section: Diaries


I used to be a big Tancredo fan. But he's gone so far off the deep end that I can no longer support him. I was hoping his bashing of fellow conservative Mike Pence was just a temporary lapse of good sense, but the fact that the leadership PAC he founded and runs with Bay Buchanan is pushing to defeat a solid conservative Republican like Chris Cannon, just because he doesn't line up with their version of being a good American, is outrageous. Read this e-mail which I received from Tancredo's PAC, signed by Buchanan:

Dear Friend, I want to bring you up to date on a number of developments. First, the immigration bills. The incompetence of the Senate is not to be believed. They passed an unconstitutional bill that, as is, can't go to conference!! Do you love it!! It is a revenue enhancer and those bills must originate in the House. So what will they do? Democrat Leader Reid wanted to substitute the immigration bill that came over from the House with the Senate's amnesty bill. Then go to conference with the two. Can't be done!! The House immigration bill is not a revenue raiser (it's enforcement only) so the Senate can't put it on that House bill-they can only substitute their amnesty bill onto a revenue bill that has already come over from the House. So Senator Frist said, let's substitute the immigration bill onto a tax bill that did originate in the House. The problem then is this: when they go to conference the two bills on the table will be the Senate amnesty bill and the House tax bill they used as a vehicle to get the Senate bill to conference. The House immigration bill doesn't make it to conference! To add to the problem-the Senate has to go back to the floor-vote on amnesty again---to get any of the above done. These guys were so anxious to sell out the nation, so determined to put this vote behind them and put a stop to all your e-mails, faxes, and calls-- they didn't do due diligence! But don't be too optimistic, they'll come up with something. With billions of dollars in cheap labor at stake--corporate America is surely not going to let a little thing like the Constitution stand in their way. But in our meeting the other night with the leaders of our side, including several Senate staffers it is clear this is a godsend of a screw up. The pro amnesty crowd has lost valuable momentum-and given us more time to convince the House to kill this problem and try to prevent any conference with the House. Another amazing development: Senator Lugar, who voted for the bill, was asked if he felt 66 million new immigrants into the country in 20 years might be too many. He said he has no idea how many will come to the U.S. under this bill-nor does anyone else. But he and his buddies voted for it anyhow!! Do they even care that it will destroy our nation! Action in the House: Thanks to all your help our radio ads against Utah's open border Congressman begin Monday!!! They hope to keep them up through his primary on June 27. Let me tell you I am certain defeating Chris Cannon must be our focus. Even the pro-amnesty columnist John Fund of the Wall Street Journal wrote this week: "Illegal immigration is the key issue in the[Cannon} race, and should five-term incumbent Rep. Chris Cannon of Provo lose to a restrictionist challenger, look for House Republicans to dig in their heels and block any bill that creates a path to citizenship for illegal aliens. "House Republicans are already spooked about immigration, and should one of our own lose on the issue, you will see panic break out," one GOP congressman told me." Panic is just what we want-if we can take out Cannon we have a chance of stopping amnesty and guest worker for at least 6 months, and maybe more! On Monday I'll forward you the radio ad that we hope will defeat Cannon. I'll guarantee it will let Utahns know the truth about their Congressman. One ominous development: the Pence amnesty plan! As I mentioned last week, Congressman Pence, a solid conservative, offered an outrageous "compromise" proposal on immigration. Pence's plan is to turn over our immigration policy to the private sector-(like putting the big hungry foxes on guard duty over the chicken coup). Employers could bring in as many guest workers as they want-Why wait 20 years when you can do all the harm in three! We will be overrun in months, and our jobs will be sold in mass o the cheapest bidders. It a massive amnesty plan-and every other day another conservative writer or leader endorses it-it looks as if the fix may be in and we may have another front to fight in this battle! But if conservative Republicans let the Pence plan become law we should organize to throw out every one of them in November. I need you to start calling the conservative leaders of the House (names and numbers http://www.teamamericapac.org/index.php?p=53 ) and let them know no Amnesty, no Guest worker, no Pence!! In the meantime I'll continue raising money to keep the Cannon ads up right up to election day. We need to keep anything form going to conference until we can defeat Cannon-then we will have the full attention of the House members and we can beat back this sell-out! Thanks for being part of the Team. We are still in this fight because of you and all your efforts. Together we will keep this save this nation form the enemy within. Have a great weekend! Bay Buchanan

Chris Cannon is a "pro-life, pro-family, NRA-backed, limited government, less taxes" conservative. He also received a 100% rating in 2005 from the American Conservative Union. The smear campaign Tancredo has launched against his fellow conservatives, just because he doesn't like their version of border security and guest worker programs needs to be confronted. It sounds like I have several friends on the Hill and in the conservative community around the country who are losing respect for Tancredo VERY fast. It's too bad. He used to be one of our champions. There are a few things we can do to get a message to Tancredo that "enough is enough" and that attacking good men and champions of conservative causes just is not acceptable: 1) Call his office directly at (202) 225-7872 and let his staff know that you do not appreciate the personal attacks and efforts to divide the conservative community. Read articles on his teamamericapac.org website first, so you will be able to rebut any efforts by his staff to blame Buchanan or others for the bad form. 2) I'm asking all of my friends to contact members of Tancredo's Immigration Reform Caucus in the House of Representatives and request that they resign from the caucus unless Tancredo either changes his assaults on his fellow conservatives or get's rid of the radicals like Buchanan from his organization. Here is the link listing the members of his caucus: http://tancredo.house.gov/irc/IRC%20Members%202005.htm 3) Anytime you see Tancredo, Buchanan or any other go after a good conservative, support their latest victim. This is assuming they are a conservative (like Cannon, Flake, Pence, etc). Keep this in mind: Tancredo is using his Immigration Reform Caucus to give himself extra clout only to turn around and use it in his leadership PAC to defeat fellow conservative Republicans. It's time to call him out.

I think your wrong about this. But I respect your opinion.

He didn't bash Pence. I understood it to be that the Pence proposal was a compromise which allowed amnesty in sheeps clothing.


There is no room for compromise when our sovereignty is at stake.

There are a few things we can do to get a message to Tancredo that "enough is enough" and that attacking good men and champions of conservative causes just is not acceptable: 1) Call his office directly at (202) 225-7872 and let his staff know that you do not appreciate the personal attacks and efforts to divide the conservative community


Our Senate divided the conservative party when a number of them turned their backs on the ideals of the party as well as the wishes of a large majority of Americans. Many republican senators said to heck with the party and sided with Democrats such as Ted Kennedy to turn this country over to Mexico so that their favorite corporate financial supporters Bowing to President Fox, begging his permission to build a fence. So the above allegations against Tancredo are hogwash and sounds like more white house propaganda.

I say all those that voted for the senate bill should be kicked out of the senate, regardless of their party affiliation. And if they further vote against the wishes of their constituents, a legal remedy should be found.

I say Tancredo for President !!!

I think you are incorrect too. Any politician regardless of political affiliation who supports amnesty in any way, shape, form or manner is not a friend of true Americans who are fighting to save our way of life and the existence of this country which is in danger of dissolution. Pence's plan is amnesty no matter how you look at it and anyone who supports it is selling out everything we hold dear to our hearts as Americans. Tancredo is one of the few who sees that and still cares about this country. I will NOT support anyone that promotes amnesty under any name. By the way Brian are you starting to switch sides? I hope not.

Sorry guys,

This was not written by Brian, it was written by Art Rasputin from the site Red State.com.

Check it out, go to the site and see.

http://art-rasputin.redstate.com/story/ ... 2133/25011

You can also read the replies from others in the forum to this article.

Brian only posted it.

If Chris Cannon doesn't back off his amnesty-guestworker stance, he might have to go (in the primary) in favor of a anti-illegal canidate if for no other reason than to give our amigos in Washington a clear message.

I did go to the site to read. Any republican that sides with Hillary Clinton and Ted Kennedy against the wishes of the majority of the republican party, and the wishes of his constituents should not be in office.... plain, simple. And I would argue he is a Democrat in Republican clothing.

Let's find another republican that will stand for the american people and his fellow republicans. One that will say NO to President Fox, President Bush, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Ted Kenndy and Harry Reid; among others.

I just thought the article was amusing in that they accused Tancredo of turning his back on pro amnesty republicans in the Senate; when in-fact, pro amnesty republicans turned their backs on us.

I could see by your reply Dianne that you went to the site, but I think that
mrmiata7 and xanadu thought it was written by Brian.

It was an easy mistake to make the way that the posting came out, it looked like the comments were made by Brian.

The Pence plan is easily as bad as the senate amnesty plan. In effect it puts Tyson's foods in charge of our immigration policy.

Art Rasputin wrote

Chris Cannon is a "pro-life, pro-family, NRA-backed, limited government, less taxes" conservative. He also received a 100% rating in 2005 from the American Conservative Union. The smear campaign Tancredo has launched against his fellow conservatives, just because he doesn't like their version of border security and guest worker programs needs to be confronted.

To be frank, I could care less if someone is gay, pro-aboortion and a bottom feeder feeding on welfare and thinks the government should supply him with everything..if that person is for closed borders with no amnesty.. that's all that matters to me. No amnesty and closed borders should be our number one concern. Eveything else is elementary at this point. I will vote for Tancredo as long as he is against open borders and amnesty. If Chris Cannon has a vision that involves amnesty and open borders..he's a traitor in my book