Thread: Tancredo wants one tongue

Tancredo wants one tongue
Candidate confronted by Arabic speaker
By SARAH LIEBOWITZ
Monitor staff


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Nov 18, 2007



Describing the United States as "the last best hope" for carrying on the ideals of western civilization, Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo called last night for an end to the nation's "bilingualization" and "Balkanization."

"I think Europe can not be counted on to help us in this endeavor," Tancredo said last night at Magdalen College in Warner. "They've already become, to a large extent, Islamicized. And that is worrisome." Referring to "Western" principles, Tancredo asked, "If we don't talk about them, who will? If we don't advance them, who will?"

Immigration is Tancredo's signature issue. Last night, he attempted to tie immigration to the threat posed by "radical Islam," and described the "grand experiment we call America" as rooted in "Judeo-Christian principles."

In a recent television ad in Iowa, Tancredo, a Colorado congressman, went even further. A voiceover in that ad warns viewers that "there are consequences to open border beyond the 20 million aliens who have come to take our jobs. Islamic terrorists now freely roam U.S. soil, Jihadists who froth with hate here to do as they have in London, Spain, Russia," according to Tancredo's campaign website.

Tancredo's comments didn't go unchallenged last night. One after another, audience members pressed him on his views on language, assimilation and border security, at times leading to heated exchanges.

"I speak the same language as the people that flew into the towers; I speak the same language as all the Iraqis we are killing; I speak many languages, and I'm proud of it," said Siham Elhamoumi, 22, who recently graduated from St. Michael's College in Vermont and traveled to the event with a group from the college. "Am I the enemy?" Elhamoumi then pulled her shawl over her head, so it covered her hair. "Am I the enemy if I do this?"
"Do you take us for idiots, for people who have no appreciation of our history?" she asked. "Perhaps you don't have an understanding of your country right now, of its composition."

Tancredo repeatedly broke in, asking Elhamoumi to pose a question. He finally asked her a question of his own: "Do you believe that we should replace the Constitution with Sharia law?"

"That is below me," Elhamoumi replied. "Do not belittle people's opinions and people's beliefs and people's religions. Do not put one religion above the other."

Tancredo repeatedly insisted that his views on immigration have "nothing to do with race or ethnicity or anything of that nature." His concern, he said, is national cohesion, whether Americans share the same fundamental principles, whether there is "a singleness of purpose about the idea of America."

Increasingly, he said, immigrants are failing to assimilate - to learn English and embrace American values - as they did in years past. As evidence, Tancredo cited the existence of a bilingual newspaper in Iowa. "We are seeing the Balkanization of America and the bilingualization, which I do not think is a good idea," he said.

Describing what he termed the lack of assimilation, Tancredo said, "I believe there is a serious threat, not just to the United States, but to western civilization."

When it came to discussing the millions of illegal immigrants already in this country, Tancredo was adamant in his opposition to granting a path to citizenship. Giving "amnesty" to those who entered the country illegally would "slap everyone in the face" who followed the correct procedure, he said.

Immigration has been a flashpoint in the Republican presidential campaign. Earlier this year, Arizona Sen. John McCain helped craft an unsuccessful compromise immigration plan. That plan included an employer-verification system and a path to legalization for some illegal immigrants. Other Republicans seized on the plan, criticizing it as too lax on border security.

Tancredo - who said he recognizes "fully well that I'm a long shot at best for the president of the United States" - took a subtle dig at his Republican opponents, describing well-known politicians as willing to shift their views depending on the audience.

The political process "begins to weed out the people who actually care about the issues. And it begins to develop a different class, in a way, of political leaders, and that is people who can simply in chameleon-like fashion change in order to address the audience they're talking to at that moment in time."

"I've been a conservative all my life, since long before Al Gore even invented the internet," Tancredo quipped.

But whether those conservative views persuaded was unclear. "It's nice to talk about making our borders secure, but in reality that's not possible," said Hugh Pfingst, a civics teachers from Essex Junction, Vt. "His politics is colored by the fact of what's happening in Colorado, and I'm not sure that's applicable nationwide.

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Originally Posted by jean

.."His politics is colored by the fact of what's happening in Colorado, and I'm not sure that's applicable nationwide.."

Oh yea? It's NOT just ‘happening’ in Colorado..

..it IS ‘happening’ in ALL of the FIFTY STATES!!


We LOVE Tom Tancredo!!

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AND.. For those who haven’t seen this, check out this VERY informative and enlightening 13 minute video from NumbersUSA.com, SOLELY about LEGAL immigration! It's a *MUST SEE* for ALL! [OVER 2.6 MILLION hits, so far.. in google.. ] http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... susa&hl=en

What he DIDN’T talk about, and something VERY important to *Remember*.. is that illegal MIGRATION is 3-4 times this toll!

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Yes.. LA is in trouble!

Here's a bit I've heard off Kevin James and Terry Anderson's radio shows, [see the radio links below..]

Walter Moore! www.WalterMooreForMayor.com

SAVE Los Angeles! ‘Senor’ Antonio NEEDS the boot, NOW!

Los Angeles’s Police Chief: Bill Bratton? Bad Guy!! www.BrattonMustGo.com

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**REALISTIC Presidential candidates: Gentlemen w/integrity!

*Tom Tancredo! TeamTancredo.com www.TeamTancredo.com !
*Duncan Hunter GoHunter08.com www.GoHunter08.com !
*Ron Paul RonPaul2008.com www.RonPaul2008.com !

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NO Democrat presidential candidate can save this nation, despite so-called ‘Republican’ Bush giving the party a stink! [ BOTH parties contribute to La Raza (THE Race), Mecha, LULAC, etc etc etc.. ]. So if you want to contribute, do so to the candidate, NOT the party!

See.. about 70% of Republicans are AGAINST illegal migration ETC, whereas approximately the same percentage of Democrats are FOR that chaos! In the last election, a lot of people THOUGHT that by voting 'democrat', they'd stop this mayhem, but voting all ‘one’ party?!

..And watch out for Giuliani (whose law firm is the sole representative of Cintra, the Spanish firm with a 50-year contract on the NAFTA Superhighway in Texas), Fred Thompson (CFR member), Sen. John Cornyn (who introduced a meld-with-Mexico bill until World Net Daily confronted him; it was withdrawn . . .), Sen. Chris Dodd (who inserted a last-minute provision in the failed immigration bill that a border fence must have Mexico's approval), and, of course, Bill Richardson.
And Romney? ..better than ANY democrat, but he wants to INCREASE legal immigration! What?! with half to 2/3 of the 1.2 MILLION visas ANNUALLY exploited by the greedy business lobby just so a business can say they’ve hired a ‘legal’ alien, NOT to mention paying them MUCH less thus DEPRESSING our wages even further?!
So if you believe that ALL 'legal' foreign workers are here because they do the jobs that 'Americans won't or can't do' ..go watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCbFEgFajGU&NR=1 "Our goal is clearly NOT to find a qualified and interested US worker" [Larry Lebowitz, VP Marketing and Attorney, Cohen & Grigsby 5-15-07] ..

And McCain?Forget McCain!!



Oh.. Did I forget to mention to visit:

www.NumbersUSA.com a MUST!


*LOOK at your congressional persons scorecard. How did he/she vote? Are they working FOR or AGAINST this Nation? ..or just plain ignorant?! www.BetterImmigration.org

*..and SEE the Pres candidates scorecards: www.BetterImmigration.com/candidates/2006/prez2008.html a MUST!! Uhh.. We’re talking about our Country’s SOVEREIGNTY here!!!

*DON'T forget the most important page.. PAGE TWO! www.BetterImmigration.com/candidates/20 ... _gop2.html

..then tell ALL your friends and family about the above links, to tell ALL of THEIR friends and family, etc etc etc..

We CAN stop this CHAOS!!

..so just DO it!

Nice day all!
R

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PS:
Great Radio!

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AND..

www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=Forums&f ... ic&t=76263


Be sure to call and write these guys and give them your stories and info, they depend on you too..!

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DON’T call illegal aliens what the liberal left OBL [open borders lobby] WANT you to call them at best: illegal immigrants.

There's NO such thing as an illegal immigrant!

The ACCURATE term is an ILLEGAL: [size=150][i][b]“ALIEN, MIGRANT or FOREIGN NATIONAL.â€

i like tom.