Tancredo wants to abolish Congressional Black Caucus.
Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) today said that “the existence of the Congressional Black Caucus and other race-based groups of lawmakers amount to segregation and should be abolished.” He recently received attention for calling Miami “as bad as any ghetto in any Third World country.”
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I say we abolish Tom Tancredo.
January 25th, 2007 at 8:32 pmDoes this a$$hat have his robes hand made by David Duke too?
January 25th, 2007 at 8:32 pmSheesh
Tom needs to learn to edit himself.
January 25th, 2007 at 8:36 pmCould this have possibly anything to do with the fact that the Congressional Black Caucus has been one of the most vociferous critics of the Bush administration, especially regarding the war/occupation in Iraq?
January 25th, 2007 at 8:37 pmTancredo is clueless. This guy comes from a party that has excluded blacks for years. He comes from a party that excluded Democrats from committee meetings by locking the doors of the committee rooms, by changing the meeting place of the committees and by lying about where it would be held. Now that the black caucus is gaining power and is being heard he wants it abolished. It ain’t a joke anymore is it Tom?
January 25th, 2007 at 8:38 pmWhat if someone tried to create the Congressional Irish Caucus?
January 25th, 2007 at 8:39 pmTom must think he’s pretty well camoflaged up there with all that snow……….
January 25th, 2007 at 8:41 pmWhat if someone tried to create the Congressional Irish Caucus?
Comment by michael
So?
January 25th, 2007 at 8:42 pmWe need Tom, so the morons who support him can be identified and dealt with accordingly.
January 25th, 2007 at 8:44 pm“So?”
You liberals would have a FIT if the Irish Caucus excluded blacks!
January 25th, 2007 at 8:47 pmI’m pretty sure there already is an Irish caucus.
January 25th, 2007 at 8:47 pmAs long as the phrase ‘the first black/woman/latino/bugeyed green monster’ is the first phrase out of someone’s mouth when remarking on achievement then bigots like Tancredo should be confronted with their bigotry.
January 25th, 2007 at 8:50 pmI don’t know any black Irishmen….
January 25th, 2007 at 8:51 pmYou liberals would have a FIT if the Irish Caucus excluded blacks!
Comment by michael
I’m impressed that you are able to predict my responses and reactions with such accuracy — I never know what I’m thinking or doing from one minute to the next.
Idiot.
January 25th, 2007 at 8:52 pmTancredo is a certified bigot so he must be forced to resign from the Congress! Shame on him!
January 25th, 2007 at 8:53 pm(Senator Folger, Senator Wheeski, and Representative Red E. Whip have announced the formation a new congressional body, the Irate-ish Coffus…)
January 25th, 2007 at 8:54 pm“I’m impressed that you are able to predict my responses and reactions with such accuracy”
It’s easy! You’re an uninformed liberal!
January 25th, 2007 at 8:56 pmMichael,
January 25th, 2007 at 8:57 pmIf the Irish want to create a caucus and take a stand against the war in Iraq I have no problem with that. In fact Ireland have taken stands against the war and against rendition.
If Tancredo keeps it up, the voters of Colorado will be very happy that they are one of the 18 states that allow recall.
January 25th, 2007 at 8:58 pmIt’s easy! You’re an uninformed liberal!
Comment by michael
Oy, now I’ll be up all night crying…
January 25th, 2007 at 8:59 pmWe need ForTruth, so the morons who support him can be identified and dealt with accordingly.
Comment by Joanie Doe
January 25th, 2007 at 9:01 pmI reject that premise.
Instead of a “colorblind society” I propose a “colorfull society;” one which recognizes and celebrates the differences each contributes to the whole.
January 25th, 2007 at 9:02 pm“Tancredo is chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus…”
Now why didn’t they have that Caucus a couple of hundred years ago and such down all that immigration of slaves back then? You want to complain about a “guest worker” program???
January 25th, 2007 at 9:04 pmWhat I would like to see is Tancredo’s voting record. I’d like to see how “colorblind” he really is.
January 25th, 2007 at 9:05 pmBrisaedh na Faire,
Democracy Now had a great show on immigration today. I included a small portion. It really is a shocking report.
http://www.democracynow.org/ article.pl?sid=07/ 01/ 25/ 153210
Targeted: Homeland Security and the Business of Immigration
DEEPA FERNANDES: Yeah. It was not anything I set out to investigate or discover, but it just kept coming up, when the question for me was, “Who is writing our immigration policy?†We know that it’s — on the immigrant advocate community side, we know that it’s very harsh. Who’s actually writing this? Where does it come from? So starting to actually trace literally the authors, who’s putting pen to paper, and where are those ideas coming from? And, Juan, when you start to trace that back, it was pretty shocking that it wasn’t that hard to make the links to what I call, in kind of inverted commas, anti-immigration groups, like FAIR, which has a reputation of being a balanced kind of just “we’re looking out for the environment†—
JUAN GONZALEZ: And FAIR is? Because there’s obviously another FAIR.
DEEPA FERNANDES: Not Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting, no. This is the Federation of Americans for Immigration Reform. And it was started by an ophthalmologist called John Tanton, and to trace John Tanton, it was chilling. And to see just how he started a whole network of really Astroturf groups, but how his connections are very, very easily made to white supremacist groups, even though he has a great cover of simply being anti-immigration, but he actually authored a memo that was discovered two decades ago that, you know, kind of came and went.
January 25th, 2007 at 9:08 pmWhat about the recovering drug dependent caucus!!!!
Oh, wait……
January 25th, 2007 at 9:09 pmYou know what sucks?
President’s day is approaching. That only includes dead ones, right?
January 25th, 2007 at 9:11 pmTancredo is a disgrace and bottom-feeder. I cannot wait for the the Democrats to take his seat in two years.
January 25th, 2007 at 9:11 pmThis country is being overrun with little macaccas every where you look. Now Ellison and Obama are trying to push Islam onto the masses.
Then you have the blacks in NewOL complaining about no a/c and a disruption in their govt subsidy checks.
They gays and lesbians are wandering the streets lokking for a sponsor.
And you wonder why Tancredo wants to abolish the congressional black caucus. Which is a good thing.
Bush only met with this ” non entity ” what was it once, in his tenure so far?
Why would the consummate republican spendthrift, Tom Tancredo, want to throw any more of the taxpayers hard earned money towards this non effective congressional inner body?
Listen to Tom. He is very smart. This whole congressional black caucus is a gross waste of taxpayer expenditures.
January 25th, 2007 at 9:11 pmMaybe Tancredo is just sore since the other member of his big red cackus, Mark Foley, had to resign…….
January 25th, 2007 at 9:12 pmHow about the ’soon to be indicted’ caucus?
January 25th, 2007 at 9:12 pmWhat about the recovering drug dependent caucus!!!!
Oh, wait……
Comment by SouthPaw
Page Fondling Caucus
January 25th, 2007 at 9:12 pmVideo Diagnosis Caucus
Lying Cheaters Caucus
*sniff, sniff*
Something stinks…..
Oh, must be all the red herring being tossed in by the desperate trolls lately.
TP should come with Febreeze….
January 25th, 2007 at 9:13 pmI USED to live in his District but had to move out as he NEVER, EVER represented me or my beliefs.
He is a fear-mongering, bigoted one-trick pony who speaks for the 28%ers who think that the best place for acquiring news is to read the sides of NASCAR cars, listen to the comedian Oxy-Con Rusher and Faux NoNooz, and are all lifetime subscribers to Soldier of Fortune and Guns and Ammo .
What a freakin’ LOSER!!!!!!!
January 25th, 2007 at 9:13 pm“If the Irish want to create a caucus and take a stand against the war in Iraq I have no problem”
Only if they take a stand against the war? What if they supported the war?
January 25th, 2007 at 9:14 pmmichael, The Mighty King What-If
January 25th, 2007 at 9:16 pmMichael, zip your pants. Your bigotry is showing.
January 25th, 2007 at 9:16 pmJoanie - switch to German - its so much better to march to…links rechts, links…
January 25th, 2007 at 9:18 pmZooey~
Homo phobe caucus
January 25th, 2007 at 9:18 pmPrivatized doctor caucus (Frist)
Vacation caucus
Only if they take a stand against the war? What if they supported the war?
Comment by michael
And WHO supports this Clsuterf@ck in Iraq?
If you say you do, you are TOTALLY delusional!!!!!
January 25th, 2007 at 9:19 pm“President’s day is approaching”
It’s amazing, there was a time we celebrated Washington and Lincoln’s birthday. We ended those holidays to replace them with President’s Day which includes losers like Clinton & Carter! And then we decide we need a special day to celebrate MLK! Boy have we gone down a wayward road!
January 25th, 2007 at 9:19 pmI convene my own black caw&cuss every day.
January 25th, 2007 at 9:20 pmMichael,
January 25th, 2007 at 9:23 pmYou are playing the troll game. Making stupid arguments and thinking you sound brilliant. Nothing changes the fact that Tom Tancredo is a bigot.
Michael and Rachel sittin in a tree
t-r-o-l-l-i-n-g…..
January 25th, 2007 at 9:23 pmNo way. Not unless Tank Redo agrees to abolish the idiot caucus!
January 25th, 2007 at 9:25 pm“Protecting the tax breaks for the rich” caucus.
January 25th, 2007 at 9:25 pm“Protecting the pharmas” caucus.
Zooey -
If a bigot screams his bullshit and no one listens……. is he still a complete SCUMBAG??????
January 25th, 2007 at 9:25 pmWhat if someone tried to create the Congressional Irish Caucus?
Comment by michael
Think Tip O’Neil had one at one time, they used to meet at a local DC pub after work.
David Duke must make your robes for you as well, troll
January 25th, 2007 at 9:26 pmMichael,
January 25th, 2007 at 9:27 pmYour racism is really becoming apparent. It is offensive. Your support of Tom Tancredo tells me everything I need to know about the guy.
No WMD under here caucus
January 25th, 2007 at 9:28 pmNo stabile government over there caucus
No Katrina down there caucus
upside00
January 25th, 2007 at 9:28 pmYes. Just a lonely one.
Upside00
If 200,000 + march on Washington Saturday, are they still the minority?
January 25th, 2007 at 9:29 pmAnd then we decide we need a special day to celebrate MLK! Boy have we gone down a wayward road!
— michael
Thanks, Now we know you are a moronic racist bigot.
January 25th, 2007 at 9:30 pmYour opinion will mean less here than the paper you flush in the toilet.
If a bigot screams his bullshit and no one listens……. is he still a complete SCUMBAG??????
Comment by upside00
You bet. Never had a doubt…
January 25th, 2007 at 9:32 pmJeanne, Southpaw - Sadly, we still have the issue of true MSM coverage to deal with. Our 200,000 will probably not even make the 10 O’clock network news, and Faux NoNooz will call it a MINORITY token response.
January 25th, 2007 at 9:33 pmZooey - U go GURL!!!!!
January 25th, 2007 at 9:34 pmGot your white sheets boys? Mikey, Joanie? Yeehah, let’s ride.
January 25th, 2007 at 9:36 pmThis is getting bad, daily. TP is not what it used to be with trolls so desperate that they ruin the threads. yuck. Micheal, Rachel, Whoever, Go Away!!! You offer nothing but hatred and bigotry.
January 25th, 2007 at 9:36 pmUpside00
I emailed the MSM asking in a direct but polite way that they cover this in an effort to regain credibility. Likely the won’t. Maybe you could email too?
January 25th, 2007 at 9:40 pmupside00,
Are you going to DC on Saturday?
January 25th, 2007 at 9:41 pmThere are probably 1,000,000 dissidents in this country sure. But getting them OUT of their recliner and to stop being a keyboard commmando will take some doing.
>I hear crickets in the background of your ” march ”
There are probably 1,000,000 dissidents in this country sure, but finding only ONE with balls enough to march will be quite a different story.
Democrats are inherently weak. They are Charlatan in their very nature. After all look at the evidence. They want to kill unborns to make sure the living never die. That is about as backwards as it gets folks.
Thats why they are the party of ” cut and run ” ; on their troops, on their families, and on their constituents.
I will debate a democrat any day of the week, but I would NEVER be personally seen with one or ” hang out ” with one..
January 25th, 2007 at 9:41 pmupside00,
Just go to the MSM and tell them how worthless they are… because they are. They have become a waste of time. They are obsolete. Dinos. They will begin to function again if they start reporting news but until then…I wouldn’t waste my time.
If a journalist feeds the propaganda into the microphone does it become news?
January 25th, 2007 at 9:43 pmMichael,
Ican only pray that we find someone with as much courage and vision as Dr. King, as humans call him, to lead us today.
You slithering coward.
Narcissist much?
January 25th, 2007 at 9:43 pmJoanie Doe,
January 25th, 2007 at 9:45 pmDebate? (cough)
Debate? (cough)
Comment by Jeanne
Troll (cough)
January 25th, 2007 at 9:49 pmKerry and Murtha, Webb and Clark didn’t cut and run as you call it in Vietnam. Two well known ChickenHawks did, Bush and Cheney. Cut and run my ass, when it came down to it, someone sure did cut and run. They ran from Combat, uh, they didn’t “have the stomach”. WHAT gives them them any credibility? Especially now, with the mess Iraq is. They didn’t know what they were doing going into Iraq, and they don’t know it now.
Clark, Webb, Kerry, Murtha all have served. Who’d you believe?
January 25th, 2007 at 9:55 pmJoanie Doe,
Debate? (cough)
>Comment by Jeanne
Debate? (cough)
>Comment by Jeanne
Troll (cough)
>Comment by Zooey
Whats your point? Come on chickydick spit it out.
January 25th, 2007 at 10:15 pmClark, Webb, Kerry, Murtha all have served. Who’d you believe?
Comment by freebird9
Bush-Cheney is who I believe.
January 25th, 2007 at 10:17 pmWhats your point? Come on chickydick spit it out.
Comment by Joanie Doe
See above comment for point being made. Nail on head…
January 25th, 2007 at 10:18 pmZoo
Fuggttabouit…..
Spend your efforts on what matters, as usual.
January 25th, 2007 at 10:25 pmSpend your efforts on what matters, as usual.
Comment by SouthPaw
Well, I guess I should spend some time improving the quality of my sex life…
:-)
January 25th, 2007 at 10:28 pmYou liberals would have a FIT if the Irish Caucus excluded blacks!
Comment by michael
Michael what is your, not the sparkle box, definition of a ‘liberal’?
I am curious as to why you think everyone here is what you propose. For a thinker you seem to paint with a biased brush.
January 25th, 2007 at 10:32 pmNot you chickdick 1, the other chickerdick #2 Jeanne.
But you are just as duncey so I guess you will have to do until she answers for herself. She seems pretty duncey too and scared so I dont expect to hear from her again any time soon.
So I will ask you once again Duncey,
Whats your point? Come on chickydick spit it out.
January 25th, 2007 at 10:35 pmWell, I guess I should spend some time improving the quality of my sex life…
:-)
Comment by Zooey
Some of the information is a bit dated. Yet that would likely make the numbers higher today.
Gosh Wally, Does this mean what I think it means?
Yes Beav it does. Apple pie and sex are alot alike how do you think we gt here?
January 25th, 2007 at 10:41 pmZooey - Wish I was going to DC, but have a family health issue here. But I did march in DC to shut down the city to stop the Vietnam war, even though I was still on active duty and a returned wounded vet. So my prayers are with all of you.
Takin’ it to the streets!!!!!
January 25th, 2007 at 10:45 pmYes Beav it does. Apple pie and sex are alot alike how do you think we gt here?
Comment by Zep Tepi
Oh my….
**fannind face & neck**
Heh.
January 25th, 2007 at 10:48 pm… another finger-wagging Republican
January 25th, 2007 at 10:49 pmTakin’ it to the streets!!!!!
Comment by upside00
I only wish I was going. Too far away, and tight budget with school. I hope your family health issue clears quickly and easily.
January 25th, 2007 at 10:50 pmIsn’t Tancredo half black/half Spanish? He’s Sicilian.
January 25th, 2007 at 10:51 pmOh my….
**fannind face & neck**
Heh.
Comment by Zooey
Yeh I can’t wait to see the replys to that one.
[Mischievous grin =]
January 25th, 2007 at 10:54 pmZooey - TY for the support. And we WILL prevail! Somehow the intelligent side has to win once in a while!
January 25th, 2007 at 10:54 pmYeh I can’t wait to see the replys to that one.
[Mischievous grin =]
Comment by Zep Tepi
I just wish I could spell…. :}
January 25th, 2007 at 11:04 pmupside00,
When I despair…I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it … always.
January 25th, 2007 at 11:05 pm–Mahatma Ghandi
Zoo - Thanks for the Ghandi quote… hadn’t thought about that for a while. Very Appropriate at this time.
U do have a way about U!
January 25th, 2007 at 11:09 pmU do have a way about U!
Comment by upside00
Shhh, just don’t let it get out…
:)
January 25th, 2007 at 11:12 pmZooey -
Just between us Lefties!
January 25th, 2007 at 11:15 pmHeh
January 25th, 2007 at 11:18 pmHeh Heh
January 25th, 2007 at 11:25 pmIf the Irish wanted to have a Caucus, then I could care less, or Germans, Polish, or whomever. Actually there will probably be a Latino Caucus soon.
January 25th, 2007 at 11:26 pm“If the Irish wanted to have a Caucus, then I could care less”
You’re full of BS! If the white Irish members decided they would form a caucus to represent white Irish Americans you liberals would have a fit!
January 25th, 2007 at 11:38 pmmichael,
You’re kicking the shit out of a dead horse.
January 25th, 2007 at 11:40 pm“You’re kicking the shit out of a dead horse”
Not when it comes to zooey!
January 25th, 2007 at 11:45 pmNot when it comes to zooey!
Comment by michael
Aw, you’re making me all weepy again. **sniff**
January 25th, 2007 at 11:47 pmIf the white Irish members decided they would form a caucus to represent white Irish Americans you liberals would have a fit!
Comment by michael — January 25, 2007 @ 11:38 pm
::sigh::
There already is an Irish Caucus. Nobody is having fit because of it.
You can stop your prattle now. Get over yourself…
January 25th, 2007 at 11:51 pm“Aw, you’re making me all weepy again”
Come on zooey, I’m looking for a challenge? Don’t make it too easy for me?
January 25th, 2007 at 11:55 pmHeh.
You’re fantastic, Gregor. I don’t tell you that nearly enough…
January 25th, 2007 at 11:56 pmCome on zooey, I’m looking for a challenge? Don’t make it too easy for me?
Comment by michael
I wouldn’t dream of it….
You’re simply no challenge for me.
January 25th, 2007 at 11:59 pmMACACA!!!
“other race-based groups of lawmakers amount to segregation and should be abolished.”
Except the KKK CCCaucus,
aka Tancredo’s Boys,
aka Shut Up, N*gger, Or It’s Your Kids.
Tancredo has no views that are in the slightest bit non-white. So his own name is a lie.
January 26th, 2007 at 12:07 amThanks Zooey. You make me blush.
Some of these trolls actually do provide some entertainment value, and I get to learn something because a few are just begging to be publicly humiliated -like michael.
For instance, tonight I learnt there is a French Caucus, a Croatian Caucus, a Spanish Caucus, a Serbian Caucus, and even a Danish Caucus -those beat the Irish and the rest in whiteness…
Check the list of Caucuses in the Congressional Organisations web page.
January 26th, 2007 at 12:11 amDanish Caucus? How many members of Congress in that? 3 or 4? I am part Danish lol.
January 26th, 2007 at 12:19 am“Tancredo has no views that are in the slightest bit non-white”
Really? Care to provide some examples?
January 26th, 2007 at 12:20 am“You’re simply no challenge for me”
Try me?
January 26th, 2007 at 12:20 amOn topic,
Given the existence of so many race-based Congressional Caucuses, I have to wonder why Rep Tancredo chose to single out the Black Caucus by specifically mentioning it.
Good luck running for president, Mr. Tancredo. Be sure to make more friends by insulting their ancestry -always a good strategy for a tactful person and politician such as yourself…
January 26th, 2007 at 12:21 am“Some of these trolls actually do provide some entertainment value, and I get to learn something because a few are just begging to be publicly humiliated -like michael.”
Oh I hope you try? Sure there are other caucuses but NONE of them are racist like the black caucus. What’s your point?
January 26th, 2007 at 12:24 amTancredo isn’t even white!
January 26th, 2007 at 12:30 am“Michael what is your, not the sparkle box, definition of a ‘liberal’?”
I had to go back to the beginning of this thread to remember what the subject was so it’s about Tancredo’s objection to a racist black caucus in our Congress. You liberals object! Why? They’re anti white! If you open your eyes you can see this in their agenda. Without knowing your race I would guess you are a white liberal full of racial GUILT! Anything constructive said about our minority friends is considered RACIST! Tancredo is against reverse discrimination, obviously, you’re not!
January 26th, 2007 at 12:34 amSure there are other caucuses but NONE of them are racist like the black caucus. What’s your point?
Comment by michael — January 26, 2007 @ 12:24 am
michael, michael, michael….
::shaking my head::
You said “If the white Irish members decided they would form a caucus to represent white Irish Americans you liberals would have a fit!”
I already showed you that a) there is an Irish Caucus, b) it gives Irish-Americans a voice, and c) nobody is having a fit. Reality 3, michael 0.
You have been exposed for the ignorant fool that you are. That was my point.
Sometimes it is better to keep one’s mouth shut and let people think… you know the rest.
January 26th, 2007 at 12:37 amWhere are the “A” team trolls? Keeerist, the quality of these trollposts are going way down. This Indian outscourcing might save the RNC money, but after reading these pathetic attempts at argument, I have to wonder if they are getting their money’s worth?
January 26th, 2007 at 2:11 amFrom the CBC Foundation site:
This new reality requires the CBCF to expand on its current efforts and undertake new global initiatives that will allow African Americans to forge alliances and develop opportunities that will strengthen the competitiveness of African Americans in the global economy. Projects under CBCF’s African Globalism initiative will include efforts to promote international business opportunities for African American entrepreneurs, to create educational and cultural exchanges among young people, and to facilitate policy dialogue among legislators, policy professionals, organizational leaders, and advocates for the express purpose of promoting racial inclusion and economic prosperity for all.
I think Michael has a different definition of racist: he seem to think a racist is someone who cares for others of their own race, not someone who hates other races — at least that is the only conclusion one could reasonably draw from someone who thinks that an organization dedicated “to facilitate policy dialogue among legislators, policy professionals, organizational leaders, and advocates for the express purpose of promoting racial inclusion and economic prosperity for all” is a racist organization.
January 26th, 2007 at 2:17 amNext thing they`ll be having a Muslim Congressional Caucus
( which silently ushers the religion of ISLAM into our government) .
This is a national security threat in the highest regard.
And the reason it is a national security threat is that our Constitution GUARANTEES freedom of religion AND seperation of church and state.
Islam guarantees freedom of one religion ( Islam )
Islam guarantees non seperation of church and state ( Sharia Law)
Tancredo is right. It is better to abolish all race caucuses before the Islamists take over our country.
It could slowly happen. Don`t ever say ” Never in America ”
Look at George W Bush.
Naw, never in America.
January 26th, 2007 at 6:42 amIs there a Congressional Moron caucus to represent people like Rachel?
January 26th, 2007 at 8:10 amIs there a Congressional Moron caucus to represent people like Rachel?
Comment by DieNowForPeace — January 26, 2007 @ 8:10 am
Obviously this asshat is its leader!
January 26th, 2007 at 8:22 amWell then I think we should break up all white only country clubs. Also your kids can no longer hang out with people of the same skin color…this means your republican daughters will have to continue sleeping with NBA players
January 26th, 2007 at 9:01 amGiven the existence of so many race-based Congressional Caucuses, I have to wonder why Rep Tancredo chose to single out the Black Caucus by specifically mentioning it.
I can’t imagine why he would single out the Black Caucus….
How about this:
As a white liberal running in a majority African American district, Tennessee Democrat Stephen I. Cohen made a novel pledge on the campaign trail last year: If elected, he would seek to become the first white member of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Now that he’s a freshman in Congress, Cohen has changed his plans. He said he has dropped his bid after several current and former caucus members made it clear to him that whites need not apply.
“I think they’re real happy I’m not going to join,” said Cohen, who succeeded Rep. Harold Ford, D-Tenn., in the Memphis district. “It’s their caucus and they do things their way. You don’t force your way in. You need to be invited.”
How racist. Tancredo I mean. I think.
January 26th, 2007 at 9:02 amAnd IT seems to post most frequently in the weee hours.
Rachel, it’s time to go check that meth your cookin’ up in the tub!
January 26th, 2007 at 9:02 amJoanie Dipshit,
Bush just appointed a Muslim as our UN Ambassador.
How’s that sit with you, Troll?
What do you freaks leave for posts on right wingnut sites? Kudos, Dittos & Michelle Bachman wetting her panties because she’s holding the Shrub’s shoulder for 25 seconds? Pathetic, Prepubescent, Pitiful and Pricks, the lot of ‘ya!
January 26th, 2007 at 9:14 amAs Americans, we have the freedom to group ourselves in any way we see fit. It’s a right that is guaranteed by the first amendment.
Honestly, idiots like Tancredo should be required to pass a civics course before they may take the oath of office. Wouldn’t it be nice to read something like: “Rep. Tancredo has still yet to assume his seat in congress, having failed the civics exam yet again. ‘Those darned amendments; there are just too many. We gotta do something about it!’, the three-term congressman-elect declared, referring to the document he hopes someday to swear to preserve and protect. Supreme Court President-designee Bush later contacted the congressman-elect with an offer to form a study group so that the two of them might prepare for the exam together.”
January 26th, 2007 at 9:16 amAs Americans, we have the freedom to group ourselves in any way we see fit. It’s a right that is guaranteed by the first amendment.
Except in schools. And in business. And higher education. And as long as you don’t exclude gays. Or minorities. Or women. Or poor people. Or immigrants. But Christians are OK to exclude–they’re too dumb to do anything anyway.
January 26th, 2007 at 9:27 amSome people are born naturally stupid, dense, slow
And then others, like Tancredo, Michael & Joanie, take stupidity to dingy, new depths
That’s what’s great about this country, as Tancredo, M & J show, one can be as blithering of an idiot as possible and suffer no government sanctions against it
The right to be stupid, no doubt the privelege most exercised enthusiastically by willfully ignorant trolls/quislings/lackeys AKA the rapidly dwindling number of overly-naive, starry-eyed, W Believers
And
Comment by LizOnlineInGa — January 25, 2007 @ 10:42 pm
perfect reply to nonsensical blather like that babbled by Tancredo
January 26th, 2007 at 9:47 amRob,
I nominate you for the “troll of the day” award in the “lamest strawman” category. Alas, you will probably have stiff competition.
January 26th, 2007 at 10:04 amTancredo and his cohorts are soon to go the way of the fossilized dinosaur. No one wants to hear that overly conservative crap any more. I have more faith in the young people today than that. People are not willing to hate gays, blacks, or ANY minority on blind faith and instruction from fear-mongering sadists like Tancredo. If the past six years have taught us anything, it is that.
January 26th, 2007 at 11:24 amRob,
I nominate you for the “troll of the day†award in the “lamest strawman†category. Alas, you will probably have stiff competition.
Sweet
I’m assuming that by “strawman” you mean pointing out the fact that the CBC specifically denied someone admission into their organization based solely on the color of his skin even though he represented a majority black district and that fact was conveniently left out of this discourse. Even to the point that posters here were left wondering why Tancredo would specifically single out the CBC. I wonder. Providing half the story=very progressive.
January 26th, 2007 at 12:31 pmThe bigots are the members of the Black Caucus. And any other race based select group. Laws are in place to protect and serve the public against race issues. There are prejudices, and you have legal recourse. Those who hold onto these old ideas stereotype themselves and have themselves to blame for the racism. Segregation no matter who does it…. is wrong.
January 26th, 2007 at 12:37 pmJust one more thing… I see that those against the Tom Tancredo’s embrace segregation and discrimination…. you close your eyes you could see the white sheets…. just on a new group.
January 26th, 2007 at 12:44 pmTom Tancredo is a dangerous right wing extremist in my opinion. Remember that he told Sean Hannity that that he would be in favor of nuking Mecca in some circumstances. (Reported on Fox News.com on Monday, July 18, 2005 at the following link: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,162795,00.html).These circumstances would include a nuclear attack by “Muslim fundamentalist terroristsâ€. Of course when Cheney, Libby et al. destroyed Valerie Plame’s Brewster Jennings network they materially increased the chances of such weapons falling into the hands of dangerous people, including the above named terrorists.
January 26th, 2007 at 12:50 pmEven to the point that posters here were left wondering why Tancredo would specifically single out the CBC.
Comment by rob — January 26, 2007 @ 12:31 pm
I quickly googled your story about Cohen being denied membership in the CBC. The source is politico.com and nobody else has confirmed it. All the other hits i got (basically blogs) repeat the story without checking into it.
One source, no confirmation. I sense a rumor and am skeptical.
January 26th, 2007 at 12:59 pmEven if, and I say if this were a rumor… which was widely reported on the networks… mostly as a bash on Tancredo, it is a topic worth understanding. Why is it okay to discriminate? You could make the argument that you can join any group you want to … but the point is that if you are not allowed to join… and it is for race…. it is against the law… ROB Your Right….. you can discriminate against only two groups, whites and Christians…. go figure..
January 26th, 2007 at 1:17 pmI quickly googled your story about Cohen being denied membership in the CBC. The source is politico.com and nobody else has confirmed it. All the other hits i got (basically blogs) repeat the story without checking into it.
One source, no confirmation. I sense a rumor and am skeptical
It may be that politico made up the story entirely. This would be pretty serious since they have quotes from Cohen himself, a quote from a member of the CBC himself discussing Cohen’s rejection, as well as another Rep. who tried to join the CBC in a similar situation and was denied membership because “the issue [was] that I was white,” but it seems that the last quote may not have been in relation to this specific instance, but rather his own experience.
Unless politico did entirely fabricate the story (which I obviously can’t rule out), who else do you need confirmation from besides Cohen himself and a member of the organization that rejected him?
January 26th, 2007 at 1:45 pmFurther, Re the post above, why is TP linking to such an unreliable source (politico) regarding the post on the 70 Senator’s Profiles in Courage several posts ahead of this?
January 26th, 2007 at 1:48 pmwhy is TP linking to such an unreliable source (politico) […]
Comment by rob — January 26, 2007 @ 1:48 pm
I don’t know -you may want to ask them.
And I didn’t say politico.com was “unreliable”. I said it is the only source reporting the story. Without a confirmation from another source, I think their scoop is a rumor.
January 26th, 2007 at 2:16 pm“Segregation is the adultery of an illicit intercourse between injustice and immorality.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
I guess MLK was full of crap too, huh? Besides, didn’t he also say,
“If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values - that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
My God! Martin Luther King Jr. was a conservative!!!!
January 26th, 2007 at 4:12 pmWithout admitting party affiliation, I would love to remove the personal name calling and insults from this subject. Attcking the messenger or commentator is simple fallacy. The basics are: 1. The CBC filters its “applicants” out by using race as the primary yardstick, party affiliation as an equal second. 2. The Civil Rights Act prohibits employers, schools, govenment agencies, et cetera from using a number of aspects as determinants, most specifically race. Private empoyers and businesses and organizations are prohibited (as they should be) from discriminating against someone based upon race. All incidences of such discrimination are subject to both pulic censure and enormous litigation (as they should be to a point). 3. The CBC uses race as its primary litmus test for entrace. 4. Race as a requirement is immoral and illegal in almost every instance.
Forget about Tancredo’s race or affiliation and ask the question: If the CBC can use race as a requirement for admittance, why can they subvert the rules that the rest of our country is compelled to abide by? Why do we feel the need to keep such an organization in such a prominent position if the message is that Congressional Black Democrats do not have to obey the common decency of inclusion? Racism is wrong. Allowing one group to drive an idealogue division through one of the most important institutions in America (the US Congress) is simply reprehensible. Dr. King, as cliche as it sounds, would only have wanted an equal footing and a chance to speak. He did not support the tipping of scales against the white community. When did equality and accountability stop representing the dream of black Americans? Before commenting on whether or not I am the enemy, consider how different the response would be if you knew I was a black registered Democrat. What if I were a conservative white? The issue is the important part, please sift through the canned responses and look at the logic and reality of this situation. God Bless
January 26th, 2007 at 9:11 pmPS, sorry for the spelling errors, my bad
January 26th, 2007 at 9:13 pmhttp://www.teamtancredo.org/petition.php
January 27th, 2007 at 3:25 amRe Comment by Joe T — January 26, 2007
Excellently written piece!
February 1st, 2007 at 11:02 amI long ago suggest the black caucus be abolished. Why can’t you people just be Americans, and congresspersons? You are the ones who want to separate yourselves from the mainstream. You are mostly a group detached from the mainstream of American society, people who could not get elected dogcathcer outside specially designed districts where the majority of people think O.J. didn’t do it, or don’t care that the did, and that welfare is an occupation.
These “congressmen” are not answerable to the American people, just the hyphen-Americans! These are people who give a corrupt thief, William Jefferson, a standing ovation. What do we need to know about this caucus? John Conyers continues to whine about reparations, while he uses his staff for babysitters. Reparations? What do you people think the black caucus is, if not reparations?
T. Moschetti
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:16 pmI believe that the black caucus should be abolished. It is racist. It is tribal.
February 2nd, 2007 at 9:55 pmWhen we classify people according to race it is a form of lower thinking.
We should treat people as individuals not with a tribal mentality.
It only creates more resentments and people fear eachother and not love eachother for who they are as individuals.
The black caucus should be abolished, as well as any other race based caucus. If there was a white caucus, people would be screaming about how it is racist. Whay should any other race/minority be treated any different. If we are all truely about trying to become color blind, why should we have any groups, especially in our governent, built based on race?
February 7th, 2007 at 9:46 pmThe Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional hispanic Caucus and Congressional Asian Pacific Islander Caucus will be necessary as long as 85% of the 535 congressional seats are overwhelingly controlled by white males.
Unfortunately some of those white males are clueless to the fact that this is NOT 1907 or 1807. Tancreepo and his ilk need to join the rest of us in the 21st century.
Until this country realizes that we are STILL 142 years later dealing with the toxic waste legacy of slavery and racial prejudiice in this country, all those caucuses will be necessary.
February 8th, 2007 at 12:18 pmFor the clueless bigots, Barack Obama is a member of Trinity United Church of Christ and Keith Ellison is a Sunni Muslim
Islam does not equal terrorism anymore than Republican and conservative equals to moral and Christian
February 8th, 2007 at 12:26 pmSome of you ask the question why we African-Americans can’t be ‘just Americans?’
Because for 400 years y’all have refused to let us be ‘just Americans’.
You refused to compensate us for the 246 years of chattel slavery. Every time we suceesfully built up our own neighborhoods, towns, institutions and economies you started race riots on false pretexts and swooped in order to burn those very neighborhoods down.
You organized gangs of white hooded terrorists to invade our neighborhoods and homes and engage in an orgy of lawlessness, rape and murder designed to intimidate, brutalize and ‘keep the Blacks down’.
You lynched us by the thousands and called it ‘entertainment’. You discriminated against us, jacked with our voting rights and refused to let us participate in the making the laws that affect us even though it stated in the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments of the Constitution that you couldn’t do that to fellow American citizens.
You have called us ’stupid and ignorant’ when it is my people who have created many of the inventions, medical procedures, scientific advances and processes that have enriched this country and improved life for all of us.
You have called us ‘lazy’ when it is our labor that built Washington D.C, railroads and much of this country’s infrastracture.
You have mocked our beauty and called us ‘ugly’ even as your women rush to spend thousands of dollars to surgically acquire the features that African-American women possess from birth.
You have called us ‘Unamerican’ even though we have fought and shed our blood in EVERY war this country has been involved in and come home from battle to have the rights and freedoms we fought to extend overseas to others denied to us on American shores.
You have repeatedly denigrated and disrespected my people and my culture even as you secretly admire our creativity and seek to emulate it.
You have never apologized for the centuries of pain and suffering that you have inflicted upon my people, but have the nerve to tell me to ‘get over it’. Why can’t you humble yourself to say to my people “i’m sorry?’
Why can’t we be ‘just Americans’? I don’t know. Why don’t you answer your own question for me?
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