FACT CHECK: Rep. Keith Ellison Never Called Cops To ‘Snuff Tancredo’s Cigar’
FACT CHECK: Rep. Keith Ellison Never Called Cops To ‘Snuff Tancredo’s Cigar’
Yesterday, The Hill ran a story with the headline, “Rep. Ellison calls the cops to snuff Tancredo’s cigar.” It reported that on Wednesday night, Rep. Keith Ellison’s (D-MN) office called the Capitol Hill Police to check on smoke coming from Rep. Tom Tancredo’s (R-CO) office. At the time, Tancredo was smoking a cigar.
MSNBC’s Tucker Carlson picked up on the story and reported that Ellison “demanded that the officer march into Congressman Tancredo’s office and confront him anyway, which the officer did, sheepishly.” Fox News said that Ellison “called the Capitol Hill police on Colorado Republican Tom Tancredo for smoking a stogy in his office next door to Ellison’s.”
These reports are all false. Ellison never called the Capitol Hill police. Rick Jauert, Ellison’s spokesman, confirmed to ThinkProgress that he was the one who made the call. He said he wasn’t sure from where the “smoke odor” was coming, so he called the House superintendent’s office, as is standard protocol. The superintendent’s office then transferred him to the police. Jauert wrote to ThinkProgress:
I informed the officer that along about each day at 5 this vile, offensive and very strong odor began to seep into our offices. I wasn’t even aware of the fact that the Congressman himself suffers from seasonal asthma. … The officer asked me if I knew where the odor was coming from; I said, I thought it seemed to becoming from the direction of the Congressman’s personal office which would mean it likely was emanating from Cong. Tancredo’s office.
Jauert notes that Ellison initially wasn’t even aware he had made the call. Later, when he told him, Ellison “went over to Tancredo’s office to explain to them that he (Ellison) has asthma.”
Tancredo told The Hill that he has no plans to stop smoking: “If he [Ellison] would have [had] the courtesy to say something I’m sure I would have been more accommodating to his wishes.” But Tancredo’s spokesman, Carlos Espinosa, confirmed with us today that “Ellison did come by after the police left to ask us to stop smoking. But when he got to our office, [the congressman] had already left.”
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I hadn’t ever looked closely at a picture of tank credo.
February 15th, 2007 at 4:59 pmIs that nose a drinker or what?
Who Cares??
February 15th, 2007 at 5:00 pmI informed the officer that along about each day at 5 this vile, offensive and very strong odor began to seep into our offices.
That’s just Tancredo’s usual stench… Comes from the fact that he is rotting from the inside out.
February 15th, 2007 at 5:02 pmNo I didn’t, yes you did, no I didn’t, yes you did, no I didn’t, yes you did, I’m paper and you’re glue….. Sheesh give the childish shit a break. We all know that the fascists will do anything to marginalize Democrats but this doesn’t rise to the level of significant news.
February 15th, 2007 at 5:03 pmOh c’mon. I can’t believe Tucker Carlson and Fox News would just make something up like that. They’re usually such sticklers for the facts.
February 15th, 2007 at 5:04 pmWho Cares??
Not the people who consider Journalism integrity anything of relevence. Take a rumor and run on it. Common retard reactionary blather from the right. Colbert proved yet again, truth has a Liberal bias.
February 15th, 2007 at 5:04 pmMSNBC’s Tucker Carlson picked up on the story
His ratings going the way of O’Leilly’s?
February 15th, 2007 at 5:04 pmDo NOT expect a retraction from these clowns in 3….2….1….
February 15th, 2007 at 5:05 pmThat’s just Tancredo’s usual stench… Comes from the fact that he is rotting from the inside out.
Comment by unbelievable
LOL. Made my day!
February 15th, 2007 at 5:05 pmStank-Credo - so what’s so unusual - it’s just his typical stench! Human flesh rotting.
February 15th, 2007 at 5:05 pmAnd these are supposed to be the folks who know how to run the countyr? Grow up people - my kids were better behaved at 10!
February 15th, 2007 at 5:06 pmIs that a no-smoking building? Who cares what the guy (Tancredo) thinks or doesn’t think. Everytime he lights up, call the f*ing fire department and the police. After all, we just can’t take the chance it might be some terrorist trying to set fire to a government building, now can we?
February 15th, 2007 at 5:07 pmWhat ever happened to no smoking in public buildings? I don’t believe you can smoke indoors at the Pentagon but it’s OK there?
February 15th, 2007 at 5:08 pmWow, you folks are really witty with all these plays on Tancredo’s name. What was that about childish in #4?
February 15th, 2007 at 5:09 pmThere is a no smoking ban in all federal buildings…
…does the House office suites not qualify as federal (public) property?
…Tancredo’s al Crackkker a*s should not only be ordered to cease smoking…
…he should be held accountable to all federal and local statutes in regards to violating said ordinances…
…in other words: the bi*ch should be fined!
February 15th, 2007 at 5:10 pm#12 and #13; whether or not to smoke is up to the individual congress-persons; they decide for their suite of offices.
February 15th, 2007 at 5:10 pmJust more proof that Republicans are basically nothing but bullies and douchebags.
February 15th, 2007 at 5:11 pmMade my day!
Comment by Tom — February 15, 2007 @ 5:05 pm
The neocons just make it way too easy to point these things out about them :)
February 15th, 2007 at 5:14 pmWow, you folks are really witty with all these plays on Tancredo’s name.
Comment by Dale — February 15, 2007 @ 5:09 pm
Thanks for the compliment Dale. We are a rather witty lot :)
February 15th, 2007 at 5:16 pmSo they can pass laws for others to follow under penalty of law but do what they damned well please? Is that right?
February 15th, 2007 at 5:18 pm#19, glad to see you have a sense of humor :-)
#20, no it isn’t right… what can you say though; they’re politicians; laws aren’t meant to apply to them.
February 15th, 2007 at 5:23 pmIf you can’t beat a Democrat on the issues (which they never can), then just make something up to smear their character! That’s what has become of the conservatives these days.
However, asthma is extremely serious. I had a friend have such a bad asthmetic attack he almost died… and it was brought on by just a little cat fur. So, really, in all seriousness, Ellison has every right to tell that jerk to put out his “stogey” or go smoke it where it doesn’t bother everybody else. Why do some people think they get a pass just because it’s a cigar(ette)? If your BO is so bad it leaks through the walls, I’m sure somebody might have something to say… Hell I’d call the cops hahaha.
February 15th, 2007 at 5:31 pmThe police told Ellison :”We know that you have Asthma, but when we went to Tancredo’s office, we only found ’smoking screens’…there. !!!
February 15th, 2007 at 5:36 pmTancredo’s just worried someone might snuff his war.
February 15th, 2007 at 5:37 pmIs anyone else mystified by the fact that the openly racist Tancredo has a spokesman named Carlos Espinosa?
February 15th, 2007 at 5:37 pmEllison probably thouhgt he smelled sulpher and brimstone coming from Tancredo’s offic.
Comment by Spudge_Boy #23
hahahahahahahaha!!!!
…I like it…
February 15th, 2007 at 5:40 pmhey Dale…..wanna know how Tancredo got his name?
When he was pulled out of the vat, the foreman hollered:
February 15th, 2007 at 5:41 pm“Tank, re-do!”
But, as it was 4:59 P.M. on a Friday, here we are……….
Give me a break, this is just Ellison’s people covering up for the petty behavior of Ellison. To say that Ellison did not know about it, is ridiculous. Tancredo said that the police told him that there was a call as a complaint about his smoking and the police said that there was nothing that they could do because it is allowed in his office. Tancredo also stated that he opens windows and has an air purifier on whenever he smokes.
February 15th, 2007 at 5:46 pmThe reporter from “The Hill” who wrote on this also drew a twisted comparison between Ellison choosing to swear an oath on the Koran to Tancredo’s choosing to smoke a cigar in his office.
February 15th, 2007 at 5:47 pmCNN’s Blitzer did a three minute piece with Glenn Beck yesterday. They mocked Ellison for Tancredo’s cigar smoke penetrating the office walls.
The building is no-smoking, but Tancredo believes he can do what he wants in his office.
Beck once interviewed Ellison and told him to “prove that he is not a Muslim terrorist†— now, we have Blitzer, the pimp, running this segment featuring Ellison, the racist.
Tom Tancredo and Dick Durbin are blood relatives. Fact. Look at the resemblence in their photos. Plus you can also google:
Tancredo Durbin related blood relatives
Have fun.
February 15th, 2007 at 5:49 pmHoly psychic friends, Batman! You read his mind and know the inner workings of his office? Amazing. Tell me about me.
I had a boss that smoked cigars once per week years ago. He would open his window (giant sliding glass door-windows), turn on a purifer, and STILL everybody in the office could smell it about 30 feet down the hall in the cubicle room.
How? Because cigars smell like holy hell! Sorry, Cigar lovers, but to a lot of us, they do. hehe.
And some of it will always leak into adjacent rooms. not to mention that when it goes out the window it doesn’t just magically difuse immediately. It can get picked up into air intakes for air conditioning/heating and get recycled all over the building.
From the story, Tancredo sounds like the petty one. Wah wah I’ll smoke if i WANT to smoke, your health and comfort be damned! Wah wah!
Go home and smoke that stanky thing, damn. There’s a reason smoking is banned in most public buildings. Why on earth it’s allowed in Congress is beyond me. Must be some “good ol’ boys” club thing.
February 15th, 2007 at 5:51 pmHoly psychic friends, Batman! You read his mind and know the inner workings of his office? Amazing. Tell me about me.
I had a boss that smoked cigars once per week years ago. He would open his window (giant sliding glass door-windows), turn on a purifer, and STILL everybody in the office could smell it about 30 feet down the hall in the cubicle room.
How? Because cigars smell like holy hell! Sorry, Cigar lovers, but to a lot of us, they do. hehe.
And some of it will always leak into adjacent rooms. not to mention that when it goes out the window it doesn’t just magically difuse immediately. It can get picked up into air intakes for air conditioning/heating and get recycled all over the building.
From the story, Tancredo sounds like the petty one. Wah wah I’ll smoke if i WANT to smoke, your health and comfort be damned! Wah wah!
Go home and smoke that stanky thing, damn. There’s a reason smoking is banned in most public buildings. Why on earth it’s allowed in Congress is beyond me. Must be some “good ol’ boys†club thing.
And all that Ellison had to do was go next door and ask him to stop. But him and his people had to play games and call the cops. Why were the cops called and not the fire dept if there was a strange smoke odor. It is petty to call the cops and not be a man and say something to Tancredo’s face.
February 15th, 2007 at 5:57 pmEllison probably thouhgt he smelled sulpher and brimstone coming from Tancredo’s offic.
Comment by Spudge_Boy #23
Back to school we go bookeater.
Did they even have “No Child Left Behind” when you went to school? I thought this was Bushs mandate. And they allow you to comment here?
I saw an ad on the television for Sylvan Learning Centers. I am sure they have one in a city near you. Please check into it?
Thouhgt = ThouGHt
Sulpher = SulphUR
No more needs said really.
February 15th, 2007 at 5:57 pmNuff said.
WHICH PART OF TANCREDO ISN’T SUPPOSED TO BE SMOKING IN A GOVERMENT BUILDING DON’T YOU GET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU’LL JUST MAKE A FRIGGIN’ EXCUSE FOR ANYTHING. BOOT LICKER.
Which part of smoking is legal in the offices of congress don’t you get?
February 15th, 2007 at 5:59 pmThis story is sterotypically symbolic of the differences between Conservatives and Progressives. The Republican sits around smoking smelly cigars without regard for his neighbors. The Democrat has some affliction (asthma) that requires special consideration; then calls the authority to rectify the situation.
February 15th, 2007 at 6:00 pmYou really should have an apostrophe before the last s on Bushs to show ownership of the mandate. Since you are showing grammar errors, I thought you would like to know about that.
February 15th, 2007 at 6:02 pmDid they even have “No Child Left Behind†when you went to school?
Comment by Liberal Hearts Terrorists — February 15, 2007 @ 5:57 pm
NCLB was started under George W Bush.
He’s only been in office for 6 years.
What do you think now genius?
February 15th, 2007 at 6:02 pmvery succinctly put paul, and so true.
February 15th, 2007 at 6:08 pmperhaps the answer is for the republican to become an independent, and begin to care about others, and for the democrat to become an independent, and quit having so many afflictions…
Calling the Police to investigate a strange smell (remember, the assistant didn’t know it was a Cigar to start) is petty? What if it was some strange chemical leak, fire, or something dangerous?
*Gasp* What if it was an Iranian bioterrorist threat?!?!?!
Can’t beat them on the issues, resort to personal attacks.
Only this one is really strange.
Next week: Ellison blamed for not offering Tancredo a slice of the pizza he ordered late one night. He should have knocked on his office and given him a slice, but the uncaring bastard hogged it all himself! The horrors!
Meanwhile, hundreds more innocents die in Bush’s occupation of Iraq. But this story is MUCH more important than that.
February 15th, 2007 at 6:08 pm#35 No more needs said really? wtf does that mean ?
February 15th, 2007 at 6:10 pmWhat do you think now genius?
Comment by unbelievable
Give that Terrorist Lover a break, unbelievable. He obviously knows that any 6 year old could take him on — and win.
February 15th, 2007 at 6:11 pmThe assistant said after that he didn’t know what it was, I don’t believe that for a second.
February 15th, 2007 at 6:12 pmHAHAHAHA
Well from the Republican standpoint, I guess that makes sense. I mean, being “gay” is all in your head right? Why not asthma?
That was funny. Good one.
February 15th, 2007 at 6:12 pmNo more needs said really? wtf does that mean ?
Comment by kelso — February 15, 2007 @ 6:10 pm
That we should all shut up and let the resident looney bin have the final word.
We never do, and then it generally goes insane.
Not sure why TP has been unable to permanently ban this person…
February 15th, 2007 at 6:21 pmDoesn’t surprise me that MSNBC’s Carlson would intentionally smear the congressman from Minn..As well as the Hill paper.Folks all these media outlets are Repuke biased and until there is indeed a Liberal network to push back on these blatant lies the Repukes are going to have the upper hand.
February 15th, 2007 at 6:22 pmparrotlover77…..
February 15th, 2007 at 6:22 pmnow if I can just cure myself of this ‘keyboard affliction’…..;)
He obviously knows that any 6 year old could take him on — and win.
Comment by Zooey — February 15, 2007 @ 6:11 pm
My niece is 6. She’s definitely more mature as well…
February 15th, 2007 at 6:23 pmAfter “Liberals Heart Terrorists” finishes his little lecture on spelling errors, he ends with this: “No more needs said really.”
How can a poster be so full of himself and so idiotic at the same time? This reminds me of the Princeton study last year which showed that in 2004, schizophrenics and others with acute mental problems were much more likely to vote for Bush.
February 15th, 2007 at 6:25 pmRevised Edition;
Ellison probably thouhgt he smelled sulpher and brimstone coming from Tancredo’s offic.
Comment by Spudge_Boy #23
Back to school we go bookeater.
Did they even have “No Child Left Behind†when you went to school? I thought this was Bushs mandate. And they allow you to comment here?
I saw an ad on the television for Sylvan Learning Centers. I am sure they have one in a city near you. Please check into it?
Thouhgt = ThouGHt
Sulpher = SulphUR
Offic = OfficE
No more needs said really.
February 15th, 2007 at 6:26 pmNuff said.
#34 stanman
And all that Ellison had to do was go next door and ask him to stop. But him and his people had to play games and call the cops. Why were the cops called and not the fire dept if there was a strange smoke odor. It is petty to call the cops and not be a man and say something to Tancredo’s face.
So you know for a fact it was Ellison and not his spokesman? Or did you just not bother to read the article? And you also know for a fact that Tancredo had his window open? It was below freezing and windy there, but Tancredo was concerned enough to open up his window?
February 15th, 2007 at 6:27 pmI had a boss that smoked cigars once per week years ago.
Comment by Parrotlover77 — February 15, 2007 @ 5:51 pm
To add my two cents: Our 18yo is asthmatic, and everytime there is a wild fire (even in the hills several miles away), or when the air quality is not so great for other reasons, he has difficulties breathing.
For someone who suffers from asthma, being close to someone who is smoking is really uncomfortable.
Once again, Tancredo has shown himself to be an ass, unable to extend a minimum amount of professional courtesy.
Is that a prerequisite to become a card-carrying Republican nowadays?
February 15th, 2007 at 6:31 pm#44 stanman
The assistant said after that he didn’t know what it was, I don’t believe that for a second.
And we should care what you believe because…?
Do you work for Tancredo or are you just a freelance stooge?
February 15th, 2007 at 6:32 pmLets see, a grand total of 12 words and 3 spelled wrong and simple words too. This comes out to a grand total of 75% right. That is a low C- in any grade school in the country.
Call Sylvan. They helped little Johnny on the television, I am sure they can find a spot for you at their table and help you too.
We all agree.
No more needs said really.
February 15th, 2007 at 6:32 pmNuff said.
How can a poster be so full of himself and so idiotic at the same time?
Comment by Bluedog49 — February 15, 2007 @ 6:25 pm
Because it’s Santo…
February 15th, 2007 at 6:32 pm#35-
Bush’s not Bushs
“No more needs said” - WTF does that mean?
Drop dead, meathead.
February 15th, 2007 at 6:33 pmWell, I didn’t realise LHT = Rachel/Angie from GA/Joanie Doe, etc.
I guess I should’ve known…
February 15th, 2007 at 6:33 pmNo more needs said really.
Nuff said. Comment by Liberal Hearts Terrorists — February 15, 2007 @ 6:32 pm
A troll that uses words that don’t exist, and incomplete sentence structure is lecturing others on spelling. We have another fine example of hypocrisy here. Thanks for showing the world why conservatives are so hated, and ineffective.
February 15th, 2007 at 6:41 pmIf this takeover of Islamic Muslims continues, we will soon be asking ourselves, “Where have all the white doctors gone?”
February 15th, 2007 at 7:12 pmIf this takeover of Islamic Muslims continues, we will soon be asking ourselves, “Where have all the white doctors gone?”
There will be so many Muslim Islamists as doctors they could systematically exterminate the entire country by “natural causes”
February 15th, 2007 at 7:14 pmIf this takeover of Islamic Muslims continues, we will soon be asking ourselves, “Where have all the white doctors gone?”
There will be so many Muslim Islamists posing as doctors they could systematically exterminate the entire country by “natural causes”
February 15th, 2007 at 7:14 pmIf this takeover of Islamic Muslims continues, we will soon be asking ourselves, “Where have all the white doctors gone?†Comment by Liberal Hearts Terrorists — February 15, 2007 @ 7:14 pm
Is that a slip of the tongue aphrodite? ‘Takeover of Islamic Muslims’ is definitely the goal of you, and your ‘Lets convert them Coulterites’. It is really funny when you actually put down the goals of your Crusade on the bloggies though AnnPhrodite!!!!
February 15th, 2007 at 7:19 pmI once asked a man to put out a cigar. He was waiting for a table and I was trying to eat breakfast. He looked me right in the eye and said, “F*ck you.” I grabbed him by the back of the collar and dragged him out to the parking lot to the applause of about 15 people in the cafe. He went over to his car (which had a Bush ‘04 sticker) and called the cops. The cops came and approached my table at which point the manager came running over and talked to them. They said nevermind and left. Men who blow smoke in other peoples’ faces are a-holes. Most people hate them. Many of them are the kinds of guys who are still supporting Bush.
February 15th, 2007 at 7:24 pmBluedog49, BULLY FOR YOU! WHAT A COURAGEOUS TRUE AMERICAN YOU ARE!!!!! That burning smell coming from Turd Tancredo’s office was SULPHUR and BRIMSTONE…the Devil himself(CHIMPya) was paying his minion Turd Tancredo a visit. Yes, Tancredo, BY ALL MEANS, DON’T STOP SMOKING–YOU’RE GOING TO GET THROAT, MOUTH and LUNG CANCER, SUFFER MISERABLY AND DIE–BUT DO THAT AT HOME AND DON’T SPREAD YOUR POLLUTANTS TO GOOD PEOPLE LIKE REP. ELLISON–DO YOUR DIRTY POLLUTING TO YOURSELF AND DON’T SPREAD IT AROUND LIKE YOUR JINGOSTIC XENOPHOBIC DEMAGOGUERY!!!!!
February 15th, 2007 at 7:36 pmOne other thing “Back to school we go bookeater.†would imply that I read a lot of books,
Comment by Spudge_Boy
No it implies what it says. Literally. You must have ate your books in school because you sure did grow (up?) to be a stupid (adult?)
I would punch your teeth into the back of you bile filled throat.
Comment by Spudge_Boy
You would have to get by my boyfirend Gino, and I dont see that happening any time soon. Gino is laughing now and he wanted me to write to you and tell you this. He told me to tell you about kicking my teeth in (?) and I quote,
“Tell that little ball-licker as in the words of his defeated (candidate?) Kerry, “Bring it on!” pussy.”
He is a biker and part of a very,very bad club. He will tromp your ass first, make you aplogize to me personally, then hold your arms behind your back and allow me to punt your nuts up between your chin, then, and only then, he will snuff you out in a hertbeat. A Republican heartbeat at that.
Take that you namby pamby limpwristed pussy. I have to run now, Gino wants to “do me” for the 5th time today. He is so special and does whatever I tell him to. Do you really want me to send him to your house and kickyour door in and have him bring you to me for further “re-education” in person?
Come on pussy. Gino wants to meet and greet you. He has alot of contacts out in LA with the homebase of his gang. Finding you would not be a problem.
Trust me.
February 15th, 2007 at 7:37 pmBluedog. Come on.
February 15th, 2007 at 7:38 pmValiantVenusGrewFromUranus
It looks as if Spud-In-The-Ass-Boy has donned a cape of another color. How sly you still so transparent and just like you. No balls. No courage. No answers. No case in point.
Just bad grammar.
They still allow you to post here and butcher the English language?
No more needs said really.
February 15th, 2007 at 7:40 pmNuff said.
Paul, you come on. Somebody blows smoke in my face, I kick his ass. It’s just that simple and It’s happened two or three times in the last 30 years. They usually start whining and crying like little babies.
February 15th, 2007 at 7:43 pmHey Gino, just thought you should know, homey, that bestiality is still against the law in the US………
February 15th, 2007 at 7:54 pmCalling the cops over a cigar is cowardly and going too far. I have asthma also. A little cigar smoke is nothing to bitch about untless you just want to butch. Anti-smoking zealots are getting really old. Solve the pollution being poured out of our cars before worrying about cigars etc.
February 15th, 2007 at 7:56 pmMight it have something to do with the wonderful wood carvings of bundles of tobacco there at the front of the room in Congress?
February 15th, 2007 at 8:05 pmThe American Pravda hard at work providing disinformation to the masses.
February 15th, 2007 at 8:07 pmComment by Bluedog49
Gino just blew his cigar smoke and his wad in your face. How about those apples?
After pulling out of me first of course.
February 15th, 2007 at 8:08 pmSo, like others have said; why?
Comment by Spudge_Boy — February 15, 2007 @ 8:02 pm
Because they can?
Or, as Mr. DeLay famously said: I am the federal government”
Funny enough, that story also involved smoking, and a federal building.
February 15th, 2007 at 8:11 pm#78 Spudge_Boy >….( Congressional offices are the only public places in Washington DC where you can legally smoke, Why).
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Why?, because Congress members don not truly represent the average guy. One more example is that they do not pay Social Security, while all Americans do.
Their incomes are 5 times the average of people whom they represent.
Also their retirement system matches nothing like outside the US Capitol bldg.
So, they can smoke inside..while others they can’t do the same in Washington DC.
February 15th, 2007 at 8:18 pmMSNBC’s Tucker Carlson picked up on the story and reported that Ellison “demanded that the officer march into Congressman Tancredo’s office and confront him anyway, which the officer did, sheepishly.†Fox News said that Ellison “called the Capitol Hill police on Colorado Republican Tom Tancredo for smoking a stogy in his office next door to Ellison’s.â€
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This is one of the biggest problems with the mainstream media these days, but it’s a particular failing of Fox News and conservative-minded commentators such as Carlson. News reporting has become like the old party game called “Telephone” — journalists are reporting what they subjectively hear and not necessarily what is actually said to them or what the facts are. Did MSNBC or Fox News even make an effort to call the Capitol Hill Police to find out what the actual facts were before reporting the story? Based on the fact that the story they reported is inaccurate, it’s fairly clear that they didn’t. No…what Carlson and the people at Fox News did was report what they wanted, assumed, believed, and/or conjectured to be true as if it were true — but it wasn’t true, and they didn’t even bother to find out whether it was true or not before reporting it because they were predisposed to believe the worst of Congressman Ellison and all too eager to report a story which would make him look bad.
February 15th, 2007 at 8:20 pmBluedog49. If the guy blows smoke in face, I support your efforts to kick his ass. I don’t doubt it. You just lost me with the Bush sticker. Too perfect for this thread.
February 15th, 2007 at 8:30 pmTypical Muslim Islamist atack tactic. Sneaky. Underhanded. Below board. Unmanly. Hirohito Pearl Harbor like.
Ellison, I would be watching your “token” ass in Congress. Because that is what he is. A token Muslim in Congress. No voting power. No say. No ideas. No plans. He is just to sit in his seat and occupy it.
He is the quintescential “token” office holder. He will be talked about for a long, long time as the “token muslim” who accomplished absolutely nothing for his party. A seat warmer to keep Muslims on the welfare roles and the voting roles.
We are moving closer to full out Communism everyday. All thanks to Democrats.
February 15th, 2007 at 8:41 pmWe are moving closer to full out Communism everyday. All thanks to Democrats.
Comment by So not gellin with Ellison the Magellan of Terrorism — February 15, 2007 @ 8:41 pm
Communism is the direct result of corruption in Capitalism - so, in reality, it is the neocons who are responsible for it occuring or not occuring.
If they don’t get too greedy, there’s no reason for the middle class to revolt.
Therefore - if we become Communistic, it is the neocon’s fault for being greedy pigs, not the Democrats.
February 15th, 2007 at 9:19 pmThe more the GOP can get people to talk about this petty shit, the less they need to talk about and explain their support for a failed President and his failed policies.
February 15th, 2007 at 9:22 pmSpudge_Boy. I live in the south (I’m sure your surprised). I just wanted you to know I appreciate your term ‘red neckedy’ and will begin using it as much as I can to describe the offensive behavior of my friends and neighbors. Kudos.
February 15th, 2007 at 9:24 pmCommunists? My Rove/GOP memo said it was “Islamo-fascists” I was supposed to hate.
February 15th, 2007 at 9:25 pmI am glad to see we have elected officials who are not afraid to take these Muslims on, man to man, and face to face.
We love you Tancredo!!
February 15th, 2007 at 10:14 pmTom Tancredo and Dick Durbin are blood relatives. Fact. Look at the resemblence in their photos. Plus you can also google:
Tancredo Durbin related blood relatives
Have fun.
I am glad to see we have elected officials who are not afraid to take these Muslims on, man to man, and face to face.
We love you Tancredo!!
February 15th, 2007 at 10:16 pmI would like to see a doctors excuse from Ellison himself as long as we are playing “hall monitor” in Congress these days. How petty of Ellison.
This is what happens when a “token” congressman gets elected. Nothing better to do than swat flies all day.
And bitch about “supposed” tobacco smoke. Can you say…Token Muslim Islamist Congressman?
Typical Muslim Islamist atack tactic. Sneaky. Underhanded. Below board. Unmanly. Hirohito Pearl Harbor like.
Ellison, I would be watching your “token†ass in Congress. Because that is what he is. A token Muslim in Congress. No voting power. No say. No ideas. No plans. He is just to sit in his seat and occupy it.
He is the quintescential “token†office holder. He will be talked about for a long, long time as the “token muslim†who accomplished absolutely nothing for his party. A seat warmer to keep Muslims on the welfare roles and the voting roles.
We are moving closer to full out Communism everyday. All thanks to Democrats.
February 15th, 2007 at 10:19 pm#96 [another angie pseudonym]
Ellison, I would be watching your “token†ass in Congress. Because that is what he is. A token Muslim in Congress. No voting power. No say. No ideas. No plans. He is just to sit in his seat and occupy it.
Gee, you say that is if you know what you’re talking about. Someday maybe you will. Not today, though.
February 15th, 2007 at 10:41 pmTancredo and Limbaugh just enjoy sucking on long hard cylindrical objects and it really pisses them off when somebody tries to get them to stop. I suppose they could be doing worse things with them.
February 15th, 2007 at 10:46 pmComment by Virginia if for Lovers #s 94,95,& 96
Please stop having sex with your parents, siblings and children…
…you’re producing a line of morons who are detrimental to the social fabric…
…incest is immoral, disgusting, and an abomination…
…too many families in Virginia (and throughout the “dirty†TREASONOUS confederate flag loving south)…
…practice this disgraceful form of procreation…
Virginia is for Lovers is obviously a product of an incestuous relationship…
…and cannot be held responsible for its ignorance and stupidity…
February 15th, 2007 at 10:51 pmWow. It looks like the racists are coming out of the woodwork here. They are scurrying around like cockroaches.
Shoo, freaks. Crawl back into your holes.
February 15th, 2007 at 11:38 pmI called Tancredo’s office and cracked up one of his male staffers. Very politicely i introduced myself and continued- “I’ve got a questioon only the congressman can answer: “Is it truth that there is an inverse correlation between the size of the cigar and the size of the dick.”
February 16th, 2007 at 8:07 amHe was barely able to choke a “thanks for callng.”
What a waste of time on the news. Damn it, it knocked off coverage of Anna Nicole Smith for a minute or so. I needed more of that instead of coverage of less important goings-on.
February 16th, 2007 at 8:30 amHow’s she doing, anyway, will she recover?
February 16th, 2007 at 8:47 am(Been away for a few days….)
Just curious, now that I have been healed.
Gees….you can’t smoke a cigar in your own office?
What’s next…some woman with fat ankles will want to be president?
What’s this country coming to? Bill Clinton put a cigar in that Jew’s c*nt, but Tancredo cannot smoke one?
February 16th, 2007 at 9:18 amYou seem to be splitting hairs - a distinction without difference. I hold Bush responsible for the crimes of his subordinates - same goes here. Ellison’s - or staff - action was inappropriate. Keep in mind that Tancredo supported Ellison’s use of the Quoran to take the oath of office.
February 16th, 2007 at 9:19 amThouhgt = ThouGHt
Sulpher = SulphUR
Offic = OfficE
No more needs said really.
Nuff said.
Comment by Liberal Hearts Terrorists
Gee LHT, you are soooo smart. You actually know how to spell, somewhat. But since we’re on the subject, the phrase should be “no more need be said” and also, the word is ENOUGH , not nuff. :>D
February 16th, 2007 at 9:27 amTancredo and the other congressmen are allowed to smoke in their
February 16th, 2007 at 2:47 pmoffices. And who is the dummy who doesn’t know cigar smoke. This is really petty. Instead of mudslinging why don’t you put out the issues? Yes run Edwards who won’t be mean to US citizens like Billary, Gore and Biden etc.
How does this a-hole get to smoke his big fat stinking stogie in his office when half the country has ordinances that have disallowed smoking in all public buildings?
February 16th, 2007 at 3:16 pmGet a grip people (commentors)…. the Congress has exempted themselves from Federal non-smoking laws/regulations and are subject to their own “rules.” Congressmen may smoke in their own offices if they so desire. Here we have an example of a neighbor not communicating their objection in a collegial manner and working out a solution before making a big stink with the Capitol Police.
Dear God, give me break! These children need to grow up and quit playing every incident to the media.
Sorry Congressman Ellison, the buck stops with YOU. Don’t lay this off on one of your staffers. If a staffer took it upon himself to generate this childish dispute, he should be disciplined. This is something that I would expect from the Republicans. I would want my Representative to be more adult.
February 16th, 2007 at 7:02 pm[…] FACT CHECK: Rep. Keith Ellison Never Called Cops To ‘Snuff Tancredo’s Cigar’ […]
February 16th, 2007 at 9:13 pmSo what now Ellison, did CAIR tell you cigars where outlawed under Sharia law?
February 20th, 2007 at 6:57 amWhat is the world coming to when an obviously closeted Congressman isn’t allowed to fellate a big stinking cigar in his own office because the guy in the next office down wants to be able to breathe?
February 20th, 2007 at 11:21 amHope Tancredo continues to smoke and gets some lung disease as Charlie Norwood got.
February 27th, 2007 at 4:38 pm