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Dear Mr. Tancredo,
As concerned citizens and Republican delegates, we were able to meet, interview and vet many of the candidates who respected the caucus process enough to solicit our support in their bid for candidacy. Since you elected not to participate in that process, we feel that the following questions must be answered before you can be deemed worthy of support:
1. You made a solemn term-limits vow to serve no more than three terms as a Congressman, not once but on numerous occasions, and you also headed the Colorado Term Limits Coalition, by saying: “We want to reinvigorate the electoral process by introducing people into the system who think of government service as a temporary endeavor, not as a career.” This sounds like Dan Maes. Then you said, “I will live up to the pledge. That’s it. That’s the overriding issue.” Why did you break your pledge and betray your supporters by running for a fourth term in Congress in 2004? Would it not have served your cause better to mentor a younger Congressman who could carry on your torch? http://www.tomtancredo.org/
2. Since you are such a strong crusader of illegal immigration, please explain why, when you hired a construction crew to renovate your basement, you did not express concern that only two of its members spoke English, nor bother to check the workers documentation to see if they were legal residents of the United States. You could have been a trailblazer for us all in discovering ways to be on guard when we encounter similar situations. AlterNet / By Max Blumenthal http://www.alternet.org/story/69391/)
3. You voted on the TARP bailouts twice and not against the General Motors bailout as you promised. Then requested earmarks over $220 million for 17 projects, from a light-rail system west of Denver to a Center for Audio and Video Forensics at the University of Colorado. How does this support a free market and conservative principles? http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-07-05-candidates-funding_N.htm http://www.theconstitutionalisttoday.com/tancredo-conservative-republican/ http://rockymountainright.com/?q=node/529
We are committed to stamping out the corruption and “politics as usual” that have plagued our legislators and distorted the constitution for decades. Each of the questions above address areas of your political career where you have failed to uphold your promises or consider your constituents’ best interest, from breaking a pledge for term limits to ignoring your crusade against illegal immigration to failing to detect illegal immigrant labor when it suits your needs to supporting big business through the TARP bill at the expense of ordinary American taxpayers. Presently, you are backpedaling on your advice to the Tea Party/912 groups to not split votes by running as a third party.
‘We the People’ are looking for a candidate with integrity and principles, and since your campaign ads seem to constantly attack the character of your Republican opponent, we believe it’s imperative that you answer for these inconsistencies in your own.
Looking forward to your response,
Sincerely,
Doug & Maureen Paterson, Clint & Erika Sattler, Paul & Sharon Steiner, Tony & Claudean Boatman, Martha Maxwell, Hal Brown, Robert C. & Lauree Bunderson, et. al.
Can't you people come up with something new? Is this all you got?
1. Term Limits: TT broke his term limit committment in order to cary out all the remaining work needing to be done with the illegal immigration torch TT lit and carried. He refunded all dontations that were given to him based on his original committment to term limits. Good thing he did this else, where would our country be now considering all the illegals here now.
2. Um, really? This was put to rest the last time this was brought up. TT did not hire illegals. False accusations w/o any proof.
3. Tarp: At the start of the Great Depression the Fed made the decision not to rescue the banks which helped lead us into the Depression that lasted 10 years. So, in order to prevent another Great Depression TARP put more cash in the hands of banks in order for them to pay off their depositors to prop up the banks. This ultimately led to the prevention of millions of Americans losing their savings and helping to prevent another Great Depression. I sincerely believe that had we not passed TARP not only would be in a far worse economic situation now, but we would be stuck with a much costlier program that would have undoubtedly followed from the Pelosi/Reid Congress.
The early results of TARP are very encouraging according to a recent study by Keefe, Bruyette and Woods Inc. The Capital Purchase Program which is part of TARP has generated an average return 10%. Even with the economy being sluggish reports indicate that government will receive a 5% overall return on the initial investment.
If this is the best you all have, YOU HAVE NOTHING on TT, the only conservative candidate for Co Governor.