Tom Tancredo: Obama Elected Because 'We Do Not Have A Civics, Literacy Test' To Vote

[tigerbomb13]

Tom Tancredo: Obama Elected Because 'We Do Not Have A Civics, Literacy Test' To Vote

Former Congressman and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo told an audience on Thursday at the Tea Party Convention in Nashville that "people who could not even spell the word 'vote', or say it in English, put a committed socialist ideologue in the White House."

"His name," Tancredo said, "is Barack Hussein Obama."

Tancredo delivered the opening keynote speech at the convention where several hundred Tea Party conservatives have gathered.

"So the race for America is on right now. The president and his left-wing allies in Congress are going to look at every opportunity to destroy the Constitution before we have a chance to save it," Tancredo told the delegates. "So put your running shoes on. Because I'll tell you, I've heard we need a revolution. My friends, we already had it. We lost. I mean, what happened to us in that last election was a revolution."

[TheCouga]

So it wasn't because of ACORN?

[FloridaTigers]

I'd argue a literacy test would actually hurt Tancredo's chances before it hurts Obama's

[billms]

Who was it who complained about me referring to teabagging nutters?

[Mark The Shark]

Tancredo is a loon and doesn't represent anyone but himself. That's why he's an ex-Congressman and got less votes in the GOP primary than billms.

[markmeista]

I can't be offended if the source is not credible.

[billms]

He was the keynote speaker at the teapbaggers convention - the most vibrant portion of republican politics. Contrary to what Mark suggests he is an ex-congressman because he decided to focus on running for president - he was not beaten. He won four terms - each time he ran.

He doesn't believe in evolution. He's a crazy-*** nutjob. Which is why he's a speaker for the teabaggers in general the the GOP to a lesser extent.

[Boilerfan]

Originally Posted by Mark The Shark

Tancredo is a loon and doesn't represent anyone but himself. That's why he's an ex-Congressman and got less votes in the GOP primary than billms.

Why was he asked to speak at the teabaggers convention then?

[Mark The Shark]

Originally Posted by Boilerfan

Why was he asked to speak at the teabaggers convention then?

I don't know.

But I find it funny that the same people who complain constantly about Obama being called a "socialist" use a pejorative to describe their political adversaries.

[billms]

Like who? I don't complain about people calling him a socialist - I might laugh at them because its a dumb thing to do.

Here's the thing - people who call Obama a socialist think he is. People who call republican nutjob teabaggers teabaggers are just laughing at them - we don't really think any of them get their freak on much.

[Boilerfan]

Originally Posted by billms

Like who? I don't complain about people calling him a socialist - I might laugh at them because its a dumb thing to do.

Here's the thing - people who call Obama a socialist think he is. People who call republican nutjob teabaggers teabaggers are just laughing at them - we don't really think any of them get their freak on much.

If I remember correctly, they started calling themselves teabaggers didn't they?

[billms]

Thats right. Then they found out what it meant to today's cool kids (that would be people like me) and now they get pissy about it.

[pfife]

And here I thought the voters were just bitter and clinging to their guns. Come to find out, there just dumb as hell. Glad that's cleared up

[Melody]

Another Tancredo quote from his speech, "thank God John McCain lost the election."
Tea Party Convention organizer: Tancredo gave 'fantastic speech' - CNN.com
But read the entire article.

[Edman85]

Originally Posted by pfife

Come to find out, there just dumb as hell.

[Blue Square Thing]

Originally Posted by Melody

Another Tancredo quote from his speech, "thank God John McCain lost the election."
Tea Party Convention organizer: Tancredo gave 'fantastic speech' - CNN.com
But read the entire article.

Thank you:

As controversy surrounds the convention, tensions have been rising among Tea Party activists. Rival factions are battling over who will carry the Tea Party banner, and others worry that powerful groups are "Astroturfing" what they think should remain a grass-roots group.

Forget the politics. I don't care about that. That's just one of the funniest things I've read for a long time.

[sinister porpoise]

heh

FOXNews.com - Tea Party Movement Produces New Political Organization

In a bid to advance the tea party movement from holding rallies to holding office, the leaders of the anti-establishment groups announced a new political organization Friday that they say will “endorse, support and elect” conservatives across the country.

Mark Skoda, chairman of The Memphis TEA Party, made the announcement at a news conference in the middle of the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville. Though he said the group -- Ensuring Liberty Corporation and an affiliated political action committee -- is "distinct and separate" from other parts of the tea party movement, including convention organizer Tea Party Nation, the announcement was the closest thing so far to a national organizing strategy for the upcoming 2010 midterm elections. [...]

Those principles are: fiscal responsibility, lower taxes, less government, states' rights and national security. Prospective political candidates will be expected to support the Republican National Committee platform. If a particular candidate meets the proposed criteria he or she would be eligible for fundraising and grassroots support.

[pfife]

But the tea party is a bipartisan movement!!!!

yeah right

[Melody]

An interesting piece relative to the Tea Party with some poll information.
John Zogby: Boiling Tea

[DGTigers]

They are bipartisan in the sense that they don't endorse just any republican candidate. A greater amount of people running as Republicans might get an endorsement from this group, but that doesn't mean they are not bipartisan. Tea parties believe in smaller government, less spending, and more freedoms. If there was a democrat that ran on that platform, they could get their endorsement as well.

[Biff Mayhem]

Originally Posted by pfife

And here I thought the voters were just bitter and clinging to their guns. Come to find out, there just dumb as hell. Glad that's cleared up

Originally Posted by Edman85

That is funny. Sorry pfife.

[billms]

Originally Posted by DGTigers

They are bipartisan in the sense that they don't endorse just any republican candidate. A greater amount of people running as Republicans might get an endorsement from this group, but that doesn't mean they are not bipartisan. Tea parties believe in smaller government, less spending, and more freedoms. If there was a democrat that ran on that platform, they could get their endorsement as well.

so moveon is bipartisan? heh - indeedy

[DGTigers]

Originally Posted by billms

so moveon is bipartisan? heh - indeedy

do they endorse every single democratic candidate over the republican, or anyone else for that matter? I'm not going to pretend that I know anything about move on because frankly, I don't really pay that much attention to the group. I know I don't agree with them, but some "Republicans" might. who knows.

All I know is that the Tea Party movement doesn't endorse every Republican candidate...take the most recent election in NY for example.

[billms]

neither organization is a straight tool of their party origin - not at all

but neither is bipartisan - not at all

[ToledoTigerFan]

Originally Posted by Biff Mayhem

That is funny. Sorry pfife.

I think it is, too. It's like the picture of that dude holding a sign saying "you're a moran".

Actually, the sign said "Get a brain! Morans"

[Buddha]

Originally Posted by ToledoTigerFan

I think it is, too. It's like the picture of that dude holding a sign saying "you're a moran".

Actually, the sign said "Get a brain! Morans"

Poor Joanie Cunningham.

[Biff Mayhem]

Originally Posted by Buddha

Poor Joanie Cunningham.

[DetroitCity313]

Blatant racism from someone who has been openly racist, bigoted and ignorant. Disgusting.