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Saturday, May 30, 2009

Why is MSNBC even giving Tom Tancredo a forum?
Posted by Jill | 8:19 AM




I realize that the ravings of a lunatic make good television. But I don't see David Shuster dragging into the studio some homeless guy ranting about how aliens are beaming death rays directly into his brain. So why on earth is Tom Tancredo, best known for being a failed long-shot presidential candidate and having a rabid hatred of immigrant Latinos, being given air time on the public airwaves that you and I own, to spew hatred and inaccurate bullshit? Tancredo makes it very clear here that what he's afraid of is that his world of white male privilege is changing, and there is nothing he can do about it, other than what is the subtext of the kind of vitriol he and Rush Limbaugh and the rest of their ilk -- the very same people who practically fellated in public the mediocrity that is Clarence Thomas -- lose their minds at the prospect of a highly accomplished Latina being appointed to the Supreme Court.

But this is what Republicans have done for decades now -- project their own hatred and their own bigotry onto others. It used to be that guys like Tom Tancredo would put on hoods and were regarded as fringe extremists. Now they are the mainstream of the Republican Party. One can only wonder the extent to which they are willing to go in order to preserve their white power world.

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Blogger jurassicpork said...
What I'd like to know is, why is Tancredo even weighing in on this? He's in the House. Only the Senate deliberates on presidential nominees.
5/30/09, 11:28 AM  
Blogger Jill said...
He's not even in the house anymore. He lost his seat in the last election.
5/30/09, 1:39 PM  
Blogger Distributorcap said...
RATINGS

and us talking about it

tancredo is human flotsam - and bad flotsam for that matter

i could go about this cretin, but i am a gentlemen.

btw - i had to RIDE up the elevator with Peggers Noonan last week
5/31/09, 11:41 AM  
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