Hispanic, Islamic groups want Tancredo to quit
Colo. representive's idea to bomb Islamic holy sites deemed unacceptable

DENVER - Hispanic and Islamic groups called on Rep. Tom Tancredo to
resign Monday, saying he has embarrassed Colorado by suggesting bombing
Islamic holy sites if terrorists launch a nuclear attack on the U.S.

They also criticized the GOP congressman’s staunch advocacy of tougher
immigration controls.

“Enough is enough. We’re here to say ‘Stop,”’ Hispanic activist Manolo
Gonzalez-Estay told a crowd of about 200 at the state Capitol.

Abdur-Rahim Ali, imam of a Muslim shrine in Denver, said Tancredo’s
statement that “you could take out” Islamic holy sites in a retaliatory
attack was unacceptable.

“What would happen if a prominent Muslim made that statement about
Catholic holy places like the Vatican?,” Ali asked.

Tancredo was traveling and unavailable for comment. His spokesman, Will
Adams, said the four-term congressman has no intention of apologizing or
resigning.

“They are a lot more upset about what he stands for, our nation’s
security and border policy, than anything else,” Adams said.

Tancredo: Abolish black, Hispanic caucuses
Calls Congress hypocritical for sanctioning caucuses based solely on
race

WASHINGTON - White House hopeful Tom Tancredo said Thursday the
existence of the Congressional Black Caucus and other race-based groups
of lawmakers amounts to segregation and should be abolished.

"It is utterly hypocritical for Congress to extol the virtues of a
colorblind society while officially sanctioning caucuses that are based
solely on race," said the Colorado Republican, who is most widely known
as a vocal critic of illegal immigration.

"If we are serious about achieving the goal of a colorblind society,
Congress should lead by example and end these divisive, race-based
caucuses," said Tancredo, who is scheduled pitch his longshot
presidential bid this weekend in New Hampshire.

One caucus member dismissed Tancredo’s comments as sour grapes from a
dethroned Republican — who also happens to be running for president.

“This story is really about a member of the minority party using
intolerance to advance his presidential campaign,” said Rep. William
Lacy Clay, D-Mo.

Tancredo's request, relayed in a letter to Administration Committee
Chairwoman Juanita Millender-McDonald, D-Calif., revived his effort to
change House rules to abolish the groups. Besides the Congressional
Black Caucus, Democrats also have a Hispanic caucus with 21 members, and
Republicans have a comparable Hispanic conference with five full members
and 11 "associate" members who are not Hispanic.

The Rep. Cohen rumor
The request comes in the wake of reports that freshman Rep. Stephen
Cohen, D-Tenn., was refused admission to the Congressional Black Caucus
because he is white. All 43 members of the caucus are black.

Cohen said in a statement that he told a reporter that he would be
honored to join the caucus but did not apply, "nor has the CBC denied
membership to me."

The political Web site Politico.com, which first reported the issue,
quoted Rep. William Clay, Jr., D-Mo., as saying the black membership in
his group is "an unwritten rule."

Tancredo is chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus,
which seeks to toughen border security to stem illegal immigration from
Mexico. He also opposes guest worker programs and immigration proposals
by President Bush, saying they would facilitate more foreigners coming
to the United States illegally.

He won re-election in November from voters in his south-Denver district
with 59 percent of the vote.

Tancredo: Gonzales should ‘move on,’ but ...
For illegal immigration prosecutions, not for U.S. attorney flap

WASHINGTON - Presidential hopeful Tom Tancredo has joined the growing
chorus of lawmakers calling for U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
to resign — only not for the usual reason.

Unlike others criticizing Gonzales over the recent firing of eight U.S.
attorneys, the Colorado Republican said the embattled attorney general
should go because of "a series of leadership failures" - chiefly his
handling of illegal immigration prosecutions.

"Gonzales' legacy at the (Justice Department) has been one of misplaced
priorities, political miscalculation, and a failure to enforce the laws
which he has sworn to uphold," Tancredo said in a statement Tuesday. "I
think that it is time for him to move on."

Gonzales' job security has been in question in recent days as members of
Congress from both parties have demanded to know whether the decision to
fire prosecutors was a Bush administration purge to install political
cronies in plum jobs.

Tancredo said that he doesn't believe Gonzales' handling of the
prosecutors' firings alone warrants his dismissal, but "his total
mishandling of the affair is simply the latest in a series of leadership
failures at the Justice Department."

Tancredo faulted several Justice Department decisions dealing with
border crimes, including the prosecution of two border patrol agents for
shooting a Mexican drug smuggler and trying to cover it up.

fanta could u please not be so long winded, and condense the story with
just the facts?

its politics duffy, I was doing that and I was accussed of hiding all
the facts
so no I cant

the facs man, give me the facs....forget whoever was barking at u
before.
i am interested, but a little short on time. could you condense by
listing l-10 the important points.......it is called cutting to the
chase.
what political platform is this about?
how is nra dog? cuckoo was her name?

Here is the link, in the right coloumn it has all the candidates

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10562904/

Im sorry the left side!!!LOL

if they nuke the us the **** them we should turn the whole mideast to
glass. That's my opinion.

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