Tancredo takes campaign ads to a new low:
Jihadists!
Open Borders!
Someone has to say it!
The sound you are hearing is the Malkin wing of the Republican party having a collective orgasm.
by John Cole| 89 Comments
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Tancredo takes campaign ads to a new low:
Jihadists!
Open Borders!
Someone has to say it!
The sound you are hearing is the Malkin wing of the Republican party having a collective orgasm.
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Dreggas
Remind me to gross you out from now until eternity…just for that mental image.
r€nato
dey dook er jerrbs!
Perry Como
Hmm. How about a “24” spoof commercial featuring Romney and Giuliani arguing over who could make better man love to a terrorist to get the information out of him?
Boop. Beep. Boop. Beep.
Michael D.
Oh.
My.
God.
demkat620
I’m sure Lou Dobbs will be playing this on a loop by Friday.
cleek
save us Tom Tancredo, you’re our only hope
Michael D.
You know, one thing you have to say for Tom Tancredo: You may think he is a vile human being – and OHHHH he is – but if only other politicians were so honest about where they stand.
Dreggas
God has absolutely nothing to do with this…
srv
Would Tom torture them all hisself, or would he outsource that?
Dreggas
Oh and FUCK YEAH ABSYNTHE IS LEGAL whether the brands mentioned are any good remains to be seen. See my comment on that post, I prefer my Sebor.
r€nato
soooo… if illegals ARE GOING TO KILL YOU in the shopping mall… why haven’t they already?
I’m sure most – if not all – of us remember the Cold War… now THERE was a real threat. They had armies and bombs and planes and tanks and ships and even thousands of
frickin’ sharks with frickin’ laser beamsnuclear-tipped missiles aimed right at us.Every time some xenophobic jackass goes off like Tancredo does here, they just confirm Michael Moore’s thesis: this country is ruled by fear. Our leaders don’t know what to do without using fear to get their way.
Tsulagi
LOL. It may not have the repeat legs as that vid of Iraqi special forces doing PT, but I had to click on this one a couple of times before commenting. These guys crack me up.
Michael D.
Dreggas: Well, you know “I” know god has nothing to do with it. Just an expression. And god was capitalised only because it was the beginning of a sentence fragment! :-)
TLB
Perhaps Cole needs to describe to us not seeped in “liberalism” what exactly she finds wrong with the ad. I’m going to assume it’s just the 24-style scenario and the sound of the explosion and not the underlying facts.
Because, tens of thousands of people from “SpecialInterest” countries have snuck into the U.S., a couple smugglings rings for MiddleEasterners have been broken up (including one that – shock! – bribed a Mexican official), and two Hezb. members were arrested after having snuck into the U.S. a year earlier. And, both Dem and GOP Congresspersons have warned about TerroristInfiltration, such as by MiddleEasterners posing as Mexicans. And, there’s a significant % of Latin Americans that are Muslims and there are even terrorist areas in Latin America.
For more, how about reading the 911Commission StaffReport (not the main report), or this PDF. Or, see my category just about this issue.
John Cole
TLB- Because it is little more than absurd fearmongering. If it is such a god damned threat, you would think it would have happened just once, don’t ya. That isn’t asking too much, what with 12 million illegals and loads of jihadists STREAMING across the border, is it? I mean, if this were such an existential threat that Tancredo feels the need to make this ad, you would think it would have happened ONCE, wouldn’t you?
But it hasn’t now, has it?
Now shouldn’t you be moving to Montana to go off the grid with your generator and shotgun before the streaming Jihadists come get ya?
rh
TLB, you wouldn’t happen to be cutting and pasting the same comment over and over again on different blogs, would you?
Also, could you remind me if the 9/11 hijackers entered the US legally or illegally? It seems to have slipped my mind.
rh
Serious question– anyone know if even a single individual from the several purported busted terrorist plots/rings in the US since 9/11 entered the country illegally?
Tara the anti-social social worker
“TLB, you wouldn’t happen to be cutting and pasting the same comment over and over again on different blogs, would you?”
That would explain John’s rather surprising gender change in the post.
jake
Just remember kids, only wet your pants at the threat of a furriner blowing you up.
Faux News
The commercial would have been more powerful if it was a GAY illegal alien terra-ist who got gay married to his Iranian boyfriend in Boston right before he blew up the mall in East Bum Fuck Indiana.
Tara the anti-social social worker
“The commercial would have been more powerful if it was a GAY illegal alien terra-ist who got gay married to his Iranian boyfriend in Boston right before he blew up the mall in East Bum Fuck Indiana.”
Great, but where does George Soros fit in?
PaulW
The far right is so obsessed about Mexicans crossing our borders into the U.S., they’re overlooking the fact that with our dollar weakening to near worthless status that in a few months it’s gonna be Americans hopping the fence to get jobs in Mexico. What’s gonna happen then, huh?
Perry Como
He’s the secular Jew that provides the funding for the forced abortions from the forced gay marriage.
TLB
Obviously, the chance exists of loose nukes being used by terrorists. Just as obviously, it’s beyond irresponsible to use the excuse that they haven’t used them to say we shouldn’t be concerned about it happening. The whole idea is to prevent it happening in the first place. And, with, once again, tens of thousands of people from countries like Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, etc. having streamed over the borders the chance of enough terrorists being here is rather great.
And, once again, it’s not just Tancredo warning about this: it includes TX Congressmen, both Ds and Rs.
As for rh’s comment, I responded to that at The Garance. I also noted above that two Hezb. members were only caught after having been in the U.S. for a year. They’d snuck over the border.
Read the PDF linked above and do your research. So far this just looks like partisan knee-jerk reaction from those who aren’t at all familiar with everyone involved in this issue.
KCinDC
Just imagine what could have happened if the guy had managed to get enough explosives so that his backpack was actually full instead of deflated like that, and if he’d exploded it in the middle of a crowd rather than at some empty bench off to the side.
In any case, obviously we need to institute body searches and x-ray machines at the entrances to all shopping malls, and extend the “no fly” list into a “no shop” list. It’s the only way to be safe.
John Cole
OH! So that was a loose nuke in the backpack?
Now I definitely am voting for Tancredo!
And seriously, can you stop linking to shit from tancredo and demanding that I read it and “do my research?”
John Cole
But KC- We must stop it before it happens! Why do you hate America with your partisan knee-jerk reactions?
Gus
We must install telescreens in every home and in every public place. It’s the only thing that will keep us safe!
jake
This guy is great, can we keep him?
I love, the way, the extra commas, fact-free, statements, etc, make him sound so, breathlessly, earnest!
I tell ya, after reading drivel like this, the Hysteria-O-Matic that is the War On Drugs doesn’t seem quite so insanely stupid.
incontrolados
Without even clicking on the link I knew what this one was yapping about. It’s not both ‘Ds and Rs.’ It’s one crazy fucker from here in Houston – John Culberson. He also claims that the Mexican army has invaded the U.S. among other ridiculous notions. It’s embarrassing. Oh and, he gets voted in from the district that includes Poppy, if I am not mistaken.
sigh
Perry Como
This is why I am starting the non-profit Alliance Against Planet Destroying Space Stations. Can you imagine what would happen if an illegal Mexican al Qaeda immigrant got ahold of a Death Star!?!?
jake
I think we’re missing a more important question, maybe TLB can answer it for us:
Would Tom Tancredo take it up the ass from a suspected terrorist to stop an attack?
Andrew
Welcome to your party.
Redhand
Tancredo is a total nut job. Take heart that he’s not running for the House again and doesn’t have a chance in hell of becoming President. (I don’t think the Republic could survive someone even stupider than Bush in the top spot). However, while I can’t cite you this minute (refs are on my work computer) it appears the geniuses at the RNC are going to make “immigration” the wedge issue of the upcoming campaign. The demagoguery and fear-mongering on this issue is just starting.
Sirkowski
You guys got this all wrong.
The guy with the backpack was Canadian. And he exploded socialized healthcare all over the place.
Delia
Look you guys. Give Tancredo some credit. The Hollywood writers are on strike. There’s no new 24 season. The American public is dying for its 24 week long paranoia fix. Poor Tommy may not be much of a substitute, but he’s all we’ve got, and he’s doing all he can to fill the gap.
filkertom
“Fearmongering” is exactly it. What do you do with a guy whose entire message is pretty much Jayzus God, they’re gonna kill us, they’re different from us, why aren’t you wettin’ ’em?
MFB
Whatever happened to “Bring ’em on!”
“Round up the usual suspects” just doesn’t have the same verve.
Abe Froman
Even without the youtube access from work (Lousy Big Brother cutting me off) You guys still give a great sense of what the video is about thanks. I can’t wait to go home, watch the vid and then wet myself.
jrg
I’m so glad someone is taking this stuff seriously (six years after 9/11) because, you know, Republicans have remained silent on terrorism for so long. Besides, remember their warnings when the rest of the country was distracted with the Lewinsky affair?
The best line is that illegal immigrants are here to take our jobs. Uh huh, because the world owes trailer-dwelling anti-intellectuals their $6.00/hr jobs.
If you’re not losing bowel control, trembling under your bed, the terrorists and immigrants have already won.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself (and immigrants, and terrorists, and commie liberals, and gay marriage, and human-animal hybrids, and suitcase nukes and….)
When I think of strong leadership, I think of someone who is afraid of their own shadow. Thanks, Tancredo, someone had to say it.
jake
Anyone care to place a bet on how long it takes for some bright spark to combine the words terrorist and immigrant?
I doubt they’re to clever to go with Termagant. Maybe Timmorists.
Svensker
You missed the Fox News (sic) report that suitcase nukes are implausible.
Needless to say, the folks at Fox were “let down” by the story — they thought “24” was true…
Nas
You mean Tom Tancredo…the man who supports the Iranian terrorist organization the MEK?…the same MEK that assassinated Americans for Khomeini and who were living in Iraq and on Saddam’s payroll for doing his dirty work? Yeah, that Tom Tancredo is buddies with these creeps and seem to be okay with them filing into the offices of the Rocky Mountain Gazette to threaten their editor.
Michael D.
Not worthy of a response.
jrg
Sorry, Michael, You go to the polls with the Party you have, not the Party you might want or wish to have at a later time.
Cyrus
Maybe he’ll be a better fit here than at Ezra Klein’s blog. He’s kinda funny, but the inability to remember how to find the spacebar (1) gets annoying. On the plus side, it makes him pretty easy to recognize even without following any links, because he changes pseudonyms sometimes.
Punchy
Thanks, asshole. You owe me a new shirt. Coffee stains are impossible to remove.
Johnny Pez
I vote for this for comment of the week.
Punchy
I figured the terrorists would just want the loose women.
Abe Froman
Hmmm the “non-response” response. That’s one of my three favorite responses, up there with the “non-comittal” response, and (my personal favorite) “the WTF did you just say about my momma” response
Johnny Pez
I vote for “terrimmigrist”.
Face
Islamomexifist
ThymeZone
Heh. The intertube version of “oh yeah?”
Tim F.
Obviously the chance exists of loose nukes being used by right wing nuts with military contacts to make an anti-government statement.
America has just as much history with those guys as it does with tarrists.
SenderC
Have hooded sweatshirts replaced ski masks as the official terrorist uniform? I’d like to know since I wear a hoodie from October to December and wouldn’t want Tancredo to get the wrong idea. (I also carry a backpack from time to time.) Maybe I’ll switch to monogrammed sweater vests.
Face
And Taco Bell is the new madrassa.
libarbarian
The sound you are hearing is the Malkin wing of the Republican party having a collective orgasm.
I simultaneously shit in fear and came in extasy.
Jack Okie
Let me try a different perspective for you guys. I’m a pilot. I do a pre-flight inspection of the airplane every time I fly. Every time. I have not yet had an incident like a forced landing or other serious problem. Does this mean my time doing inspections is wasted? Does this mean that I’m “fear mongering” by taking all aspects of flying VERY seriously?
There’s a big hole in Manhattan where the World Trade Center used to be, which tends to work against the idea that we have nothing to fear from terrorists. I can’t speak for Tancredo, but I don’t want anyone to be fearful about the terrorist potential, just serious.
Face
Ladies and Gents, I give you ChastityFest 2k7.
And no, that’s not a link to The Onion.
ThymeZone
I think it works to suppor the idea that the government ought to have taken the known threat more seriously.
But alas, we had a president who, upon hearing the briefing, said “I guess you covered your asses.”
So there’s that.
But the Tancredo idea is based on iconic fear. Not fear of tarrists, but fear of dark or hoodie-wearing people who carry backpacks, or something. That’s not taking a threat seriously, that’s pimping a threat, also known as demagogouery. In other words, it’s Republican.
Rudi
It is already to happen:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10474986&ref=rss
Obama hates us because the holiday shoppping season is now starting on Halloween. His Wiccan allies are enraged…
Tax Analyst
Tergrimmigrists?
Tax Analyst
Didn’t see Johnny Pez’s word-combo. Mine was so similar it was pretty much superfluous for me to post it. Oh well, that’s what I get for skipping over a few comments before posting.
liberal
TLB wrote,
But we’ll never be able to deal with that threat by sealing borders; it’s not physically possible.
No, the real knee-jerk reaction is to pretend there’s an effective way to cut down on illegal immigration other than extremely harsh sanctions against employers. Which is most of the anti-immigrant movement, AFAICT.
Problem is that the money behind the Right loves that cheap labor.
Punchy
Effin’ christ. I’ll be in these malls. Now I’ve got to ready to Bauer at any moment. I’ll have to carry a Glock and a Bible at all times. I’m guessing it’ll be the Santa or one of his elves.
jrg
Foremost, see TZ’s post. We have a Republican president who’s response to the intel briefing that predicted 9/11 was “I guess you covered your asses.”
WRT flying, you are doing your job well. I appreciate people like you. I also appreciate the people who check their tire pressure before getting on the interstate.
If we had elected a leader in 2000 who took national security seriously enough to not politicize it, we might not be having this discussion, wouldn’t that be nice?
Should we be vigilant? Yes, you should be vigilant when you cross the street, drive, hold a baby, hold a gun, fly a plane, or have drinks at the bar. It’s about perspective.
The problem with Republicans (and authoritarians in general) is that every problem becomes the worst problem in the world, so we lose focus on the things that we can actually do something about.
That’s the difference between vigilance and fearmongering.
akaoni
Here’s why the whole terrorist threat from the borders position doesn’t make sense. If they were really that concerned with enforcing the borders, they would seperate economic migration from criminal/terrorsit activity. Creating a legal route for the millions of migrant workers coming over here makes enforcement at the boarder and detection of criminals, etc more likely. Right now it’s needles and haystacks, which makes missing the terrorists at the border all the more likely.
Jake
Great idea! Eddie Bauer carries a fine selection of clothing so it’s an ideal stop for the holiday shopper.
I have to wonder how retailers in LA and Chi must feel about this. It’s less than two weeks until “Black Friday,” the economy is already bad, more people shop on-line and then Code Brown for malls in two major cities.
Punchy
Genius. I’m stealing this.
libarbarian
Now I’ve got to ready to Bauer at any moment.
The one area Bauer is deficient in is the realm of action-hero one-liners. Anyone got suggestions?
“La illaha illa die-ah!”
Bombadil
Damn Santanistas.
Dreggas
Fixed
Dreggas
And the Elven People’s front crack suicide squad!
libarbarian
SPLITTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
libarbarian
SPLITTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jake
It’s a two-fer. Blow yourself off this planet and straight into the arms of a few dozen houris. Thank goodness that is a limited religion offer that most people decline or Mr. Tancredo would make sense … well, he probably would’ve launched himself a long time ago, but any way…
W. Keller
John, You said:
TLB- Because it is little more than absurd fearmongering. If it is such a god damned threat, you would think it would have happened just once, don’t ya. That isn’t asking too much, what with 12 million illegals and loads of jihadists STREAMING across the border, is it? I mean, if this were such an existential threat that Tancredo feels the need to make this ad, you would think it would have happened ONCE, wouldn’t you?
But it hasn’t now, has it?
——————————————-
How about an average of 12 murders per day of Americans at the hands of illegals. Is that enough?
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53103
Will it actually take bombings in our areas of work, our schools, our shopping areas for you to want to control our borders? Really, it will take more than 4,300 murders per year to get your attention?
Amazing!
Bill
Bombadil
They have cracks in the front?
Dreggas
Only when Snotty beams them down.
tBone
Tancredo is obviously a 24 aficianado; why hasn’t he taken a cue from Season 2? It contains the obvious solution to our illegal immigration problem:
1) we line the border with animal traps to snare potential terrorists, then
2) release hungry cougars to menace said terrorists.
Why in God’s name isn’t this part of Tancredo’s platform? I’m starting to think he may be soft on illegal immigrant terrorists who want to kill us with backpack nukes.
grumpy realist
*sigh*…..can we please take all the bedwetters scared of them Mexicans and them dirty furriners and stuff them somewhere in a booby hatch somewhere? Somewhere with nice padded walls? Godforbid, they might trip and skin their knees on that Dirty Scary Pavement.
I bet if I were to go back into newspapers, I could find terrified articles about The Evil of X in any decade. Historically, the US has had The Indian Peril, The Yellow Peril, The Anarchist Peril, the Communist Peril, and now The Islamofascist Peril. We’ve somehow managed to survive….
Sour Kraut
Ring the Unexploded Scotsman Squad!
Jake
And the wording would be almost exactly the same. In fact, I’m convinced that some where out there is an Ur-Article (The Goths Want 2 Kill Us!!) that all the bed-wetters have been copying and pasting for centuries.
Jake
Shit, that should be Visigoths.
The Other Andrew
Well, at least TLB acknowledges that Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are part of the problem. Mind you, I’m sure he’ll vote for a candidate that’s all for being buddies with them, but…
Dreggas
Shit they’re onto us…
OriGuy
Twenty-three years ago, they tried to scare us with bears in the woods.
Muslims Against Sharia
Muslims Against Sharia commend Congressman Tancredo for clearly defining the enemy and standing up to Islamist lobby and PC establishment.
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