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Thoughts On Tancredo’s Speech

Posted on | February 10, 2010 | 4 Comments

by Smitty

One very minor kerfuffle associated with the Tea Party Convention was the Tancredo speech, about which Media Matters and the sinistrosphere blew a gasket. Media Matters has the clip, plus Tancredo’s utterly incendiary calls for…something or other. For example:

People who could not even spell the word “vote,” or say it in English, put a committed socialist idealogue in the White House, name is Barack Hussein Obama.

Somebody from Tancredo’s area, who actually helps conduct elections, tried to offer some moderate, dispassionate context as to the nature of the challenge.

Tossing in my own opinion, I’m in favor of the common-sense national security and rule of law arguments. Don’t have laws merely honored in the breech. Get a real bill that is in keeping with the Federal Governments rightful role of preserving the country.

That said, if I wasn’t using my spare language time learning German, I’d focus on Spanish. Among that blessings the country enjoys today is the English language. It’s as important to the country as the opposable thumb to the flesh. But it was born after Hastings, when Norman French ran roughshod over Anglo-Saxon.

I predict, by the power of the rectal pluck, that in another 400 years or so the slow merger of English and Spanish shall be shown to have been an overall win. That many more markets for goods, that many more readers to hit the tip jar, when Stacy is reduced to nothing more than a funny-colored brain, cranking out gonzo posts, like in the Star Treck episode.

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4 Responses to “Thoughts On Tancredo’s Speech”

  1. Howard Towt
    February 10th, 2010 @ 11:06 pm

    Thanks for the link, Smitty.

    The issue is not that we need some sort of substantive overhaul of the Voting Rights Act. We just need to realize that emotional name-calling about people voting is not good. Veiled allegations of racism don’t win any political points either.

  2. Howard Towt
    February 10th, 2010 @ 6:06 pm

    Thanks for the link, Smitty.

    The issue is not that we need some sort of substantive overhaul of the Voting Rights Act. We just need to realize that emotional name-calling about people voting is not good. Veiled allegations of racism don’t win any political points either.

  3. CGHill
    February 13th, 2010 @ 3:55 pm

    “By the power of the rectal pluck” played pretty well over here.

  4. CGHill
    February 13th, 2010 @ 10:55 am

    “By the power of the rectal pluck” played pretty well over here.