Post ought to try reading itself: Part 1
On April 6, 2006, The Denver Post reported that CD6 representative Tom Tancredo was planning to stonewall the Senate on immigration reform:
[I]f the Senate deal passes, Tancredo said, then he and the other hardliners will fight on... "I have been around here long enough to know (things can change) when arms start breaking and pressure starts being applied," Tancredo said.
Today, The Denver Post endorsed Tancredo with these words:
We urge voters in the 6th to give Tancredo a chance to champion a comprehensive solution. We endorse his candidacy with trepidation. We know he'd have to swallow hard to make a compromise with the White House...
The Post knows that there is no evidence that Tancredo believes in compromises or solutions, while there is plenty to suggest he is a hateful egomaniac, drunk on his own celebrity. As fbiots wrote:
The Denver Post has decided to endorse a racist, promise breaker, nuclear madman, and supporter of anti-American groups, instead of endorsing the best choice for CD-6 and America: Bill Winter.
On the question of Winter's credentials, the Post agrees with fbiots:
Tancredo's opponent, Democrat Bill Winter, is no stranger to public service and is a respectable alternative for voters who believe Tancredo is wrong on his issue and unlikely to help achieve a solution. Winter is a veteran of the Navy and Marines and offers a valuable voice on military matters. A former educator, he's ready to reform the unworkable No Child Left Behind law. Winter also takes a sensible middle ground on immigration.
The real loser here is the Post. Winter can still win, with our support. But it may be too late for the paper. Its inconsistency has left it with the same tattered credibility as the demagogue it has endorsed in CD6.
[I]f the Senate deal passes, Tancredo said, then he and the other hardliners will fight on... "I have been around here long enough to know (things can change) when arms start breaking and pressure starts being applied," Tancredo said.
Today, The Denver Post endorsed Tancredo with these words:
We urge voters in the 6th to give Tancredo a chance to champion a comprehensive solution. We endorse his candidacy with trepidation. We know he'd have to swallow hard to make a compromise with the White House...
The Post knows that there is no evidence that Tancredo believes in compromises or solutions, while there is plenty to suggest he is a hateful egomaniac, drunk on his own celebrity. As fbiots wrote:
The Denver Post has decided to endorse a racist, promise breaker, nuclear madman, and supporter of anti-American groups, instead of endorsing the best choice for CD-6 and America: Bill Winter.
On the question of Winter's credentials, the Post agrees with fbiots:
Tancredo's opponent, Democrat Bill Winter, is no stranger to public service and is a respectable alternative for voters who believe Tancredo is wrong on his issue and unlikely to help achieve a solution. Winter is a veteran of the Navy and Marines and offers a valuable voice on military matters. A former educator, he's ready to reform the unworkable No Child Left Behind law. Winter also takes a sensible middle ground on immigration.
The real loser here is the Post. Winter can still win, with our support. But it may be too late for the paper. Its inconsistency has left it with the same tattered credibility as the demagogue it has endorsed in CD6.
1 Comments:
Hypocrites. They endorsed Joanna Conti in 2004. Mainly because Tancredo didn't excite anybody. And that he was too out of step, etc etc. They endorse him now? Are you fucking kidding me?
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