Whacko Republican gets owned by Markos

[leftysergeant]

Congressman Tom Tancredo would do the country a great favor were he to sit down and shut his pie hole. He is a pretty sorry excuse for a man, given his recent behavior on the TV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7IY1wQDkWU

The drooling moron tried to tell an actual veteran that most veterans would prefer to have vouchers for private health care rather than being stuck in the VA healthcare system.

When the veteran called him a liar, and suggested that any man who had avoided military service on the basis of mental illness was in no position to lecture a real veteran, the self-important little congress critter demanded an apology and, when it was not forthcoming, pulled out his ear piece and walked off the set.

Grow a pair, Tancredo. Grow a brain and a conscience while you are at it.

 

[Thunder]

low blow. but i support it.

 

[Lisa Simpson]

Tom Tancredo is a former Congressman, BTW.

 

[leftysergeant]

Tom Tancredo is a former Congressman, BTW.

And this is a good example of why he no longer serves in a state with a lot of veterans. Trouble is that he is still taken seriously by the Palin wing (i.e., the whackadoodle wing) of the GOP.

When he called for an apology from Markos after Markos called him on a lie, he showed the world just what a sorry example of a man he is.

What I think is really, REALLY sick, is that there are still Republicans who will defend his getting upset with Markos.

And the GOP is trying to call themselves the friends of the veterans.

 

[Thunder]

Tom Tancredo is a former Congressman, BTW.

good.

 

[leftysergeant]

I'd rather appear like a moron than actually be one --- which is what Lefty called the congressman.

And Tancredo actually is a dim bulb, in addition to having serious mental issues. (The mental issues are a matter of public record. It kept him out of the Army.)

And, as many times as he must have heard lefties throwing the term "chicken hawk" at rightwing posers, only a moron would have been so stupid as to lecture a veteran on the undesireability of VA care.

That some Republicans still give Tancredo respect is just more evidence that neoconservatives are neocons because of mental defect.

 

[Just thinking]

What's going on here? Why isn't my entire post (or thread, for that matter) shown? This editing makes things appear different from what they are.

 

[Lisa Simpson]

A bunch of posts have been moved to AAH for bickering.

Replying to this modbox in thread will be off topic  Posted By: Lisa Simpson

 

[Just thinking]

And you leave my partial reply in his response? Hardly seems appropriate if you wish to eliminate the bickering.

 

[Denver]

Tancredo has always been a loud voice in the illegal immigrant camp (I mean, voicing all the ills that he says illegal immigrants bring upon society).

It's interesting to hear, as the illegal immigrant issues have quieted a bit and so given him less of a profile, he has switched to something more popular.

 

[SezMe]

low blow. but i support it.

It was a low blow and, thus, uncalled for. I have about the same level of disgust for Tancredo as lefty but I don't like low blows no matter where they originate from.

 

[leftysergeant]

It was a low blow and, thus, uncalled for. I have about the same level of disgust for Tancredo as lefty but I don't like low blows no matter where they originate from.

When hunting cockroaches, you do not mount your weapon on a tripod.

 

[daredelvis]

And this is a good example of why he no longer serves in a state with a lot of veterans. Trouble is that he is still taken seriously by the Palin wing (i.e., the whackadoodle wing) of the GOP.

I can only hope that is a sign of the marginalization of the Palin camp, rather then an embrace of the likes of Tancredo. I suspect most sane GOP'rs distance themselves from this scoundrel.

Daredelvis

 

[Whiplash]

When hunting cockroaches, you do not mount your weapon on a tripod.

Rationalizing 101: A good, witty sounding quote can carry the day.

 

[applecorped]

When hunting cockroaches, you do not mount your weapon on a tripod.

Seen a lot of tripods to know better?

 

[tyr_13]

Someone explain the low blow to me please?

 

[SezMe]

Kos and Tancredo are debating the health care issue. Tancredo makes some assertions about VA care based on vets he's talked to. Kos pops in by noting that he's a vet but Tancredo is not because he got a deferment because he was "depressed".

I don't know the details, but Tancredo apparently got a valid deferment so I seriously doubt it was just because of depression. So he impugned Tancredo based on his mental health and implied that that fact meant he had no basis to talk about the VA.

That is a crappy low blow. It was mean, uncalled for, and had no relevance to the debate.

And lefty lowers himself for not condemning this behavior just because it was done by somebody on his side of the aisle.

Sad - in both cases.

 

[tyr_13]

Kos and Tancredo are debating the health care issue. Tancredo makes some assertions about VA care based on vets he's talked to. Kos pops in by noting that he's a vet but Tancredo is not because he got a deferment because he was "depressed".

I don't know the details, but Tancredo apparently got a valid deferment so I seriously doubt it was just because of depression. So he impunged Tancredo based on his mental health and implied that that fact meant he had no basis to talk about the VA.

That is a crappy low blow. It was mean, uncalled for, and had no relevance to the debate.

And lefty lowers himself for not condemning this behavior just because it was done by somebody on his side of the aisle.

Sad - in both cases.

Oh, I only got that Tancredo was not a vet, and had made the rather stupid mistake of telling a real veteran what veterans want. If Kos made light of a valid deferment, it is a low blow, uncalled for, and in this case, unneeded.

Some of us were rejected from service for similar reasons.

 

[leftysergeant]

Tancredo was a pro-war activist in college, but managed to get a 1-Y deferrment on the basis of depression. (And he still managed to survive running for public office? Hmmm.......)

And then, when Kos started talking about how effectively the government runs the VA health care, the little chicken hawk starts blathering about how all the veterans' groups he met with were always telling him how much they hated the VA health care system and how much they wanted vouchers for private health care and....

WTF?

Kos went off on him.

I'm sorry, but I just cannot see it as a low blow when a veteran calls a lying cockroach out for his lies abouit what veterans' groups have been calling for in their communications with public officials.

I especially have no problem when a veteran calls out a lying cockroach who avoided service for mental isues but now wants to mislead the public about what veterans want and need.

What Kos avoided saying, and what is probvably going through the minds of a lot of old soldiers right now is that Tancredo may be worth studying because it may lead to an understanduing of a possible link between depression and cowardice.

No, I refuse to call it a low blow to put Tancredo down as utterly unfit to lecture veterans as to what is good for them, or to point out why such a moron is unfit for any further public service.

Tancredo's career is on the compost heap and Kos was doing the country no disservice to shovel some fresh material over it to keep it here.

The only low blow came out of the former (Gott sei Dank!) congress critter's foul mouth.

 

[Donal]

Kos took a cheap shot. I have no idea why you would support that.

Want to make Tancredo looks stupid? Bring out the facts. Show him what surveys say. Kos does not speak for all veterans. We're not just going to take his word for it.

Tancredo said a lot of stupid things, but Kos didn't look much better. I think the reason certain people here are loving him is because he says mean things about Republicans.