Tancredo: "I Don't Know" Whether Obama Administration Hates White People
Appearing on Hardball today, former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) was asked whether he agrees with Rush Limbaugh that the Obama Administration hates white people. His answer: "I don't know."
"What do I -- I have no idea if they hate white people or not. But I will tell you this," he said, as David Shuster attempted unsuccessfully to interrupt him. "I am sick of having people suggest that because I am Caucasian, I cannot -- and that's the suggestion here -- is that if you are white, Caucasian, male, you cannot comment on this sort of thing."
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Comment all you want, little feller. Keep commenting. Dig that hole deeper!
May 29, 2009 6:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Y'know, if ol' Strom had been elected back in '48, we wouldn't be having this sort of problem.
May 29, 2009 7:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
I saw this segment. Tancredo is becoming increasingly unhinged and deranged - even Susan Molinaro couldn't pull him down off the ledge. David Schuster was awesome. He gave Tancredo a few opportunities to apologize and Tancredo toughed it out. Schuster was a perfect combination of derision, amusement and incredulity. Pretty funny stuff!
May 29, 2009 8:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
LOL, I love David Shuster, as he always challenges falsehoods, regardless which side is attempting it.
May 30, 2009 11:19 AM | Reply | Permalink
I second that. Shuster keeps just enough of a journalistic distance and never gets angry. As a longtime Olbermann viewer, I enjoy the show far more these days when Shuster's subbing. Sorry, Keith, just getting a little tired of the rage.
May 31, 2009 2:14 AM | Reply | Permalink
"You asked me for a comment. My comment is that I am not allowed to comment...er... uh... I have no further comment...."
May 29, 2009 8:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think that TPM missed the real money quote from Tancredo:
"We [angry white males] are in the minority status! We've listened to you people for far too long!"
Exactly! When is this country going to cut middle-aged, angry, white males a break in this country! I mean, what, we've only had the last 43 of the 44 presidents being white males. And the congress is only what...90% white males?
May 29, 2009 8:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, but many of them are obviously self-loathing white males.
May 29, 2009 8:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
minority status for RAWM (republican angry white male), not WM in general.
May 30, 2009 2:24 AM | Reply | Permalink
So Tancredo and his fellow angry white males feel they're in the minority status? Is he next going to say he and his ilk are being denied what they're entitled too? Too bad this sheer nonsense will become strategic talking points for the GOP in 2010.
May 30, 2009 2:25 AM | Reply | Permalink
Raceism is alive and well in the Democratic Party. Female receism is color blind and dear Sonia is just the face wearing it right now.
May 29, 2009 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Perhaps you should learn to spell the word before expounding on its prominence in the Democratic party.
Perhaps you should learn to write a coherent sentence, too.
Just a little tip on how you might be taken seriously.
May 30, 2009 7:29 AM | Reply | Permalink
Yup, yup, when we all reside on that alternative universe where you are right now - you betcha **wink, wink**.
May 30, 2009 11:26 AM | Reply | Permalink
Tell Cornyn we found an elected Republican who isn't ashamed to stand up for Republican principles!
May 29, 2009 10:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'd better not put off that visit to the Gun Show and might has well buy some bear skins too. It gets cold at Man Camp
May 29, 2009 10:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Heh. Reminds me (during the primaries) of Hillary "not knowing" whether Obama was a Muslim or not.
May 29, 2009 10:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Politoracism of convenience. Plain embarrassing.
Just a though, this has to be gnawing at Michael Steele at some level.
Well any way, and the band played on.....I can almost hear Michael playing the violin over the cacophony of GOP racial conflagration that is spreading through the Republican empire .
May 29, 2009 11:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Rep. Bonilla of Texas has said that people will soon realize that these comments are just the same kind of comments that come from the liberal left.
Really? They dug through this woman's entire past, found one comment that could be questionable, and now call her part of the Latino KKK.
When have the liberal left done something like that? Am I too blinded by my own bias or is there a double standard that Republicans can say whatever comes to their minds, while Democrats have to watch every word?
May 30, 2009 8:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
Nope, I think you can see just fine.
May 30, 2009 9:42 AM | Reply | Permalink
The statement's offensive.
May 30, 2009 10:54 AM | Reply | Permalink
The President says it best, in his weekly youtube address:
"I am confident that these efforts will fail."
May 30, 2009 10:20 AM | Reply | Permalink
Of course the Obama adminisration hates white people. That's why us socialist/commie/fem-nazi/homo pediophilic drug fiends elected him:'cause we're in the majority now an' we're commin' ta getcha! And we're gonna strap you in a chair and feed you quiche and organic red wine till you cry!
May 30, 2009 11:23 AM | Reply | Permalink
Oh and make you join a UNION too!
May 30, 2009 11:24 AM | Reply | Permalink
And listen to hours and hours of Alanis Morissette, 50-Cent, Metallica, and George Strait.
Wait, scratch that, they'd love George Strait, so we'll replace him with Enya...lol
May 31, 2009 12:21 AM | Reply | Permalink
"I don't know... maybe they are aliens intent on conquering Earth. What do I -- I have no idea if they want to harvest our bodies for food. But I will tell you this. I am sick of having people suggest that because I am shameless, I cannot -- and that's the suggestion here -- is that if you are willing to twist the truth and distort reality, you cannot comment on this sort of thing."
May 31, 2009 10:28 AM | Reply | Permalink