Tom Tancredo

Dickipedia: Tom Tancredo

Dickipedia | Kevin Allocca | Posted 06.29.2009 | Comedy


Thomas Gerard Tancredo (born December 20, 1945) is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, former presidential candi...

Weekly Immigration Wire: Reform Stagnates, Polarization Grows Immigration NewsLadder

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics


The Media Consortium

by Nezua, TMC Mediawire Blogger President Obama has often stated that immigration reform cannot be approached in a piecemeal fashion, and that his ad...

Mainstreaming Extremism: What's the American Cause National Conference Cooking Up?

Adam Luna | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics


Adam Luna

There's an old saying: show me who you're friends are and I'll tell you who you are.

Tom Tancredo Linked To Minutemen Accused Of Double Murder

The Colorado Independent | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics


Shawna Forde and members of Minuteman American Defense -- an anti-illegal immigration vigilante group charged in the double homicide of an Arizona man...

Seeds of Hatred---Reaping the Harvest

Larry Gellman | Posted 06.06.2009 | Media


Larry Gellman

We can't call ourselves civilized until we learn to disagree like grownups.

Marcus Epstein Gives Everyone a Bad Name

Disgrasian | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics


Disgrasian

Marcus Epstein should know by now: Shame never dies. After all: shame, disappointment in self, feelings of failure and a deep sense of self-loathing ...

Think Again: The Surprising Success of the Right-Wing Rant

Eric Alterman | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media


Eric Alterman

For once, Foxnation.com has got it right.

Senator Sessions, Judge Sotomayor, And Racism

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.03.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

In all the hoopla over Judge Sonia Sotomayor being nominated to the Supreme Court, there is one interesting side story that the media is largely ignor...

Jason Linkins

Playboy Scorned For Hateful Attack On Conservative Pundits (And The Rest Of Today's Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.02.2009 | Media


Circumstances conspired against me doing what Chip Hanlon advises on these pages today: heap a ton of scorn on Playboy Magazine and writer Guy Cimbalo...

The Nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor -- Can it Be a Teachable Moment?

Les Francis | Posted 06.02.2009 | Politics


Les Francis

We can hope that the confirmation process will be intense, spirited, and enlightening, and that Sotomayor -- and we -- will be spared the cheap, the tawdry, and the demagogic. We can hope, but we also should strive to make it so.

The Fight Over Sonia Sotomayor: Why Were So Few Hispanics on TV Debating the First Hispanic Supreme Court Nominee?

Eric Deggans | Posted 06.02.2009 | Politics


Eric Deggans

What irks me most about the media circus around Sotomayor's nomination is that white politicians and pundits pretend their race and culture have no impact on their sensibilities.

Marcus Epstein's Racist Assault Bruises Buchanan And Tancredo

Washington Independent | Posted 06.02.2009 | Politics


On July 7, 2007, Marcus Epstein had too much to drink and stumbled onto Georgetown's scenic, shop-lined M Street, walking in no particular direction. ...

Will the Fight Over Gay Marriage Be the End of Right vs. Left Thinking?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

Not that long ago, gay marriage was a dependable wedge issue Republicans could use to keep its base in line. But now that wedge is clearly splintering.

Tancredo PAC Backs Staffer Charged In Racist Assault

Colorado Independent | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics


I just talked to Bay Buchanan, the co-chairman of Team America PAC and president of the American Cause, who is sticking by executive director (of both...

Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Nomination: Obama Gives the Nation Another Teaching Moment

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

One thing is clear: President Obama's choice of a Latina woman has sparked the ugliest reaction from the Republican Right we've seen years.

Director Of Tancredo's Anti-Immigrant Group Assaulted African-American Woman

Media Matters Action Network | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics


Yesterday, former Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo attacked Judge Sonia Sotomayor for being a member of the National Council of La Raza, absurdly likening t...

Why Sotomayor's Confirmation Debate Is the D.C. Equivalent of Rock of Love

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

Listening to conservatives play the race card in attacking the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, I've been marveling at just how self-destructive they've become. Republicans have to know how bad this is for their party

Tancredo Claims Sotomayor In "Latino KKK" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics


Tom Tancredo, the former Colorado congressman and radical anti-immigration activist, stepped up his attacks on judge Sonia Sotomayor Thursday. Appeari...

TV Cable News: Pro Wrestling Meets The Argument Culture

Bill Mann | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media


Bill Mann

Cable news, like talk radio, has coarsened our culture, turning it into a daily sideshow for loudmouths and know-nothings. It's all about the perceived best way to get ratings -- by keeping the pot stirred.

Tom Tancredo Calls Sotomayor Racist (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics


Tom Tancredo, the former Colorado congressman and radical anti-immigration activist, called President Obama's Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a ...

Tancredo UNC Speech Disrupted By Student Protesters

McClatchy DC | Posted 04.15.2009 | Politics


University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill police released pepper spray and threatened to use a Taser on student protesters Tuesday evening when a cr...

Ryan Grim

Former GOP Rep. Tancredo: Bush Wrong To Worry About "Anti-Immigrant" Party

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics


President Bush has a long list of regrets that he's been sharing as he eases his way out of the White House. Chief among them is the failure to pass c...

Time To Stop Paying Lameduck Members of Congress If They Stop Showing Up For Work

Mark Nickolas | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics


Mark Nickolas

14 of the 26 non-voting members are lameducks who seem less interested in saving anything except their fat paychecks.

Tom Tancredo Retires From Colorado Seat

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics


CENTENNIAL, Colo. — When Tom Tancredo, the lightning-rod Colorado conservative, went to Congress a decade ago, he promised he wouldn't disappear...

Colorado's Katherine Harris Threatens the '08 Election

David Sirota | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics


David Sirota

We've got our own Katherine Harris here -- and a careful look at the news suggests he's moving to game this election in a state that could be the Florida of 2008.