Citing an ongoing "threat" to the nation, Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) said today he will no longer be bound by his pledge to limit himself to three terms. How arrogant is this guy? Apparently no one else is smart enough to serve in Congress during the current "threat" other than Mr. Tancredo. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2858-2002Sep25.html
Term limits are popular when your not in office. This guy would have cited the bad economy as a reason to stay in office if it was not for the war on terror or whatever we are fighting.
I don't personally think mandated term limits are all that great of an idea. Hopefully this guy will be naturally "term-limited" the way the democratic process intended.
Colin, what happened in DC with the term limits for (I believe) the city council, where they just decided to ignore them? Has that gone to court yet?
As far as I know the City Council pretty much got away with it. I'm unaware of any legal challenge. (For those of you who don't know, DC voters passed term limits for the city council in 1994 -- by a nearly two-to one margin -- and the city council last year decided to repeal them, thus ignoring the will of the people.)
Here's more on the son of illegal immigrants that Tancredo wants to deport: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/den/news/stories/news-169026320020927-070934.html
This guy sounds like a real winner anyway: Immigrants are good enough to hire, not good enough to stay
He's pretty popular out here. He won my district pretty handily (well, what used to be my district). It's easy to see why. He's a rather personable guy (he toured my work, and played the room like a great politician) and can bitch about immigration, which plays well in this district. However, between this and his campaign to oust the illegal honors student, it may hurt him a little. This one kind of amazes me since he totally ran on a term limits platform.
I'm not his biggest fan, but this is a rather lame charge to be brought against him (it would seem the liberals could find better charges against him). I know when I hire contractors to work my home, I don't do background checks on their employees to make sure they are illegal. Do you? Why should he?
Well, to play with this a bit, wouldn't you want to ask about the people who will be letting themselves into your home especially when you will not be there and quite possibly your family will be alone with them? To think, the Smart family in Utah allowed some guy into their home who turned out to have stolen from them and could have had something to do with their daughter's kidnapping. Oh yea, he had a nice criminal record, but is now dead. That said and not living anywhere Colorado, it is a shame that he will be re-elected. But, as SoFla has mentioned, we already have "natural" term limits.
Well, to play with this a bit, wouldn't you want to ask about the people who will be letting themselves into your home especially when you will not be there and quite possibly your family will be alone with them? I've never done it in the past. I've had an exterminator come into my house, and didn't check his background. I had people come install windows into my house, and didn't check their background. That sort of side steps the issue though. Why are his stances hypocritical just because he didn't do a background check on the people who worked for a company that he hired? Can anyone give me any good reason for that? That said and not living anywhere Colorado, it is a shame that he will be re-elected. But, as SoFla has mentioned, we already have "natural" term limits. Tancredo, like it or not, is a popular guy in his district. It may be a while before the natural term limit goes up on him. With some guys, they impose their own limit (ie retirement) before the public does it for them.