Tom Tancredo, a Congressman from Colorado, is my hero this week. He is the man on the immigration debate that has exploded recently, and he has been stirring the right on this issue for some time now. He was on The Situation with Tucker Carlson the other night and said this, which sums up the issue pretty well:

TANCREDO: And you know, Tucker. We do not have to pass another single law. Congress doesn‘t have to do anything. Congress already has passed the laws long since—a long time ago saying it‘s against the law to hire people who are here illegally.

What we need desperately is a president who will enforce the law. We don‘t need another law on the books. All we need is somebody in the White House who will tell the head of homeland security, “This is what you‘re going to do.”

CARLSON: That‘s right.

TANCREDO: “You‘re actually going to enforce the law.” Until then, Tucker, we can—over here, we could pass—we could pass all the bills that I‘ve introduced.

CARLSON: That doesn‘t matter.

TANCREDO: And we still would not be able to fix the problem until you get the executive to go along with it.

CARLSON: I just think it‘s such a shame that this is not the executive to do it. It depresses me. I think you.

TANCREDO: Me, too, buddy.

CARLSON: Thank you, Congressman, for pointing that out. Congressman Tom Tancredo of Colorado. We appreciate it.

Also, Newsweek did a profile on him an issue or two ago. Tancredo, the Republican Rep banned from the Bush White House, is a force to be reckoned with.


Alren Specter, Senator from my home state of Pennsylvania, is my hack this week. He was one of the backers of the Crappy Immigration Plan set forth by the Senate Judiciary Committee this week. Honorable mentions go to perennial JttR hack favorites, John McCain and Ted "Jabba" Kennedy.

Posted by Ryan S. on Friday, March 31, 2006 at 12:01 AM | Permalink |