Open Letter to Tom Tancredo from Colorado Liberty Groups

Tom Tancredo's open letter to Colorado's 912 activists and Tea Party patriots
I ask you to ponder the meaning of that headline. Not a single Republican voted for this federal takeover, a deceptive, pork-laden proposal that has been mislabeled, Health Care reform. And not a single Democrat voted against it. Some like Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Ben Nelson of Nebraska were bought off by $100 million or $300 million bribes buried deep in the bill, while others simply bought into the despicable lies about the nations Health Insurance Industry. I need not belabor...

Tancredo pledges to Colorado voters in Contract with Colorado
Former Congressman Tom Tancredo, who has stirred up Colorado politics with his departure from the Republican Party and into the gubernatorial race, has published his pledge to Colorado voters on his campaign website . Called the Contract with Colorado , Tancredo states he will uphold the contract if elected in the November Elections. "The contract with Colorado was written for the purpose of restoring faith in the system. People need to know that there are people who run for office for reasons...

Tancredo for Governor, Tancredo for Governor Denver, CO Home
I will Veto any bill and oppose any Referendum or initiative that seeks to increase State taxes, or temporarily or permanently relax any spending cap or TABOR limit. I will rescind the Executive Order unionizing State Government, institute a meaningful hiring freeze, reduce the number os State Employees by 2012, and reduce the amount of State expenditures associated with politically appointed positions, including the Governor's Office. I will conduct a review of State Departments, agencies,...

Colorado gubernatorial candidate Tancredo names new running mate
Tom Tancredo has named a new Running Mate in his third-party bid for Colorado Governor: former state legislator Pat Miller. Tancredo, the longtime former Republican congressman for Denver's southern suburbs and an Activist against Illegal Immigration, is Running for Governor as the American Constitution Party Candidate against Democrat John Hickenlooper and Republican Dan Maes to succeed Gov. Bill Ritter. The American Constitution Party had previously named Doug Campbell to run as its...

Ken Buck Leads Colorado Senate Race; Tom Tancredo Scrambles Governor's Contest
Republican Senate Candidate and Tea Party favorite Ken Buck has a 49 percent to 40 percent lead among Likely Voters over Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet with 10 percent Undecided, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted Aug. 20-22. The Margin of Error is 4.6 points. Buck's margin is smaller when all Registered Voters are tested -- 55 percent to 40 percent with 15 percent Undecided. The Margin of Error in this case is 4 points. In the Governor's race -- which is now a three-way --...

VoteVets Launches Open Letter in Support of Islamic Community Center in Lower Manhattan
(When I took an oath to protect and defend the Constitition back in the Vietnam era, nobody told me the Constitition's guarantee of "free exercise of religion" didn't include Muslims.  I'd proud that today's vets also understand that they are risking their lives not just for the flag but, even more important, for "The Republic for Which it Stands."   - promoted by Voyageur ) Generally speaking, most of my fellow CoPolsters support the Constitutionality of the building of the Cordoba...

Open Letter to President Obama on Russian Human Rights Abuses
In recent weeks, attempts by Russian citizens to stage peaceful demonstrations were met with force and arrests.  Newspaper accounts report dozens of arrests.  In Moscow, the authorities arrested Boris Nemtsov, a former deputy Prime Minister and leader of the opposition Solidarity Russia movement whom you met during your July 2009 visit to Russia.  Video of the July 31 demonstration shows that authorities targeted Mr. Nemtsov while he calmly attempted to proceed to the...

Rick Warren: An Open Letter to Progressives
I understand the anger over Rick Warren’s selection to give the invocation at the inaugural. But what you aren’t getting is that Warren represents a large chunk of our country — Evangelical Christians who believe that The Bible prohibits Gay Marriage. I disagree with them. You disagree with them. I wrote extensively about how hurt I was to see the hateful Speech coming from them during the Proposition 8 campaign. That hurt hasn’t gone anywhere, but it seems unproductive...

Wyclef Jean: Open Letter: Why I Decided to Run for President of Haiti
Dear Reader, My four-year-old daughter, Angelina, and my wife, Claudinette, are the angels of my life -- and I know this year has been especially trying for them, as my efforts for Haiti have taken so much more of my time since January, when the devastating Earthquake nearly destroyed my home country. In fact, my concern for my family was my primary thought as I was being urged by others to seek the presidency of Haiti. But then I came to realize that I have to make this decision for them,...

An Open Letter to Paul Krugman
I don't know if it's just fun for you to do this or if you're actually convinced by it or what, but your blog might benefit from working harder to connect 1. to 2.. As someone that reads Krugman, doesn't always agree with him (I actually disagree with him on this point - on the Bush Tax Cuts), but does think he regularly has very good insights, I often don't even have the inclination to comment on your posts (although I do read them whenever you link to Mises) because they...

VoteVets Launches Open Letter in Support of Islamic Community Center in Lower Manhattan
Today, VoteVets is launching an Open Letter to the organizers of the Park51 Community Center in Lower Manhattan in support of their project. Here is the text of the Letter: As Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, we are writing to support your right to build a Community Center on the property you purchased in Lower Manhattan, and urge you to continue on with your project. We encourage you to distribute this Letter to all those who may be interested, so they know that Veterans like us...

Tea Party leader says group questions Tancredo's tactics and record
Denver - Tom Tancredo, set to officially announce his candidacy for Governor on Thursday, will have to work very hard to cobble together a plurality in a three-way gubernatorial race this fall now that he's alienated many of the state's most conservative voters. Tea Party and other pro-liberty groups, some of which signed a letter last weekend advising Tancredo not to run, are questioning the former congressman's commitment to their principles and their political imperatives. "A lot of it has to...

Poll: Buck (R) Leads Bennet (D) In Colorado
Incumbent Senator Michael Bennet (D) is trailing Ken Buck (R) by a margin of 49-40 in the race for United States Senate in Colorado. Governor Unfortunately, the Independent candidacy of Tom Tancredo costs Republicans the lead in the race for Colorado Governor. John Hickenlooper (D) holds a 41% lead, followed by Dan Maes (R) at 33%, and Tancredo (I) at 16%. Tancredo is a former Republican Congressman who is officially running on the American Constitution Party ticket. He has decided to act as...

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Sends E-mail on Behalf of Tom Tancredo
I received the following e-mail from Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Conservative, The Federal Government has failed to protect our Borders. Across the country, Illegal Immigration is bankrupting our states and costing Taxpayers thousands of dollars. In Arizona, we stood up to the Open Border policy of the Obama Administration and passed Legislation to enforce the Rule of Law and crackdown on Illegal Immigration. Its vital other states follow our lead. Its the only hope we have of stopping...

Tancredo's Man in SD-16
State Senate District 16 Candidate Tim Leonard shocked the mainstream Republican Party and a lot of Democrats when he trounced moderate 5th Judicial District Attorney Mark Hurlbert at the GOP's SD 16 assembly back in May... While Leonard may present himself as a fiscal conservative fed up with runaway government and ballooning taxes, he helped found the ACP in Colorado the 1990s with other Republicans who were disenchanted with their party's increasingly moderate stance on Abortion issues. ...

Tom Tancredo: Are You Supporting Illegals?
Here is the letter from Tom Tancredo referred to in the Sheriff Joe Arpaio post below. I didn’t post it initially because it had a lot of “donate here” buttons embedded in it, but I’ll post it now since it is referred to below. Dear Conservative, You are literally paying foreign nationals to sneak over our Borders, break the law, and live off Government social giveaways! On average, the American Taxpayer pays $1,117 each year to support Illegal Immigrants. Its...

Colorado j-school will stay open long enough for current students to get their degrees
8. SEO Makes It Too Late for Truth for 'Ground Zero Mosque' 12:05 AM Aug. 25, 2010

Tom Tancredo picks new running mate
Former GOP congressman and now third-party Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Tancredo has picked former Republican state Rep. Pat Miller to be his Running Mate. Her consistent conservativism has been known for 25 years and her views on fiscal policy and social policy are the same as my own, said Tancredo, now an American Constitutional Party Candidate. Miller, 63, replaces Doug Campbell, the ACPs original lieutenant Governor nominee. Miller was a Republican state representative from 1990...

No Shying Violet for Tom Tancredo
"Pat [Miller] is going to be my Running Mate!" exclaimed Tancredo on Monday night. "She's a proven conservative and true pro-lifer." "Tom called me on Thursday night. I was organizing a bake sale and he said you need something bigger to do," recalled Miller. "He asked me to be his Running Mate." "We'll have the most conservative ticket for state Governor in the country," said Miller... Miller, who now lives in Erie, was elected to the state House in 1989 from Arvada, and served one term. Her...

Former state Rep. Miller to be Tancredo's running mate
Former Republican congressman Tom Tancredo announced Tuesday that he has selected a former Jefferson County legislator as his gubernatorial Running Mate. Tancredo, who is Running for Governor on the American Constitution Party ticket, chose Pat Miller, 63, to run for lieutenant Governor on his ticket. Miller unsuccessfully sought a seat in Congress as a Republican twice in the 1990s. She served in the state House of Representatives between 1991-1993. Miller, who touted her anti-abortion views...

Tancredo Announces Running Mate
Tancredo, the American Constitution Party Gubernatorial Candidate, has chosen former Colorado State representative, Pat Miller for the role of Lieutenant Governor. Pat Miller was elected to the Colorado State House of Representatives in 1989, serving one term before losing re-election to Democrat Jim Pierson in 1992. Miller ran for the 2nd Congressional District in 1994, and was again defeated. Miller is considered a strong Pro-Life, Pro-Gun, Small-government, Anti-Tax record. She served as the...

AP sources: Tancredo picks Miller as running mate
Denver — Tom Tancredo has picked former Republican lawmaker Pat Miller to be his Running Mate, according to Party and campaign officials with knowledge of his decision. Tancredo was expected to announce his choice Tuesday, the deadline for minor parties to report the results of vacancy committee changes to the Secretary of State. Tancredo left the Republican Party in July to run for Governor as a member of the American Constitution Party. He told Party officials he wanted to choose his...

Bennet and Tancredo " not on the same page but on the same mountain
What do Tom Tancredo and Michael Bennet have in common? Apparently they’re fans of West Beckwith Mountain. Bennet, a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate, and Tancredo, a former Republican running for Governor on the American Constitution Party ticket, both have a picture of the mountain on their campaign web pages. (The good news is they both selected a Colorado mountain. See, Schaffer, Bob or McInnis, Scott .) Beckwith is located in the Gunnison National Forest. From Michael...

Tancredo Names New Running Mate
From the Denver Business Journal: Tom Tancredo has named a new Running Mate in his third-party bid for Colorado Governor: former state legislator Pat Miller… The American Constitution Party had previously named Doug Campbell to run as its lieutenant Governor Candidate before Tancredo stepped in as its gubernatorial standard bearer…. The Erie resident served a single term as a Republican in the Colorado House of Representatives in the early 1990s. She ran twice unsuccessfully for...

Links Of Interest
Links Of Interest With a new job beginning tomorrow I'm in no mood to write a blog post. Instead I present a few links to articles I've liked today: An Open Letter To The Labour Party - I like. A lot. The roots of '8: The Mormon Proposition' - Mixing Marriage equality and, my current obsession, Mormonism. Can't lose! "The Abominable and Detestable Crime Against Nature": A Revised History of Homosexuality & Mormonism, 1840-1980 Why Gay Marriage is a fundamental right - From a Tory....