Tancredo on McCain~

[babylonsister]

'he is almost peculiarly unstable'? Pot-kettle?? :rofl:


Quote of the Day

"I don't like him. He is not a very pleasant person. He is nasty, mean; the skin of an onion would look deep compared to his. He has a short fuse, he is almost peculiarly unstable."

-- Former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R), in an interview with a Dutch newspaper, about Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).

As Ben Smith notes, Tancredo is also quite negative on Sarah Palin.

Read more: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/03/01/quote_of_the_day.html#ixzz0gvmVzWP0

[Vinca]

1. Tancredo calling someone unstable?

McCain is the picture of mental health when you stick him next to Tom.

[11 Bravo]

2. Kind of like Limbaugh calling someone fat, isn't it?

[KharmaTrain]

3. And Two Years Ago He Was McCain's Bestest Friend...

I remember him with Tweety and others saying how "capable" Gramps was as a leader...guess things musta changed, eh?

Gotta love the schism starting to take hold within the GOOP...they've got a serious tea bagging problem growing. The best thing is if the baggers can beat McCain and think they've won control of the party. They will be the Democrats best friend come November.

[pampango]

4. "So what you are saying is, he would have been a really bad president?" “A terrible president.’’

Meanwhile, the real target of the Tea Party movement is president Obama, his proposed healthcare reforms and his bailout of the banks and the auto industry. At the Tea Party convention, Tancredo referred to Obama as a “committed socialist ideologue’’.

What makes him a socialist?

“Well, first of all, the definition of socialism is constantly evolving it seems. And given today’s definition, I guess I should have used the word ‘euro socialism’. European type socialists think that big government is acceptable. You don’t own the means of production but you tax the hell out of them for the purpose of redistribution of wealth. That’s closer to his position than the textbook definition in which the government own the means of production.’’

So it’s not necessarily true that he is socialist?

“No. But the ends are the same. You have a flattening income curve and redistribution of wealth mostly based on taxation. He has talked about that. He likes that idea. He talks about the people that have influenced him, and some of them are committed Marxists. So he thinks that way, he works with people who think like that, and he really has no qualms about the government taking over General Motors. I mean, the government saying who can be the chairman of GM? I do not understand that anybody can look at that and say, ‘No that’s not socialism’.’’

[nevergiveup]

5. This is like cancer bitching about heart disease.

[Lil Missy]

6. Tancredo - the one who got draft deferral due to mental health issues? Hmmm.

[babylonsister]

7. Did he really?

:wow:

[Lil Missy]

8. Yes. Markos Moulitsas of Kos nailed him on this factoid during a news segment.

Might have been on KO. I'll see if I can find the clip.

[Lil Missy]

9. video: TOM TANCREDO WALKS OFF OVER DEFERMENT INSULT! (due to depression)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=385&topic_id=399435