Tancredo calls Miami a 3rd world country and upsets Jeb

[proud2BlibKansan]

(CBS/AP) A Colorado congressman who likened Miami to a "third world country" defended his comments in a letter to Gov. Jeb Bush, saying fewer city residents consider themselves Americans.

Bush had earlier responded to the remarks made by Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., after the congressman criticized the city's poverty and crime while attending an immigration conference in Palm Beach over the weekend.

Tancredo, a vocal supporter of the anti-illegal immigration movement in the U.S. House, made his initial comments to WorldNetDaily, a conservative online new site, his spokesman Carlos Espinosa said.

"Look at what has happened to Miami. It has become a Third World country. You just pick it up and take it and move it someplace. You would never know you're in the United States of America. You would certainly say you're in a Third World country," Tancredo said.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/30/politics/main2217944.shtml

[bullwinkle428]

1. I'm guessing there might be some Cuban exiles upset over that

particular comment from Congressman We Are The World!

[flordehinojos]

2. john ellis bush ain't upset he is acting for the benefit of the cuban-americans in miami

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[Hatalles]

3. Tancredo is a bastard.

He's the same scum that advocated taking out Muslim holy sites like Mecca if the US was nuked. Way to differentiate between terorrists and Muslims, asshole.

I can't believe he's actually an elected official.

[bigluckyfeet]

4. I can't say

I disagree with his opinion.

[Hatalles]

5. I'm sure you'd also support the terrorists...

... blowing up Rushmore or the Washington Monument because of the all the bombs that we're dropping all over the Middle East... Please, you're sick.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. well good luck finding an all white community to live in

maybe the KKK can help you out

[cali]

9. I'm sorry to say that

I live in an all white community. In fact, many towns in Vermont (the whitest state in the Union) are virtually all white.

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. I grew up in an all white community

and when we bought our first house, we deliberately shopped for neighborhoods that were integrated.

[RebelOne]

7. I agree with him also.

That's why I got out of Miami and moved to North Georgia. It's not the same city that I grew up in.

[cali]

8. Wow. What's with

you folks who actually think that Miami is a third world city. It's cultural institutions, educational institutions, hospitals, etc, certainly belie that claim.

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. Diversity bothers you?

Sorry to hear that.

[paparush]

10. I just flew into Miami...its not 3rd world..they have lots of lights on..