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Tancredo Vs. Catholics?

By | 08.07.06 | 8:08 pm

Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo may have accepted money from controversial immigration figures all around the country, but last July he made some controversial statements of his own. The subject? Catholics-and of course, their ties to illegal immigrants.

$ 8,059.00: Tancredo and Roger Barnett

By | 08.02.06 | 4:34 pm

Rep. Tom Tancredo has received $8,059 from controversial immigration figures, and $2000 of it came from a man named Roger Barnett, who is accused of physically assaulting migrant workers according to the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF).…

Peter Brimelow, VDARE, and Tom Tancredo

By | 07.28.06 | 4:00 pm

Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo is notorious for his views on immigration, but one man he has esteemed as being a “professional journalist” with “solid credentials” is getting flack from a civil rights group for running what is being described as…

$ 8,059.00: More On Tancredo

By | 07.26.06 | 6:50 pm

Since 2000, Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo has received $8,059 from six controversial figures, according to watchdog groups and Federal Election Commission (FEC) reports.

Yesterday, a man named Joe McCutchen was introduced, who had given Tancredo a total of…

Tancredo

By | 07.24.06 | 1:56 pm

While it was revealed last week that Congressman Tom Tancredo had taken $3,000 from a man accused of being connected with various hate groups, it would appear that it was only the tip of the proverbial iceberg.

Throughout…

Dick Lamm, The Pioneer Fund, and Defend Colorado Now

By | 07.21.06 | 7:43 pm

Former Colorado Governor Dick Lamm, while involved with two immigration groups, accepted over a million dollars from a racist non-profit.

That is according to the Center for New Community, a Chicago based civil rights organization which has released an…

Cranky Over Gay Hit Piece In 5th CD race

By | 07.18.06 | 11:40 pm

The already bizarre race to the right in the 5th Congressional District race took an even stranger twist today, when the Christian Coalition of Colorado sent out a hit piece accusing GOP candidates Jeff Crank and Lionel Rivera of being…

Another Tancredo Donor Linked To White Power

By | 07.18.06 | 7:23 pm

It was reported yesterday that a Michigan resident with ties to hate groups had given $3000 to Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo. But now there is another donor with alleged links to white power. And he’s living in Colorado.

Tancredo Donor Linked to White Power Group

By | 07.17.06 | 2:38 pm

John Elway may have given $1000 dollars to Congressman Tom Tancredo last year, but that’s nothing compared to the attention one of his donors has been getting.

Since 2000, Tancredo has received money from one individual-one individual who is…

Tancredo Snubs Voting Rights Act

By | 07.15.06 | 2:07 pm

Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo was one of thirty-three Republicans to not support the Voting Rights Act Thursday, when the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to renew it.

While 390 representatives supported the measure in a bipartisan consensus, Tancredo objected…