Tancredo shows his true colors.

[Archae]

Lily-white.

Congressman addresses hate group
by Alexander Zaitchik

COLUMBIA, S.C. | Sept. 11, 2006 -- For a college football game day, the South Carolina State Museum in downtown Columbia was a busy place on the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 9.
On the ground floor, a United States Army brass band commemorated the victims of 9/11. One level up, not far from the museum's permanent Confederate Army exhibit, the state chapter of the League of the South (LOS), a neo-Confederate hate group, hosted a barbeque in honor of Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo, head of the House Immigration Reform Caucus and likely contestant in the 2008 GOP presidential primary. Proceeds from the $15 per-plate fundraiser went to Americans Have Had Enough!, a South Carolina-based non-profit coalition for which Tancredo serves as honorary chairman.

While Tancredo's hard-line "deport 'em all" stance on immigration has made him a favorite politician of white supremacists, this marked the first time the congressman has appeared at a hate group event.

http://www.splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=79

[Oreo]

1. I did a diary on Kos about this

The Denver Post did an article this morning that didn't question Tancredo's denials at all.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/9/13/12718/2892

It turns out the guy that rented the hall is a known supporter of hate groups and he and his wife have ties to Bush.

[topher]

2. And the Rocky too!

The Rocky did an article too:

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4988850,00.html

It says "The League of the South, which adamantly disputes the "hate group" label, promotes Southern heritage and sometimes describes its views on issues such as immigration in racial or "ethnocentric" terms."

But if you go to the South Caroline League of the South's website via the link provided in the article and browse around a little, you'll find this page:

http://www.sclos.org/news-03.htm

Where is says "...we cannot emphasize too often or too strongly that the League is a Southern nationalist organization and not a heritage defense group. Our goal is Southern independence, complete, full, and total."

Which makes Tandcredo's spokesperson's following quote complete rubbish: "These aren't racist people who spew out hate. These are just people remembering and cherishing their past," Espinosa said. "Tom thought it would be rude not to take part."

Right...so they aren't people who spew hate, they just want to form a new nation and secede from the United States of America.

[Oreo]

3. Welcome to DU!

An I totally agree. Even if this isn't a hate group (it is) their sol epurpose is to split the nation. I guess the repubs don't mind because they've done a heckuva job dividing the country already

[newyawker99]

5. Hi topher!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[hasbro]

4. Gotta enjoy the irony

That security first loons like Tancredo are Confederate nostalgists. The single most treasonous and estructive movement in this nation's history.