Title: Tancredo Takes Demagoguery To A Whole New Level Source:
Carpetbagger Report URL Source:http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/ Published:Nov 13, 2007 Author:Carpetbagger Report Post Date:2007-11-13 10:57:41 by Brian S Keywords:None Views:403 Comments:12
In 2004, it was fairly common for Bush and Cheney to tell voters that voting for John Kerry might put their lives at risk. The VP once famously said a Democratic president would mean we’d be “hit again,” just like on 9/11.
But leave it to Tom Tancredo to run an ad dramatizing an actual terrorist attack in a campaign commercial — complete with a loud explosion at the end — implicitly telling voters that unless they vote for him, immigrants might kill their family.
That this commercial might actually appear on Iowa television screens is perhaps the most twisted news of the presidential campaign thus far. “Tancredo: Before It’s Too Late” — perhaps the most jaw-dropping self-parody in modern times.
To be sure, I suspect this a desperate stunt, intended to help get Tancredo some attention. Right now, he’s a third-tier afterthought, perceived as a xenophobic nut. But with this ad on the air, people will know he’s a xenophobic nut, and everyone will be talking about how painfully insane a xenophobic nut he really is.
When you’re struggling with 2% support, there’s apparently no such thing as bad publicity.