Equating La Rasa with the KKK in discussions of Sonia Sotomayor's appointment to the Supreme Court.
Talking about the Democratic Party in 2002, and asking: "What does it present but mothball candidates, old retards... retreads that they bring back over and over again?'
Dropping a bombshell with his 2005 "Bomb Mecca" speech that never actually mentioned Mecca, but did say this regarding terrorism: "Well, what if you said something like -- if this happens in the United States and we determine that it is the result of extremist, fundamentalist Muslims, you know, you could take out their holy sites."
Calling Miami a "third-world country," and inspiring such a vitriolic response that a Rotary speech in that city -- at the Rusty Pelican -- was canceled because of security concerns.
Being accused of singing along at a South Carolina confab where the audience sang "Dixie." Which Tancredo denied because, he said, he didn't know the words.
Being shut down by protesters at a speech last fall at the University of North Carolina, and becoming an unusual hero of the free-speech movement.
I was thinking about that last incident, and comparing it to the current brouhaha over the healthcare town halls, as I was Googling Tancredo's name in advance of the Roast & Toast of Congressman Tom Tancredo hosted by the Arapahoe County Republicans Saturday night.
I was one of the roasters, but once again, Tancredo could do the job all on his own. And in the end, he did, telling a story about how, after he'd come home from Congress for Christmas one year, he was trying to fix a broken toilet at home, which involved multiple trips to the store. Finally, a cashier asked if he was Tom Tancredo -- Congressman Tom Tancredo. Why, yes, he was, he said. And he was fixing his own toilet? Why, yes, he was, he said. And she said:
"I can't wait to tell my husband. He doesn't think you know how to do anything right."
