Posted by
Dawnsblood on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 6:25:01 PM
There are quite a few people on the right that love this guy. He is right on the fence, abortion and illegal immigation in general. Over at Restate however, one of the
front page posters is taking issue with some of his contributers. Quite a dustup in the comments there. Click
the link to make up your own mind.
In fact, it's not clear Tancredo is in line with the
mainstream, social conservative wing of the GOP he seeks to align
himself with. According to campaign finance reports, one of Tancredo's
biggest financial backers has been the family of Dr. John Tanton, the
founder of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). Wall
Street Journal editorial-page features writer Jason Riley wrote a
devastating piece about the organization back in 2004, in which the
group's pro-abortion and pro-eugenics roots were revealed.
Tanton is also one of the most prominent conservative financiers of
Planned Parenthood in the United States, having helped found in the
mid-1960s the first Planned Parenthood chapter in northern Michigan.
Tancredo appears to have embraced FAIR's extreme and repugnant
policy positions, having accepted more than $20,000 from the FAIR PAC
and personal donations from Tanton between 1996 and 2006. Over the past
ten years, according to Federal Election Commission reports, FAIR has
provided more than $15,000 to Tancredo campaigns and PACs. Tanton has
given Tancredo $7,000, while donating $28,000 to FAIR's political
action arm.