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Toodle-oo ‘08 Tancredo

R.I.P. Tancredo candidacy (but he got his message out)

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Tom Tancredo is preparing to drop out of the 2008 election race, and it’s not a moment too soon. Tancredo ran on a xenophobic anti-illegal immigration policy. He also threatened to bomb Muslim holy sites in retribution for any future terrorist attacks. The dude is nuts.

But as a long shot with almost zero chance of winning the Republican nomination, he did accomplish his mission of injecting his intolerant stances on issues into the 2008 election discourse.

Now we truly have something to celebrate this holiday season. Tancredo dropping out of the race will mean fewer days Americans have to listen to his ignorant, myopic, sophomoric, (add your own adjective here), hard-line, simplistic ramblings on complicated issues.

So spike the eggnog and hang the mistletoe, we’re down to seven angry men.

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