Tancredo just funnin' in bid to be CU prof
Associated Press
Originally published 09:37 a.m., May 14, 2008
Updated 12:43 a.m., May 15, 2008
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Republican congressman Tom Tancredo fired off a wisecracking news release saying he wants to be a professor of conservative politics at the University of Colorado - a school often criticized by conservatives as being too liberal.
The outspoken opponent of illegal immigration is suggesting classes in "English Only 101" and "American Assimilation." He's also proposing a 20-foot-high fence around the border of the university's Boulder campus.
Tancredo spokesman T.Q. Houlton said Wednesday that Tancredo doesn't really want a job at CU when he retires from Congress in January. He's just poking fun at reports that CU wants to establish a position for a professor of conservative thought and policy.
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May 14, 2008
9:51 a.m.
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J_Phil writes:
I've got some better advice for Mr. Tancredo:
Take 2 weeks off, then quit.
May 14, 2008
9:58 a.m.
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PajamaPulitzer writes:
Tancredo is the perfect choice to expose the intolerance of those claiming to be most tolerant.
May 14, 2008
10:02 a.m.
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DenverDan writes:
Why is it that the very smart professors are liberal? Most people on the right dont want to be confused with facts because there mind is already made up.
May 14, 2008
10:05 a.m.
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J_Phil writes:
As a Boulder Alum I'll admit I'm intolerant of morons like Tancredo... No need to mince words, the man is a hack and his "public service" is a joke. I'm embarrased that I live in a state that elected him. If he were hired by CU, I would never send them another dime.
May 14, 2008
10:09 a.m.
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DahmersCookbook writes:
Tancredo's truthfullness frightens people. Liars are so much easier to accept, tell us only what we want to hear. Paint A picture Obama, the mindless zombies will drool.
May 14, 2008
10:13 a.m.
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LingLingfor_prez writes:
I think they will bring back Churchhill and give him a hat that says 'right wing' on it, then call it a day. There is no hope for Boulder making a level playing field for ideas. Can somone explain to me what a 'smart' professor is? Someone who is sophisticated and drives a hybrid?
May 14, 2008
10:15 a.m.
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Spencer writes:
Well now you're just being stupid. Kristol, Rice etc. at least have some credentials. Tancredo is a complete dolt who only appeals to the lowest IQ. He could offer a course in how to dodge the draft.
May 14, 2008
10:15 a.m.
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ColoNative writes:
Contrast J-Phil and Denver Dan. While J_Phil admits to his bias, Denver Dan is still in his denial phase. Both liberal, but there is at least hope for J_Phil who is willing to own up to his bias.
May 14, 2008
10:18 a.m.
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DenverDan writes:
ColoNative
I call it the way I see it.
May 14, 2008
10:18 a.m.
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jay writes:
absolutely brilliant idea.
i'd enroll just to cut tancredo's arguments to shreds from the audience.
May 14, 2008
10:20 a.m.
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ColoNative writes:
It sounds as if your mind is already made up - hmmm. Sound familiar?
May 14, 2008
10:27 a.m.
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DenverDan writes:
ColoNative
Are you mad about Obama not having a pin on his coat. Making him responsable for what people say.
That is what the media on the right are voting on. I guess that is what you people think the job calls for.
May 14, 2008
10:39 a.m.
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PajamaPulitzer writes:
Funny how you kook libs like to claim that someone must have a low IQ just because they don't agree with your ideology. I once sat with Rep. Tancredo and watched him take on his critics, including some young Muslim men, face to face in a private setting. He is brilliant and very disarming. Be careful what you wish for!
May 14, 2008
10:39 a.m.
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olsonmt writes:
Why do liberals think they are so smart and conservatives are so dumb? I hear you all (liberals above) calling conservatives ignorant, racist, hateful, liars etc. Can you not have a debate about the topics? Why do you resort to stereotypical and purposefully misleading statements instead of recognizing a simple difference of opinion? I guarantee I could stand my academic credentials up against any of you. I don't think you are dumb. I just think you are wrong. I simply do not think the government is the source of all that is good and just in the world. I would prefer CU offer up more conservative ideas.
May 14, 2008
10:44 a.m.
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timeandagain writes:
DenverDan -
Professors are mostly liberal because, like all liberals, they are inclined to feed at the public trough. Also, and more poignantly, those that "can" do, those that "can't" teach.
Now, CU's incredibly poor national academic reputation has been fostered - in large part - due to the far lefties that they coddle.
May 14, 2008
10:46 a.m.
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PajamaPulitzer writes:
olsonmt: They resort to personal attacks because they know they will never win a debate of ideas and their arguments will never hold water.
Most Liberals cannot even tell you why they are Liberal as opposed to conservatives who can cite specifics. Most of it is driven by white guilt.
May 14, 2008
10:50 a.m.
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buffsblg writes:
My time at CU is a while ago, but the only professor I can remember preaching his or her politics at me was a history of eastern Europe prof who would spend hours on his anti-communist tirades. Hardly a lefty indoctrination. The best prof I had spent time calling me on my rather naive liberal beliefs and then would slam the conservatives as well. No idea his politics, he just made everyone think.
I really do wish Tancredo would teach at CU. His viewpoint, as one sided and wrong headed as I think it is, needs to be presented and understood. Tom could also use some time facing people who disagree with him, as his main act the last few years has been running around the Country preaching to those who agree with him. In the meantime, maybe I can get a new Representative who will actually work for the district in Congress.
May 14, 2008
10:56 a.m.
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DenverDan writes:
timeandagain
CU is not the only liberal school in our nation. I was not calling Conservatives dumb. I was making a statment, that most smart professors are liberal. It is for a reason. I am just very sick of your media on the right.
May 14, 2008
11:03 a.m.
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PajamaPulitzer writes:
buffsblg: My Econonmics instructor at CU, not Professor because Professors sit in their offices, skipped 3 chapters of the text because he "never agreed with that (conservative) stuff" and he espoused using tax increases to stave off inflation. Really open minded huh?
May 14, 2008
12:26 p.m.
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Froward69 writes:
Tancredo should be studied at the University. then an antitoxin could be developed. Saving society from the affliction of conservative-ism.
Besides isn't that what college is about? learning to embrace NEW ideas, and NEW and BETTER ways of doing things. conservative-ism is about staying the same old flawed course regardless of the painful consequences.
May 14, 2008
1:17 p.m.
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Alive writes:
The moment someone touts how smart they are, is the moment you can be assured you are listening to someone who is mentally unstable. You can only feel sorry for them. Their lack of humility is a compensation for some shortcoming they secretly believe they have.
Let's face it, the truly brilliant would have much better things to do than post here.
May 14, 2008
2:43 p.m.
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ChampionOfTheObvious writes:
Denver Dan
Most smart professors are liberal, nationwide?
Any professor who is "smart," unless they are teaching political science, would leave their politics out of the classroom. Which means you have no idea whether their leanings are conservative or liberal. Any professor teaching calculus, who grandstands their political beliefs to the extent that you, a non-student, are aware of them, is by definition an idiot. Besides, most professors with conservative ideas are smart enough to keep quiet about it, lest they meet retribution from "tolerant" liberal administrators who can't stand competing ideas (like the countless who have been deined tenure based solely on their politics). So quit pulling assumptions out of your butt.
Only in education do we look at "nationwide" demographics of 40/40/20 of conservaitve/liberal/undecided and decide that 95% liberal is an appropriate reflection. On the off chance that your assumption is right, can it really be that surprising when it's not even meaningful? After all, if professors were 95% conservative, blind statistics says even if ALL of the 5% liberals were in the "smartest 15%" then 2/3 of the top 15% would be conservatives.
May 14, 2008
10:02 p.m.
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outrider writes:
Remember far left liberalism is a mental disorder.