Joe Strummer, call your office.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) — [1] Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo‘s campaign stood by his assertion that bombing holy Muslim sites would serve as a good “deterrent” to prevent Islamic fundamentalists from attacking the United States, his spokeswoman said Friday.
“This shows that we mean business,” said Bay Buchanan, a senior Tancredo adviser. “There’s no more effective deterrent than that. But he is open-minded and willing to embrace other options. This is just a means to deter them from attacking us.”
On Tuesday, Tancredo warned a group of Iowans that another terrorist attack would “cause a worldwide economic collapse.” IowaPolitics.com recorded his comments.
I admit myself being torn here, between a certain level of sympathy for the comment, and being up all that the sheer stupidity of publicly suggesting it before actually doing it.
In all candor, I suggest that Barack Obama has lowered himself to an also ran, with similar comments about Pakistan. How can I not suggest that Tom Tancredo is not being at least equally stupid?