December “Front Line” Is Available
By Greg L | 5 December 2007 | Illegal Aliens, Manassas City, Prince William County | 15 Comments
The December edition of “The Front Line“, the newsletter of Help Save Manassas is now available. Once again, the editorial staff has outdone itself!
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Best edition yet! Excellent work!
Thanks again for all your hard work!
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Article published Dec 5, 2007
Tancredo to boycott Spanish-language debate
December 5, 2007
By Stephen Dinan - DES MOINES, Iowa — Rep. Tom Tancredo says his fellow Republican presidential candidates are aiding immigrants in breaking the law by taking part in this weekend’s Spanish-language debate in Miami.
“What all my colleagues — what the other candidates are doing — it’s encouraging violation of the law because it’s saying, ‘Don’t worry about the fact that you have to know English to earn citizenship,’ ” said Mr. Tancredo, the only Republican to turn down the invitation from Univision for Sunday night’s debate and who said the other candidates’ participation was worse than pandering.
For the Colorado congressman, it’s a matter of principle: He said the other candidates are contributing to the Balkanization of the country by joining the debate, in which the candidates will speak English, but their answers will be translated into Spanish for broadcast on the nation’s largest Spanish-language network.
And it’s one of the few areas left to Mr. Tancredo, the original anti-illegal immigration candidate in the Republican field, as he struggles to set himself apart from the others who have adopted many of his stances on the issue — so much so that he said he is being “out-Tancredoed.”
Yesterday, he released a stark television ad here that shows photos of bloody bodies, including those of children, lying in a street, victims of gang violence. The ad warns that the violent criminals behind those kinds of attacks are sneaking into the U.S., and calls for deportation of illegal aliens — something most other candidates have shied away from, calling for attrition through better enforcement instead.
The ad blames “gutless politicians” for not acting to secure the borders and remove illegal aliens.
Mr. Tancredo said he has a little money and a short period of time before the caucuses, so he figured he needed to make as much of an impact as he could. But he said he wasn’t going for shock value in order to try to regain territory.
“That wasn’t the purpose in this,” he said. “It helps, but that wasn’t on my mind.”
Also campaigning in Iowa yesterday was former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who accepted endorsements from Tim LaHaye, co-author of the apocalyptic evangelical “Left Behind” series, from his wife Beverly LaHaye, founder of Concerned Women for America, and from two former supporters of Sen. Sam Brownback, the Kansas Republican who ended his bid for the nomination.
Mr. Huckabee, a former Southern Baptist pastor who was governor of Arkansas for 10 years, also accepted the personal endorsements of about five dozen Iowa pastors, part of a network he is building.
Mr. Huckabee and Mr. Tancredo are on differing trajectories. Mr. Huckabee has translated a surprise second-place showing in the Iowa straw poll in August into a lead in the polls here, while Mr. Tancredo does not appear to have improved on his fourth-place showing in August.
Mr. Tancredo said it was a “no-brainer” to reject Univision’s invitation, but his decision has been widely debated on the Internet, and some of his supporters said he is missing a chance to take his message where it needs to be heard.
Mr. Tancredo said he expects his voice is being heard this way. “My not being there is probably the strongest statement I can make on this issue,” he said.
He also rejected the criticism that he is refusing to address a particular audience, saying this is purely an issue of language. He was the only Republican candidate to accept an invitation to speak to the annual convention of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People this year.
Asked if he would watch the debate from home, he said that wasn’t the plan: “Nah, I don’t know Spanish.”
All I can say is: BRAVO!
I enjoy reading this newsletter, but it is hard to follow sometimes. I have to go back and forth over many pages to finish articles. Maybe look into some different layout ideas to help with this. I would be more than happy to help if you wish. I am not a professional layout person, but I do design web sites (since 1995) and navigation is extremely important in that aspect.
Unless you’re producing a dead tree copy, you’d be better off following Medic’s advice and keep your article on one page…no scrolling.
I don’t mind scrolling, it is the number of pages between the articles that causes the confusion. I find the articles well written and informative, because of this they can be longer than the page.
Thanks /\/\3|)iç 64 and anonymoustoo for your comments. We will take them into consideration. The design and layout of the publication is such because it was intended to be enjoyed in printed form, not on screen. I won’t go into why that decision was made. But we have toyed with hyperlinking an article thread together for on screen reading, and will look closer into that for the future. Having an article on consecutive pages is certainly possible, but like a traditional newspaper, we envisioned regular readers would like the comfort of finding their favorite parts in the same place, issue after issue. A paper’s obits, editorials, comics, crossword puzzle, etc. are always in the same general parts of the paper. So too we have decided to always have the columns of HSM leaders and committees starting on page 2, followed by the “On the Field of Battle,” Distant Echoes (news), and the Patriots Page. So any front page article would need to continue after these sections.
As I say we will consider your recommendations, but I hope this gives you a little more insight into the publication’s design. Thanks.
Editor #2,
I understand your layout (c: Hyper linking the articles would go a long way to help the confusion. TY for responding and the positive tone of the response (c:
Medic64: Top notch editoral volunteers. The MJM can only dream of such a paid staff.
I agree Witchy!!! I was not and do not want this to be turned around into an attack. I was just making a suggestion (c: I am also not saying you are accusing me of such.
Jeff, Mark and Allison,
I am jealous of your talents! Congratulations on the latest edition of Prince William County’s most informative and readable periodical (my attempt at editorial notwithstanding).
Dan Arnold
Thank you all so much for all you hard work. I give a copy to several seniors in the area, and they all enjoy it too. All three of you are to be commended. Keep up the great work.
Your newsletter is very well done. I have seen sites like that in my neighborhood, but sadly its our white neighbors (usually renters) who leave such filth about. Speak to them about it and the verbal abuse you take makes your ears bleed. Landlords do nothing until the city becomes involved. Our zoning office has been very helpful addressing our problems. It is likely different in other parts of the city, but that’s my experience.
Tancredo is the candidate the nation needs to elect. Huckabee is just another religious right radical who will give preferrential treatment to religious issues and religious candidates who will continue to legislate religious preference and religious priviliges in society against the fundamental concepts of the US Constitution to not do so.