September 28, 2011 11:37 PM UTC

Tancredo's War on Rick Perry Continues

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• by: Colorado Pols

The Colorado Independent’s John Tomasic:

Former Colorado Congressman and anti-illegal immigration crusader Tom Tancredo has no patience with Republican presidential frontrunner Rick Perry, the Texas governor with the Hollywood hair who fired up the right when he announced his candidacy but who has stumbled under the national spotlight ever since. In the wake of last week’s GOP candidate debate, Tancredo decried Perry as an arrogant “name-calling, open border, pro-amnesty politician.”

In a release sent out by his “Team America” political action committee (“Dedicated to securing our nation’s borders”), Tancredo typically held nothing back, roaring through the release with the kind of rhetorical engine revving that conjures the smell of exhaust and burnt tire rubber. He rang every kind of alarm bell by comparing Perry to both Bush and Obama…

The virulent Tancredo attack recalls the disgusted and mocking approach “The Tank” took toward amateur GOP/Tea Party gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes last year before, fed up, Tancredo decided to jump into the race himself. He routinely referred to Maes as naive and ridiculous. He blasted him on the radio and in daily public appearances as not up to the job. The clash helped Democrat John Hickenlooper waltz into office with a landslide victory.

So, analogies between Gov. Rick Perry to the laughable 2010 GOP gubernatorial Dan Maes might not hold up too well under scrutiny, but we suppose Tom Tancredo does tend to use the same kinds of adjectives describing people he doesn’t like. And of course, Perry supporters (and Maes supporters, if you could find somebody who admits to having been one) would tell us we’re being foolish to note what Tom Tancredo says about anything. Who cares, right?

It’d be easier to not care what Tancredo says if he hadn’t received 650,000 votes last year…