Update: Michelle Malkin names the photo included here (from MSNBC’s “First Read“) the “Photo of the Day” and in her commentary, says Tom Tancredo is “one of her favorite Republicans.” Take that, Doug Parris (Reagan Wing Prez)! You think the (anti) “Harriet Miers Caucus” hasn’t spoken? Think again!
It’s a rarity for a Republican presidential hopeful to address the NAACP (National 
Association for the Advancement of Colored People), even in this crowded primary for the 2008 presidential nomination. Only one Republican thought it important enough to address the group that typically leans Democrat. The Boston Globe reports:
After he came out, Tancredo wandered around the empty stage, not knowing which podium to use. “Oh, right here?” he said when led to the center lectern. “Oh my gosh, this is amazing.”
“Do you think we should wait a few minutes to see if these other guys show up?” Tancredo said, drawing a big laugh from the crowd. “Do they know something I don’t know, is that it? I think actually I know something that they don’t know.”
That line drew a loud cheer from the audience, clearly appreciative that Tancredo had bothered to show up.
But Congressman Tancredo, who often differs on policy with the NAACP, saw some common ground on which to address the crowd in Detroit at their annual convention. Here is MSNBC’s “First Read”
Tancredo said proponents of immigration reform have “the audacity to call ‘amnesty’ the modern day civil rights movement.” He earned big applause for saying “There is no comparison” between the two movements.
And the Boston Globe again:
Tancredo said he gets “insulted” every time he hears that illegal immigrants are working jobs American citizens won’t take.
“I’ve done those jobs, you’ve done those jobs, our kids have done those jobs,” he said.
Related:
Trancredo Introduces Landmark Bill: “OVERDUE” Immigration Reform Act of 2007
Eisenhower and Illegals (Tancredo’s guest editorial at The Washington Times)
