Posted by
Rocky Mountain Foundation on Thursday, May 21, 2009 4:50:40 PM
In an address given May 20, former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) called for change in federal law to give the states – laboratories of democracy – latitude to consider drug legislation. Tancredo called the War on Drugs a failure and expressed concern about collateral damage, especially drug cartel violence plaguing Mexico and spreading northward, discussed elsewhere in this blog.
TV coverage on Denver's ABC affilitate can be seen here.
Cato Institute's senior fellow Doug Bandow complimented Tancredo, albeit left-handedly, in a post here.
Unfortunately, Bandow took a gratuitous slap at Tancredo's libertarian bona fides with the claim that Tancredo "made his name attacking immigration." As The New York Times might do, Bandow left out "illegal."
Few speak more eloquently than Tancredo about immigrants' wholesome contributions to our country's fabric. It will surprise some to know that one can't be libertarian while opposing illegal immigration, the position Tancredo has rather prominently championed.