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Where Tom Tancredo goes, trouble follows. Restoration Weekend drew a cadre of famous conservatives to South Florida this past weekend -- but the Colorado congressman was the one who grabbed the headlines, after he referred to Miami as a "third-world country." And President Bush has only himself to blame, Tancredo...
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Where Tom Tancredo goes, trouble follows.

Restoration Weekend drew a cadre of famous conservatives to South Florida this past weekend — but the Colorado congressman was the one who grabbed the headlines, after he referred to Miami as a “third-world country.”

And President Bush has only himself to blame, Tancredo continued, because of his push for immigration reform: “He is going to do what he can to create a place where the idea of America is just that — an idea.”

Just as predictable as Tancredo stealing the GOP’s thunder was Governor Jeb Bush’s subsequent slap of the Coloradan, which inspired this letter today.

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Tancredo won’t be holding his breath for any invitation to “a stay at a five-star beachfront hotel” — which is what his spokesman said Tancredo would need before he’d visit Miami again. — Patricia Calhoun

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