When Tom Tancredo didn’t show up to the Republican Presidential candidates’ spanish language debate, those of us who bothered to notice at all smiled a little as Tancrazy’s campaign train rode a little further off the rails. Tancredo hasn’t polled out of low single digits throughout his doomed run, and the ideologue’s unwillingness to speak spanish to spanish speakers is yet another reason that even Republicans find him less attractive than Rudy!, Romney, and Ron Paul.

But as most of us ignored Tancredo’s boycott, el boicoteo de Tancredo de la sierra de Carl Mumpower el discusión de Univision y su corazón era más caliente que un tamale.

From e-Carl:

“Absent from the debate was Colorado Representative and Presidential Candidate Tom Tancredo. Citing a resistance to “further Balkanization of American political life”, the Congressman elected not to participate in a political forum he viewed as “insulting to our new citizens”.
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“Like many folks, I’m sick and tired of the way in which politicians of both parties so easily abandon their principles and pander for votes. The Democrats, especially, continue to play to their “pet constituencies” – while ignoring the concerns of the average American – by seducing them with false promises that cannot be kept,” offered Mumpower. “That does a grave disservice to the very people that politicians claim to help. I am a proponent of making English our official language because I sincerely believe it would ennoble people. It would help to broaden the equal access to liberty and opportunity that makes this country special – and it would help people of all backgrounds to more fully share in the American dream,”

This is the same Tom Tancredo who honestly wants to deport all 12 million people currently residing illegally in the U.S., the same Tom Tancredo previously endorsed by white supremacist groups Stormfront and Vanguard. This is a guy most folks wouldn’t ever want to get in bed with. But Army of Mumpower does not fear the unbearable whiteness of Tom Tancredo.

Carl thinks speaking English is “ennobling“: “to elevate in degree, excellence, or respect; dignify; exalt”. In otherwords, spanish speakers are less excellent, less respected, less dignifed, and less exalted. Carl would elevate them to his english-speaking level and would refuse to speak to them at a debate. No matter if they were born here, Hot Carl believes in Tancredo’s notion of “Balkanization”, ignoring the multitude of nations around the world with multiple languages. Tom Tancredo, when he speaks of balkanization, usually also mentions the dangers of multiculturalism.

Tancredo a year ago in the Denver Post:

“Immigrants who cling to their language, heritage and loyalties while living in the U.S. threaten to turn the nation into a “Tower of Babel,” he said.

He rails against what he calls “the cult of multiculturalism,” or “people who are intent upon dividing America up into cultural enclaves, who are intent upon essentially minimizing the importance of Western civilization.”

Tom Tancredo and Carl Mumpower believe that language diversity is a symptom of a disease. Carl evidently believes the ignoble folks who speak Spanish need ennobling. They believe that speaking Spanish to spanish speakers will tear our nation asunder. From here they both look like silly men taking meaningless stands against a problem that doesn’t exist. If anything, Americans’ inability to speak multilingually is a deficit. You’d be hard pressed to find another nation in the world with so little knowledge of other languages. Mumpower’s defense of our ignorance is embarrassing.