Tom Tancredo

Status: Tom Tancredo replied to our questionnaire and then retracted it as below. In its place, Tom Tancredo issued a press release supporting the Mormon cult.

12/4/2007
Godvoter.org
To Whom It May Concern:

In light of the religious bigotry that you have expressed in your recent statement concerning Mormonism, I want to retract the response I made to your survey. I do not want my name or that of my campaign associated in any way with such remarks.

Sincerely,

Tom Tancredo

Born to second generation Italian parents, Tom Tancredo was a Roman Catholic until 20 years ago, when he became a Presbyterian. Tom Tancredo was appointed to a Department of Education post in 1981, and served in the Congress from 1999 to 2008 (see Tom Tancredo biography).

To his credit, Tom Tancredo is conservative on social issues. He is anti-abortion, anti-homosexual marriage and anti-embryonic stem cell research, although his opposition appears to have involved supporting, as opposed to authoring, bills.

But Tom Tancredo lacks gravitas, has neither foreign policy nor executive experience, his claims of being strong on defense is compromised by having avoided the draft as a young man, and the retraction of his testimony in favor of defending a cult raises questions about his judgment.

Our rating of his candidacy for President was lowered from C to D after his endorsement of Mitt Romney, and will remain so should Tancredo attempt another presidential bid in 2012.