Tom Tancredo: “as we face the calamity and the calamitous events of September 11 and recognize what our Nation now needs to do in…”

“as we face the calamity and the calamitous events of September 11 and recognize what our Nation now needs to do in response to that, we also recognize that there are literally hundreds, thousands, perhaps, hundreds of thousands of incidents of incredible patriotism that have been expressed by the average American citizen. We have seen the many pictures on TV and the representations of the flag being held aloft, and it is truly inspiring. And it is indeed necessary for our country to survive, to have that kind of united agreement upon our principles about who we are and what we are trying to accomplish in this conflict. But recently it has come to my attention, and I am sure to the attention of many of my colleagues, that we are also reaping what the seeds of political correctness that have been sown in this Nation over the last several years are producing for us. For years we have, I should not say we perhaps, because it is predominantly liberal political thought that has initiated a hatred for everything American, for everything with expressions of what might be called patriotic.”