Case in point: Ken Buck, a Republican running for U.S. Senate in Colorado, was recently caught saying, “will you tell those dumbasses at the Tea Party to stop asking questions about birth certificates while I’m on the camera?” Full story, including Mr. Buck’s response to the fallout, can be found here.

From there, it’s getting a little weird. The Colorado Tea Party Facebook page, which claims to be,

The Official Colorado Tea Party Page.

Standing on the Judeo-Christian Principles of the United States Constitution.

The central hub for Colorado Activists who, uncompromisingly, work to reclaim Colorado’s family values and America’s Greatness.

posted the following this morning:

You’ll notice that I had to grab it from my Hootsuite feed, as it was deleted within 5 minutes and replaced with:

So, my question becomes: is this group run by birthers, sympathetic to birthers, or is this just a case of bad communication?

Now, don’t get me wrong, I think something needs to be done about the illegal immigration issue, and President Obama’s increase in executive and overall federal government power needs to be reversed. However, I cannot stand behind Tancredo. This is the type of “lunatic fringe” speech that paints us all in a bad light. Tancredo is a big name, and that big name representing the “crazier” side of the conservative/libertarian contingent will get more press than anyone else. It makes us all look bad, and I don’t really care to be lumped in with that contingent.