Bloomberg quote on Colorado Recalls

[funkymonkey1111]

Just saw this on the NRA feed:

Asked about three Colorado Democrats being forced out of office by a recall movement that arose last summer after the legislature’s passage of laws expanding background checks and banning magazines of more than 15 rounds, legislation Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns lobbied hard for, the former mayor said this: “The NRA went after two or three state Senators in a part of Colorado where I don’t think there’s roads. It’s as far rural as you can get. And, yes, they lost recall elections. I’m sorry for that. We tried to help ‘em. But the bottom line is, the law is on the books, and being enforced. You can get depressed about the progress, but on the other hand, you’re saving a lot of lives.”

i seem to remember walking some roads in the Springs in the recall effort. I think i've seen roads in Pueblo and jeffco, too....

[merl]

That'll be a fun quote. Too bad there is no easy way to show that the NRA got involved after MAIG started supporting the incumbents and was not the driver.

[ruthabagah]

46953

[Dave_L]

Morse blamed it on "A lot of country bumpkins".

[BushMasterBoy]

This is where I live...

http://www.mytrailerpark.com/

[funkymonkey1111]

KVDR has picked up the story:

http://kdvr.com/2014/07/10/bloomberg-dismisses-colo-springs-pueblo-as-road-less-rural-backwaters/

DENVER — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is popping off about Colorado in a new Rolling Stone interview and Republicans here, who have been blasting Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper for taking cues from Bloomberg on the state’s new gun laws, couldn’t be happier about it.

Asked about three Colorado Democrats being forced out of office by a recall movement that arose last summer after the legislature’s passage of laws expanding background checks and banning magazines of more than 15 rounds, legislation Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns lobbied hard for, the former mayor said (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/michael-bloomberg-isnt-afraid-of-the-nra-20140708#ixzz3754HSUss) this:

“The NRA went after two or three state Senators in a part of Colorado where I don’t think there’s roads. It’s as far rural as you can get. And, yes, they lost recall elections. I’m sorry for that. We tried to help ‘em. But the bottom line is, the law is on the books, and being enforced. You can get depressed about the progress, but on the other hand, you’re saving a lot of lives.”

The successful recalls last September occurred in Colorado Springs, the state’s second largest city, and Pueblo, its seventh largest.

The gun laws did trigger a secession movement by 11 rural northeastern Colorado counties as well, something Bloomberg may have conflated with the recall efforts.

But for Colorado Republicans eager for any chance to remind voters of Bloomberg’s influence on their Democratic governor , the comments are an election year gift.

“Just for the record, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and Jefferson County all have roads. I just traveled them,” said Bob Beauprez, Hickenlooper’s GOP challenger. “Michael Bloomberg’s infuriatingly ignorant remarks show how far removed he is from Colorado, and how wrong John Hickenlooper was to let Bloomberg force his radical agenda on Colorado.

“It’s pathetic a New York City Mayor had more influence in our governor’s office than our state’s sheriffs.”
Colorado GOP Chairman Ryan Call added: “This is what one of Sen. Udall and Gov. Hickenlooper’s top supporters thinks of Colorado.

“It’s astonishing that Gov. Hickenlooper would discuss important legislation with Mayor Bloomberg, who obviously doesn’t respect or understand the people of our great state, but refused to speak to Colorado sheriffs. No wonder the governor lied to our state’s sheriffs, instead of admitting that he spoke to Mayor Bloomberg on multiple occasions.”

Hickenlooper himself reawakened last year’s gun debate in June when he told a group of Colorado sheriffs, most of which tried to sue him to overturn the gun laws (the suit was recently dismissed but is being appealed), that he hadn’t spoken with Bloomberg and that he agreed with them that the magazine ban is difficult to enforce and that the legislative process to pass it was too divisive.

Hickenlooper, who also told the sheriffs he was forced to sign that bill because a staffer promised he would, later told (http://kdvr.com/2014/06/20/hickenlooper-clarifies-remarks-to-sheriffs-id-sign-the-magazine-ban-again/) FOX31 Denver that his staff was following his orders and that he would sign the magazine ban into law again.

Republicans are also trying to link Udall to Bloomberg. Udall, who also faces reelection this fall, voted in favor of the Manchin-Toomey amendment last year that would have expanded gun background checks nationally, which couldn’t get the 60 Senate votes necessary to break a filibuster.

It’s tougher to to draw a straight line from Bloomberg to Udall, but Republican Cory Gardner’s campaign argues that Udall is already benefitting from Senate Majority PAC, which Bloomberg has contributed to, and possibly taken personal contributions from Bloomberg himself.

[ZERO THEORY]

Ah, yes. That barren stretch of empty valley known as Arvada. Hudak reigned over that desolate bunch of wheat complete with McDonald's, Starbucks, two movie theaters, a performing arts center, four different corporate gyms, a military recruiting station, two high schools, a spa, and a Wal Mart.

[jerrymrc]

This is where I live...

http://www.mytrailerpark.com/

That was funny.

[brutal]

This is where I live...

http://www.mytrailerpark.com/

lolz

[stoner01]

Sometimes I wish bloomturd was a BJ instead

[roberth]

That was funny.


lolz

OMG LOL

[Hound]

I hope Bloomberg keeps talking about us. He is one of the biggest supporters of the GOP for November even if he does not realize it. Keep talking buddy.

[Zundfolge]

I can't tell y'all how much I hate this man as it would violate the terms of service on this forum [dammit]

[DenverGP]

Good thing us backward-ass hicks have some smart city slicker to tell us how to run our state. Just imagine if our politicians listened to their country bumpkin constituents.

[TFOGGER]

Bloomberg should probably go try to suck start a firehose. Or try bungee jumping off the Royal Gorge bridge with a 100 foot piece of logging chain wrapped around his neck in place of the bungee.

[Aloha_Shooter]

I want him to keep inserting his feet in his mouth through the November elections. He was one of the biggest assets we had in the Colorado recalls. Keep talking Mikey, keep talking.

[TFOGGER]

I want him to keep inserting his feet in his mouth through the November elections. He was one of the biggest assets we had in the Colorado recalls. Keep talking Mikey, keep talking.

Good point. Bob's campaign should jump on this like a ship full of sailors jumping on a Thai whorehouse...

[merl]

Good point. Bob's campaign should jump on this like a ship full of sailors jumping on a Thai whorehouse...

he has

[Zundfolge]

Good point. Bob's campaign should jump on this like a ship full of sailors jumping on a Thai whorehouse...

Oh the imagery [mlp]

[BPTactical]

Oh the imagery [mlp]

As long as it's not a Ladyboi whorehouse.....

[SamuraiCO]

Well shucks ya'll I do think we've been insulted.

[jhood001]

I done gone and rode ma' horse fer 3 days to sign the recall fer Evie Hudak.

Actually, I walked 3 blocks down a paved sidewalk. I really hope this comes back to bite him hard.

[Dave_L]

Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.

[Great-Kazoo]

Fuck that NY elitist, money bagged cvnt.

GRASS ROOTS, I GOT YOUR GRASSROOTS RIGHT HERE.

https://sp1.yimg.com/ib/th?id=HN.608022332566079609&pid=15.1&P=0

[jerrymrc]

No roads here as well. Taking the Buckboard to the HS to vote Morse out of office took some time since it is on the other side of the interstate. [LOL]

[sniper7]

Any y'all round these parts make wagon axles?

[BPTactical]

Any y'all round these parts make wagon axles?

I got ya covered Sniper, I just gotta go dig up some coal next to the cement pond and fire up the forge.


These "people" are clearly insane.
Add this to Harry Reid's convincing statement that Clarence Thomas is white, Feinstein 's statement that returning the immigrant kid would be like sending Jews to the Nazis, Obozo saying he is aware of the immigration issue etc.
They are delusional, narcissistic psychopaths.

We are in deep shit folks

[clublights]

**snip**Obozo saying he is aware of the immigration issue etc**snip**

We are in deep shit folks


I completely believe he is aware of the issue...


now him giving a fuck about it is another story....

[buffalobo]

I got ya covered Sniper, I just gotta go dig up some coal next to the cement pond and fire up the forge.


These "people" are clearly insane.
Add this to Harry Reid's convincing statement that Clarence Thomas is white, Feinstein 's statement that returning the immigrant kid would be like sending Jews to the Nazis, Obozo saying he is aware of the immigration issue etc.
They are delusional, narcissistic psychopaths.

We are in deep shit folks


Well said.

We lost the border war when the illegal invaders became 10% of our population.

[Big E3]

I got ya covered Sniper, I just gotta go dig up some coal next to the cement pond and fire up the forge.


These "people" are clearly insane.
Add this to Harry Reid's convincing statement that Clarence Thomas is white, Feinstein 's statement that returning the immigrant kid would be like sending Jews to the Nazis, Obozo saying he is aware of the immigration issue etc.
They are delusional, narcissistic psychopaths.

We are in deep shit folks

Exactly!

We've always had insane delusional, narcissistic psychopath politicians, the scary part is that there are enough uninformed ignorant people out there to vote them into office year after year.

[clublights]

If anyone is wondering the numbers on those Recall districts..... ( as of Dec 22 2011) From here (http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobheadername2=Content-Type&blobheadervalue1=inline%3B+filename%3D%22Legislati ve_District_Information-Senate_Final.pdf%22&blobheadervalue2=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1251763590903&ssbinary=true)

Hudak ( District 19) 140,983

Morse ( District 11) 140,093

Giron ( District 3) 140,106

So almost half a million ( 421,185) people living in the sticks with no roads eh ?

Bloomberg is a dochenozzle.

[Rucker61]

I can't tell y'all how much I hate this man as it would violate the terms of service on this forum [dammit]

I didn't think it was possible to say enough bad things about Bloomberg to violate the TOS here. You must cuss real good.

[Irving]

I didn't think it was possible to say enough bad things about Bloomberg to violate the TOS here. You must cuss real good.

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[Bailey Guns]

Any y'all round these parts make wagon axles?

For what? We ain't even got wheels in these parts.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Ain't got no need for no wagon. Mah wife an' kids kin carry it all an' they get better traction, what with being barefoot and all. Betsy's a lil heavier than normal, what with being pregnant an' all, but y'know that just gives her better traction in the mud.

[zulu01]

Investigation into the missing roads in the Springs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGxtOex0efo&feature=youtu.be

[Jim B]

We've always had insane delusional, narcissistic psychopath politicians, the scary part is that there are enough uninformed ignorant people out there to vote them into office year after year.

This is what it boils down to, elections. We can send e-mails. Write letters. Make phone calls. Stand in the street and wave signs. Nothing wrong with doing those things, except they don't seem to work. What really gets their attention is kicking them TF out of office.

[HoneyBadger]

Investigation into the missing roads in the Springs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGxtOex0efo&feature=youtu.be
This was awesome to watch. I loved the "Big Gulp" he was holding! [ROFL1]

[Colorado_Outback]

"Well I don't read that many books but.." LOL

[rfizzle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGxtOex0efo&feature=youtu.be

[Bailey Guns]

Nice work, Todd.