on the Constitution party ticket.
He's either going to kick some ass, or ensure Hickenlooper's victory.
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on the Constitution party ticket.
He's either going to kick some ass, or ensure Hickenlooper's victory.
Probably the latter unfortunately
The Colorado Republican Party guaranteed a Looper victory when they pulled Penry out and backed McGinnis. They would have been fine with Penry and then they decided to play 'whose turn is it' and Penry was out. Idiots.
Yep I'm pissed.
I like living in Colorado, but now it looks like time to leave.
This state will not survive another term of Democrat control without passing the point of no return on the way to becoming East California :(
Oh well, Utah is looking better all the time (will make driving to Kansas to visit family at Thanksgiving every year more of a PITA).
Yep...leave it to the republican party leadership to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Tancredo has just ensured another democrat in the governor's mansion.
I agree about UT.
I think the Republicans have totally screwed themselves here. We have McGinnis the plagiarizer and Maes the business candidate who has been with no visible means of support. The Senate guy Buck can't shut his mouth around a microphone and now Crazy Tom is going to run and split the vote so the Hick might as well as go on vacation.
I had been planning on holding my nose and voting for Republicans but they've really worked overtime to lose. Maybe I'll just say the heck with it and vote Libertarian in these races since they are hopeless.
Steve
Um...kick our collective conservative ass. He just handed it to Hick. [Bang]Quote:
Originally Posted by arz
[Bang][Rant1][Rant2]There aren't words to describe how disgusted I am that Hickinpooper is going to be our Governer. You thought Ritter fucked things up? Just wait.
We're not too far from being the next Kalifornia or Illinois as it is. After a few years of Hick, who knows...
Hickenlooper will win this election as it stands now. McInnis screwed up big time but Tancredo just made it worse.
I still have hope.
before long I may be asking for come change though...so save up your quarters for me[Swim]
The bigger turn off for me is that the Republican Chairman here in Colorado is named Dick Wad-Ham....Freedom works has Dick Armies. I mean come one people.
Or, you guys could get out, drum up support for someone and I don't know.. do something besides bitch on the internet.
I swear some of these threads here lately are demonstrative of the exact issue.
Perhaps some folks are drumming up support and bitching on the internet.Quote:
Originally Posted by BadShot
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Nope, all my mommy lets me do is bitch on the internet. [Wiggle]Quote:
Originally Posted by hurley842002
The Governor and Senate races are fubar. There are all the House seats, state legislature and on down to county level positions. It ain't over.
Steve
I think the governor race is going to be tough, but I think we have a real chance at at least one of the senate seats, I doubt Bennett can win.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrufflerSteve
I'm not sure he's going to win the primary.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ranger
Abramoff might do better, but I still think even Buck or Norton can beat either of them.
I totally agree. Bennett is a twit and everyone knows it, I'm not sure who he screwed to get the post, but he'll be out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zundfolge
While we're complaining about the state, I went to sign up for the Amazon Affiliates program today, and was rejected because I live in Colorado. Colorado and two other states have ruled that affiliates (People who send traffic to Amazon.com in exchange for a % of sales) mean that Amazon would have to pay Colorado state taxes as a company that exists in CO.
As a result, they've booted all affiliates from Colorado.
Weak sauce!
H.
Call Al Gore!!!! [ROFL1]Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoosier
Thank you Mr. Ritter, good riddance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoosier
I'm with you sniper! It aint over til it's over. We have got a pretty good chance to win. While I am not enthused about our choices, I'm voting republican straight down for now. Personally I would vote for a drunk sea monkey before I vote for lickmypooper.Quote:
Originally Posted by sniper7
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Originally Posted by Bitter Clinger
When it is over, Hick will be sending a "thank you" note to Tancredo.
Not good news.
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I'm afraid that you're right, but like Bitter Clinger, I'll be voting straight Republican.
I'm I doing this because I think the Republican party has the best candidate? HECK NO! But, I won't throw away my vote to a third party, even Tancredo, just to give the Dem's the chance to hold onto the offices (even if it's with a new face).
That sucks. Tom is letting his ego get in the way of good judgment. I can't even envision hickenlopper as governor. I remember hick's commercials when he first ran of office, carrying his fanny pack of quarters for the parking meters. What a lightweight joke he is. Straight Republican all the way.
If Maes doesn't win in the primary (and I'm voting for him), then I'll definately vote for Tancredo in the general. This is really set up in an interesting way. The tide really seems to be shifting conservative for Colorado. A good comeback from when tons of seats were bought out with a small handful of liberal billionares four years ago. Coloradans are starting to hit back.
This could be a breakthrough for the Constitution party. I'd encourage you all to reconsider your notions about 3rd party. It's only the way it seems because it seems that way to you.
Wouldn't now be a great time to vote straight third party? If you don't care who you are voting for, and just want the other guy to lose, why not work to elect third party to prove to the people that it can be done?
I would rather vote party lines myself, otherwise it is a guaranteed win for Lickmypooper.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart
I will be voting for Tancredo and Buck. I voted for Maes in the primary but I don't want him for governor. The rest will be straight republican. The democrats can go to hell.
i wish tom had stepped in before this all went down. i am sure he was doing the GOPs bidding by standing aside for their preferred candidates.
I think that The timing may be right for tom, finally. with the AZ immigration law coming down and all the support it has with the people. I think this may be candidate that will take our state in a good direction for a change,
so what if he is not a republican candidate, he is the only politician I can think of that says what he means, and doesn't have a ton of dirt to dig up about him. He says what needs to be said, Polls be damned. I am sick of all the candidates that say what they think will get them elected.
he is a true conservative and believes in our country and our flag.
I will back him.
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Originally Posted by Ranger
This is a self-fulfilling prophecy... the only reason that it's a guaranteed win for Hickenlooper is because too many people have this same mentality, and won't vote for a person based on their own merit if they're not with "the party"
Colorado GOP screwed the pooch on this one- now I'm considering changing my voter registration to Independent...
I could go with my Father's philosophy- register as a Democrat, so you can vote for the biggest idiot(s) during the primary.. [ROFL1]
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Originally Posted by rockhound
I concur.
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Originally Posted by 68Charger
But it's so hard to choose which one!
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Originally Posted by rockhound
I may not agree 100% with some of Tancredo's views but the one thing that comes forth with this man- His honesty.
He tells it like he see's it.
He got guts and in this political enviroment-guts is enough.....
As much as I like Tancredo, I think he is doing us wrong. As I said earlier, all he is doing is ensuring a Democrat in the State Capitol.
[Mad][Mad][Mad]
That's not entirely accurate; if it were, I'd go for the best candidate - even if there were third party.Quote:
Originally Posted by 68Charger
There are LOTS of folks who will vote party lines period. THIS is what will split the vote the worst if there is a better candidate who is third party. Unfortunately, the Dem's rarely have this issue to content with. They typically stand united behind the biggest citizenry thierves they can find.
It recently struck me that Democrats are a combination of the two main characters of the Robin Hood story. They steal from the "rich" (anyone who works) and give to the poor like Robin Hood & tax the peasants (er, citizens) into oblivion like the Sheriff of Nottingham.
One good thing, the other day he had a little slip up in an interview and said "I'm not sure how long I'm going to be in this race". Can't find where it was now but he said it and that makes me think he's doing this for attention...again. He's a smart man, he knows (at least I hope he does) that if he runs he will split the vote and therefore hand over the gov to Hick. If he does that everyone will say 'Tancredo split the vote and that's why we lost'. He would commit political suicide by doing that. But if he gets out and we still happen to lose people will say 'It was Maes fishy accounting' or 'McInnis' plagiarism that cost us'. I think he drops before November.
How is this different than what I said? It's exactly what I'm trying to convey- You can only control your vote- The majority will just stick with party lines to avoid "flushing their vote".. but at the same time, it's exactly what causes the split votes..Quote:
Originally Posted by theGinsue
I see a few people changing their affiliation from Republican to Independent. I don't understand why someone would do this and then complain about the Republican Party.
If a person want to change the Republican Party a person needs to vote in the primaries. In order to vote in the primaries a person needs to claim a Republican affiliation. OTOH if you want to mess with the dems I would claim a dem affiliation and vote for the most whacked dem I could find.
Just because a person has a Republican affiliation doesn't mean a person has to vote straight Republican, a person may vote any way they like.