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"One Freeper is even basing his support on what some liberal democrat "American" election observer has to say about it."

Bob Schaffer is not a scare quotes "American"; he is third generation American of Ukrainian descent, and a Reagan Republican. Not Liberal, Not Democrat. A Reagan conservative Republican, one of the most conservative members of the House when he served there. He served 8 years in the Colorado state senate, and 6 in Washington DC, representing my district. I know him. He was my congressman. He was an expert in Ukrainian foreign policy matters in the Congress, and has a sterling reputation. He won numerous awards while in Congress for his work continuing the Reagan legacy. I have never known him to tell a lie.

If he could have beaten Pete Coors in the primary for the Senate seat in Colorado, he would have beaten the Democrat, Ken Salazar, and we would have SIX new Republican senators instead of five in the Senate. (Coors never has held public office one day in his life, knows next to nothing about the issues, and ran a Kerry-like campaign, full of stupid blunders, which Salazar capitalized on. None of that would have happened with a Schaffer campaign; Schaffer would have beaten Salazar on the issues in Red State Colorado; Coors thought because he was a millionaire he could buy himself a Senate seat. It just doesn't work that way here.)

In Bob's last contested election he beat the liberal Democrat with over 60% of the vote, and his last election went uncontested by any Democrats, they recognized he was so wildly popular that he was unbeatable. But Pete Coors is a millionaire and Bob is just a regular middle class guy like most of us. He couldn't overcome the Coors multi-million dollar media blitz to win the primary. He is BELOVED as Ronald Reagan in northern Colorado, his home turf.

Please know what you are talking about before speaking ill of a great man.