Posted on 09/08/2010 10:58:06 AM PDT by Kaslin
That’s funny. He was great as my congressman. I have met him and he is real people. But maybe I should take your word for it.
Or not...
Yeah people who met Al Capone thought he was real people too. Same with Mussolini. Heck I remember reading some nimrod talking about having “shook hands and looking into the eyes of Bill Clinton” and knowing he would make a great president. Just because you’re an easy mark doesn’t mean everybody is.
Easy mark? LOL! Yep, that’s me.
Whatever, I am leaning Tom. So are most leading conservatives here, including Mike Rosen, another easy mark I suppose.
http://www.850koa.com/pages/mikerosen.html
Not THE Mike Rosen??
The same Mike Rosen I’ve never heard of? WOW!
Seriously though you must know that Tancredo can’t win and will only serve as a spoiler increasing the odds that the Democrat will win the seat? Perhaps you don’t care. I know Tancredo knows this and doesn’t care.
Yup. When was the last time Medved called a Dem politician crazy?
I will be voting for Tom. I was really disappointed in both republican candidates. And the more we learn about Maes, the worse the news get. And the news today that Tancredo is raising more money than Maes...
But, I am afraid we will see Hickenlooper as governor.
Seriously, if you aren’t in Denver/CO, don’t knock what you don’t know. 850koa, the biggest radio station in this region of the country, plays Rosen during the normal time that Rush plays across the country, delaying Rush’s start time until noon, locally. He has a very large audience, voting audience, in Colorado politics.
I hope the Tanc can win it. The other choices appear to be poor and poorer.
Maes cannot win. Everyday there is new information coming out about Maes that will make Hickenlooper a shoe in. The man appears to be a con artist, and really will do damage to the Republican party in this state.
There are some things you don’t screw up. For instance, if an elderly woman claims that she gave you a LARGE cash donation, and her donation did not show up on your list of donations, don’t screw up giving the money back to her. Don’t give her the wrong amount, don’t not sign the check.
Don’t lie about things like being an undercover cop in another state.
The list goes on.
I wasn’t aware of what you told me. Thanks for the information. Still it looks bad no matter how you slice it according to realclearpolitics.com:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/governor/2010_colorado_governor_race.html
Being somewhat local, and being in CO long enough to have watched Hickenlooper, I am somewhat sick to my stomach about the possibility. In such a critical year, a critical time in CO’s future, I cannot understand how the Republicans didn’t do a better job of vetting and picking candidates. We really screwed up.
Hickenlooper is a very likeable man, very congenial. He is about as radical as they come, it appears, but the media is going to protect him on that. And voters are going to like him.
Look at the polling dates. They are all before Maes crashed and burned. Hickenloper is still below 50%. This indicates he may have a strong advantage but it is far from a done deal.
A vote against Maes is more than just a vote against the candidate. It's also a vote against his supporters—a faction that, in my opinion, is turning the Colorado Republican Party to crap. Having Maes as Governor would energize them and put them in the driver's seat.
This also includes some <airquotes>Tea Parties and 9/12 Groups</airquotes> who started off as protests against statism, but then ran off the rails when they degenerated into herds of sheeple who vote for random, unvetted underdogs that their leaders tell them to vote for.
Colorado is definitely a poster child for sheeple. They voted for Obama like mad, thinking it would be “better.” I have so many peers regretting that decision now. My only real response is “Really, you didn’t know better, didn’t bother to research, didn’t bother to think?”
Although it has been quite exciting to see people wake up to the problems with our federal government, we all need to be aware that these are the same people who voted for Obama in droves before.
And I have never been convinced of this “Tea Party” movement that so suddenly grew up after Obama was elected, upset with his policies, within months? I am sorry, but where were you two months before he was elected? What changed in the two months after he he took office to make you so greatly change your mind about him?
That is the smart bet as of today.
Yes, the Mike Rosen that has filled in for Rush Limbaugh.
Yes, the Mike Rosen that worked at the Pentagon as an economist after leaving the armed services.
Yes, the Mike Rosen that makes the libs here in Colorado run for cover - and has for decades.
It seems that all the Freepers on this thread that are from Colorado and are close to Colorado politics realize why Maes is now considered the 3rd tier or ‘minor’ candidate.
Those outside the state seem to be the ones unaware of what Tancredo brings to the table (or what Maes takes off the table).
All the influential conservatives in the state have pulled their endorsements.
Believe me, it is not a mistake for Tancredo to be in this race.
To this date, there has not been one identifiable conservative value that Maes has ever acted on or that can be attributed to him.
Get real. Hickenlooper is going to be re-elected because of the split vote on the right. Hickenlooper was in a fight for his life before Tank threw his hat into the ring.
19 percent? I remember it being 21 percent
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