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I am a fan of former state Senator Dave Schultheis.
However, this will have to be explained to me – Senator Schultheis was quoted in a Colorado Springs Independent article by Chet Hardin, “ Anarchy in the GOP,” thusly:
“They [liberty groups] realize that if they start bringing in some of these cultural issues, that they will lose their momentum,” he says. “They are trying to find a common ground where they can at least agree. But what they don’t understand is that the cultural is all intertwined. You can’t have limited government be totally successful without the cultural issues.”
I do not grasp the last sentence. It seems contradictory to me. I interpret it as saying, “you can’t have limited government be totally successful without the government having the authority to tell adults how they must act in the privacy of their own home and the power to enforce that authority.”
Senator Schulteiss, as described in the article, is a supporter of the liberty groups. He is on their side. For that, he gets major props.
I, however, need some help in understanding his position in this instance.
Hopefully, Mike Rosen’s utterly absurd “party over person” mantra can be put to rest.
Rosen and other GOP apologists have recited the line like a Buddhist koan. Now that highly respected Republican patriarchs are calling for their duly nominated gubernatorial candidate, Dan Maes, to step down, will Rosen cling to his mantra like Louise clinging to the steering wheel in her final scene with Thelma? First, former Senator Hank Brown withdrew his endorsement, and declared “I’m beginning to find that (Maes’) explanations are not adequate.” Brown is now “looking around” for a candidate to support. Then former Congressman Bob Beauprez advised that “If Dan really is committed to doing the best for Colorado, as well as for the GOP, he ought to take serious inventory and see if this isn’t the time to do the noble thing.” Now former Colorado Senate President John Andrews has declared that “[a]s a conscientious Republican who earlier voted for Dan, I cannot support a manifestly unfit nominee.” He said he will write in Jane Norton. These respected Republicans have rejected the laughable “party over person” mantra. All principled people – regardless of political affiliation – should reject it.
I applaud and respect Brown, Beauprez and Andrews for their rejection of the mantra. However, I believe Dan Maes should abide by HIS principles and stay in the race. He won the GOP nomination fair and square. He worked hard to earn the nod. He has overcome numerous obstacles to attain the nomination. He played by ALL the rules.
He should make the GOP accept reality and ignore those calling for him to quit.
I thought competition was a GOP principle. Or does that only apply to school choice? If the current voting system makes Tancredo’s third party run problematic for the GOP, the GOP should champion a new voting system. I suggest Approval Voting. I recommend “Gaming the Vote” by William Poundstone as an excellent primer on the issue.
Don’t make the election rules then complain when others play by them.
Let freedom ring.
The Colorado GOP knows it has uphill battle on its hands in the 2010 race for governor.
This is a doomed strategy. It will backfire.
Continuing the “class clown” analogy, making fun of the popular guy does not make one more popular. Generally speaking, the one making fun of the popular guy comes across as a jerk. Or, in today’s vernacular, a “ hater.” McInnis does not need help in that regard.
Even those that don’t particularly care for the class clown will feel some sympathy for him as the jerk keeps calling him names. The official GOP name for Hickenlooper in almost all of its press releases is “Hickenritter,” a reference to the sitting Democratic governor, Bill Ritter.
While the GOP may think Hickenlooper is the “class clown,” it is the GOP itself acting like petulant school boys.
If the Colorado GOP does not grow up, the Colorado governor race might be one of the few elections the Dems win in 2010.
Think they’ll be hatin’ it then?
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