Bye Bye Johnny boy

Sadly, my candidate has pulled out of the race for president today.  I really appreciated John Edwards highlighting poverty on his campaign, because this is an issue that no one pays any attention to.  It’s sad that we have become the richest country in the world, and homeless people still roam the streets, and ghettos tarnish our great cities.  Now I have to decide between Billary and Obama-rama…  Obama has my endorsement.

On this episode of “I’m glad he’s not my legislator”

Doug Bruce!!!

Apparently our favorite person behind TABOR is up to his antics again.  I feel very sorry for the people who chose to have this fool fill a vacancy in the House.  Legislators in Colorado are generally very moderate and considerate (for the most part) as compared to many other states.  This moron has decided that he is more important than any other member in the House.  Hmm…  I don’t think so Brucie.

 This from the Rocky:

Cantankerous anti-tax crusader Douglas Bruce is refusing to be sworn in as a state lawmaker Monday unless the Democratic majority allows him to take the oath before the full House.By custom, lawmakers who are filling vacancies, as Bruce is, are sworn in during private ceremonies in an empty chamber.

But in an impassioned four-page e-mail to House leaders, Rep.-elect Bruce wrote that he wants to be sworn in during a full House session and granted 90 seconds “to speak to MY NEW COLLEAGUES (not to an empty chamber).”

Bruce, a Colorado Springs Republican, wrote that refusing his request would inconvenience the “many people” he’s already invited to a 10 a.m. swearing-in.

House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, a Democrat from Denver, declined what he called Bruce’s “unprecedented” request.

“I’m happy to accommodate any member’s schedule,” Romanoff said, adding that he’s offered Bruce four different times – outside House session – to be sworn in.

“But I’m just not willing to delay to the business of the House to indulge a member’s vanity,” the speaker said. “I’ve never heard of a new member demanding an audience for his swearing in.”

Would someone please just put this joker out of our misery?  Please?

UPDATE:  Bruce backs off after his fellow republicans refuse to back him.  Then he kicks a photographer.  From the Denver Post…

Faith in America

So, I just watched Romney’s “Faith in America” speech.  I think I’m going to go throw up now…

Liberalist liberally liberals are liberalific!

Mark Udall is a liberal?  A LIBERAL? Oh my gosh…  Wow… this is news to me…

Apparently Bob Schaffer is convinced that calling Udall a Boulder liberal is his ticket to the Senate.  This from his press release: 

(Jason Bane over at state38 has taken the liberty of highlighting every appearance of the word “liberal”)

Boulder liberal Mark Udall is supposed to be in Colorado this week for a Congressional “district work period.” But, apparently Udall would prefer to have more fun than do more work. Today, Udall is scheduled to be feted at a party with the liberalist of Democrats in San Francisco. Considering Mark Udall is already too liberal for Colorado, it seems fitting.The event, organized by ultra liberal blogger Markos Moulitsas of the liberal blog ‘Daily Kos’, is scheduled to take place at a bar in San Francisco.

Moulitsas, or Kos, as he refers to himself:  

   * Has been called a “leading liberal blogger” by Slate Magazine. (Torie Bosch, “WMD? Really?” Slate, 6/22/06)

   * And the “most vile of the angry left bloggers.” (Donald Luskin, “America’s Looniest Liberal Pundit,” National Review, 9/26/05)

   * He even denounced four American contractors who were mutilated by terrorists in Fallujah, Iraq: Moulitsas: “I feel nothing over the death of mercenaries … Screw them.” (Matthew Klam, Op-Ed, “Fear And Laptops On The Campaign Trai–,” The New York Times, 9/26/04)

         o Then he said he did not regret his remarks — ABC’s Jake Tapper: “Do you have any regrets writing that?” Markos Moulitsas: “Absolutely not. The blogs are a raw, emotional medium. And they are what they are. And they’re not measured conversation. They’re not edited. They’re raw.” (ABC’s “Nightline,” 7/24/06)

And, according to Newsweek, “[M]oulitsas … chats with Senate leadership aides several times a week and has brainstormed with Democratic operatives about the fall campaign …” (Jonathan Darman, “The War’s Left Front,” Newsweek, 7/3/06)

“How is Boulder liberal Mark Udall spending his district working period,” NRSC Communications Director Rebecca Fisher asked. “Sipping Pouilly Fuisse in San Francisco with the angriest of liberals. How does that help Colorado?”

Wow… I think Bob Schaffer’s press people are geniuses… *cough, cough*

By the way Bob… quit picking on Markos, you conservative conservativalist!

GOP CNN/YouTube Debate

Ah, well, everyone made it to the CNN/YouTube debate… even Mr. Romney who undoubtedly is “too good” for those unrefined YouTube-ers.  All in all it was a good debate.  Of all the debates I’ve seen, the YouTube debates, both with the GOP and the Dems were easily the best.  Although there were no talking snowmen this time around, it was still entertaining.

HERE is a transcript of the debate, for those of you with WAY too much time on  your hands

There was definitely a lot of verbal jabbing going on…  In my humble opinion, the best moment was when Romney accused Giuliani of having a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants, and Giuliani shot back, accusing Romney of hiring illegal immigrants and having a “sanctuary mansion.”  Very clever, Giuliani.  The Wash Post has a good article about these two HERE.

 Another interesting moment was the now infamous ”gay veteran” question:

The big deal with this guy is that apparently he is the co-chairman on Hillary Clinton’s National Military Veterans Group.  The GOP is making a big stink about this.  Is anyone really surprised that this kind of stuff happens?  Every time thing like this are “discovered,” everyone acts like it is something new.  Whatever.  Get over it you big babies.

The surprise of the night was Mike Huckabee.  He had a great sense of humor, and really looked good overall.  Larry Sabato wrote a nice piece and talks about Huckabee as a curious underdog.  More on the Huckster HERE, HERE and HERE.

Where was Giulliani?

So… last Thursday was a GOP debate.  But something was missing…. just can’t quite put my finger on it.  Hmmm…. OH WAIT!  It was GIULLIANI!!  This was a debate centered around black issues, and this doesn’t make ol’ Rudy look so great…

www.therealrudy.org

Are you a U.S. Citizen?

The U.S. Citizen and immigration Services exam just went under a renovation.  People wishing to become U.S. citizens must answer a serious of questions… would you pass the test?

I’m not telling you what score I got…  but it was gooood….

Who will replace Gonzo?

A nice article from the Politico outlines the 5 front-runners in the decision of who will replace Gonzo.  Here they are:

—Michael Mukasey was suggested by Democrats as well as Republicans during the search process. He was Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York until he rejoined the New York City law firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP as a partner in September 2006. Earlier, he was Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the Southern District of New York, where he was chief of the Official Corruption Unit. He spent 18 years on the bench, six of them as chief judge. Known as “Judge Mukasey,” he is a member of Rudy Giuliani’s Justice Advisory Committee.

—Theodore B. (Ted) Olson, known as one of the nation’s premier Supreme Court lawyers, was solicitor general under President Bush from June 2001 to July 2004. Under President Ronald Reagan, Olson was Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel from 1981 to 1984. He rankles Democrats because he successfully represented George W. Bush and Dick Cheney in the Supreme Court for Bush v. Gore cases that decided the 2000 presidential election. Olson is now a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Washington office. He is a member of the President’s Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, created at the suggestion of the 9/11 commission. Olson is chairman of Rudy Giuliani’s Justice Advisory Committee.

—Laurence H. Silberman, a senior circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, was appointed to the bench by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and took senior status in 2000. He was co-chairman (with former Senator Charles S. Robb) of the WMD commission created by President Bush in 2004. Silberman has a varied career that includes being a partner in law firms in Honolulu and Washington, D.C., and a banker in San Francisco. He was a U.S. Army private for a year beginning in 1957, was an appellate-division attorney at the National Labor Relations Board, was solicitor of Labor from1969-1970, undersecretary of Labor from 1970-1973, deputy attorney general from 1974-1975 and Ambassador to Yugoslavia from1975-1977. He is now the Distinguished Visitor from the Judiciary at Georgetown University Law Center.

—George J. Terwilliger, a partner at White & Case in Washington, was Deputy Attorney General, the second-ranking official at Justice, under President George H.W. Bush, from 1991-93. He served briefly as Acting Attorney General of the United States. He was United States Attorney in Vermont from 1986 to 1991, a connection that could help him with Sen. Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.). Terwilliger was senior counsel to Gov. George W. Bush’s presidential campaign on the Florida recount cases.

—Larry D. Thompson, who is PepsiCo’s Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary, would be the nation’s first African-American attorney general. He was Deputy Attorney General to John Ashcroft from May 2001 to August 2003, and remains popular in the Justice Department. He has noted in speeches that he was the first African-American to serve as United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, a position he held from 1982 to 1986. Thompson is a member of Rudy Giuliani’s Justice Advisory Committee. He was a possibility to succeed Ashcroft (the slot went to Gonzales), and has been mentioned as a potential Supreme Court nominee.

Retro Fred!

And now, for your amusement, I give you FRED THOMPSON ‘94!

THIS is priceless.  Freddie is telling his opponent, Jim Cooper, to shut up at a debate for his Senate seat.  This makes him look about as mature as a middle-schooler throwing a temper tantrum.

This Fred TV ad makes me never want to see a flannel shirt again for the rest of my life.

And simply as a curiosity… would you like to see what Fred looks like with HAIR?

So I’ve been slacking on posting… deal with it

I was terribly upset when I learned yesterday that the metal detectors will be a permanent fixture in the state capitol effective immediately.  Frankly, this blows.  I think Coloradoans should be proud of their beautiful and accessible capitol building.  The state patrol do a wonderful job keeping everyone safe, and the event that happened not long ago with the crazy person getting shot is an example of why we DON’T need metal detectors, not a reason FOR them.  Our faithful patrolmen handled the situation flawlessly.  No one other than the gunman was injured, and the whole thing was over in a matter of moments.  The troopers were on that guy so fast he didn’t even know what hit him (excuse the pun).  The people in this state deserve to have a safe, open public building, and that is exactly what the capitol offered them.  Ask anyone down here… the lobbyists, the legislators, the staff, the janitors, and they will all tell you we don’t need metal detectors.  Our governor is being paranoid.  Ug.  This is personally annoying for me because when the session comes around, every time I need to run over to the capitol real quick I will have to go through the f*cking metal detectors.  F*UCK. 

On another note, Bill Richardson wrote a little article for USA Today on No Child Left Behind.  I agree with him on this issue, so READ UP.