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Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: Ben on June 19, 2014, 11:54:56 AM
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The Governor "apologizes" to CO Sheriffs, and explains why he did what he did. What I got out of the article is that it was the fault of his staff and the fault of Democrats that (he claims) told him they wouldn't vote for the restrictions but did. The article doesn't seem to explain why, if he was so against the legislation, he promoted it in the first place.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/19/colorado-governor-tries-to-apologize-for-gun-control-measures-blames-others-and/
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"I was for it in a supposedly consequence-free-environment. Now that there are consequences and I am embarrassed, I offer this insincere apology for having been trapped in a political environment too complex for my used car salesman's brain to anticipate. This is supposed to be enough now. What else do you want from me? F@#&!"
(With respect to all the honest, hard-working used car salespeople out there.)
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Wasn't there also something about him lying about whether he talked to Bloomberg about it. Something like he did before he urged it, but then he didn't?
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Wasn't there also something about him lying about whether he talked to Bloomberg about it. Something like he did before he urged it, but then he didn't?
Yep...
“Well, lets, let’s stick to the facts,” Hickenlooper responded in a video clip of the exchange. “I never talked to Mayor Bloomberg. I…Again, that’s been out in the press and all this stuff. Just for the record. You know, I met Mayor Bloomberg when I was a Mayor, and I know him, uh, I think he’s a pretty good Mayor.”
http://kdvr.com/2014/06/16/hickenlooper-acknowledges-speaking-with-bloomberg-after-flap-with-sheriffs/
In summation, he's not really sorry he signed the law into effect.
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Yep, just a weak attempt at trying to straddle the middle ground.
I would think it's doing him no good. The pro-RKBA base still wants his head on a pike no matter what, and the anti-gun base is just going to see it as waffling, and it'll create an enthusiasm gap.
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(With respect to all the honest, hard-working used car salespeople out there.)
I doubt either of them reads APS.
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I doubt either of them reads APS.
:laugh:
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I halfway favored him when he first ran for Mayor (though I could not vote in Denver elections) since he was a "businessman" and more likely to have his head grounded in reality... as opposed to the previous Mayors, like Webb.
But it soon became apparent, as AJ Dual noted, that his mode of operation was "weak attempt(s) at trying to straddle the middle ground," or to postpone decisions endlessly. His wishy-washiness as governor became all too obvious when he was wringing his hands over the death penalty decision.
I see him as being in conflict between his own slightly conservative outlook and his desire to toe the party line for the purposes of re-election. I'm sure he's looking at a Senatorial bid sometime in the future, and relying on the party machine to get him elected.
If he had been his "own man" instead of constantly sucking on the party's big tits, he might have fared better in the public's eye.
He's a Party "Momma's Boy."
He should go back to brewing beer or being a geologist again.
Terry
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I doubt either of them reads APS.
I referred one here. Don't think he registered, though. ;)
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When is he up for reelection? I need to plan the next day off as I anticipate pulling a muscle from all the laughing I'm going to do as he gets his ass handed to him.
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If he had been his "own man" instead of constantly sucking on the party's big tits, he might have fared better in the public's eye.
Your analogy is intriguing, please elaborate.
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http://news.yahoo.com/colorado-cowardly-gun-fighter-094500761--politics.html (http://news.yahoo.com/colorado-cowardly-gun-fighter-094500761--politics.html)
Colorado's Cowardly Gun Fighter :rofl:
Sit the fence, piss off both sides of it.
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When is he up for reelection? I need to plan the next day off as I anticipate pulling a muscle from all the laughing I'm going to do as he gets his ass handed to him.
November 4, 2014