August 20, 2010 12:11 AM UTC

Some Top Republicans Furious With Tambor Williams Pick

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• by: Colorado Pols

It seems as though Republican Gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes is causing quite a bit of consternation from some top Republican politicos and elected officials over his selection of Tambor Williams as his Lt. Governor and running mate.

Many Republicans are apparently upset because Williams was an open supporter of Referendum C&D and was not particularly strong (from a conservative’s point of view) on the issue of abortion.

As an email from one such Republican posted by Republican blogger Rossputin points out:

This is a disaster for the GOP. Not only was Tambor the State’s top regulator after voting to allow Waren Hern to continue partial birth abortions (HB97-1136), she helped pass the largest tax hike in Colorado history (Ref C) and tried to cripple us with billions more in debt (Ref D).

Tambor Williams is the poster child for everything that caused voters to distrust the CO GOP in the first place.

So why on earth would Dan’s very first decision as our nominee be such an obviously ridiculous choice?

If like me you feared Dan Maes’s campaign was like the Titanic going down, he just pulled aboard the biggest anchor he could find making it sink faster.

Now the base will flee to Tancredo in droves.

And the Dems haven’t even layed a glove on Dan yet.

An amaesingly bad day for the CO GOP.

We were forwarded another email chain, which included some local GOP elected officials on it, which you can read after the jump (all names in the “TO” and “CC” headings have been redacted on the email chain, except for the response from Maes himself). As you can see, the Republican Kumbaya moment probably isn’t happening any time soon…

DAN’s RESPONSE IS TOTAL NONSENSE AND THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF THE WAY HE SHOULD be responding to erase our more than legitimate concerns.

I just spoke to former State Rep. Barry Arrington and he is more than happy to talk to anyone who calls him about the truth of Tambor’s pro-abortion recpord.  It is documented public record that his vote was to PASS the bill and prevent the horrific practice of partial birth abortion.  Tambor voted NO. Dan’s arguement is exactly what the GOP pro-abort’s tried to get away with.  It didn’t work then and won’t work now.

Please call Barry if you like:

Cell: 303-XXX-XXXX

O: 303-XXX-XXXX

Rather than continued dismissal of very legitimate concerns, Mr. Maes needs to humble himself, become completely honest with voters, and

pray the Dems don’t completely ruin his name and the credibility of the conservative movement in the process.

The first place to start is drop Tambor on this issue and her tax and debt hikes.  Note she sign ed the CUT pledge then turned around and voted to hike taxes and debt by billions.  so not only is she a big spender / taxer, she deceived the voters and lacks any credibility on any conservative issue..

This continued stubbornness in thinking he can just dismiss away everyone’s concerns would prove to me that Dan is only interested in his own personal shot at glory rather than the well being of the conservative movement that was here long before Dan Maes came around and will be around long after.

You may forward this private email to anyone you think Dan may listen to.

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—–Original Message—–

From: Daniel Maes

To:

Sent: Wed, Aug 18, 2010 11:42 am

Subject: Once Again, you are misinterpreting info

Ed,

Tambor is pro-life and against partial birth abortion.  Newcomers to the political realm, and there are many currently, do not understand

why votes happen all the time.  She absolutely abhors PPA and did then.  She voted the way she did because she did not like the way the

bill was worded and had constitutional issues with equal application of the law.

This is the type of partner I want as she put it through a constitutional filter and rejected it as written.  Too many people look only at the surface facts (what the media tells you) and make

impulsive decisions.  Any negative reaction to this is exactly that.

She and I did discuss the issue during the vetting process.  She was very upfront about it and I respected that.

She was not part of my campaign at any time.  She had become a friend over many months and did not support me officially until the weekend of the assembly.  Her husband had been a supporter for a while.

A Lt. Gov. does not drive policy.  They support the policy of the Gov. I will not consider changing my ticket.

I hope having all the facts will assist you and your fellow voters in making an informed decision rather than an impulsive one.

God Bless,

Dan Maes

The Peoples Candidate

Re-energizing Colorado’s Economy