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March 07, 2011 10:53 PM UTC
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I would have the Broncos cheerleaders with me. Everywhere.
Canvassing, press conferences; I’d be a traveling earned media event.
Hey- you claiming it’s not doesn’t change your negativity.
I’ve known competitive cheerleaders and they aren’t idiots like you are implying. I have no idea why this group was cheering for Romer, but nothing about who they are or what they were doing is creepy.
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I’d make some kinda lame joke right about now, if I wasn’t afraid of being accused of being a paedophile.
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But I don’t live in Denver.
If I did live in Denver, I still wouldn’t care. Cheerleaders aren’t going to ever sway my vote, no matter where I live.
Issues will.
If you want my vote, don’t show me cheerleaders or complain about cheerleaders. Cheerleaders don’t matter. Issues matter.
Seriously.
you get to be my age.
Seriously.
I am one of the cheerleaders for the team Blaze.
And just for your information, nothing about Romer is creepy whatsoever.
He had no idea the cheerleaders were even going to be there, his campaign workers set it up. So before you go and trash talk your up and coming mayor i would do your research so you are putting your opinions out in the open about the elections.
We simply needed a practice space and we didnt have anything unless we did a few cheers for the campaign workers. one of the workers simply said… “you guys are wearing the color of our campaign so it should be fun!”
nothing creepy at all.
Yes, Romer should be proud of a team coming all the way from MT to denver to cheer. It was a delightful surprise for him, and quite honestly i have showed this to some of the members of my squad, and we are very offended.
But since there was no research to be done, I’m glad you’re here. Do you mind if I ask a few questions?
Who paid for you to come “all the way from MT to denver”?
This wasn’t any kind of endorsement, right? Just a gimmick?
And finally, which campaign worker?
No offense to you, I actually have a lot of respect for a high school girl who could probably beat up anyone on this blog, but whoever sent you just shouldn’t have. It back fired. Not your fault, just bad campaigning.
Not that you are who you say anyway.
MT high school girls should probably stay the hell out of Denver elections. I’m fairly certain they would, too.
THIS is indeed creepy. Whichever staffer you are, MTgirl, you don’t capture voices well.
Yeah, that’s a phrase you hear tossed around by high school cheerleaders a lot, no?
This is from some team members from Blaze and we are very offended by the discussions held on this page. Our trip to Colorado was specifically for a national cheerleading competition. We needed the space to practice since we have so many girls. A lady was nice enough to give us the space if we helped her campaign. Romer thanked us many times after we cheered for him and wished us the best of luck at our competition.
If you guys call yourselves politicians.. then why are you bashing on Montana high school girls that know nothing about Colorado politics. Maybe you shouldn’t act like high school girls that gossip and actually worry about the issues that matter. We personally believe that it was a cool idea and a different way to campaign. Our team feels like we need an apology. We don’t think that you all as Colorado politicians would want to make your state look ignorant for discouraging another states young citizens. Way to set an example…
I don’t know if this is really one of the cheerleaders or not, but isn’t clearly the author of this diary is a shill for another campaign, AND, if we don’t have any proof that Blazegirls is a fake, is it really ethical to insist you KNOW she is?
I saw the cheerleaders and even talked to some. They were wearing shorts and t-shirts. Their attire did not strike me as inappropriate, but that is just my opinion. If someone has something against all cheerleaders for philosophical reasons, I get it. I have the same issue with Miss America pagents. Girls and women are human beings, not sex objects.
On the other hand, I’ve known high school cheerleaders who take their sport very seriously, and practice much more than the athletes they are cheering for. They’ve earned my respect for their athleticism. IMHO, it should be a sport separate and distinct from the boy’s sports, so it can get the respect it deserves. Cheerleaders as sex objects? Disgusting and vile. Cheerleaders as capable athletes — awesome.
I don’t have a dog in this Mayoral fight, and I already wrote a diary praising Mejia, but with all due respect, I think everyone on this thread needs to take a breather. JMHO.
Breathers all around because the diary is kind of dumb and the comments not much better.
I’m pretty OK with my post. Did you read it?
It is bad campaigning. And my bullshitsense is all tingly all the way around. It’s one thing to write a diary asking what the point was and calling it odd. It’s quite another to send folks in here pretending to be high school students. Who just happened to land on a highly specific blog. Just in time to defend poor Romer, the king of inappropriate campaigning, as an innocent bystander. Demanding an apology even! For what I can’t be sure. No one made a hit on the cheerleaders. Just Romer. You remember, the guy running for mayor. In Denver.
If you really are cheerleaders, apologies to you on behalf of the user community here.
This site has somewhat of a history, particularly during heated election campaigns, of people not being who they say you are.
It’s not your fault, and thank you for being civic-minded and politically involved.
If you’re not really cheerleaders, but staffer sockpuppets posing as cheerleaders, shame on you.
It’s really hard to tell from just a name.
Nobody here said anything insulting about the MT cheerleaders. Still sounds like a put-up to me, on many fronts.
Ok, in retrospect, I apologize:
I’m sorry they are Montana cheerleaders. I’m sorry they got duped into a free performance by the Romer people (Will this be reported as an “in kind” donation?). I’m sorry the Romer people have such poor taste. I’m sorry AnybodyButRomer is a shill. But most of all…
I’m sorry all you guys on this site fell for all of this crap. Oh, yeah, back in my high school cheerleading days the first thing I did when I got to an out-of-town gig, what did I do? Why, I checked out the local political blogsite to see if I got any mention. Then I registered and got all my traveling chums and my handlers to register really quick so we could blast in a few comments. Isn’t that what you did when you were in high school? Oh, right. Jeez, guys. (P.S. I lied: I was never a cheerleader, and I’m jealous to this day.)
These are kids.
Stow your political views for a minute.
Kids–we’re sorry for people like Larry.
yes…clearly they check out the local political blog — especially at 9am. Isn’t that when all HS girls check out-of-state political blogs? Oh wait…wouldn’t they be in class at 9am?
his campaign manager, reads blogs when he can. I wouldn’t be surprised if he looked at it, and thought, “Man, this is really crappy they are dissing those nice kids we ran into at the convention center and asked to perform, and they did.” He might have given their coach a heads-up, and asked him/her to explain. SO WHAT? I have friends that don’t read Pols (imagine that?) but when I send them a link, they look at it, and occasionally, they even jump in with their own opinion. Isn’t that how most of us started here?
No, I am not shilling for Romer. I think I’ve made that clear before, but this thread is getting truly ridiculous. The coach’s story about Romer’s similarly-aged daughter running into them and suggesting they do some cheers when their Dad walked in was completely plausible.
Aren’t there bigger things to keep blogging about? You know, the scary guy in Iran, the Citizens United case that may indicate the beginning of the end of our democracy, the takeover of our media by mega-corporate interests, the fact that global warming is accelerating faster than scientists had originally predicted, etc? Surely, there is more to talk about than whether or not Romer’s campaign was wise to invite some t-shirt wearing kids to do a cheer for him at the state Dems dinner.
HOPE EVERYONE TAKES A MINUTE TO READ!! My wife and I own Motion Athletics in Bozeman MT. So I thought I would shed some light on the the reasons why our All-star cheerleading team was cheering for Chris Romer.
Motion Athletics All-star cheerleading team was in town for a competition that was held on Sunday March 6th. My wife and I tried to find some pratice space for our team. We walked over to the convention center to practice their routine for the next day. Myself and the daughter of Chris Romer had crossed paths and she asked me if we would do a welcoming cheer for Chris Romer as he entered the building in return for some practice space for our team. So we decided to do so. There was no political obligation or favor on our behalf. We where just asked by her at the right time and in the right place. If it had been anyone else we would have done the same.
So beside the facts that it was cold outside, they gave us the avenue to practice our routine for the following day, and we thought it wouldn’t hurt anybody by doing so there where no other reasons why we cheered Chris Romer on as he entered the building.
He himself did not know this was going to happen and either did we. He was very nice when he entered and thanked us for our cheers and support and went on his way (as did we).
The title of this page is something else. Chris Romer having us cheer for him isn’t wierd or creepy its just by coincidence. I am a colorado native and appreciate Romers family giving us practice space for our All-Star cheerleaders.
Motion Athletics apologizes for any mis-representation that any posts from rogue cheerleaders may have caused (if indeed they are one of our own you WILL be doing some push-ups at practice 🙂
CHEERS!!
but that last sentence reminds me why folks blog anonymously. 🙂
And you’re right–it’s a dumb diary by somebody who supports another candidate and is looking to make something out of nothing. Which is why most of the comments in it, including mine, were snarky at best. The diary didn’t deserve any better.
Hope you won your competition, and enjoyed your stay in Denver.
obviously is from Bozeman 🙂
Just as all the favorites for Mayor:
Michael Hancock, Doug Linkhart, and James Mejia.
I happen to think that it’s time for a woman: Carol Boigon.
Carol has an impressive resume and strong followers. I wish I knew her personally. She seems like another good candidate. (If I did, I would ask her if she voted for that stupid pit bull ban. I think she did.)
Romer hired John Kyed to do field for him. Between Adam Dunstone and John, they are two of the best field guys in the country. All the other campaigns should be worried. If Romer wins, it will be because of field. Mark my words. I’ve worked next to these guys, and they are very, very good.
I would not be surprised if Obama picked up Dunstone to run his field operation after the Mayoral race is over.