UPDATE SUNDAY 7:00PM: FInal results:
1. ProgressiveCowgirl – (13.65%)
Tie-2. SSG_Dan – (10.7%)
Tie-2. ellbee – (10.7%)
3. ClubTwitty – (9.96%)
All of whom will receive front page editor privileges on July 1st through the end of 2012. We’re very excited to see editor experience, geographic and ideological diversity well represented.
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This poll (after the jump) is an election for three new front page guest editors at Colorado Pols. The new editors will start July 1st, and barring anything unexpected will hold their position until the end of 2012–at which time we’ll have another election. Remember, there’s only one poll of nominees, and the top three finishers will win the coveted front page editor spots.
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Don’t give don’t give Libby and A-Gop any ideas.
Democrats leave 10 votes on the table to this point.
Where’s the rage Demos …. that’s 5%+ of the electorate to date?
How much longer can this blog stay alive if only 61 people are logged in over an entire weekend?
And while I too think it curious that some didn’t exercise their opportunity to vote for at least 3 candidates, I wouldn’t worry too much about it. I personally stopped at 8 simply to avoid undue dilution of my votes (you’ll be relieved to know you weren’t among them).
As for your concern-trolling on the number of people logged in, you are overlooking the fact that page views and ad clicks don’t depend upon voting in this poll, nor for that matter, logging in. There are many, many “undocumented” (gasp!) readers on this site.
I pledge to put a drill rig on every lot…starting with Highlands Ranch.
I pledge to suspend all health and safety rules, put elementary school kids to work mixing toxic cleaning (and fracking) compounds, and start Vo-Tec training at all Weld County middle schools–which will soon have real-life roughneck, scrubbers, muckers, diggers, and driller courses so we can get our children started in their future careers early.
I support energy independence which is why I want to immediately ship all our fossil fuel resources–which like a kid in a candy store I imagine the current seeming glut to mean I can eat all I want!–to China and India.
Most of all I promise to resist the United Nation’s pernicious attempt to take over the North American continent via subverting the Pea Green Planning Commission.
Wait, what am I running for again? Please give all three of your votes to me. Thank you.
Because that’s the issue that drives the votes of the silent majority.
I like the cut of your jib, C-twit. If you add banning Shariya Law, you will have all three of my votes.
I voted 11 times. So far.
And my
olddirtysockpuppets have not yet begun to fight.the MADCO box?
two
birdswith one stone.So to speak.
I voted for each and every one of you.
I like the new system — so many choices — and this prevents a barbell distribution that can result in squeezing out the moderates, such as what happened in Egypt.
Although SXP, correct me if I’m wrong, but I think there is a significant undervote going on here. Need more GOTV so that everyone uses at least their 3 entitled votes!
* votes CT reflexively *
But I hear that TwittyforAmerica Sockpuppet SuperPAC is finalizing their opposition messaging now.
I just want to pre-emptively disavow the terrible things they are going to say about my worthy opponents.
There is no cause for that. I intend to run solely on the issues that matter most to the hard-working, Mom and Pop, Main Street dirt-farming, junkfood-eating everyday Americans.
So, I want to be clear I am personally offended by healthy habits which I find to be nanny-state inspired hookum. I believe my opponents don’t believe in the good old American ingenuity that brought us Pink Slime as an alternative to real food when we are wondering what to feed our schoolchildren. Real food is expensive, and there are real people willing to pay for it. I for one won’t let the health and well-being, the ‘general welfare’ if you will, get in the way of BeefProducts Inc. pursuit of happiness. At some point its a balancing act, and as Mr. Romney said. ”Corporations are people, my friend.” Friends, I vow never to forget that.
Finally, on a previous matter that came up-
I want to state, as well, unequivocally for the record; I will use my position to beat back the hordes of leftist jurists that right now are preparing to impose Sharia Law in Twitty City, TN (from what I can gather).
To head off this threat, in addition to rewriting the Bill of Rights to clarify we never meant Muslims, I believe I will adopt something most similar to Southern Baptist Law. My focus groups tell me that is what is most popular to those that care about such things. But I have gotten a crate of vipers ready, just in case it turns out I need to adopt Pentecostal Law. But Sharia Law (and Presbyterian Law–long story) are out, absolutely. This is America.
I’ll buy drinks for anyone who wants ‘em tonight. And tomorrow. ANd every night I’m FPE>
Or I’ll owe ya $50 if I win.
There seem to be a few of you willing to continue to tolerate me, my extra-wordy diaries, and my Laura Ingalls Wilder complex for the most newsy six months of the political year. I’d enjoy the opportunity to serve another term. Before realizing our votes were unlimited, I gave mine to myself (because Mama taught me that if you don’t value yourself, you can’t expect anyone else to value you), ellbee, and Aristotle, who I know has served before, but also before my time. I’d quite like to be here for an Ari term, and I think his overall levelheadedness will be an especially useful trait in an election season and with our likely first conservative editor in my time here.
Is you consistently piss off Ralphie
a term-limits movement after this. The lobbyists will be in control.
I didn’t think I recognized your name. Maybe if you posted more next time.
just kidding
Go girl
Craig, because he’d still thinks like an old-school Republican.
Ari, because he’s so damn smart.
Ari, CT & Craig all the way.
They have plenty of their own sites to share their misinformation. Why encourage them here? Madco, PCG, and any one of the others except the Rs, for me.
despite the constant onslought of personal attacks.
Nancy, ellbee is a Libertarian, and simply likes to push everyone’s buttons. But he’s actually extremely bright and a worthy foil who serves the role of provoking us into reflecting upon and reinforcing our own positions. He’s secure in many of his views, and just insuring that we are in ours as well.
Craig and R36 are in no way shape or form, right-wing R’s. Libby is just the class clown, whether he realizes it or not. Nobody is taking his mindless drivel seriously. As Ford Prefect might say, Libby is “mostly harmless”.
to you, Nancy (who I genuinely do respect), Libertad deserves no credit for anything…unless you give credit for being a twit. Libby could have, long ago, showed a little respect for the intellect of the other posters here. He chose and continues to choose the path he prefers.
Libby is a provoker…by intention.
He loves to irritate other posters, hoping to anger them so he can play the poor little dunce, suffering personal attacks from this collection of mean, old, baby-eating liberals.
The one characteristic you should never ascribe to Tadpole is sincerity.
Libby does not deserve our sympathy, empathy, or respect. You are a warm hearted person, it is clear, but of all the posters here, Libby least deserves your expression of credit for his resilience.
Our derision is, apparently, a perverse sort of drug for our resident dipshit…otherwise…why WOULD he persist?
Sometimes it is possible to view him as sort of a pathetic little puppy, being unfairly kicked around here. But, honestly, he seems to encourage it.
for pathetic little puppies… it is true. Adopted a number of them over the years.
It seems that you are frustrated by my existence.
One policy item I’d like to point out…I have to hand it to mayor Hancock….he’s called for the debrucing of Denver, which signals major tax increases coming down the road.
Now I believe there are other solutions to this crisis, but at least the democrat leader is taking the logic democrat solution to the people….raise taxes.
As you all recall, I suggested to you leftists years ago that Denver should begin to pay its own freight and awk to raise taxes to cover the ever growing appetite for big government solutions. Had I known the fiscal destruction and imbalance that bagan a decade ago it would have changed my perspective to that of Governor Walker….reforms must occur now…you can’t tax your way to health at this point although Hancock will try.
So Duke, you can complain and grit your teeth all you want. The fiscal crisis that has resulted due to previously lax management in Denver will hurt Hancocks political capital as he’s now on the hook to right the ship.
Worse, ever increasing pension issues are coming our way. I only hope that all will understand the crisis Treasurer Stapleton has forecasted due to the massive problems at PERA.
I just hope thuggish union bosses have it in their hearts to join with Treasurer Stapleton in his efforts to protect PERA retirees as they face their looming fiscal crisis.
just unimpressed.
And then you end it with this:
Something you should try to understand, a lot of what has people deprecate you is not that they disagree with you, it’s that you always have stereotypes & venom in your posts.
The crap you post isn’t about substance…..ever.
It’s about eliciting a visceral reaction to something so outlandish that a person is tempted to castigate you……….exactly what you are looking for.
Most liberals here want to debate, move the ball down the field, solve problems, better the world we live in.
You take childish advantage of their decency, and bait, not debate. You go off the grid when artfully or unartfully, articulately or blunt trauma slapped down, only to surface again with a new straw man, ruse, fake story, or shitty “opinion”.
Duke has fun with you, because he very smoothly humiliates you………and you don’t even know it or see it as it ridge hands you in the groin.
But as to your last post……Will you be okay with having your pension protected so you can retire?
If you ever go into the work force.
Now THAT’S different, ain’t it.
Rocco says, “Most liberals here want to debate, move the ball down the field, solve problems, better the world we live in.”
Then Rocco says, “Duke has fun with you, because he very smoothly humiliates you………and you don’t even know it or see it as it ridge hands you in the groin.”
Rocco is just another fool talkin out both sides his arce.
Complete your prior assignment before even thinking about moving to a new grift, nock.
Granted, if Ed Quillen had his way. that honor would have gone to Salida. They did apply for the honor, when the ball was in the air, in 1881. It’s a fun read here:
http://coloradoreflections.blo…
My point being that Duke is, at all of 4’7″, so much a bigger man than you, or the 20 friends you could possibly gather round you, if you could possibly gather 20 friends around you.
You should get used to the fact that we here at CoPols are your best friends. We actually listen and respond to you. Isn’t that nice?
You have never, ever responded to repeated requests for a budget. What revenue does it take to maintain civilization? Who should pay for it, which might be asked in this form…who benefits most from this maintained structure?
What should we pay for, Libertad, as participants and beneficiaries in “The Commons”. We are, after all, in this together.
Who should be prepared for, and trained to respond to, the many fires in CO right now? Do you live above Fort Collins?
Look, I’ll close with this statement. You don’t know Duke. I do.
I appreciate you wanting to protect PERA retirees.They joined in a deal…hand shakes and contracts on both sides.What deal is Stapleton proposing? I’m not familiar with the details.
Listening to people I agree with I find boring.
/suspicious stink eye
my real name is Michelle Obama. I’m just slumming here.
he changes his position, because he’s a rebel and he never never does what he should.
I’m pulling for you,SSGDan.
We need a veterans’ advocate for FPE…and I, for one, won’t be offended if you occasionally exploit your new-found power (if elected) and push that agenda.
Good luck Dan.
I pulled the pin for ya.
They’re going to end up with four FPEs, since Dan, Twitty, and ellbee are all basically tied.
Extrapolating, if we’re still on the blog in five years, I think everyone will be an FPE.
Personally I don’t care anymore how I do, I just want to beat that fucker MADCO.
….I think I’ll find out Monday if I need to close my account and vigorously deny I ever posted on this fine website.
that, before you just hand you votes over to elbee, you extract, in exchange, a promise from elbee that he will faithfully uphold the highest ideals of probity and propriety…and perspicacity.
Just as do you.
I want debate, not snotty not snotty one upmanship.
That’s supposed to be safer.
and decreasing turnout by ellbee voters is an important strategy and all… but setting a forest fire near Colorado Springs was going a bit too far, IMO.
PCG, Twitty, and SSG_Dan. On the run-up to the 2012 election, this looks like a quality FPE “board” to me.
tick…tick…tick…
I feel like I’m fooling you somehow… lord knows I don’t feel all that smart.
Anyway, the polls aren’t yet closed but it’s time to concede. No way I’m going to get 13 more votes in the next 15 minutes. It will be interesting to see if anyone gets any more votes in that time. One vote for CT could shake things up if the current top 3 (PC, SSG_Dan, LB) don’t also receive a vote….
Congratulations to the eventual winners.
The Supremes haven’t stepped in yet. To lose would do you irreparable harm, no? Hire some lawyers!
It’s rough to suffer the slings and arrows of the results.
Like Roosevelt, i will accept a third term earned mostly by being willing to stand for election and the absence of term limits. Truman said that two terms is enough for any man, but he was smart enough not to mention women. He also never had to deal with Libertad, of course, or he might have recommended one term instead. It has been said that i earned most of my votes by annoying Ralphie, who i definitely am not bribing to keep being mean so i retain the sympathy of the electorate. Definitely not!!!
welcome our new editorial overlords!
for a job well done.
and all who ran. You really make reading CPols interesting (and sometimes maddening) day in and day out.
I know, I know, we’re all trying to be polite. And so we’ve been good about no mentioning it. But enough time has elapsed that we do need to discuss it.
They have been elected for 2 hours and nothing has been fixed yet. Nothing! The economy is still in the toilet, Syria is still embroiled in civil war, and Fox News still dominates. It’s time to realize that their administration has been a failure.
On a serious note, welcome to the arena and thanks for signing up.
And welcome ellbee back to a more active role.
And glad to see real vet savvy.
and new blood – at least I started here.
Meanwhile – I voted at least 16 times, so I gotta wonder – who else is so foolish ?
Really, I like Twitty. He’s always done a great job. But he ended up below Dan and ellbee in the end. So why not just have the three FPEs? I’d understand if it were a tie for third, but it wasn’t.
The person who got the third-most votes deserves third.
I don’t get it either, except maybe as an “everyone’s a winner” kind of thing. I could see this better if there was a tie for third place instead of second, but oh well. CT was the one I really wanted of the three I voted for.
Back when I went not everyone was a winner, and I was in the corner getting pummeled by the dodge ball. So thanks. I promise to abuse my new power.
for the mess in Syria, the falling economy and the never-to-be-adequately-damned designated hitter rule.
I may run out of venom before their term ends ;-(
I think we’ve done just fine. So I don’t see any downside to having 4. But if you see a specific problem over 4, please do enlighten us.
I read of a requirement that FPEs post a pic of themselves in ass-less chaps
seems as if after a previous election
I read of a requirement that FPEs post a pic of themselves in ass-less chaps
8-1 that my buns were obscene. That was bad enough but now I can’t get Justice Thomas to stop trying to get me to join his Gay Price circle. sigh… The things you learn as an FPE
Here’s one: