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A "Rocky Mountain Gun Owners" attack advertisement, mailed to constituents of State Sen. Andy Kerr, appears to violate a couple of campaign finance rules.
The return address on the ad reads, RMGO SuperPAC, but the disclaimer lists the sponsoring organization as "Rocky Mountain Gun Owners SuperPAC."
Neither entity has reported a campaign expenditure attacking Kerr, according to campaign finance reports, so there's almost certain violation of the 48-hour reporting rule currently in effect.
Another problem, "Rocky Mountain Gun Owners SuperPAC," does not exist on Secretary of State's website, and sponsoring organizations must file reports. Obviously, this could be a typo-like error, but it's still a likely violation.
Here's the text of the ad, with a surprising last line:
When seconds count, Andy Kerr wants to leave you defenseless
Vote No to Kerr in the Nov. 4 Election
Andy Kerr wants to leave you vulnerable to armed rapists when you're working the late shift to make ends meet
Kerr voted to make YOU liable if you defend yourself at your workplace
Kerr also voted to make women pay a fee and get government pre-approval to borrow or buy a gun for protection against a deranged stalker or violent and abusive ex the next time he violates the "restraining order."
While criminal gang-bangers run around Denver with unlimited ammo, Young [sic?] voted to cap your firearms to 15 rounds. [BigMedia emphasis]
Click here to see RMGO's mailer ad attacking mostly Kerr but Young too 10 21-14
So, you can see that in the last line of the advertisement, there's an abrupt change from outrageously attacking Kerr to outrageously attacking "Young," possibly meaning State Rep. Dave Young, who's been the object of attack mail.
It's a strange strategy to dedicate one bullet point, if you will, in Kerr's ad to Young, but RMGO's logic usually escapes me and most normal people.
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I'm sure Suthers or Gessler or some right-wing office holder will rush to get on it right away. Rule of law…enforce laws already on the books…the will of the people…harumph, harumph…blah, blah, blah…argle bargle…
You realize RMGO is suing Gessler in federal court right now?
Oh there you are. I thought you disappeared forever or something, Flaken….
At least you're a bit more /SANE/ choice than AChole there
No they're not. They're suing over election rules, so the Honey Badger is included in his official capacity. If a rock were our SOS, it would be RMGO v. Rock. Gessler didn't do anything. DawnPatrol's suggestion is that is Scott's likely future state as well.
This sort of sophistry is unbecoming.
Sophistry is a great word for this kind of argument. I tend to think of it as 'not lying but being totally dishonest'. It seems to the standard with our 'morally superior' conservative brethren. The weird part is that it is hard to know if they truly believe their dishonesty is going to convince or persuade or are they what they appear to be which is shallow and cynical cry babies who ignore facts to promote their fiction and then are outraged 'victims' when called on it. And these are supposed to be our 'Partners in Democracy'? Too bad we can't throw them back for a better variety of opponent. One that uses reasoned arguments and inclusive solutions to promote their perspective of a mutually beneficial future. And then they come on this website which is populated with intelligent liberals and write about how their feelings get hurt because the 'morally bad' liberals laugh at their asinine arguments and berate them for their deliberate dishonesty. Their concept of 'moral' is radically different from the one that I find in the good book.
Rock, 2014 and beyond !!! . . .
Seriously Elliot. WTF? You clearly know better. Don't tell me you've started nuzzling the RMGO teat?!?
From a piece attacking Jeanne Nicholson on the official RMGO Facebook page:
"Disclaimer: Paid for by Rocky Gun Owners SuperPAC, also known as Rocky Mountain Gun Owners Independent Expenditure Committee."
That should give you at least one more name to check on the SOS's web page.
RMGO's Dudley Brown has a new FB profile pic:
RMGO has so many PACS to choose from:
Rocky Mountain Gun Owners Independent Expenditure Committee (RMGO SUPERPAC)
Rocky Mountain Gun Owners Political Action Committee (RMGO PAC)
Then there is the National Association for Gun Rights, a national lobbying group which appears to exist primarily as a multi-million dollar for-profit business for Mr. Brown, although it is officially a non-profit tax exempt group.
Then there is the "non profit charity" Rocky Mountain Gun Owners group, which is where the real money is. (637 million 2010-2113) .
Skimming through these groups, I also didn't see any itemized expenditures for attack ads, and no donations to Kerr's opponent, Mario Nicolais, who isn't pro-gun enough for RMGO's taste.
Dudley Brown is able to get away with violating campaign finance rules because Scott Gessler lets him do so.
LOL — must have pulled that one from the Dud's match.com profile?
(Sleazy fuckers always lie about their age . . .)
Great. Just when I'd finally gotten over Michael's Fifty Shades of Rush Limbaugh cartoon.