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July 14, 2007 09:55 PM UTC
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…….. because he has paid more dues to the Party ?
Talk about an entitlement mindset.
I don’t believe that the El Paso GOP has done such a good job by the community.
The local GOP exists today for the benefit of party insiders. The tie to Conservatism is gone, broken.
This is how, for example, the country ends up where we are in Iraq. Republicans in Congress won’t do the right thing, because it could hurt the party. Better for soldiers to keep getting ground up in the meat grinder, and better to bankrupt the nation, than to hurt the party in 2008.
I heard ol’ Bent address the Colorado Senate Foreign Relations committee, or whatever, on the Tupa Joint Resolution on Iraq back in ?February? .
He was, shall we say, uninspired. Like most of the measure’s opponents, he was an Air Force vet, with no “up close and personal” understanding of ground combat. Like former CJCS AF GEN Richard Meyers. Proof that you don’t need to have any understanding of war to become a flag officer in the USAF.
He said that we could afford to waste soldiers and marines on a pointless, counterproductive war if that’s what it took to shield the President and the Party from accountability.
Not his exact words, but the general tenor.
I would rather have Doug Lamborn in Congress than another one of these.
Bent is unelectable because of what he stands for – Bent. So let him run in the Primary and let him get plastered.
John, Duncan and Lionel would kick his butt today, now that the shiny has worn off those plastic stars.
Rayburn is not electable, on this we agree. Lionel Rivera would kick Rayburn’s butt? No. Anderson would do it? No. Bremer would do it? No. None of those three would beat Rayburn–and none of the four of them would beat Lamborn. The only person with the clear opportunity to beat Lamborn is Jeff Crank, and if Rayburn mucks it up, courtesy of Chuck Gosnell’s pal, Will Perkins, and gets in the race–assuming Crank is running–then the odds look better for Lamborn.
But, I return to the point you made. Rayburn is not electable. It’s all about him. That’s where MacElhany comes in–that is, if Crank would throw his support to MacElhany. There’s a difference between a candidate by entitlement–SOMEONE ELSE PAID YOUR DUES FOR YOU–and a person like Andy MacElhany–who has paid his own. If Crank doesn’t declare, then MacElhany is the guy–not Rayburn–IMHO.
What a freaking joke. Which one is worse in your opinion, Rayburn or Lamborn? They seem about the same to me.
How will we know you? Sounds like you’re both attending the dinner… how about a red handkerchief in your lapel pocket? lol (just a thought!)
But when you see a big 6’4 guy with a little 5’5 wife come in late, you’ll know it’s me! If y’all want to meet, go ahead and e-mail me at Haners@aol.com
Lamborn is this end: He has delusions of adequacy.
Rayburn is at the other: There but for the grace of God, goes God.
Neither of them serve well the best interests of the 5th CD as at each opposite end as they occupy, neither can be effective in promoting the 5th CD’s interests, IMHO.
about Andy running for Congress. I don’t know that he would want to or if he’s ready to retire from politics. I certainly haven’t heard of any interest on his part but I haven’t seen or talked to him since the county convention in ’04. He would certainly have my support if he decided to run, I would even volunteer to campaign for him again.
I’ve not talked to him about his running but if Jeff Crank doesn’t, Andy would make a fine candidate to take on Doug Lamborn. Andy has Lamborn’s number. That’s for sure. He’s served with him in the Colorado legislature, both in House and Senate. I suspect Andy MacElhany would have more ammunition than most on the dealings of Doug Lamborn–things Doug would not want aired in public, I would suspect. Andy would have great insights, for example, on Lamborn’s voting on limitations to parental responsibility laws for things such as arson–as when Doug was voting on those laws and his minor son was charged with arson and Lamborn failed to disclose that to the legislature–as when Doug was trying to dodge in court paying the fine the judge levied against Doug and Jeanie for their son’s arson. There’s a great, great deal that Andy would have to say, with great authority, on why those who know Doug Lamborn best are the ones who do not support him, to paraphrase Andy’s warning to us in 2006 not to elect Doug Lamborn.