January 28, 2014 12:50 PM UTC

Stephens says she was fighting for CO, & Amycare opponents were maybe tweeting or "getting a tattoo"

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• by: Jason Salzman

(Promoted by Colorado Pols)

Conservative activist Kelly "ish" Maher, who was a guest host on KNUS' Kelley and Company Friday, asked U.S. Senate candidate Amy Stephens a question that's been an obsession on conservative talk-radio lately:

Maher: "Potentially, let's say, you make it out of the primary. And you are in a primary with some people whom many here consider to be friends. But once you get to that point where you are theoretically running against Udall, how are you going to separate yourself from him and create a contrast because a lot of people are putting the exchange creation on you. As soon as you announced that you were running, Twitter blew up and called it Amycare. So that's an important contrast. How are you going to clarify that for people."

Stephens: "…I'm not sure with my opponents–I don't know if they were tweeting. I don't know if they were getting a tattoo. Or whatever. I was in the weeds, you know, with John Suthers and others, trying to make the best decision for the people of Colorado." [BigMedia emphasis]

If you know Maher, you know she self-identifies as a seeker of the lighter moments in politics, and so you have to be surprised that Maher didn't jump all over Stephens' "getting-a-tattoo" line.

Does Stephens think her Tea-Party opponents, like KLZ talk-show hosts Ken Clark and Jason Worley, are tattoo-covered? Is there a correlation between tattoos and Tea Party types?

Or was it simply the tweet-tattoo alliteration that Stephens was going for? It sounded like Stephens may have been reaching for a joke. But why tattoos?

Maher missed a chance to have some fun with Stephens, with acid undertones, but maybe KLZ morning show host Randy Corporon (560 KLZ-AM 5-7 a.m.) can pick up the baton.

At a meeting of the Arapahoe Country Republican Men's club in early January, Stephens told Corporon, who chairs the Arapahoe County Tea Party, that she'd appear on KLZ's morning show to discuss the issues, Corporon said on air Friday.

Corporon: "As her time was ending, I told her she'd be welcome to come to the Arapahoe Tea Party and speak, and that anyone who was rude of vile would be asked to leave–and that she would be welcome to come in to the studio and sit down and for an interview on the morning show on KLZ. And she said that she would do it. Now, when I went and gave my card to her scheduler, he didn't seem quite so sure. We'll see how that plays out."

..It will be very, very interesting to see if Rep. Stephens follows through and comes to speak to you at the Arapahoe Tea Party and comes in here to talk to us, where we can really get her to try to explain her decision-making on Amycare and on some of the other bills and statements that she has made."

Listen to KLZ's Corporon Discusses Amy Stephens 1.24.14

During her speech, Stephens said she'd been treated "vilely" by Tea Party members, according to Corporon. So if Stephens comes on Corporon's show, they'll have a lot more to discuss than tattoos.