February 25, 2010 09:30 PM UTC

Tom Wiens: The Pot Calling the Kettle Black

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• by: SheepskinStrutt

Tom Wiens has officially surfaced from the recesses of complete obscurity, announcing in typical bravado that he, indeed, is still a viable candidate in the race. Garnering attention for something other than subsidizing his own campaign for the first time, Wiens has released a radio ad interestingly attacking both Democrats and Republicans. The new ad titled “Hypocrites”, criticizes Republicans for supporting referendum C and going as far as to suggest that Ref. C hurt Colorado’s economy.

Barack Obama promises fiscal responsibility. But in his first year, he’s doubled the national debt and tripled the federal deficit.  This is Tom Wiens, Republican for United States Senate.

You know Democrats aren’t the only hypocrites. Too many Republicans have forgotten what our party stands for.

Right here in Colorado, some Republican leaders backed Referendum C, the biggest tax increase in our state’s history.  I opposed it. I urged the leaders of my party not to do it. But they did it anyway.

Wiens is suggesting Republicans who supported Ref. C, are no longer credible, and rank-and-file Republicans should become (or remain, if one is in his camp) incredulous when it comes to the “hypocrite” Republicans and their fiscally conservative rhetoric. More specifically, he is directly attacking Jane Norton as a “hypocrite” for supporting Ref. C. What’s interesting is as Lynn Bartels over at the Denver Post duly points out, Tom Wiens should be the one slapped with the ignominious “hypocrite” title . http://www.denverpost.com/head… .

 The bills Wiens voted for the previous year included an eight-year timeout and weakening the provisions of the 1992 Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. The legislature could not agree on a budget fix, however, and the bills died.

While serving in the Gen. Assembly in 2004, Wiens supported Referendum C on four separate occasions (HCR-04 1001, 1009, 1010, and 1016).