September 25, 2010 01:15 AM UTC

Maybe You're Not Hearing Me - Give Me Money!

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• by: Colorado Pols

Republican Bob Boswell is running for state representative in HD-50 against Democratic Rep. Jim Riesberg, and he apparently feels pretty good about his chances. So good, in fact, that he has sent multiple letters to lobbyists telling them that they had better send him campaign contributions if they know what’s good for them. From the DLCC website, via the Greeley newspaper:

In a letter to Colorado lobbyists dated September 13th, Boswell opened with “Well, we’re getting down to the nut-cutting,” and went on to declare “I am going to win this race. The opportunity for you to align yourselves and your clients with the next Representative of House District 50 is now.”…

…The fundraising letter was one of three Boswell sent to lobbyists, but as this third letter notes, “maybe I’ve not sent out all the right signals.” That’s obviously still a problem for him.

“I’ve never seen a letter like this,” Luis Toro, director of Denver-based Colorado Ethics Watch, told the Greeley Tribune. “It’s blatantly addressed to lobbyists. That, in and of itself, is highly unusual.”

What is it with these idiot Republican legislative candidates putting potentially illegal statements in writing like this?

UPDATE: A copy of the letter we just got–it’s as bad as it sounds, folks: