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February 24, 2006 09:00 AM UTC
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I guess when you raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for a guy it doesn’t matter that you’re a born-again right-wing Christian fundamentalist.
“Good friend” = “He gets me $$$$.”
I am confused.
Who is the “born-again right-wing Christian fundamentalist” in this scenario?
Actually, it probably has to do with how they have both spent their careers fighting for core Democratic principles, and how Ed has fought the right-wing to successfully wrest control of Colorado government from the Republicans.
Jimmy Carter was a man of faith, and some tried to smear him because of it as well, but equating personal religious conviction with a desire to legislate right wing politics is not only a mistake when viewing this particular candidate, it also hurts the party generally by convincing many voters that the only way a person of faith can vote is Republican. As it turns out there are many people with deep moral conviction in the Democratic party, and it is just as wrong for us to beat them over the head because of it as it is for the religious right to beat us over the heads with their personal beliefs.
I suspect that some of the friendship between Senator Kerry and Ed Perlmutter grew out of sharing a similar legislative agenda as evidenced by Ed having been a Kerry delegate at the national convention, and by both sharing the endorsement of their good friend Bill Holen who was director of Colorado Veterans for Kerry.
Ed Perlmutter has worked very hard to help the Democratic Party in Colorado, and has worked very hard to earn the support of veterans. It shouldn’t suprise anyone that a Democratic Colorado veteran like Senator Kerry would be his friend and come to Colorado to show his support.
PERLMUTTER! He’s a Promise Keeper!
Here’s their website:
http://www.promisekeepers.org/home
TakeBack, so in other words,
“Good friend” = “He gets me $$$$.”
;^)
I wonder how much a Kerry endorsement costs? $100,000? $200,000??
Either way, I’m not sure why a Massachusetts liberal thinks his opinion matters here in Colorado. Didn’t he lose this state by, what, 10%?
Kerry’s got to keep up his 70% time away from the Senate record.
Kerry’s schedule today includes an invitation-only fundraising reception for Perlmutter at the LoDo home of Brooke and M.J. Banbury. Co-hosts are paying a suggested contribution of $1,000, with others expected to contribute $500 at the door.
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It’s a real grass-roots effort. ;^)
Joshua is going all caps on us because about ten years ago Ed went to a Promise Keeper’s meeting.
People know about it because of an interview he did back in 1996 when he was attacking the intolerance of the religious right, and their desire to push an angry agenda onto other people.
In that interview he established that he was not antogonistic to religion per se, but that he was only opposed to the way they push that religion onto others. To demonstrate that he was not just attacking people of faith, he spoke briefly of the church that he and his wife attend, and that he himself had gone to Promise Keepers, “several years ago,” So we are talking about having gone to a meeting sometime in 1993 or earlier.
What he said next was, “I consider myself– particularly when it comes to religion– a pretty conservative individual, but that’s my choice. I don’t have the right to impose it on you. People have the right to express their opinions, whether its on abortion, whether it’s on vouchers, whether it’s on gays, whether it’s on guns. But what’s happened here is that those topics have been joined together with two things that I think separate those candidates and those ideas: fear and intimidation.”
The piece was very anti-religious right, but it has been used ever since by people who want mischaracterize him.
First this:
“Jimmy Carter was a man of faith, and some tried to smear him because of it as well, but equating personal religious conviction with a desire to legislate right wing politics is not only a mistake when viewing this particular candidate, it also hurts the party generally by convincing many voters that the only way a person of faith can vote is Republican. As it turns out there are many people with deep moral conviction in the Democratic party, and it is just as wrong for us to beat them over the head because of it as it is for the religious right to beat us over the heads with their personal beliefs.”
Then this:
People know about it because of an interview he did back in 1996 when he was attacking the intolerance of the religious right, and their desire to push an angry agenda onto other people.
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So in a nutshell:
Religious Democrat = Good.
Religious Republican = Evil.
Class dismissed.
Quiz on November 7.
Suger-man
For the record, in the 7th CD, Kerry won 52.5% to Bush’s 49.5%.
StatGeek:
Perlmutter helped with the STATE campaign, and Suger-man was pointing out the STATE results.
And for the record, the results were 52% to Pres. Bush, 47% to Kerry, with 9 electoral votes going to the victor.
Kerry lost the state but he did carry the 7th congressional.
Big endorsement for Ed.
Little insider blogger info about the ticket price: Perlmutter’s people were trying to get a chance to have a much larger free event, I think they wanted as many people to know about the endorsement as they could. They were looking at the Jeffco fairgrounds and places like that.
The Senator’s schedule was very tight and he tried to open as much time as he could, but there just wasn’t enough time to travel out to any venue that they could set up on short notice.
They also needed to do something to offset the money Rick O’Donnell had gotten from Dick Cheney’s vist, so they had to make event one that would be an effective fundraiser and still fit into the time and space constraints.
I know they have other guests in the works who enjoy broad grassroots support, and they are going to make those events as open as possible. I am sure they will invite Kerry back as well, but this time they are having to be more practical about what they can offer.
ROFL
Yeah, I’m buying that “insider” bit. LOL
First of all, high profilers like Kerry don’t do “free”.
As for Kerry’s “tight schedule”, isn’t he supposed to be in DC? You know – doing his job?
Let me guess… he’s stopping off for a 15 minute photo op in Denver, as he makes his way to his wife’s Sun Valley ski lodge for some ‘boarding.
Booking the JeffCo fairgrounds? For what amounts to a punch ‘n cookies 15 minute (if that) announcement? So that 50 or 60 people (campaign staff & family included) can “fit” inside?
Hysterical.
Let’s be honest about it:
the ONLY real alternative is to hold it in a LoDo condo owned by some well-heeled benefactors, and 20 or 25 will show, and some might even be paying to do so.
It’ll gain EP some much needed cash, and every dollar will help, it’s as simple as that.
There’s no need to plug this “insider” business about booking the Fairgrounds. If they did, they could hold the event in the lobby to make it appear crowded. They book the hall, and all they’d hear is echoes from the far walls.
Originally John Kerry had given a whole day.
Than Kerry decided to schedule other stuff to pick up IOU’s for a future run for President. This threw a monkey wrench in Ed’s plans. Kerry also sent signals to the Lamm campaign that he was doing only the bare minimum for Ed.
“For the record, in the 7th CD, Kerry won 52.5% to Bush’s 49.5%
Posted by: Statistogeek at February 24, 2006
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So, Kerry and Bush between them got 102 percent of the vote, Statistogeek?
Talk about a big turnout!
I hung out in Writer’s Square with all the media. Senator Kerry gave a warm endorsement of Perlmutter, and shook hands and signed autographs with anyone who wanted to meet him.
He posed for a lot of cell phone photos with people getting on and off the Mall Ride, and he answered any questions anyone wanted to ask him.
I was amazed by how warm and personable he was. I had seen him speak during his Presidential run, and was turned off by his stiff robotic formality, but after today I actually felt good about having voted for him.
He and I still have some deep differences, which I will blog about tonight, but he could have been a far better candidate if he would have just been himself.
Let’s be honest, Bad Moon. You have absolutely no experience in politics.
SO, i know that we have gone over this many a times, but lets just recap for Joshua since he doesn’t seem to quite understand what is going on here. Hey Josh, we get it Perlmutter went to a Promise Keepers event a long time ago, who cares? Why do you keep bringing it up, Josh if you read that article you would know that that was an event to learn how to be a good leader and a good family man with good morals, what is so wrong with that. And for the rest of you, whoever made the comment about “grassroots” and the fundraiser costing to much, its a fundraiser, they are raising funds, i dont think they would bring Senator Kerry all the way out here and charge 50 cents to get in. That would be rediculous.
I agree with the previous post that Josh and the rest should stop the christian baiting and leave Perlmutter’s religion out of this. In turn, Perlmutter guys, would you stop whining that you have more seat time in the district than Lamm and actually talk about some issues instead of just smearing her for daring to run against the entrenched favorite?
Issues, what a concept.
Let me see if I’ve got this right: my choice is between a candidate who keeps promises and a candidate who breaks laws. Hmmmmmm….that’s a tough one.
I went to the event and met Senator Kerry.
My blog on the whole story is at Soapblox
Tim: I’ll take that as a compliment and am doubly happy to point out to you that none of “this” is about me. So that said, what’s your point?
I just read TakeBack’s blog re: the Kerry visit. It’s a medium-length description of the “big event”… which, as I understand it, was a much-ballyhooed (on this forum, anyway) about the “big” endorsement for Ed P. by Kerry.
And yet, somehow, TakeBack’s blog says exactly ONE SENTENCE that references the “strong endorsement”.
So take that for what it’s worth.
I don’t NEED to have “experience” in politics in order to form an opinion, but I do know this:
What goes unsaid is a far more interesting that what is said.
So Tim – you’re criticizing me for not having experience in politics. Fine, bash away, if it adds meaning to your life.
Well, if you’re so experienced in politics, please, do share with us your vast knowledge – I’m sure I’m not the only one here that would like to benefit from your wealth of knowledge on the subject. Meanwhile, leave the lame one-liners to the folks at The Comedy Store.