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October 10, 2013 03:59 PM UTC
11 Comments
I like Cheri Gerou. Great lady. Kind of a hothead though. Let the kid do his job, this was a rookie mistake at most. Cheri will get over it.
Yeah, screw the rules. What do we need rules protecting lawmakers from threats for?
Signed,
Franklin Sain
The kid was just doing his job?
Try it this way. The 'kid" is a lobbyist for a group advocating gun control spreading rumors that the Dem Rep is about to go wobbly on supporting gun safety legislation and the dad in this little story is a former Dem Colorado Senator looking to get back in the game. Would I be correct in assuming you'd be standing up for the "kid" and brushing off a "rookie mistake" in that scenario?
Just kidding. Hilarious, I know!
Why bother presenting the situation in reverse? They already know they're hypocrites.
As I remember, Joe Neville was a "volunteer lobbyis" this past session, i.e., he received no pay from the Rocky Mt. Gun Owners. Nevertheless, his Daddy is a strong RMGO supporter and is likely to be running against Gerou for Sen. Nicholson's senate seat. "Isn't that special."
Don't understand Moderatus's comment: "Let the kid do his job." As I read the story, the miffed Mr. Neville, who inappropriately lobbied, is now suing Rep. Gerou in federal court.
Looks like the "kid" (seen him, he's not a kid) is the one that is being quite aggressive here. Sure RMGO and Daddy are helping him with Court costs, since by being a volunteer lobbyist, he shouldn't have received a dime from RMGO and wouldn't have the dough on his own to pursue this.
As we've seen before, RMGO is sue-happy — going after Gov. Hickenlooper in state court. Course Dudley Brown (RMGO head honcho) is being sued himself for using pictures in mailers with NO permission from the photographed persons.
As always, the RMGO muddies everything it touches.
See, that's the thing about being a lobbyist for a gun advocacy group. You just have to threaten someone. What is the point of packing if you don't intimidate people?
Even if you're not physically packing because the Capitol probably doesn't allow it, the psychological weight of knowing one has enough firepower to mow down a small army would make one's body language more dominant of others. Swagger, it's called.
I wonder how differently this would have played out if Neville was female and Gerou, male.
Actually, pick any combo of genders possible – it would be different than what actually played out.
And when they're caught sending disgusting e-mails full of racial epithets and threats to law makers they don't agree with, they say they're sorry if they offended anyone but their passion made them do it. I'd kind of like the people packing guns to have a little control over those passions. And I'd like their lobbyists to not to be "kids" who threaten reprisals and I'd like for nobody to claim that spreading lies and making intimidating threats is just rookie boys being boys.
I don't disagree with any of that.
You mean we don't have to agree to disagree?
RMGO may be a bunch of jerks. But they won in both of the recalls and that gives them oomph in lobbying. A lot of influence.
In the spirit of "Know your enemy", I'll point out the differences between RMGO and the NRA and Republican-funded BFDF.
RMGO has its own stable of tame legislators, including Vicki Marble, who answer "correctly" on RMGO's own questionnaire. RMGO didn't do much in Pueblo at all. Richard Anglund, the stealth candidate Marks recruited to screw up the Pueblo mail in ballots was registered agent for Colorado Gun Owners, Inc., a different organization.
The El Paso Basic Freedom Defense Fund/ Morse recall group has now grown into the Basic Freedom Defense Fund, which got $150,000 from "Free Colorado" a "social welfare charity", which ran the anti-Morse and Giron ads. BFDF also reportedly received upwards of 3 million from the NRA.
When Jennifer Kerns came in, her role seemingly was to hook up the NRA and Republican dollars for the "three plumbers from Pueblo", the PFR. There is apparently some kind of schism or territorial battle between the RMGO and the BFDF. BFDF wanted to intimidate legislators by publicizing results of a questionnaire, which effort has fizzled. RMGO is backing the Hudak recall, but with only moral support, possibly some volunteer recruitment. RMGO's main thing right now is a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the gun laws. With Kerns out of the picture, no one else is bringing on the big bucks for the Hudak recall.
Wikipedia actually has a great summary of the ideological and strategic differences between the two groups.
Which is great for anyone who doesn't want them to succeed.