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January 24, 2008 08:04 PM UTC

Worst...Press...Ever. Ever.

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  • by: Colorado Pols

If you haven’t seen the Westword cover story on Republican Muhammad Ali Hasan, who is running in HD-56, you need to take a few minutes to read it. This article is quite possibly the single most damaging piece of press that we have ever seen for a politician. Ever.

The Westword story isn’t damaging because it is a hatchet job by the reporter. The story is damaging because of Hasan, his family and advisors, who seem completely oblivious to the fact that a reporter is in their midst. Hasan comes off as a complete and utter (we won’t say it, but it rhymes with “goose tag”) in the story, which includes these gems:

  • Hasan lives with his millionaire parents in a Beaver Creek mansion, and his bedroom is decorated with “black, outer-space-themed wallpaper.” In the article, his mother repeatedly threatens to sue other Republicans over perceived slights.
  • After a campaign event, Hasan and his publicist/girlfriend Alison Miller disappear “for what Ali later admitted was a brief interlude in a hotel bathroom.” Of their relationship, the story notes:

    At first they’d kept things quiet and casual. “If there is one elected office I have held, it is ‘Mayor of Commitment-Phobia-Ville,'” he says. “I told her, ‘I’m a bad guy. I’m this womanizing mean guy who wants to be a politician.'”

  • While speaking at a Republican event on the Western Slope, there is this scene:

    “I am a warrior for TABOR. I am very young and kind of reckless,” Ali said, oblivious to the waitress who had crept up behind him and was now trying to get his attention. “Can I get your order?” she interrupted, as the party members looked on. “Chicken fingers, please,” he said, turning back to the audience to finish his point. “You have a choice between shrimp, schnitzel and the salad bar,” the waitress said. “What would make me look tough?” Ali asked, laughing. After a long pause, he said, “I’ll take the shrimp.”

    Afterwards, Hasan says: “I hate those fucking kingmakers. I am not going to listen to those fuckers. I am not going to listen to guys that don’t mean well for Colorado.”

  • After one campaign event, someone in Hasan’s traveling entourage loses the keys to their vehicle, leading to this ditty:

    After a few minutes, Ali dialed a roadside assistance company to ask about having a new key made. “If I don’t have OnStar, I’ll buy it,” he said into his iPhone. “It doesn’t matter how much it costs.” Ali later decided to have the car towed to a dealership.

  • In early December, Miller sat on a couch outside of Ali’s bedroom while the candidate picked out clothes for the afternoon. The town hall meetings were scheduled to begin in just two hours, and the couple still had to drive to Breckenridge and set up the microphones and chairs for the Front Range representatives.

    Miller waited, furiously buffing her nails. Things had been tense between the pair ever since Ali’s dachshund, Deelya, attacked Miller’s guinea pig, Pepsi. But today the two were simply excited. Ali came out of the bedroom wearing a silvery shirt unbuttoned to show his chest hair and a black belt with a winged skull on the buckle.

    “I’m the Western Slope warrior, and I’m tough,” he said. Plus, the belt matched his shoes, black cowboy boots with red uppers – the color of Miller’s hair, he cooed.

  • After the New Year, Ali planned to kick of the campaign in style by knocking on doors throughout the district. He also promised to fund what he called a “War on Pine Beetles” study. But for now, he had a second town hall meeting to conduct. Ali and Miller held hands as they walked back to the Lexus SUV. She made a U-turn out of her spot, heading the wrong direction on the one-way street. A man drove past her in another SUV and mouthed “One way,” lifting his pointer finger into the air.

    “Don’t you point at my girlfriend,” Ali joked as Miller turned the car around. “I’m the next fucking state representative.”

    There’s really nothing else that needs to be said about this. It really is that terrible.

     

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          1. Next Wednesday night, the original “Law and Order” (what are there now, four?), is doing a “ripped from the headlines” inspired by the whole Larry Craig escapade.  Apparently, in their version the politician’s partners turn up dead.  The clip they showed last night had the politician saying in his best Craig imitation, “I’m not gay!”, and then sliding his foot under a bathroom stall.

            Should be fun…

    4. This is a Homer moment for the Californicated Republican (you spent too much time with that nut Dennis Miller).

      “I am a warrior for TABOR. I am very young and kind of reckless,” …

      “I’m the Western Slope warrior, and I’m tough,” he said. Plus, the belt matched his shoes, black cowboy boots with red uppers – the color of Miller’s hair, he cooed.

      Playing dress up in some metro-sexua/cowboy way doens’t make you tough or a warrior. It makes you look like a pandering jack-ass.

    5. The next day, Ali was in a brighter mood. He had taken the morning off and showered in the late afternoon, buttoning his large torso into a pastel checkered shirt with ribbons down the front.

       

      I admire his wardrobe choices

      “There’s a beauty behind my ego,” said Ali. “I end all my messages with ‘peace and love.’ I am deeply in love with myself. I think I have amazing emotions and thoughts and gifts. I love myself so much, and I know that I see myself in other people. My mother always reminded me that the money could come and go. With interacting with people on a day-to-day basis, I learn to love everyone.”

      What was the definition of naricissism again?

      Ali also garnered his first endorsement. Fabulous and Gay – a shaving cream company owned by a gay family friend – pumped the candidate and his fashion sense on its blog, but mistakenly wrote that he is running for Congress.

      It part of his new TV project “Muslim Eye of for the Old White Guy” where he give the old white men in the GOP makeovers too make them look more Hollywood metrosexual.  

      Doug Bruce will be this “Warrior for TABOR’s first makeover.

    6. That’s all he is. He’s an immature rich kid who still lives at home with his parents.

      His family “contacts” are all the result of their very generous fundraising for the GOP.

      If he wasn’t rich none of us would have ever heard of him. Given our political system though the fact he is rich means he’s got a shot.  

      1. Originally from Pueblo, Ali began spending time in Beaver Creek at the age of eleven, when his multimillionaire father, Malik, a partially retired HMO executive, and his mother, Seeme, a longtime Republican activist, bought the 28,000-square-foot home. The ship-like mansion was commissioned by a Mexican gangster with a taste for ivory, and some of the Asian artwork he owned still graces the halls. The home boasts eighteen bathrooms and eleven bedrooms, a dungeon-like wine cellar, a pool and a sauna, a dining room with a gold chandelier and a painted-cloud ceiling, a gazebo, and two bronze greyhounds flanking the front door. A more impressive residence than their Pueblo abode, the Hasan family took to reuniting there when Ali and his sister Asma returned from boarding school near Boston for the holidays. Seeme and Malik traveled between homes in Colorado, Las Vegas and Southern California.

        and he has “the help”  (the article says 5 servants in all) fetch him soda’s while he whines to his mommy about those “fucking kingmakers!”  

        1. I skimmed parts of that article, but apparently missed this section.  18 bathrooms, boarding school in Boston… this isn’t exactly the lifestyle of the ordinary western slope family.

          Did even “W” grow up in this much over-the-top luxury?

          1. between Hasan and W is after they acquired their wealth, they left their workers behind:

            In 1985, shortly after the advent of managed care in the United States, Malik started his own Pueblo-based HMO called QualMed. He urged his friends and colleagues to invest in the venture, and those who did eventually made millions. The operation, in downtown Pueblo, grew as it acquired ailing HMOs around the country, and so did Malik’s wealth. In 1991, QualMed went public, and Malik’s investments soared to a market value of $67 million, according to Health Against Wealth, George Anders’s book on managed care. A few years later, QualMed merged with a California company to create Health Systems International, Inc. Yet another merger earned Malik a spot on Forbes magazine’s 1998 list of top paid executives; he had gleaned $28.6 million over a five-year period. (Ali won’t disclose how much he or his family is now worth, saying he doesn’t want to jeopardize their safety.) But in 1999, Malik and other executives sold QualMed, laying off employees in Pueblo and closing the downtown building

            1. I posted about this earlier when Hasan first indicated he would run against Al White.

              The City of Pueblo invested a significant amount of money in that downtown building for Hasan.  The city was left holding the bag and all the jobs left.

              Moreover, I was with then Governor Romer when he personally delivered some significant ‘economic developement’ subsidies to Hasan in the mid-90s.  In a public ceremony Hasan then lectured Romer aboaut how high his (Hasan’s) taxes were.  Talk about biting the hand that feeds you.

              Romer was pissed.

                1. If two people stay in each room, they wouldn’t each have their own bathroom. In fact they would be FOUR short!!! What a travesty…maybe even a violation of health code.

    9. America votes for the common man. That’s why the Bushes had to be the good ole boys from Texas eating pork rinds. It’s ok if you are actually rich, but you have to act the part of one of the guys.

      Ali apparently doesn’t even understand that concept, much less can he do it. The story doesn’t kill his chances, he kills them.

          1. He did refuse to change his name to “Al” at the urging of a strategist.

            But, yeah, I was surprised at how “open”/”foolish” he was when I read the article a few days ago, myself.

        2. Game over.

          It’s not “odd.” It’s sheer stupidity. The kid obviously has no grasp of how the political system works. He just thinks that if Mommy says he should run against Al White, then dammit, he’s good enough to do so. No matter that he has zero experience and air between his ears.

      1. comparing him to Ali Hasan is unfair.

        Jared is a self made man.  His parents had a little money, but he got into princeton on his own and he understood the cultural impact of the internet: he also had the good sense (or luck: maybe one day I’ll have the chance to ask him about it–right after I’m done harranging him about being cozy with the father of reaganomics art laffer).

        Polis seems to have a huge ego and he doesn’t seem to listen to anyone, but his ego is based on his early successes.  Ali’s problem is naricissism: Jared’s problem is hubris.

      2. If we were a Republican Polis, he would be gay.  Of course, being Republican, he couldn’t be open about it.  He’d need to be closeted with a fake wife/girlfriend…

        Hmmm… maybe he IS the Republican Polis!

        1. I feel embarrassed and sorry for those of you on here who have nothing to contribute to this discussion other than to purely tear others down. No matter how you feel about Ali Hasan, perhaps you could at least think about how hurtful your comments about the rest of us are. Does it make you feel better about yourself to bring others down?

          Stick to the issues and thoughts on his personality. You really needn’t resort to childish homosexuality comments.

          1. A question for you and Ali, the article alludes to the fact that Ali considers himself to be “moderate” on social issues.  What exactly does this mean relative to his positions on abortion rights and gay rights?  

          2. I give Ali and the others running for office a lot of credit for posting here as it can be brutal.

            But keep in mind that politcis is a very rough sport, especially for the candidates. And Ali totally screwed himself in that article – there’s no nice way to put that. Nor does it do Ali any favors to pretend it wasn’t awful.

            With that said, I agree with you that the homosexual comments were childish and off-topic.

            Welcome to the arena…

          3. I do have some “personality” questions which you said we should stick to.  What was the fight like after Muhammad’s dog attacked your guinea pig?  Had he been drinking?  Was it Ali v. Ali?  “And down goes Ali”?  Was he pissed to smell guinea pig on his dog’s breath?

            Which mood ambience do you prefer?   The hotel American Standard light fixtures or Darth Vader wallpaper?   How problematic is Muhammad’s attention deficit disorder?

            What is it you do for his campaign?  Do you teach him the gold mining history of the region?

            And finally, as his publicist, was it your idea to give such unfettered access to Naomi Zeveloff?  Brilliant!  You are an inspiration to every woman with a “womanizing mean guy” in her life!

              1. Did you read the article?  It is all about “personal” attribute.  It’s what they are attempting to get in the public realm.  And Alison asked to keep the discussion on “personality”.  If you don’t think “getting angry”, “attention deficit disorder”, bathroom rendezvous and being a “womanizing mean guy” do not matter in your Representative, then you are free to vote for such people.  Some have a problem with it though.

                  1. I have no time for most of WesternSlopeThought’s outrageous questions. However, I would like to address the last one he asked, as it is the only one with any merit to the article or what this blog debate should be focusing on.

                    I advised against Naomi shadowing us, and I cautioned Ali to be very careful around her. Ali felt very strongly that as a candidate he wants to be open to the press and public. What Ms. Zeveloff reported was not an accurate picture of Ali, and many–if not most–things in the article were taken out of context or made-up.

                    Sure, Ali got upset a few times and used swear words to vent his frustration. This was only done in the privacy of his car or home and not in public. Are any of us that different? I’m sure you would never swear about anything or anyone to your girlfriend/wife/boyfriend/husband.

                    One last point: ADD is not something that should prevent you from voting for someone. It is controllable and, if anything, allows Ali to be more creative and proactive.

                    Look, all I can say is that some people on here are obviously only intent on putting others down and not interested in having an intelligent debate. That’s a shame.

                    For those people who think that politics and other people’s lives are a game or just a big joke, all I can offer you is this:

                    At least he didn’t kick the reporter!

                    2. If you are accusing a reporter of fabricating things: be specific, if you are not specific I will assume the information is accurate.  Most reporters work with a tape recorder to promote accuracy of quotes, was this the case?

                      I commend you on advising against a westword cover story: westword attempts to be provacative, which can work against its subject.  

                      However I have seen little evidence of them fabricating information.

                      BTW it is not the swear words that people find offensive for the most part: it is the ego.

                      1. Is he comes across as a child. A rich spoiled child who wants a senate seat because it would be fun. But the biggest impression I was left with is he still emotionally is a child.

                        As to out of context, I would love to hear the full context for a number of the items listed – I don’t see how you frame the context for some of those items in a positive way.

                      2. The reporter never once used a tape recorder, nor did she apparently take very good written notes. On my part, I have never once spent the night at his home and I didn’t give up eating pork because he asked me to for the sake of a kiss. The reporter also made up the Hasan’s involvement in the sale of QualMed and the Pueblo office closing–they had nothing to do with it. Most of Ali’s quotes were exaggerated or whole parts of conversations were excluded so she could string together just the bad things that were said. She also mischaracterized the personalities and roles of me, Ali, the Hasans and the employees at the home. The list goes on and on…

                        I spoke to Westword about the article and they are refusing to run corrections even though they know information to be false.

                        As for Ali’s personality, Naomi went too far to try to make Ali out to be some ego-maniac with a temper. Nothing could be further from the truth. For as long as I have known him, I have never seen him once raise his voice to or about another person or issue. Even when he swore, it was done in a lighthearted way and not the angry way Naomi wrote it to be. Ali has a perpetual smile, even when he is hot in debate with someone. He truly loves life and the Western Slope. He stays up late into the night researching pine beetle, mining and tax laws. He wakes up at 7 am to rush off to a coffee shop to encourage people to get out and vote and write to their legislatures. And do you really think a guy with a huge ego would be asking everyone in his life if he’s doing well and how to proceed?  

                2. You know you meant what you said as a personal dig

                  What was the fight like after Muhammad’s dog attacked your guinea pig?  Had he been drinking?  Was it Ali v. Ali?  “And down goes Ali”?  Was he pissed to smell guinea pig on his dog’s breath?

                  How problematic is Muhammad’s attention deficit disorder?

                  It’s these kinds of comments or “questions” that almost makes you look as childish as the article made Ali Hasan look (yes, I read the article).  Way to go with that.

                  And, just to throw it out there-given my A.D.D. you must be surprised that I even made it through the article.

                  Jerk

                      1. that I am…I’ll forgive you for your name-calling and personal attack on me.

          4. Read each of the quotes above from your candidate , then take a deep breath, close your eyes and ask yourself:

            Is this the kind of person I want representing my district in the Colorado House of Representatives ?

            I didn’t think so, all joking aside.

      3. Jared was very successful in one of the most highly competitive environments in the world. The vast majority of hi-tech startups crater. Jared was successful twice.

        He tends to be arrogant and he is rich and that combination sets people off. But he is also thoughtful and seems very open-minded. And he also does appear to be running to make the world a better place, not to feed his ego.

        As to Ali’s Naricissism, I’ve met Jared several times (the first well before he hit it big) and that is not a word I would ever use to describe him.

        Jared suffers from a problem lots of us in the hi-tech industry suffer from (including me), we’re smarter than most people and that impacts how we view our own opinion.

        Jared, if elected, will be a Rep we can all be proud of. If Ali gets elected he would be in competition with Bruce for biggest joke in the legislature.

        Totally unfair comparison.

        1. Muhamad Ali Hasan and Jared Polis both made their money the old fashioned way:

          They inherited it.

          David you’re a smart guy with a fun blog.  

          Don’t always believe the Polis spin machine.

          1. I’m pretty darn sure that most of Jared’s $$$ came from the sale of BlueMountainArts.com.  Now, while the card company belongs to his parents (who are very much alive), they gave him the website to run, as he was already in the Internet biz.  Someone (Jared?) then managed to somehow convince Excite@Home to “exuberantly” pay hundreds of millions for the website.

            While his parents certainly helped him get started (and may have benefited from the sale of the website), the word “inherited” is not really correct.  I don’t think that the greeting card operation of Blue Mountain Arts, in itself, generated the sort of wealth that Jared now has.

            However, to say he earned it the “old fashioned way” would not really be right either.  He was very fortunate to be able to take advantage of the Internet boom.  I can’t imagine the Excite@Home shareholders were too thrilled when that company went bankrupt a short time later, though.

          2. 1) My parents are very much alive and still running our small family publishing company that publishes my mother’s poetry and my father’s artwork

            2) I made most of my money from three entrepreneurial successes: American Information Systems (an internet access provided), Bluemountain.com, and proflowers.com. I founded or co-founded all three, raised capital to help them grow, and eventually sold all three. I’ve had a few other minor successes along the way as well.

            Jared Polis

            http://www.polisforcongress.com

              1. Yes, they still own and operate Blue Mountain Arts, our small family publishing company based in Boulder (Wilderness Place near Valmont). Blue Mountain Arts publishes my mother’s poetry and my father’s artwork on notecards, books, and calendars.

                Jared Polis

      1. While we may think (or know) many of our elected officials are egotistical, no one wants their public servant to publicly state their ego is beautiful!

        “There’s a beauty behind my ego,” said Ali. “I end all my messages with ‘peace and love.’ I am deeply in love with myself. I think I have amazing emotions and thoughts and gifts. I love myself so much, and I know that I see myself in other people. My mother always reminded me that the money could come and go. With interacting with people on a day-to-day basis, I learn to love everyone.”

        Is this guy a joke?

    12. This is America.

      Any Bozo, rich or poor can declare their candidacy for either political party.

      Republicans or Democrat’s are not responsible, unless they elect them.

      Ali G has NO CHANCE in the GOP.

    13. I always thought that attending a Republican sponsored event in Colorado was like seeing a gathering of the characters from “Slingblade” and “O Brother, Where Art Thou”.  But now it has gotten even more bizarre.  

        What a self-absorbed egotistic loon.  He get’s angry after having a drink?  Hope Dougy Bruce does not share a Hamms beer with him while eating a BLT.

        “Muslim Feminist Cowgirl”?  LOL  There is a difference between boarding stables and boarding schools.  Hmmm, or is there?

        Okay, now each of us can expect to be sued by Mama “Genghis Kahn” Hasan.  All in my opinion of course.

    14. is there are rumors in Republican circles that this guy wants to one day run to become governor once he makes his way through the legislature! He isn’t afraid to throw as much money as it takes to get it!

      This article single-handedly torpedoes that dream! What a idiot!

      Get out of my party!…yuppie scum.

      I’m disappointed in Bartelson too, first Bentley now this guy? Shame…  

          1. Ali is very popular and has tremendous support in Eagle County. He is gaining ground in Summit and Lake Counties too. This is a nice guy who really does love the Western Slope and the people who live here. You shouldn’t judge him by a hatchet job article by a liberal tabloid.

            If Ali was a Democrat the article and most of the responses on here would be different. What people are having a hard time with is that he is not an old, boring, fat Republican and it scares people that this guy is shaking up the party and getting a younger voter motivated to give a damn about their government.  

            1. What people are having a hard time with is the fact that this guy is a spoiled moron. Maybe he does have charm, looks, youth, enthusiasm, and wealth on his side (which, I admit, counts for a lot in politics), but just read the quotes in the story and listen to the video link that’s posted up above!

              I’m a Democrat, and I don’t care what party you are. Stupid is stupid. Look at Dennis Kucinich, for example. Egotistical imbecile. Or try Al Gore on for size. He’s done some pretty incredibly stupid things.

              But you’ll never catch either of them saying the kind of crap that comes out of this guy’s mouth. It’s astonishing.

            2. On what FACTS are you making the claim that he’s gaining ground in this race? How far behind was/is he? Is he now ahead? and by what methods has he made this ground-shaking accomplishment?

              I call bull shit on just about everything you wrote, especially the part scape-goating the “liberal tabloid.” Hasan should have known better than to let the writer hang out with him for so long, or keep his mouth shut. But the real issue is this kids arrogance, which is why he kept the Wesword writer by his side. He thought this was his up-and-coming moment with an incredible expose of the “western sloper warrior,” riding in on his Lexus SUV driving the wrong way on I-70, taking on the Front Range special interests. RAH!

              He doesn’t a shit about the people of Summit, Eagle or Lake County, but rather himself which obvious to anyone who’s met him (including a few Republicans I talked to at the state Legislature). That’s right, “those fucking kingmakers” also  think this kid is a dupe.

              As apparent as his ignorance of the issues, this kid wouldn’t have a shot at getting elected as dog catcher let alone representing the Mountain (in his pink shirt and lizzard skin boots) in the State Legislator.  

              1. I knew we’d be able to hold hands and sing the old “Coke” theme together on something.

                I am a proud registered Republican and I’m absolutely embarrassed by this guy’s conduct in the article.  I would cross the aisle and vote against him (if I lived in his constituency).

                The part that bothers me the most is his seeming rudeness toward people that he perceives to be ‘beneath’ him.

                  1. You freak!

                    Just kidding.  Have a great weekend.

                    Remember the scene in the Coyote/Roadrunner cartoons where the coyote and the dog were punching their timecards at the end of the day?

                    Hehehe.

            3. For someone who supports a supposed Conservative who believes in Personal Responisbility, you people sure do like to blame everyone else around you except for the one person who is at fault here.

              This is about as dumb as a move as Doug Bruce’s record breaking touchdown kick into history as the first legislator to be censured in Colorado History.

            4. I know he reads the Pols so here goes

              Ali may be popular, and a nice guy: I’m sure he is.  I bet he throws great parties and is a lot of fun, but a guy you like hanging out with at parties is not necessarily the guy you want writing legislation.

              It’s clear from the article that Ali lives in a bubble created by his mother and populated by toadies and sycophants.  The “Kingmakers” are actually being very gentle with him because they don’t want to piss off his parents and shut down the ATM machine.

              I snarked a bit on his wardrobe: but heck I like an old style western shirts and leather pants myself so who am I to judge.  But the narcissism is almost off the chart and he is surrounded by people who feed his ego.

              He needs to step back, move out of his parent’s house, get a job, examine his priorities and stop listening to his mother-then in maybe 4 years he will be ready to serve this state.

              This has nothing to do with his politics and everything to do with his personal maturity.

            5. All of the damaging parts of this article come straight out of the mouths of Hasan, family members or advisors. You can’t blame Westword for reporting on the words that he spoke himself. Should the reporter have created some quotes that made Hasan look better?

              If it acts like a duck, and it quacks like a duck…it’s a duck.  

      2. They might like him (maybe he serves the purpose of comic relief) but when push comes to shove — or nudge or kick, whatever — would they actually vote for him?

    16. Rough and tumble is part of the deal.  Ask Hillary or Bill how they feel about the things that are said about them.

      “If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.”

                         – Harry Truman –

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