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May 21, 2014 03:43 PM UTC
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Because allowing local governments and communites to have a say in industrial actity around their homes and schools is 'elitist.' Don't those silly
plebianselitists know that they are merely impediments to profits and occupying perfectly good well pad sites, compressor station locations, and waste pond locales with their silly little towns?+100
One wonders how many of those Gay Republicans (or Republicans in general) attacking Rep. Polis actually lives or works anywhere near an actual oil-production site, or knows personally any middle-class family living with the associated dangers.
Who are the real out-of-touch elitists here?
COGA has been calling Colorado Ranchers in the Thompson Divide area 'elitists' for not favoring allowing a Texas Billionaire with a privately held oil company drilling the crap out of it. Go figure, truth isn't something that matters much to these folks. Indeed, truth is their enemy, doesn't poll well–focus groups don't hate local control, so they lie and lie some more. Remember the cons getting upset about Denver Post reporters and editors going to work for Dem groups? Have any made a peep about karen Crummy shilling for oil and gas and lying lying lying about local control???
They have not even a passing relationship with the truth — or with facts, or decency, honor, ethics or morality.
Too bad the Post and Sentinel and Post-Independent and most other media int he state have become paid advertorials for their cause. Like with the LCR throw some cash their way and they dance, local citizens and Colorado communities be damned. Meanwhile the evidence mounts–clusters of birth defects and stillbirths in the gas patch; copius spewing methane, thousands of spills (the ones that get self-reported…who knows what the real number is); declining wildlife; skewed boom/cust economies that lead to high unemployment whenever the volatile commodites shift… but hey! Its money, cash on the barrelhead so STFU and dance Colorado.
So that's what happened to her! Nice to see her continuing to live down to her name.
I thought this when I first heard about the Log Cabin Republicans hitting Jared, but I didn't know how to say it.
You nailed it, Pols. They should be ashamed.
Me too. But somehow I don't think gay people who have so little self respect that they're willing to remain aligned to a party whose base loathes them and whose establishment has anti-gay rhetoric written right into their official party platform have more credibility than straight Repugs in attacking a gay Dem. I don't think they have any credibility period. I view them the same way I'd view a Jewish member of a white Supremacist organization. With contempt.
Hey Alistair! Jared Polis is acting up again. Get me the gays!
When gay liberals in this world appear
to change the world in ways we fear
and frighten all the GOPers
the cry goes up both far and near
for LCR! LCR! LCR! LCR!
You're our token, God offenders
fighting off the queer agenda
LCR. LCR!
We don't that much care for you, but use you we will happily do
Becasue 'God and Family' as we define, don't matter more than the bottom line
Sure we turn our backs and jeer, deny you rights, call you 'queer'
But if we can send you out to further fatten our fat bank accounts
Then of course we are best friends, just don't come back around again.
There will always be those members of the groups the GOP despises who will turn against their own, supporting the GOP's own efforts against them, in order to better themselves individually. If they're really loyal, and do as they're told, Republicans will grant them the auspicious title of "one of the good ones".
There must be an equivalent to "Uncle Tom" for gay Republicans…okay, I'm stuck. Any suggestions?
We used to call them The Oven Club.
Tom Ridge (he's one well-paid mother-frackin' lobbyist) was their 'Spirit of Lincoln' speaker last year…follow the money.
That's SHARP Realt1.
Awesome. And so true.
HOW DARE GAY REPUBLICANS CHALLENGE THE LIBERAL ORTHODOXY.
You are all hypocrites of the worst kind.
Don't shout, it isn't necessary nor is it nice. Put a fucking lid on it….
Ha Ha. You become more and more unhinged each day. It must be that GOP steamroller you see coming, huh?
So, you're in favor of equal rights for Gays, now, Moddy?
….right.
But we're not self loathing toadies.
Most offensively, they're challenging the CONSERVATIVE ORTHODOXY: LOCAL CONTROL.
Go to their webstie and the first thing you'll see is the announcement of their 2014 Spirit of Lincoln Dinner – and a picture of none other than….Mary Cheney.
She'll no doubt be promoting the emancipation of local communities from the oil and gas industry operations…
Spirit of Lincoln, my ass.
Webstie? Like websty? Apt description of a site full of drek.
'Local Control' only applies to locals that want multinational and out-of-state extractive industries to haul resources out of the jurisdiction.
Log Cabin Republicans…there are "selfhaters" everywhere…of all sexual persuasions…these guys are the most offensive…working for the very people who would wish them dead…
I just think Pols was too nice. This organization is just stupid. First, Polis has no opponent? So what are they spending their money on. Second, the last time he was opposed by a Republican, it was Lundberg from Loveland and I don't remember him ever saying anything nice about Log Cabin Republicans. What was it that he said about gays? Third, Log Cabin Republicans talking about oil & gas issues. Just doesn't seem like that would be high on their priority list. All of this makes me think that someone is just messing with their branding efforts. Gee, wonder where the money came for these ads. Come on Log Cabin Republicans. I was on the national board of Republicans for Choice. When you're a single issue group you have to stick to your issue, you've got to stick to your issue. Otherwise you look, well, shall we say, silly?
Its tokenism. Its shameful. Its a response, undoubtedly, to massive dollars from oilies. Its gross. Oil and gas will outspend local control folks 10 or more to 1, and will still have an epic battle on their hands, becuase local control is reasonable, and cleaves nicely to the middle where most Coloradan voters are.
Good point. What's this really about?
Maybe it's about the value of Mary Cheney's future oil and gas inheritances.
He definitely does have an opponent. Two or three actually I think. Not much to write home about, but they do exist.
Clearly what happened here is there is a member of LCR, probably high up, that also happens to be an O&G executive, and he thought it would be cute to organize a few of his friends to send $$ to LCR to run these ads, out of spite. I'm sure it's amusing Jared to no end.
I look forward to voting for local control this fall. Out of spite.