June 09, 2009 11:42 PM UTC

GOP congressional candidate Lucero distances himself from GM boycott calls

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• by: BobMoore

(Pay no attention to my talk-radio blowhard supporters – promoted by Colorado Pols)

National radio talker Hugh Hewitt, a member of GOP 4th Congressional District candidate Tom Lucero’s “finance team,” has emerged as a national spokesman for a conservative movement to boycott General Motors in an attempt to force a denationalization of the carmaker.

Lucero told me he agrees with Hewitt that the government takeover of GM and Chrysler was a bad thing, but he stops short of agreeing with this sentiment expressed by Hewitt:

“Buy Ford. Buy Toyota.  Buy anything that isn’t owned and operated by the federal government. There are plenty of great cars out there. You don’t have to buy one that costs not just your cash, but also your commitment to free enterprise and all the benefits that flow from it.”

Lucero’s take: “In order for those companies to succeed, Americans are going to have to do business with those companies.”  

More details on my Coloradoan blog here: http://tr.im/nWT8

Hewitt will be back in Colorado Friday for a Lucero fundraiser at Maggiano’s Little Italy on 18th Street in Denver. The invite bills Lucero as “Colorado’s Republican Candidate for Congress.”