Posted on 09/13/2013 3:48:18 AM PDT by Kaslin
COLORADO SPRINGS -- Quick, call the CDC. We've got a Rocky Mountain outbreak of Acute Sore Loser Fever. After failing to stave off two historic recall bids on Tuesday, two delusional state legislators and their national party bosses just can't help but double-down and trash voters as dumb, sick, criminal and profligate.
The ululations of gun-grabbing Democrats here in my adopted home state are reverberating far and wide. Appearing on cable TV Thursday to answer the question "What happened?" Pueblo State Sen. Angela Giron sputtered that she lost her seat due to "voter suppression." Giron whined to CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin that voters "weren't able to get to the polls" and that there was "voter confusion."
"Voter confusion"? My goodness. You'd think there were no public libraries, local television stations, talk radio, newspapers, blogs, Facebook, Twitter or government websites to get information about the elections. (Oh, and pay no attention to the massive 6-to-1 spending advantage that Giron and her fellow recall target John Morse, formerly the president of the state Senate, enjoyed.)
"Voter suppression"? Dios mio! You'd think there were New Black Panther Party thugs standing outside the polls shouting racist epithets and waving police batons!
But no, there was no "voter confusion" or "voter suppression." In fact, as the Colorado Peak Politics blog pointed out, the "majority of turnout in (Giron's) district was Democrat, by a large margin. And she still lost. Voter suppression (is) not even believable."
Giron lost in her Obama-loving Democratic Senate District 3 by a whopping 12 points. The only significant complaint about voter suppression came after the polls closed -- and not from anyone in the district, but from out-of-state Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wah-wah-wah-sserman Schultz of Florida. The majority of constituents who signed the recall petitions against her were, um, Democrats. Would Giron care to argue that voters from the same party that put her in office are too dumb and confused to comprehend her state's own Constitution and election process?
Giron was defeated not by elite Republicans and nefarious NRA bigwigs, but by a former Clinton supporter/police chief/campaign neophyte and a couple of upstart citizen activists who make a living as plumbers.
Grassroots organizers in both Pueblo and El Paso counties with little to no previous electoral experience researched the state constitution's recall provisions and put in the hard nose-to-the-ground work of gathering thousands of petition signatures in a brief period. They did their homework, adhered to the law and made their voices heard. As I've reported in my column over the past several months, it was a David vs. gun-grabbing Goliath battle from the start.
Only after the local citizens got the ball rolling -- catching flack from establishment GOP types who initially opposed the disruptive process -- did national organizations weigh in with help. And the campaign cash they provided was still no match for nosybody Bloomberg, Vice President Joe Biden (who personally lobbied state Democratic legislators) and their gun control-freak company.
The significance of this unprecedented battle cannot be overstated. Self-government won. Demagoguery lost. All the Bloomberg bucks in the world couldn't buy immunity for his water-carriers in Colorado. The role of Second Amendment-supporting, limited-government-advocating local women in pushing back against false smears was invaluable. The "reproductive rights" fear-mongering failed. And the use of social media to organize echoed other successful tea party efforts.
The problem for the gun-grabbers wasn't that the voters were uninformed. It was that they were (SET ITAL) too (END ITAL) informed. Voters paid close attention when state Democrats rigged the game during the legislative debate over extreme gun and ammo restrictions that will do nothing to stop the next Aurora, Columbine or Newtown. They watched fellow citizens being blocked from testifying, pushed aside for out-of-staters. They heard Morse accuse gun owners of having a "sickness in their souls." They heard him brag to liberal zealots that he was ignoring their "vile" e-mail.
They rejected Giron's sneering at grassroots organizers as "special interests." They didn't buy that their birth control would disappear. They weren't swayed by shooting victim Rep. Gabby Gifford's husband's emotional appeals or distracted by Bill Clinton's last-minute robocalls.
"What happened?" The reasons these petty tyrants lost are as simple as ABC: arrogance, bitterness and contempt for the people. As more and more self-empowered citizens are learning, you can't fix this stupid hubris. But you can vote it out
“I’m MELLLLLTTTTINNNNGGGGG!”
Either of them named "Joe"?
A GOOD START!!!
Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their MSNBC hosts...
Good riddance. Every state should have recall provisions. Perhaps then politicians would listen to the people rather than their party leaders. As a side note, does anyone find it strange that the U. S. is arming citizens abroad while trying to disarm its’ own?
It’s good to see two brilliant, enlightened, Progressive geniuses /s/ ushered away from the levers of power.
Maybe the constituency that elected them is beginning to see the danger of voting for scu&bags who look upon the U.S. Constitution as just a piece of useless paper with meaningless words upon it that were written by dead white men.
IMHO
>>As a side note, does anyone find it strange that the U. S. is arming citizens abroad while trying to disarm its’ own?<<
Life in Acirema, where good is punished and evil rewarded.
Democracy in action! Don’t let the door hitcha where the good Lord splitcha you dirty gungrabbing ‘rats.
Stuck-up elitists. They just cannot believe someone does not agree with their policies, thus the blame on everything else including attacking people’s character.
The Democrats had a plan to win this election.
Under the mail-in voting rules, a voter anywhere in the State of Colorado could request a ballot in either of these districts by stating that they intend to move there within a year. The Democrat strategy involved large numbers of voters in Denver and other Democratic strongholds requesting such out-of-district ballots, to tip the scales in favor of Morse and Giron.
Apparently, the election authorities realized that the mail-in rules made no sense in a recall election. In a normal election, you can expect people to vote in there own districts, in the main, which would limit such mischief. In a recall, the recall districts the only ones voting, so the opportunity for cross district vote fraud is much greater.
So the rule for these recalls was that the voter had to be physically present to vote. This worked well, as the result of the election closely mirrored the pre-election polling.
Preventing massive cross-district voter fraud is what counts as “Voter Suppression” these days... That’s why Giron can’t shut up about the mail-in voting. The Democrats had a plan to steal the election, and it is a gross injustice that they were not premitted to do so.
Also; "Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing"
The majority of people who espouse conservatism / libertarianism still don't realize that we are in a war. Not in the conventional sense (yet), but for the soul of what we remember our country to be. They want totalitarianism, with them on the top. They say "equality" is their goal, but that is far from the truth. Looks at other socialist/communist/totalitarian societies, because that is what the elites want here; Them standing over those who don't bow to them, with their boots on our necks, their hands on our property, and chains on our children's and grand children's lives, minds, and futures. They wrap themselves in their proclamations of how they only want the best "for the children", when in reality they only want total control of their lives, control of our property, and us dead, imprisoned, or otherwise "controlled".
Yes, I applaud the recalls, but they can't stop there. These people who would take our rights need a strong and clear message that THEY WORK FOR US, OR THEY WON"T WORK FOR US ANY MORE!
The arrogance of these people sicken me...
Gave her an Assad-kicking with some potency behind it...
the Democrats seem to be slow learners, doesn’t Kerry blame his defeat on gun grabbing by Dems?
Quit the gun grabbing
Thank you fo explaining that
You just gotta love it. Can’t argue with statistics. Or Democrats!
In 1863 a Democrat shot and killed Abraham Lincoln, President of the United
States.
In 1881 a left wing radical Democrat shot James Garfield, President of the
United States who later died from the wound.
In 1963 a radical left wing socialist shot and killed John F. Kennedy,
President of the United States.
In 1975 a left wing radical Democrat fired shots at Gerald Ford, President
of the United States.
In 1983 a registered Democrat shot and wounded Ronald Reagan.
In 1984 James Huberty a disgruntled Democrat shot and killed 22 people in a
McDonalds restaurant.
In 1986 Patrick Sherril a disgruntled Democrat shot and killed 15 people in
an Oklahoma post office.
In 1990 James Pough a disgruntled Democrat shot and killed 10 people at a
GMAC office.
In 1991 George Hennard a disgruntled Democrat shot and killed 23 people in a
Lubys cafeteria.
In 1995 James Daniel Simpson a disgruntled Democrat shot and killed 5
coworkers in a Texas laboratory.
In 1999 Larry Asbrook a disgruntled Democrat shot and killed 8 people at a
church service.
In 2001 a left wing radical Democrat fired shots at the White House in a
failed attempt to kill George W. Bush, President of the US.
In 2003 Douglas Williams a disgruntled Democrat shot and killed 7 people at
a Lockheed Martin plant.
In 2007 a registered Democrat named Seung - Hui Cho shot and killed 32
people in Virginia Tech .
In 2010 a mentally ill registered Democrat named Jared Lee Loughner shot
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed 6 others.
In 2011 a registered Democrat named James Holmes went into a movie theater
and shot and killed 12 people.
In 2012 Andrew Engeldinger a disgruntled Democrat shot and killed 7 people
in Minneapolis.
In 2013 a registered Democrat named Adam Lanza shot and killed 26 people in
a school.
One could go on, but you get the point, even if the media does not.
Clearly, there is a problem with Democrats and guns.
No NRA member, Tea Party member, or Republican conservatives are involved.
redundant
I believe you hit that proverbial nail right on the head.
Every once in a while, the Dem’s obvious and incessant efforts to steal an election through whatever fraudulent means they are allowed to get away with prove to be insufficient to overcome the will of the voters, at which time we witness their dismay and disgust echoed throughout the media. This case was one such example, as was the effort on Gore’s behalf in Florida. Each time, however, they learn from their mistakes, shore up the weaknesses in their system, and come back with increased effort.
The Republicans never seem to learn, never undo the laws that Dems put in place to allow this fraud, and in general come across generally as amateurs at this election business, with some exceptions.
It appears to me that the Dems know that their agendas are not as popular with the population as they claim, and that they are forced to resort to fraud and lies and deceit to gain election and implement their policies because they can never really win in an honest contest.
His name is Victor Head, and he is (was?) a Democrat.
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