"Mmmmmmm your tears are so yummy and sweet."
Posted on 09/12/2013 4:31:01 PM PDT by Signalman
Via the Corner. Tuesday night, expecting a close race, I couldn’t believe that she lost by 12 points. Now, after watching her for the first time, I can’t believe she lost by only 12 points.
She’s got one argument here — “voter suppression,” ripped straight from the DNC’s talking points memo, which is completely destroyed by her own now-famous admission a few weeks ago that if Bloomberg and his anti-gun group couldn’t buy her a victory in this race, “they might as well fold it up.” They did their best for her; as Erika noted earlier, gun-grabbers outspent gun-rights supporters overwhelmingly. If that kind of money can’t get gun-control fans to drive to the polls, in a state where there was a horrendous mass shooting barely more than a year ago, maybe the votes simply aren’t there.
Sean Trende considers, then largely dismisses, the idea that the lack of mail-in ballots doomed the Democrats:
If Giron’s eager to blame the results on something other than support for gun rights, though, she could always blame it on a backlash to her and John Morse’s personal jackassery:
As it turns out, Morse and Giron sealed their fates on March 4, the day that the anti-gun bills were heard in Senate committees. At Morse’s instruction, only 90 minutes of testimony per side were allowed on each of the gun bills. As a result, hundreds of Colorado citizens were prevented from testifying even briefly. Many of them had driven hours to come to the Capitol, traveling from all over the state.
That same day, 30 Sheriffs came to testify. They too were shut out, with only a single Sheriff allowed to testify on any given bill. So while one Sheriff testified, others stood up with him in support…
When Morse shut that down, and Chairperson Giron went along, they crossed the double-red line of Colorado government. Had the seven gun control bills (one of which I testified in favor) been heard on March 4-6, instead of being rammed through committees on March 4, the recall might never have happened. It’s one thing to lose; it’s another to thing to lose when you didn’t even have the opportunity to present your reasoning. While the gun control bills were before the Senate in March, President Morse urged his caucus to stop reading emails, to stop reading letters from constituents, to stop listening to voicemails, to vote for the gun bills and ignore the constituents. Giron, presciently following this strategy, had allowed citizens to raise Second Amendment concerns at a single town hall meeting, and thereafter refused to discuss the issue at public fora.
They did their best to deny their opponents a voice — let’s call that “voter suppression” — so their opponents spoke on Tuesday night. Game over.
Exit question: What are we to make of the fact that CNN’s Brooke Baldwin is as impatient with Giron’s spinning here as gun-rights fans are?
Candy Crowley ?
"Mmmmmmm your tears are so yummy and sweet."
Nobody likes a sore loser who lies incessantly and refuses to address your questions.
SCHADENFREUDE
0:50 to 1:00 marks, Giron’s facial expressions were priceless. The reporter wasn’t gonna let her get away with “voter suppression” (maybe on MSNBC).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duK9fDVBq9I
The arrogant jerks paid for their arrogance. Now they should shut up and go home, but you know they’ll be back like a cold sore that won’t go away.
Daily Kos pollster PPP sat on poll showing Colorado recall strength
http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/09/ppp-sat-on-poll-showing-colorado-recall-strength/
“We did a poll last weekend in Colorado Senate District 3 and found that voters intended to recall Angela Giron by a 12 point margin, 54/42. In a district that Barack Obama won by almost 20 points I figured there was no way that could be right and made a rare decision not to release the poll. It turns out we should have had more faith in our numbers becaue she was indeed recalled by 12 points.”
Emails show IRS’ Lois Lerner specifically targeted tea party
We have proof that the DNC used the fedreal government to suppress voter trunout based on race.
She’d lost by 40 points had it not been for “voter suppression” due to Dem voter fraud.
Do the right thing, Giron, move to Cuba, you'll fit right in.
Scott Tenorman. That’s his ‘ground up’ parents in that bowl. Not funny, but LOL!
What a Progressive -itch.
Good for that CNN reporter, which is surprising.
Thanks, Kolath.
Thanks for the link - her facial expression made me laugh and I couldn’t believe that line she was giving out about people voted absentee for 25 years and they didn’t know how to vote! Oh yeah, I guess the only people that figured it out were against gun control? The stuff these people say *smh*
Suicide is the only way out. You were publicly humiliated, ridiculed and bullied by an angry voting public leaving you no other options other than crawling back under your rock or suicide.
Hmmmm ... change "an angry voting public" to "Vladimir Putin" .....
The PPP Poll only proves how TRUELY IGNORANT Wasserman and the socialist democrats are. It’s beyond me why anyone in their right mind would vote for this blob in the first place. She must have offered her voters free drinks all night before the election.
I love HotAir’s titles. They remind me of the snarky ESPN “Sportscenter” anchors from the 90s.
Priceless! They simply cannot believe that the PEASANTS would rise up and throw them out of office. How DARE they!
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