Posted on 12/31/2025 8:10:32 AM PST by mac_truck
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, the former senator and US representative of Colorado known for his passionate advocacy of Native American issues, died Tuesday. He was 92.
Campbell died of natural causes surrounded by his family, his daughter, Shanan Campbell, confirmed to The Associated Press.
Campbell, a Democrat who stunned his party by joining the Republican Party, stood out in Congress as much for his unconventional dress — cowboy boots, bolo ties and ponytail — as his defense of children’s rights, organized labor and fiscal conservatism.
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Ben was a REAL MAN, who figured out how much the Left was screwing up his country. RIP.
Sounds like a stand-up guy. RIP
IMHO, he was. RIP Ben.
But enough about Elizabeth Warren.
Good enough for me. May he RIP.
He was one of a kind. I always liked him. Funny, I was thinking of him just a few days ago.
What I remember about him is that the media loved him and his colorful ways, his being Indian, the Harley, he was in the news a lot, a media go to guy............and then he switched to the GOP and suddenly the media found him much less interesting, and lost interest in him.
Back when the US Senate had real Native Americans.
Shouldn’t he have been riding an Indian?
My buddy has a 1950 Indian. Says he wants to be buried with it!
I was about to mention the same thing. On Election Night 1992, Dan Rather had two orgasms on the air. 1) Announcing Bill Clinton had won, and 2) projecting victory for Campbell in Colorado.
I met him at Rolling Thunder way back in the nineties.
RIP.
A full life and a good run, and surrounded by loving family. Can't ask for much more.
The foplks on this thread remember a different Ben Campbell than I do.
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