As a group, these guys have to be the biggest bunch of assclowns ever to run for statewide offices. A quick recap:
- In the Senate race you have Ken Buck getting caught on tape calling his Teabagger/Birther/Troglodyte base "a bunch of dumbasses".
- Buck also said that people should vote for him because "I do not wear high heels". (His primary opponent is Jane Norton.)
- Norton responded to a question about NASA with ""We need a NASA budget that doesn't cater to making Muslims feel good."
- In the Governor's race, Scott McInnis has been revealed to be a serial plagiarizer.
- His primary opponent, Dan Maes, had to pay $17,500 in fines for campaign finance violations.
- After touting his business acumen, Maes released tax returns showing a net income of just $11,000 in 2008 for his four year old business.
- Racist nutjob Tom Tancredo (my former Rep - ugh!) has jumped in as a third party candidate. This will split the conservative vote and hand an easy victory to Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper.
Follow me below the fold for the U.N BICYCLE PLOT!!! OH NOES!!!
Bike agenda spins cities toward U.N. control, Maes warns
Excerpts from the article in today's Denver Post:
Dan Maes is warning voters that Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper's policies, particularly his efforts to boost bike riding, are "converting Denver into a United Nations community."
"This is all very well-disguised, but it will be exposed," Maes told about 50 supporters who showed up at a campaign rally last week in Centennial.
Maes said in a later interview that he once thought the mayor's efforts to promote cycling and other environmental initiatives were harmless and well-meaning. Now he realizes "that's exactly the attitude they want you to have."
"This is bigger than it looks like on the surface, and it could threaten our personal freedoms," Maes said.
Maes acknowledged that some might find his theories "kooky," but he said there are valid reasons to be worried.
"At first, I thought, 'Gosh, public transportation, what's wrong with that, and what's wrong with people parking their cars and riding their bikes? And what's wrong with incentives for green cars?' But if you do your homework and research, you realize ICLEI is part of a greater strategy to rein in American cities under a United Nations treaty," Maes said.
Here are some of the better comments on the Post's story:
So, you know... it's an attack on your personal freedoms if you ride a bicycle, because then... well, it's really the difference between belts and chains... bicycles use chains and cars use belts. We all know that chains threaten personal freedom. All this will come out eventually. - John H
(I'm not sure if this one is snark or if this guy is a crazy! LOL!)
Connect the dots: cHikenlooper...liberal...running for Gov of CO...Boulder loves cHikenlooper...Boulder is liberal...Model United Nations Club (founded in 2005 by two Boulder High history teachers)...bikes rule in Boulder..."Bike to Earth"...United Nations Earth Summit 2012...United Nations...liberal...cHinkenlooper... -CarpaDM
OMG, at first I thought I was reading an article in the Onion until I realized Maes REALLY MEANS IT! LOL!!!! - smalltowngirl
The UN will take over us all! That is why is purchased a bowflex. Now I get over one hundred and twenty gym quality exercises in my own home. I am thirty five years old and in the best shape of my life! Bring it you UN fignuts! - carlsonp
We can no longer sit back and allow Cyclist infiltration, Cyclist indoctrination, Cyclist subversion and the international Cyclist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids! - jsfarrow
A candidate for Governor of Colorado thinks it's a good idea to attack bicycles? Watch out skiers, you're next! - jimo
Before you dismiss Maes as crazy, think about this ... all of those bikes are RED! And those tires, with the hub (UN) sending spokes out to cities around the tire (World). And don't they ride bikes in FRANCE!? I rest my case! DESTROY ALL BIKES NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE! - Mandrake
I think Maes has been using Glenn Beck's conspiracy generator. - old enough
If only he really earned enough money to own a nice bike, he might change his opinion.
Each day I am more and more ashamed at being a member of the Republican party. Are any of the candidates listening? Do any of you care? - Brian B
Keep it up Republicans! You're doing great!