Posted by
NOTLEGALROADKILLYET on Saturday, September 23, 2006 6:02:16 PM
The Rocky is trying to make a race in the 5th CD where none exists, or at least none should exist.
I have a neighbor, a registered Republican. When I asked him earlier this summer to volunteer to help Beauprez, he told me that he was really a Democrat trying to make trouble for the Republicans in the primary. His "candidate" was Lamborn as the individual most likely to be beat by the Democrat. It wouldn't totally surprise me if Lamborn won on the strength of this guy and his friends. That is beside the point, though. Lamborn won, and Republicans should support him.
Now, when I see the press trying to promote Fawcett's candidacy, I am more than a little suspicious as to what is going on.
The argument that the Rocky
makes, that Republicans will vote for Fawcett because Congress lacks military experience is a false one. During Viet Nam, 75% of Congressmen were veterans. That didn't prevent Congress from allowing Johnson to micro manage the war in a way that was designed not to win, but only to avoid losing. That's a sure way to lose as history demonstrated in Viet Nam and elsewhere.
Murtha wants a repeat of Viet Nam. Fawcett admires Murtha enough to bring him to Colorado Springs to campaign for him. I don't see many Republican veterans voting for Fawcett, despite the Rocky's attempt to promote that outcome.