Posted by
NOTLEGALROADKILLYET on Friday, September 29, 2006 11:16:22 AM
"True, our endorsement today is a bit of a gamble . . . It could even turn out to be a major mistake. . . if Ritter himself proves to be a reckless liar . . .there is no way to verify whether what he now describes as his opinions regarding the proper role of government. . . are long-held convictions or the carefully designed themes of campaign consultants. . . some of what Ritter says makes us uneasy. . .Will "more money" be the answer to every question . . .This is a legislature that in the past two years . . .has churned out a remarkable array of cockamamie measures that would have . . . enhanced the power of such Democratic stalwarts as trial lawyers and unions. . .Owens vetoed most of those bills and Beauprez undoubtedly would veto similar ones in the future. Fortunately, Ritter insists he'd spike the bulk of such legislation, too."
I am literally laughing so hard at the qualifiers in this endorsement that it is hard to write. This is the
second political endorsement in a very few days where the Rocky writes a headline and then works hard to undermine it in the body.
I don't think there is any question that Ritter is a reckless liar. He fought hard and testified for gun control but now claims to be for hunters rights; he claims to be pro-life but also claims he won't let that color his decisions. He claims to be a "moderate" yet can't stop talking about taxes and spending-he mentioned Referendum C 38 times in a 30 minute debate. Prediction: He will be known as the "slick Willie" of Colorado if he is elected.
The Rocky may be gullible enough to believe, as they imply, that Ritter would spike legislation favorable to the lawyers, but the lawyers don't. Colorado has less than 25,000 lawyers. 2,000 lawyers have made reportable contributions to Ritter.