McInnis Opposes "Dr. Evil" Initiatives (101, 60 and 61)

Good for him.

We need more high profile politicians from both parties to speak out against these initiatives because if they pass they are going to kill this state and affect every single person, regardless of political affiliation.  

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by: Middle of the Road @ Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 22:12:47 PM UTC

Way to go Scotty Mac!

Every politician of good conscience, who is not a nihilist or out to score some political points should come out against these amendments.

My preference is of course Hick, but I really appreciate Rep. McInnis doing the right thing instead of the easy thing.

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by: Danny the Red (hair) @ Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 22:17:53 PM UTC

Agreed

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by: colorado76 @ Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 22:24:43 PM UTC

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Yep

Now if he could just come up with a budget he'd almost be a real candidate.

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by: redstateblues @ Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 23:24:17 PM UTC

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Scooty Mac!

That's what we'll cheer at the rallies!

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by: RedGreen @ Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 23:39:38 PM UTC

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It's a start

But why do I think this is more his looking at the general election now that Maes is clearly toast than any real change of heart.

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by: DavidThi808 @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 01:11:45 AM UTC

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Since the guy has held

just about every possible position across the entire spectrum when it comes to abortion rights, you're probably right. Which way is the wind blowing?

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by: RedGreen @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 01:19:52 AM UTC

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McInnis has passed a key test of reponsible leadership

by opposing the nihilist initiatives, 101, 60 and 61.  Now it is time for Muhammad Ali Hasan, candidate for state treasurer, to renounce his previous support for these devastating attacks upon our schools and highways and join the responsible leaders of the Republican party in opposing them.

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by: Voyageur @ Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 23:10:21 PM UTC

Yes

MAH, are you watching? It's OK for you to say they're bad now.

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by: redstateblues @ Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 23:23:25 PM UTC

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MAH doesn't believe they're bad

That's like saying it's OK for him to admit TABOR blows, or TARP actually helped save the financial system from collapse, or Cary Kennedy knows a little more than he does about investing. Not gonna happen.

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by: RedGreen @ Fri Feb 19, 2010 at 23:32:55 PM UTC

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But of course

MAH is now alone on those islands cept of course fellow castaway Dougie Bruce... I am sure doug would not be very good company. Charging rent without paying any tax.

Good for snotty Mc Lobbyist his advisers ain't as stupid as one might think.

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See you at the polls you dumb bastard.~Libertad  

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by: Froward69 @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 00:25:42 AM UTC

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These measures are so dangerous, they're in their own class

You could make an argument for TABOR (though we have made our thoughts known that it didn't work), but you can't really argue with a straight face that 101, 60 and 61 are a good idea. If these pass, we might as well just shut the lights off in this entire state and all go live somewhere else -- they're that bad.  

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by: Colorado Pols @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 00:48:12 AM UTC

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Agreed.

My point was more that MAH doesn't change his mind on these things. Once he gets religion, he keeps it.

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by: RedGreen @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 01:07:18 AM UTC

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TABOR is a death of a thousand cuts.

These three cut off the head, legs and arms with three brutal strokes.  the end result is the same, but TABOR takes long to get there.  (The vote on tax increases part of TABOR is ok.  The toxin is in the fine print.)

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by: Voyageur @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 01:07:51 AM UTC

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RedGreen is right

My support of 60, 61, and 101 remains strong  

TABOR4LIFE

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by: Muhammad Ali Hasan @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 16:04:23 PM UTC

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You, sir, are an idiot.

n/t

Sometimes, I guess, you have to let the inner bitch out.

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by: gertie97 @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 16:14:35 PM UTC

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I've been called worse

Nonetheless, thanks for playing Gertie!  

TABOR4LIFE

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by: Muhammad Ali Hasan @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 16:20:12 PM UTC

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Where U B MAH?

are you blogging from CPAC?  Or did you choose to not be seen with your lunatic brethren this year?  It's understandable if you gave them the finger, after all, it is an election year and providing a speech to the fringe like you did last year might not be in your best interest.  Plus, you may not want to make an "enemy" out of loons.

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by: WesternSlopeThought @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 17:31:11 PM UTC

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You may think state government

is something to play with. I guess for rich dudes from Beaver Creek it's recreation.

I just hope the Republicans in this state are smarter than to vote for you.

Sometimes, I guess, you have to let the inner bitch out.

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by: gertie97 @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 18:21:16 PM UTC

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support of 60, 61, and 101 remains strong

MAH's position makes sense. If those three pass, the state won't have any finances to manage if he's treasurer.  

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by: RedGreen @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 19:33:06 PM UTC

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And that's the only way I'd feel comfortable with him as treasurer

No money to mismanage.

Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same.  Which one will it be?  --Joseph V. Paterno

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by: Ralphie @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 20:14:42 PM UTC

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Your support

Have you developed a full understanding of their effects and why they would be positive you can share?  RedGreen is partly right in that you don't believe they're bad, but that has to be qualified to the extent you even understand what they do.  If you have a well-informed position on their effects you can share, great. Until then, it seems more that you have a political interest in supporting them but no way of knowing whether they're a good idea or not.  

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by: colorado76 @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 19:34:40 PM UTC

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Of course you do

The only thing I have seen from your campaign Hasan is that you can unite those on the left and right on one idea - you know absolutely nothing about state finances. Have you ever taken an economics class? Managing an LLC that is funded by your parent's money doesn't count.

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by: ColoradoSkeptic @ Mon Feb 22, 2010 at 02:18:34 AM UTC

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Pretty Low Standard for the GOP

One cheer (as opposed to three cheers) to McInnis for opposing these absurd measures.

More interesting to me was his reply to fixing the funding crisis:  "Duh, I don't know, what do you think?"

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by: caroman @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 00:36:10 AM UTC

Scooty defines himself

"He said he had no specifics, because "I'm not a transportation expert," and instead asked the questioner what proposals he would have..."

Just as his campaign has "had no specifics" all along, Scooty will leave it to the Democrats to do all the neuron work.

"I fear the GOP will come to resemble a bitter old man, sitting alone in the corner, mumbling about all that is wrong with the world today, while everyone ignores him." - Bob Silbernagel

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by: WesternSlopeThought @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 17:43:26 PM UTC

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Asked what he would do as Governor McInnis said...

I'm not a run the state expert - what do you think I should do?

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by: DavidThi808 @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 18:10:17 PM UTC

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Dang.

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by: MADCO @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 01:17:50 AM UTC

Right?

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by: redstateblues @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 01:19:03 AM UTC

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Teabaggers can't finance a governor's race

And business HATES these initiatives. When you starve government, you starve government contracts (and children, and seniors).

Ref C passed because it was financed by the paving lobby and the strip mall lobby and the home builder lobby--all those businesses that depend on government doing its basic functions of building roads and sewers and water supplies.

The business community is conservative to the point that being conservative harms their bottom line. Then they get downright progressive.

McLobbyist knows this, and that his cash supply would dry up if he stuck it in the eye of traditional Republican donors like the paving lobby, the strip mall lobby, etc., etc.

Fortunately for the state budget, in this case.

Bet Penry wishes he'd never thrown in the towel. Because he's still whining that Ritter hasn't turned down Federal Medicaid money.

Non impediti ratione cogitationis.

BTW, I "adduced" this all by myself, you total fucking assclown.
-Laughing Boy

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by: ThillyWabbit @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 01:20:22 AM UTC

McInnis Opposes Anti-Govt/Anti-Business/Anti-Tax Measures

I think that McInnis did the right thing here. Big and small business interests will be openly opposing these measures. I hope this will send the message to the Tea Party folks that a certain level of taxes are patriotic and necessary in order to keep this country great.

I don't think these insane ballot measures will pass in the end, but I hope they afford the chance to show the majority of the electorate that taxes are not evil and that business supports the services that our tax dollars are used to fund.

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by: bhusher @ Sat Feb 20, 2010 at 18:32:29 PM UTC