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May 21, 2010 06:45 PM UTC

The Campaign to Discredit...Dan Maes?

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  • by: Colorado Pols

There’s been a lot of buzz among Republicans this week about efforts to discredit GOP gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes in advance of the Republican state convention.

Joe Gschwendtner, who announced his campaign for Governor just a few weeks ago, is being discussed as nothing more than a “straw man” candidate entered into the race in order to discredit Maes, whose surprising returns in the caucuses have Scott McInnis worried that he’ll make the 30% threshold for ballot access in the Primary.

In the last week, many Republicans have reported receiving robo-calls from Joe Gschwendtner “Joe G” that were done entirely to rip into Maes and discredit him. One of the calls promotes the website Dan Maes Can’t Win, which has led to the “straw man” argument about Gschwendtner; after all, why would “Joe G” work so hard to discredit Maes, when his obvious competition is really McInnis?

The McInnis campaign is absolutely worried about Maes making the Primary ballot, and for good reason; while Maes almost certainly cannot win the Primary, he would definitely force McInnis to spend time and money in a race that he doesn’t want to deal with.

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31 thoughts on “The Campaign to Discredit…Dan Maes?

    1. Registrant:

      Kyle Fisk

      516 W Willamette Ave

      Colorado Springs, Colorado 80905

      United States

      (kfisk@bullhorncommunication.com)

      There’s a redirect in there from ideasforcolorado.com, which comes back to

      Fisk, Nathan nbfisk@gmail.com

      Fisk Media

      1197 Autumn Star Pt.

      Monument, Colorado 80132

      United States

      (719) 359-1244

      Interesting that there’s no “paid for” on that web site.

  1. Prediction: Dan Maes qualifies for the GOP ballot with 35% and makes life miserable for Scott McInnis every day from now until the primary

      1. I just scrolled to the bottom of the site and it says

        “I know Joe Gschwendtner and he is my pick for Governor! This site is paid for by the Joe G for Governor team. Take a minute and visit their campaign site at JoeGforColorado.com. Thanks for taking the time to visit on my site and I hope to see you soon. -Leslie”

        and Kyle Fisk is Joe’s comm director. It says on this link

        http://joegforcolorado.com/joe…  

        1. It said: “I know Joe Gschwendtner and he is my pick for Governor! Thanks for taking the time to visit on my site and I hope to see you soon. -Leslie”

          Thanks for becoming compliant with campaign finance rules.

          It’s a non-issue now.

    1. Ever heard of less is more?  Need to work on that video. It could have been half as short.  Opening statement is way to long.

      “Joe G vs Dan Maes” is a waste of time at about seventeen seconds long. Could have been five.

      All other “scenes” can be cut almost in half.

      I spent the whole time I had watching it thinking, “Man this is such a waste of time.” You don’t want voters thinking that, you want them remembering your name and what you stand for.

      Plus, pay for some extra views or have some volunteer click your video over and over, something to show that people even care about your video because at 24 views, we know you’re not getting heard.

  2. McInnis has pulled even with Hickenlooper.  All the polls agree.

    Why in the world would Republicans not want to vote for a professional lobbyist who flip flops more than a fish out of water?

    DC Republicans are slanted towards big money corporate flunkies and are desperate to put Maes in an unmarked grave.  The problem is that Republicans have been unhinged and want to go as pure and extremist as possible thinking that the rest of the country wants more Rand Pauls/Sarah Palins.  Who would have thought there is a bigger doofus in the Republican Party than the big time loser Palin.  I’m sure after he snatches defeat from the jaws of victory in November he will have a long and glorious career competing with Palin for dumbest remark on every issue.

    Maes represents the extreme Republican Party more than the moderate(?) McInnis so it is doubtful that all these devious tactics will do anything more than resurrect the ghost of Marc Holtzman.  It is going to be an interesting Republican state assembly.

    1. the Republicans have McInnis who changed his mind once regarding abortion. Or, they have Maes who is extremely far right, no political experience, and some odd views on immigration..  

      1. Once on term limits, no make that a couple of extra terms after he changed his mind.

        And he allegedly paid his wife out of campaign funds when there was no active campaign.  And he won’t release his tax returns…

        Anyone else want to add to the list?

        1. as a member of its advisory board, no less and his little “oops” moment about coordinating with a 527, and his charitable donations that he can’t seem to prove, and his claim that he gave generously to the RNC which a quick check of public records proved was a lie…

          Okay, who wants to keep the thread going? Shouldn’t be hard…

  3. .

    Write a 50-word bio on the guy.  

    If at all accurate, the reason Maes is unelectable jumps off the page.

    He’s not a child abuser, but made his money in an industry just about as popular.  

    McInnis would be silly to worry about this guy.

    .

    1. Why throw away any shred of being a moderate if he wasn’t genuinely scared that the crazies in the Republican Party will oust him like all the others.  Perhaps the bigger issue is that McInnis will beat Maes but Maes will make the primary ballot forcing McInnis to run the gauntlet of crazy Republican primary voters so his best chance is to get rid of Maes now and avoid having to go even more to the right to fend off a primary challenge which could be fatally damaging to his general chances.

      You are right that McInnis shouldn’t have to be concerned about Maes but these are Republicans we are talking about.

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