Oh, The "Misogyny!"

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by: Colorado Pols

As the Craig Daily Press reports:

Jean White and Randy Baumgardner have their sights set on the Senate District 8 seat.

White, the Hayden Republican who was appointed to the state Senate seat a year ago to fill the vacancy left by her husband’s resignation, announced early Wednesday that she will seek election to a full term in November 2012. Just a few hours later, Baumgardner, a Hot Sulphur Springs Republican who is the state representative for House District 57, publicly announced his intention to run for the same Senate seat.

“I’m disappointed that he chose to run against me, especially after he gave me his word that he wouldn’t,” White said, recalling a conversation she said she had with Baumgardner a couple of weeks ago. “He looked me in the eye and told me he wasn’t going to run a primary against me.”

Well, looks can be deceiving, folks. Rep. Randy Baumgardner should get plenty of support from the conservative wing of the Republican Party in a bid to unseat the moderate Sen. Jean White, but we’d by no means call this a safe bet for him–despite the lingering hurt feelings among the “Tea Party” over Sen. White’s appointment to her husband’s former seat.

But we couldn’t help but take note of yet another case of a male Republican looking to rub out a female fellow Republican in a primary, after the caterwauling from that side of the aisle about the “misogynist” reapportionment maps favored by Democrats recently upheld by the Colorado Supreme Court. Much like the Dave Schultheis-backed retired general who wants to end both Rep. Marsha Looper and Majority Leader Amy Stephens’ legislative careers, or Ken Buck’s 2010 U.S. Senate primary victory over Jane Norton (“because I don’t wear high heels“)…the facts make any GOP sob story about “Democrat misogyny” hard to retell with a straight face.

8 thoughts on “Oh, The “Misogyny!””

dukeco1 says:

December 22, 2011 at 7:56 pm

White said, recalling a conversation she said she had with Baumgardner a couple of weeks ago. “He looked me in the eye and told me he wasn’t going to run a primary against me.”

will look you in the eye and tell you whatever gets them out of the room. Their word is as worthless as their politics.

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1. ArapaGOP says:
  
  December 22, 2011 at 9:10 pm
  
  Baumgardner would not be running for SD-8 if the Democrat maps hadn’t put him in the same district as Boulder liberals who won’t support him. And even Pols can’t deny the local pushback against Sen. White’s appointment.
  
  This is typical Pols misdirection, and they’re too late. Republicans are way ahead telling the story of Democrat reapportionment treachery, and for Democrats the damage is done.
  
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  1. gaf says:
    
    December 22, 2011 at 9:46 pm
    
    It’s the Democrats’ fault that he lied to White?
    
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    1. The realist says:
      
      December 23, 2011 at 5:08 pm
      
      about committing adultery because he was so passionate about his country . . .
      
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  2. Craig says:
    
    December 22, 2011 at 10:03 pm
    
    Stay within the lines. For Baumgardner, it’s Rule 105, “It doesn’t matter what you did or said yesterday. It didn’t happen if it’s inconvenient today. For ArapaHYSTERICAL it’s Rule 109: “When there’s something that you don’t want to talk about, change the subject.”
    
    Ah, you are so easy. Only 11 rules and I can respond to everything you have to say.
    
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  3. dukeco1 says:
    
    December 23, 2011 at 1:14 am
    
    your mind works is sometimes truly startling. Baumgardner lied to his colleague because the treacherous Democrats made him?
    
    Stunning…really.
    
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  4. DavidThi808 says:
    
    December 23, 2011 at 5:22 am
    
    Is the map change is forcing Baumgardner to be a lying misogynist. And that Baumgardner getting to stay in the legislature trumps honesty and misogyny.
    
    Got it – clear priorities you have there.
    
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Jones Smith says:

December 22, 2011 at 9:27 pm

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