From the desk of Dick Wadhams: Josh Penry is the bomb.

Pretty funny satire

What the hell was with that article? The worst was the "stats" thing at the end.

"I'll take incompetence over a business model incentivised to kill me any day." -- DtR(H)

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by: redstateblues @ Mon Feb 23, 2009 at 12:58:08 PM CST

Thanks

I wasn't sure about the Reagan cologne, but nothing else was coming to mind.  

Drinking Liberally in a SquareState

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by: johne @ Mon Feb 23, 2009 at 13:44:50 PM CST

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hey thanks for the FP n/t

Drinking Liberally in a SquareState

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by: johne @ Mon Feb 23, 2009 at 15:16:27 PM CST

Mesa State has a football team?

...wait, Mesa State has academics?  Too cute!

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by: Jambalaya @ Mon Feb 23, 2009 at 17:58:28 PM CST

A Division II Political Talent

Background: star quarterback at Mesa State College, as well as student body president. He had a 4.0 grade-point average.

Yeah, if he did that at CU I'd be impressed...Mesa State, not so much, at least not on the latter two. I mean, even being a DII QB is impressive as an athletic accomplishment, though I don't know what relevance that would have to being a political leader.

What is Penry's non-political career? Maybe that is more impressive?

"One of the marks of a certain type of bad man is that he cannot give up a thing himself without wanting everyone else to give it up." - C.S. Lewis

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by: Bondo @ Mon Feb 23, 2009 at 18:13:33 PM CST

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What is Penry's non-political career?

There is none. Politics is all he knows. So by the Andrew Romanoff Rule, we'd better find him a job!

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by: RedGreen @ Mon Feb 23, 2009 at 18:17:40 PM CST

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They also apparently

have a student government.

Josh Penry: Master of the Small Pond, and don't you forget it.

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by: RedGreen @ Mon Feb 23, 2009 at 18:15:26 PM CST

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Sickeningly sweet

I wonder how big the hickey is that the Post left on Penry's ass with this article. Penry is a disaster, but Dems better not take him lightly. He's walking a similar path to the governor's office that Bill Owens did. He's building rank-and-file support among the grassroots GOP groups on the eastern slope. Ritter is on course to be a one-term governor, and if Penry wins the GOP nomination, he easily could be the guv in a couple of years. God forbid.

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by: OneEyedOwl @ Mon Feb 23, 2009 at 18:11:38 PM CST

He'd be a great Governor

If he only knew how to govern.

But he doesn't.  He's a professional heel-nipper, having been in the minority party since the day he was elected.  He doesn't know shit except for whining.

And he's a walking poster boy for why his party is in the minority.

Best to kill them early instead of letting them possibly need food stamps.
--marilou, 2010

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by: Ralphie @ Mon Feb 23, 2009 at 19:52:58 PM CST

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We can only hope

that Colorado voters can see through him. He can act in a very charming manner when he needs someone's help and support. Perhaps the Republicans will have the good sense to stop him in the nomination process.

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by: OneEyedOwl @ Tue Feb 24, 2009 at 15:08:59 PM CST

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The adulation of so many wingnuts

It is Sooo amusing to hear some of the same people who castigate Obama supporters with accusations of idolatry, take off on their fair-haired boy, Prince Josh, the Ambitious.

We know Josh well over here on the western slope and I think this latest public orgasm over Penry is in response to a comment I made in the presence of a Wadhams associate. I reported at a discussion group that it seemed Wadhams had decided Penry was not the man for the run against Ritter. They need him in the Senate, I was told.
The person in question challenged that assertion and said that he "hadn't heard that from Dick".

Right or wrong, is it more than coincidence that this impromptu vote of confidence airs a few days later?

I find it even more amusing that Penrys' buddy Scott McInnis once accused me of being privileged and unable to relate to working people. While I was a blue collar worker for 40 years, his lordship, the Prince of COGA, has never had a real job in his life. Or so I'm told.

And the men who hold high places, must be the ones to start, to mold a new reality, closer to the heart. Rush/ 1977

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by: dukeco1 @ Mon Feb 23, 2009 at 20:54:55 PM CST

Sincere question

What does Penry do for a living?  If I am reading the state web page correctly, the state senator gig pays $30,000.  I assume most senators (especially young ones with kids) have other jobs to support themselves.  Does anyone know what else Penry does?  

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by: Early Worm @ Mon Feb 23, 2009 at 20:56:09 PM CST

Family income

His wife is employed at Mesa State, the domain of former Rep. Tim Foster. Her job may be part-time. I don't know.

By the way, Penry's sister recently started working at Mesa State.

Put the family on the government payroll. Then go to war against government spending.

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by: gertie97 @ Mon Feb 23, 2009 at 21:30:25 PM CST

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He was the quarterback

That comes with certain privileges.

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by: RedGreen @ Mon Feb 23, 2009 at 22:52:37 PM CST

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some dirt will be coming soon

on Rep. Foster.
i am on it.

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by: wade norris @ Tue Feb 24, 2009 at 00:11:22 AM CST

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Soon? Or soon?

Hey Wade, how soon do you think you'll be coming out with this "dirt?"

Things are getting out of control in Mesa County and at Mesa State College.

For example, last week there was an announcement in the GJ Daily Sentinel that MSC was considering cutting programs. The very next day was another report in the Sentinel about the establishment of three new athletic teams at the college.

Help!

There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't.

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by: ardy39 @ Sun Mar 01, 2009 at 23:13:05 PM CST

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With a 4.0 at Mesa State

He should have no problem landing a sweet second job.

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by: mattm @ Tue Feb 24, 2009 at 17:46:01 PM CST

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Sugar daddies.

If you are a young Republican in Mesa County it's not much trouble to find a sugar daddy. Penry found his in Tim Foster (to keep his family employed) and in Jamie Hamilton, CEO of Home Loan and Athletic Director at Mesa State College.

It's hard to live at the public trough. Maybe not.

There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't.

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by: ardy39 @ Mon Feb 23, 2009 at 22:59:34 PM CST

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