Bob Beauprez Expensive for Bob Beauprez

Last-minute donations to BB

will go only towards retiring his massive campaign debt after he loses.

Republicans should keep this in mind as his campaign continues to call you over the next few days.

"But every Republican in the world is a lobbyist…" -- Bill O'Reilly

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by: OscarTheCouch @ Wed Nov 01, 2006 at 10:39:57 AM CST

that's actually admirable on the part of Both Ways....

....a waste of money, but still admirable.  At least he isn't asking donors to throw away their money without tossing some of his cash into the fire, too. 
  BTW, I FINALLY saw the first and so far only decent Beauprez commercial.  The Rudy Giuliani commercial wasn't bad.  Giuliani played a little loose and fast with the facts (i.e., Both Ways demonstrating consistency?), but except for the faulty underlying premise, it was a hell of a lot better than either the plea bargain commercials or the horse's ass commercial.

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by: One Queer Dude @ Wed Nov 01, 2006 at 10:45:20 AM CST

It's admirable if

he uses his own substantial fortune to retire his own campaign debt.

But you'll still get a phone call after he loses next Tuesday, asking for money.

"But every Republican in the world is a lobbyist…" -- Bill O'Reilly

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by: OscarTheCouch @ Wed Nov 01, 2006 at 10:46:57 AM CST

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I am unclear on this

if he donates, he can't reimburse, right? Only if he loans? So, are these loans or donations? If he reimburses after calling them donations, is he violating campaign finacne law?

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by: El Paso Rockefeller Republican @ Wed Nov 01, 2006 at 10:48:28 AM CST

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They're loans, according to the Post article.

So BWB will rely on Colorado Republicans to pay back his debt.  All those out-of-state PACs and money men kind of disappear by November 7th, strangely.

"But every Republican in the world is a lobbyist…" -- Bill O'Reilly

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by: OscarTheCouch @ Wed Nov 01, 2006 at 11:23:07 AM CST

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An interesting way

to distribute his millions of profits.  And it is not tax deductible, at least it is not tax deductible for non-repubs - I am sure he has his lawyers working on that issue.
  He could use it instead to donate to Latina non-profits for women's reproductive healthcare, which are tax deductible.  He could donate it to HIV/AIDS groups helping many people, especially the Howard Dental Group (providing dental care for poor pregnent women). 
  He could donate to so many non-profit groups that help people get on their feet and back in to productive society.
  However, he is continuing to supply $$$ to the MSM, to people who write hit pieces using illegally obtained information, and to out of state companies (why does both ways hate Colorado business?)
  Change your ways Bob! 

Blue Bronc

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by: Blue Bronc @ Wed Nov 01, 2006 at 10:51:15 AM CST

I'm not wild on BWB but...

...I think funding his own campaign is a very stand up thing for him to do.

And saying that a candidate should give their money to charity instead of their own campaign, while asking other to donate to the campaign - makes absolutely no sense.

BWB may be our opponent, and he pretty clearly would be a bad governeor. But that does not mean he is evil and that does not mean everything he does is wrong.

Tom Tancredo Interview

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by: DavidThi808 @ Wed Nov 01, 2006 at 11:04:32 AM CST

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Well said. n/t

"But every Republican in the world is a lobbyist…" -- Bill O'Reilly

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by: OscarTheCouch @ Wed Nov 01, 2006 at 11:07:33 AM CST

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I'd much rather see

campaigns funded and run by candidates than 527s.

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by: Miss Ive @ Wed Nov 01, 2006 at 13:05:54 PM CST

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I second that

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by: Car 31 @ Wed Nov 01, 2006 at 13:12:44 PM CST

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But he's not "funding" his own campaign!

He's just ADVANCING his campaign money - a LOAN - that he will eventually get repaid through donors.

If he really had guts he'd be GIVING his campaign the money. Surely he can afford to do that. But he's hedging his bets - a.k.a. trying to have it both ways.

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by: Tancredo Watch @ Wed Nov 01, 2006 at 14:52:50 PM CST

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Let's Not Forget

Bob Beauprez lent his campaign $400k when he ran in the congressional primary against O'Donnell.  That debt was never actually cleared until Bob decided to run for governor - and was paid in full back in January of '06.

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by: what?!? @ Wed Nov 01, 2006 at 17:22:18 PM CST

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What? You mean Owens, Benson, Coors and

their gang of slimeballs could not set up a $300,000 two foot putt for BWB and call it a game of chance?

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by: RabidNeoCon @ Wed Nov 01, 2006 at 11:15:38 AM CST

BWB could still win

Maybe some of you are forgetting about the massive power of the Republican Get Out The Vote Machine (AKA Diebold)

Diebold - legitimate votes go in, but they don't come out

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by: Dliberate @ Wed Nov 01, 2006 at 12:12:33 PM CST

Nevermind Diebold

It's a good thing Colorado doesn't use machines without a paper trail then (except a few grandfathered in Denver? or Arvada?  Can't remember).

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by: Emma Anne @ Wed Nov 01, 2006 at 13:03:40 PM CST

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Had to keep up with Noonan

Bob didn't want to get outdone by Paula Noonan, a state senate candidate pumping her "own" money into her campaign at the tune of $247,000. Beauprez sold a bank. Where did Noonan get her money?

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by: Right On @ Wed Nov 01, 2006 at 14:32:24 PM CST

Kopp gave it to her

Wait til she finds out it was a bad check. (Kopp was convicted for check fraud)

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by: Miss Ive @ Thu Nov 02, 2006 at 13:24:59 PM CST

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Sign of Despair

Considering that Bill Ritter has the election, Beauprez resorting to loan is a sign of how desperate he is, and for the matter the Republican Party (Beauprez generally followed the party line) is.

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by: angry_idealist @ Wed Nov 01, 2006 at 21:13:59 PM CST

Turnabout is Fair Play

I think it's great of Barnyard Bob to pauper himself, I mean, the Republican businessmen of America have been working hard to pauper Middle-Class Dems! (not to mention outright killing working and lower-class)

Thanks Bob! Give till it hurts! Then KEEP giving - go on! Give till ya burst a blood vessel or six! Really! It's okay!

Laws not Men

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by: M. Douglas Wray @ Wed Nov 01, 2006 at 22:34:34 PM CST