February 22, 2010 05:50 PM UTC

Diggs Brown pushes old Pelosi urban legend, with a twist

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• by: BobMoore

(Just make the stuff up, Diggs–how does this compare with CD-4 opponent Cory Gardner’s birther-enabling? – promoted by Colorado Pols)

A widely circulated — and debunked — e-mail urban legend has accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of demanding a 757 from the Air Force to fly her back and forth to San Francisco. You can see background here:

http://www.snopes.com/politics…

Republican 4th Congressional District candidate Diggs Brown spun that tale at a Republican gathering in Denver on Friday, but he added a personal embellishment. In Brown’s telling, Pelosi jacked a 757 that was supposed to be used by HIS troops in Africa. Oh, and Pelosi spends $100,000 a month “on booze” to feed Mr. Pelosi’s drinking problem.

The comment was made at a meeting of the Colorado Republican Business Coalition, though no press was there. But in this post-Macaca world, there was at least one digital audio recorder present, and the recording made its way to me on Saturday. Highlights from my Coloradoan story below the fold.

In response to a Coloradoan request for documentation to support the claims, Brown campaign manager Jeff Jensen said, “Diggs apparently misspoke while taking questions off-the-cuff at a private meeting.”

Andy Stone, a spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said: “These lies and dishonorable distortions are exactly what we expect of Republicans in a competitive primary. Coloradans deserve better.”

See the full story, including audio, here:

http://www.coloradoan.com/arti…