October 10, 2010 07:04 PM UTC

The fracturing of the GOP, Arapahoe County version

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• by: Awen

(Uh… – promoted by Colorado Pols)

When I got home yesterday, there was a rolled-up election circular in my door. Usually, I toss these things, but it was from the Arapahoe County GOP, so I decided to give it a look-over.

The main brochure, an 8×11 double-sided full color affair, had pictures of all the Republican candidates for office in Arapahoe County and statewide. No big deal. There was a picture of Dan Maes, as one would expect.

Then I started looking over the other literature tucked inside the 8×11 brochure. There was a card for a county assessor, one for the coroner candidate (the one who accused his opponent of lying in a trial and then had to retract it), another for Clear the Bench and one for the GOP candidate for the 1st CD (I live at the southern border of the 1st).

And a flyer for Dan Maes.

And a flyer for Tom Tancredo.

Seems odd, doesn’t it? SO my question to the GOP – which one do you want me to vote for, or do you want me to vote for both? And if it’s for both, please tell me how I’m supposed to do that, since having voting for both candidates just might be illegal. Or it would invalidate my ballot.

PS – the Maes flyer has some nifty grammatical errors – capitalizes red tape (at best it could be in quote marks) and says Maes will “execute current laws” regarding illegal immigration. I have NO idea how he would “execute” a law. Sounds painful 🙂

Tancredo’s, on the other hand, is grammatically correct although silly. He says he would oppose taxpayer-subsidized in-state tuition benefits for illegal immigrants. It’s already against the law in Colorado to do that, but he may have forgotten.