October 13, 2010 11:03 PM UTC

Dave Schultheis Ironically Endorses "Bad Three"

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• by: Colorado Pols

We couldn’t make this up, folks. From the always-entertaining blog of lame-duck state Sen. Dave Schultheis, writing in favor of Amendments 60, 61 and Proposition 101–spot the punchline?

Having served as what many consider one of the most conservative members of the Colorado State Legislature for the past ten years and having served on the Legislative Audit Committee for four years, I have witnessed substantial government waste among nearly all government agencies, I find myself a strong supporter of Amendments 60, 61 and Proposition 101. Yes….all three.

Over my legislative tenure, I have seen government agencies continue to expand, advocate the drawdown of Federal money, redistribute wealth and preform operations beyond what is assigned them by statute. But then, that is the nature of government…all governments, including County, City and Municipal. There is no desire to maintain the status quo…only to grow “for the good of the citizenry.”

…I would ask each of you to take the courageous step and vote YES for all three. Do not let the naysayers and their $6 million create fear in your deliberations. Remember Winston Churchill’s words: “We have nothing to fear but fear itself.” [Pols emphasis]

Thanks for playing, but it wasn’t Winston Churchill who said that. The quote “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself” in fact originates from President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first inaugural address–in 1933, after voters elected FDR to deal with the Great Depression.

Up until that misquote, this endorsement reads more like Herbert Hoover—no offense to Hoover.

UPDATE: It’s been suggested that we point out more clearly how FDR was basically telling people not to fear spending a pile of government money to get us out of the Great Depression, which is more or less antithetical to the slash-and-burn “Bad 3” initiatives. We thought that was obvious, but apparently kids today don’t know anything.