I finally have had a chance to see Beauprez’s ads, and they go to the heart of the issue, illegal immigration and Ritter’s unwillingness to enforce the law and do his job. Probably too little too late.
Musgrave’s ad knocks AP out of the box. It shows the challenger to have a total lack of respect for the law, and that record of failing to file tax returns for five years won’t wash in that district. I was hoping the Dems could take that district, but they have a weak and very flawed candidate, imho.
Ritter’s ad is like so much of his campaign, mush.
Perlmutter’s ad is trying to create fear among parents of young people who might be called to serve on the Mexican border. But it could backfire. I think O’Donnel has a good idea, there.
At this point, the CD-7 ads kinda cancel each other out, I think. Haven’t seen a lot of them.
On second thought, Perlmutter’s ad is the most memorable for me, and that is what you need to win, unless, again, the ad backfires.
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Just hate the Muskrat?
I though Musgrave’s ads were killer. Angie’s rebuttals proved the ads. I don’t like the scorch and burn campaigns but those ads killed any chance Angie may have had. (If she ever had a chance)
The ads regarding ROD and Social Security were also devastating. The dumb ads about Ed protecting children were a weak attempt to pander to frightened soccer mom’s that might vote Republican for religious or safety reasons. ROD’s ads showing a hand wringing Ed photo- shopped in with Ted Kennedy were great for shoring up the Tancredo/anti Liberal vote, but he should have that crowd anyway.
Marilyn’s anti-gay marriage amendment would have made discrimination based on sexual preferences constitutional. I’ve been pro civil rights, but not pro affirmative action, since I was in middle school, which was a long, long, long time ago. Also, my wife had some dealings with her when MM was in the General Assembly and wasn’t impressed. MM should be retired, but won’t be this year.
Good analysis of the CD-7 ads.
As for Angie, her failure to file tax returns was inexcusable. It proves she has larceny in her heart. We don’t need another DeLay in Congress.
I’m just curious: why would you think Rick O’Donnell has a good idea there? I agree that Perlmutter’s ad is misleading with the part about forcing anyone to serve in the border patrol. It’s disturbing enough that he’d suggest it, but he never suggested requiring it. Heck, I even agree that a national non-military service program would be a great idea, if we didn’t have it already.
I’m confused, though, about why it would be desirable to single out a gender and prevent them from finishing out high school on the same schedule as the other gender. Has Rick O’Donnell not heard of applying for colleges? AP classes? Scholarship applications? Why would we want to handicap half of Colorado kids as they try to get an education? Are we not satisfied with our poor graduation rates, so that we need to add failure to get accepted for competitive universities, as well? The assertion in his proposal that the last semester of high school is wasted is nothing more than a cry of “those darned kids today!”, and it’s insulting to serious high school students and disconnected from reality, and his plan will hurt those students whose existence he isn’t willing to concede.
I guess I just think this is so obvious, I’m confused that more people aren’t saying it.
ROD has thrown out an idea. I don’t know if he’s offered many details, but I do know that before a bill is passed it is put through the meat grinder and comes out looking like sausage.
So the concept that kids could volunteer and get some interesting experience seems ok. Some kids aren’t ready for college out of high school and need something to do for a year or so. This would be an alternative to taking remedial courses in a community college or university, joining the military or just hanging out on mom’s couch.
Think positively and creatively.
The full text of O’Donnell’s proposal can be found here at the end of the Perlmutter press release. They’re not at all shy about allowing people to read the whole idea in it’s original form, as presented by O’Donnell himself.
To be clear, this isn’t voluntary. It is a conscripted 6 month service period during which high school boys will be taken away from school and “After a basic-training type orientation, they would be given various duties in sore need of attention: securing our border with Mexico; thinning our national forests to reduce fire risk; providing homeland security at ports and other vulnerable locations.” It is also not taking place in that twilight zone between high school and college. The article is very specific about 12th grade being a waste of time and this being a replacement for the senior year experience.
Sure, if implemented this would be put through the “meat grinder,” as you call it. But there’s a reason there are regulations about the amount of feces that can be fed into the sausage making machines. If you feed in a shitty idea, the end result is likely to contain at least some chunks of shit, eh?
“This would be an alternative to taking remedial courses in a community college or university, joining the military or just hanging out on mom’s couch.”
Apparently, it’s also ROD’s alternative to finishing high school.
Maybe it’s time Ricky headed back to the drawing board for a little more positivity and creativity before we all sign on to his genius idea.
So ROD, whom I generally oppose this year because he’s a Repulsive Republican Radical, throws out an idea, shows some creativity and knowledge of education.
And his opponents dump on it.
No surprise. Number one, it’s an idea that’s easy to demonize. Number two, It’s ROD’s idea, which is not appreciated in the Perlmutter camp. And number three, it’s always eaiser to edit or comment on someone else’s creativity than to show any creativity yourself.
5% of the population are creative and strategic and rich and in power, and the other 95% carp.
Just to be clear, I’m not in the Perlmutter camp. I live in Colorado Springs, and I have nothing to do with that race.
That said, Rick O’Donnell has a horrible idea. There isn’t any kind of conspiracy to denounce it; it’s just bad. National service is great. It’s wonderful, in fact. If you support national service opportunities for high school students, google “americorps” and look for the AmeriCorps’NCCC program. I’d be thrilled if O’Donnell encouraged high school students to get involved in AmeriCorps; or to volunteer with private organizations such as United Way, the Red Cross, etc.; or in youth service activities though their church. Those are all groups that do a lot of good, and no one opposes youth who want to volunteer there (though, granted, none of them patrol the border…) Rick O’Donnell didn’t do this, though. Rick O’Donnell really only contributed one new idea, and it was to pick a gender and kick them out of school.
This isn’t about being anti-O’Donnell. It’s about understanding that education is important. Rick O’Donnell doesn’t seem to understand that, and yet he spent millions of dollars on a race for Congress. There’s something wrong with that.
I’m sure that if O’Donnell’s idea made it before a House committee, your objections and concerns would be recognized and considered. Indeed, having received feedback during the campaign, I’m betting that O’Donnell would rewrite his idea before proposing it to the House.
Give the guy credit for being a problem solver, and give Congress some credit (although I may stretching here, a bit) for being able to take a good idea and improve on it, or screw it up. More likely the latter.
I agree with many of your concerns, and I think O’Donnell has an interesting idea. He probably stole it.