April 11, 2007 10:24 PM UTC

Lamborn Talks! Well... Sorta...

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• by: GOPpundit

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After his ignominous beginning days as Colorado’s duly elected Representative from CD-5 when Lamborn missed his first vote of the session we haven’t really heard much from him. (And that’s a little bit of a surprise considering his background as a recovering trial lawyer.)

Well never fear, Lamborn is here! Monday’s Gazette published an op-ed from him and I’ve got the highlights (dimlights?) listed below. Enjoy!

Gazette Op-Ed

So the most significant issue I have with this op-ed is that it sounds like a liberal penned it. All complaining about the other side and no real solution of his own. Ad hominem attacks of the Democrats is fine – hey we practically consider it a high school sport that you can letter in down here in El Paso County – but where are the “better ideas”? Where is the leadership to stand up and instead of just repeating a party line and pre-formatted talking point, actually develop and present an idea that is more practical, more economical, and more intelligent than that of the opposition?

I’m against pork in legislation just as much as the next guy… but that’s sorta like saying “I am for world peace.”  Who isn’t?

It’s not hard to make some good points for pete’s sake… our economy under Bush continues to grow, unemployment is down, inflation is under control… yadda, yadda, yaddda. Where’s Lamborn’s description of bills he’s introducing? Legislation he’s passed? Committees he’s serving on? The only committee reference is one Lamborn isn’t even on!

The reference in this op-ed to his (Lamborn’s) support of the taxpayer bill of rights is all fine and dandy but certainly is not anything interesting, new, or worth time in an op-ed. OK… WE UNDERSTAND that you’re not going to vote for a tax increase. WOOHOO… we could send a monkey from the 5th CD and get that kind of performance. On second thought… maybe we did? (Sorry – couldn’t help myself).

Oh and one finally note Mr. L… “Democratic” is a process and “Democrat” is a Party. You might want to make a note of that with whoever wrote your editorial so the mistake is corrected next time.