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May 04, 2007 05:12 PM UTC
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I thought this guy was supposed to have integrity.
Schaffer’s WAY too conservative for my tastes, but I’ve always admired his personal integrity. Hope he hasn’t screwed up.
or else the GOP is surrendering this Senate seat. So he’s running. I think he wanted more message control, but if he can’t even get behind his own candidacy in public after this, I think it’s going to backfire.
I’d do the official announcement today if I were him, and this will be forgotten.
weekend news cycle will drown it out.
Dobson is Satan, you are such a baby. ROFLMAO
I said yesterday that this was not a formal announcement, and he would be able to make a formal launch later with no problem, but now it looks like he is up against his own potential supporters !
of person we want representing Colorado in the US Senate?
😉
Schaffer better get on the ball. According to the FEC, there are 2 ways for a person to become a candidate for federal office – 1. by conducting campaign actitivites to recieve over $5,000; 2. by making a statement in a public forum announcing their intention to campaign.
Applying this rule to last week’s announcement (or whatever we’re calling it), Schaffer is now a candidate. Shaffer has 15 days from the time the statement was made to register with the FEC and designate a principal campaign committee. He may want to get moving, or risk starting off his campaign with an FEC campaign finance violation.
I’m not an R, but don’t want to see a candidate run afoul of the law if they don’t have to. I would be wary with the new focus of the FEC.
http://thehill.com/l…
That is why he is saying he didn’t say it. All sorts of rules kick in when you publicly announce.
Kate Martin doesn’t exactly call him “Both Ways Bob”:
Paging D.D.H.G.L.Q. What’s up at Condom Bob Central Command?
He’s busy espousing the benefits of intelligent design on another thread…
No, seriously
It wasn’t supposed to get out. Wadhams actually announced Schaffer’s candidacy at the Jeffco Lincoln Day dinner last week–on national radio, no less–but that never got out. There’s no use being so damn coy about this. Schaffer has assembled a stunning, star-studded team for his run and he may as well come on out and gitrdun. He’s trying to shore up funds and supporters–all reasonable–but now it’s getting a little goofy. Look for an announcement next week.
Now he’s going to have to hurry to raise money to post some decent numbers this quarter (which is half over), and it sounds like a lot of the usual suspects aren’t lined up yet.
Bummer.
The Bugs Bunny Maroon of the Day, Bob S, and Dobson is Satan, two peepee’s in a pod. LOL
“Hokey-Pokey” Bob. You know, “You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out….”
Leave it to some friggin po-dunk county to totally misinterpret Bob’s “I’m gonna run” comment to GOP insiders. Folks: a campaign announcement is so totally different from saying “ya, I’m running for Senate.” Bob did the latter here. Idiots…
I love that line…it works anywhere. “Why were you late for work?” “I don’t know, that depends on what the meaning of ‘is’ is.”
The best legacy of President Clinton to date…. 🙂
There is some truth to the distinction. I seem to recall the West Wing episode where Martin Sheen disclosed his MS, then was asked if he planned to run for re-election. His answer, “Yup, and I’m gonna win.” Three months later, the episode with the official announcement of his candidacy aired.
Life immitating entertainment.
…much ado about nothing, pols…
MISINTERPRETED, oh dear God, “they took me out of context,” “you’re a po-dunk” for actually believing what Bob S. said, it’s “totally differnt,” you’re all stupid and roll the idiots is not. ROFLMAO. We’re all idiots………this is soooo hilarious. Queen of Spin for today, rti. This is toooo funny.
they’re idiots. You’re a dork. And I’m drunk posting. Ha.
This doesn’t seem like a “they’re lying” kind of statement from Schaffer. I just don’t get that vibe on this one Pols. This sounds more like the sort of denials that politicians give all the time when asked about future plans. If any of the Teller county people get upset over this, then a) they’re babies and b) they should have kept their mouth shut
If I had fat fingers, I’d blame them
The reason he’s hemming and hawing is once he makes a public statement like this, he’s legally obligated to get his shit together and he doesn’t have his shit together. Your affected obtuseness makes me think you know that.
Nice phrase….
A Lincoln Day dinner counting as a “public statement” doesn’t seem to hold a lot of water to me. Telling people you’ll run isn’t a public statement. Telling people in what is thought to be a private setting isn’t a “public statement”. I just don’t see the controversy here
Bob should have learned from Marilyn Musgrave’s fiasco with the Marines last year that little is private at county dinners.
Perhaps I can refer her to one of my gay hairdresser friends. They like a challenge and that hair of Musty’s definitely is a challenge.
And for starters, she should stop buying whatever hair coloring products are on 1/2 price sale at K-Mart.
BUT the FEC has all the water and rules. ROFLMAO. God, you guys are a laugh riot. SPIN like a top. Lie like a rug. “Telling people is not really a “public statement.” IF you screw up……….LIE. Haners I thought more of you until this idiotic statement. You can have your own opinion…you can’t have your own facts. LOL
I haven’t been here all that long, but I always took Haners for a credible Republican who wasn’t afraid to call out his own side when they do something stupid.
Scratch that I guess…
One disagreement, and I’m no longer credible. Such bull shit.
What ever happened to “debate the issues and not attack people personally”. I guess that only holds true when you agree with everything the left says
…if you call that “private,” you seem to have an odd definition of privacy.
Snnnnap!
Dear Lauren,
You are very often the soul of savvy, intelligent discussion, this time I must disagree with you. Wad-head says he will bludgeon the Dem’s with the phony tax increase. The Dem’s are going to keep repeating, “I wasn’t running before I was running Bobbie Schaf,” until we are all sick of it. 24 hour news cycle, yes, letting Bobbie boy get away with this, “I lied I’m not running…uh…yes I am..uh Teller County is podunk…uh…I’m running when I say I’m running,” silliness will stick like, “Both WAYS.” LOL
Zep’ster – You’re the one trying to spin this into some sort of wacky conspiracy. So tell me, have you always been a Schaffer-basher or is this a new jihad for you?
but I have no idea what this post means.
Being thrown under the bus with you