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December 06, 2007 08:37 PM UTC
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I’m changing my name to ‘Jon Elway’
Tha should get me a few votes.
you need to announce that you are going to announce about an upcoming announcement.
I’ll give Ali this, unlike most who do all this considering unofficially and talk about they are going to do whatever – he’s made clear announcements of what he was going to do.
I’ll take his approach over the “I’m considering making an annoucement about something I might do…”
The name change is interesting though…
From his myspace page:
I hope those are not in order of importance.
I mean, all of us have Jesus, George W., and Reagan on our lists, but not in that order.
He’s excused because he’s not running for CD-6.
Wouldn’t it just be easier for his father to buy him an island and name him emperor or something?
Could probably execute a mutual security agreement with the US and get foreign aid.
….I’m not looking to change small islands
I’m looking to change the Western Slope and the Republican Party
When Party officials approached me and recruited me for HD56, I said that two things had to happen –
1. Western Slope Priorities – The House GOP had to prioritize non-partisan, Western Slope issues, like keeping severance tax funds in impacted areas and getting more proactive on the pine beetle infestation issue
2. Town Halls – My State Party has ran itself like a Members Only Club the past few years – we needed to do town hall meetings around the Western Slope, show the people that the Republican Party cares, and that we are going to get energized about creating solutions that will empower the Western Slope, not disenfranchise it
I am so deeply proud of my Party – not only did the House GOP agree to make priority of the Western Slope issues above (severance tax and pine beetle) they also agreed to come here to our Western Slope and host town halls where we could outreach to the people
I am so deeply touched that Minority Leader Mike May, and Asst Minority Leader David Balmer were so eager to prioritize such issues and participate in town halls — Representatives Frank McNulty, Amy Stephens, Jerry Sonnenberg, Marsha Looper, Ken Summers, Jim Kerr, and Stella Garza Hicks will also be visiting our Western Slope and participating in these town halls
We may have lost the House, Senate, and Governorship, but Monday will mark a NEW BEGINNING for the Republican Party – a Party that stands by its traditional principles, but is also responsive to all voices
I could never be more proud to be a Republican and I certainly couldn’t turn down my Party’s requests to run for HD56 after such outreach – I have found my political home
Helping small islands is nice… but the Western Slope is my heart
My decision was not motivated by what was good for the Party, but rather, what was good for the Western Slope
What I didn’t know was that the Party would be changed in a positive way too
I invite you all to come to our home, the Western Slope, tomorrow (Friday) in Avon, Breckenridge, and Leadville, and we hope to see you at our town halls in Breckenridge and Avon on Monday
It’s time to take back the House!
May peace and love be upon you all!
Muhammad Ali Hasan
That when Hasan comes up, you always have to post some spiteful crap about his rich dad?
It’s getting kind of old.
Sounds like Hasan’s respected. I know Al White is respected. I’m glad they aren’t running against each other. Maybe he wants the opportunity to work closely w/ Doug Bruce?
Al White is the single most liberal member of the Republican delegation in Denver. If Hasan was interested in anything other that just getting a title, he would have run a primary against White’s liberal ass.
Instead Wadhams, May, Balmer, et. al bought him off to protect RINO White.
…the Republican party meets your standards of purity, and is down to 2 seats in the leg because people won’t vote for the dingbats that are so right wing.
I love TABOR
you can be anti-tax or for limited government and still be fit to govern.
TABOR is actually designed to destroy government, to make it disfunctional. That is not conservatism–it is nihilism.
and
Because with Ref C the voters clearly showed that they do not want the budget reductions that TABOR will cause if left unchecked.
So, which way will you go in the leg?
A vote for Ref C was not a vote to destroy TABOR. In fact, many Republicans voted for C in order to preserve TABOR. In fact, it can be argued that Ref C did exactly what Tabor was designed to do. It limited the growth of government and taxes without voter consent. If the legislature and the governor wanted to make a case for keeping additional revenue, then it could appeal to the voters and by the voice of the people do so. That is exactly what happened.
Also, the problem was not TABOR as a whole, rather the racheting down mechanism that dropped revenues during the early 2000’s.
That ratchet down is the core of TABOR. Saying TABOR is great except for that is like saying the Confederacy was great except for that little slavery detail.
Coming up with a reasonable workable way to hold taxes as a percentage of state GDP or something like that requiring a vote to go over it – sure. But TABOR was purposely designed to shrink the government piece of the pie over time and that kills the government.
The core of TABOR was preventing additional taxation or retaining growth of revenue beyond population growth and CPI without a vote of the people. The rachet wasn’t even known about by most people until it actually came into play 10 years into TABOR.
I think the people who wrote it did see what could happen, and just stayed quiet about it. If you wanted to eliminate government and get a populace that supports the idea of government to vote for it, that’s the way to do so.
so I’m sure that was the desired effect.
who have had to “de-Bruce” to survive. Tell this to the majority in Colorado who voted for Ref C, knowing that something had to be done to keep state government afloat. Or perhaps you’d like to tell us that someone stole your name and posted that comment.
“The politician formerly known as Muhammad Ali Hasan is now apparently known only as Ali Hasan.”
Will he soon be known only by a typgraphical symbol?
A question mark?
Maybe a comma.
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gee, I read the diary intro,
and it sounds like the guy changes his name weekly.
But no, he changed it only once.
And all he did is drop his first name –
apparently for the purpose of how it appears on the ballot –
so that ignoramus bigots would look past his religion and vote based on qualifications and issues.
But it sounds like,
from reading the comments here,
that bigotry against someone based on their religion is one type of bigotry that is still acceptable.
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know that he goes by Ali.
As for the move to HD 56, I think it is a great move. House Republicans are more dynamic and are a better fit to Ali’s high energy style. With Rep. Gibbs leaving the seat, HD 56 is one of the few places that Republican have a good shot at gaining some ground. It should be a great race, and having Ali in this race is good for both the district and the Republican Party.
For keeping it real, Barron. Thank you.