February 15, 2008 07:25 PM UTC

Lamborn demonstrates his inadequacy... again.

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• by: GOPpundit

( – promoted by Colorado Pols)

A letter to the Colorado Springs Gazette referring to Lamborn’s own statements accurately reveals deep flaws in the thinking and judgment of Colorado’s 5th Congressional District incumbent.

In a story in the Feb. 5 Gazette, our local congressman, Doug Lamborn, said in relation to his two competitors, “You can’t show leadership until you get elected to something. I have won 10 elections. They’ve never won an election or held office for a single day” (“Lamborn announces bid for 2nd term”). In those short sentences, Lamborn proved why he needs to go.

In essence this is a typical mentality among individuals who have been a politician so long that they forget who they serve, why, and what qualified them in the first place. The letter continues:

Please call Gen. David Petraeus in Iraq and inform him that he is not a leader because he has never been elected. While you are at it, please call all the key local businessmen and women who provide jobs for our community and tell them that they aren’t actually leaders because they have never been elected to something.

Call the teachers and principals of your children and the Boy Scout “electees” who guided your Eagle Scout sons and tell them they could not have shown leadership either.

Lamborn has certainly put himself in a special category and has gotten lost in the politics. The people in this country are fed up with professional politicians, and when he boasts that he’s been elected 10 times, it makes it very clear to us where the real problem is around here.

Every indication is that Lamborn is in real trouble. This writer was not the only one who read what Lamborn said and thought the very same thing.

Bentley Rayburn, who ducked the Caucus and Assembly process, is turning people off with a similar arrogance about the definition of leadership. He seems to equate the qualifications of a general officer in the US Air Force with being qualified to be effective as a Representative in Washington DC when, in fact, the two jobs could hardly be more different in form and function.

It is the continued opinion that Jeff Crank, a successful businessman, corporate lobbyist, and former staffer for Rep. Joel Hefley appears to be in a strong position to defeat Lamborn and Rayburn in the Primary.