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July 16, 2014 06:41 AM UTC

Wednesday Open Thread

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  • by: Colorado Pols

"Fake is as old as the Eden tree."

–Orson Welles

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    1. The trouble is the Beauprez camp has been running Hick's campaign so far by choosing his running partner, whether it be Dunlap, Bloomberg or Obama – take your pick.

    2. It is actually worse than it appears for Hick.

      This is a registered voter poll, not a likely voter poll.  Mid-term election electorate will likely skew Republican.

      2. Also, your statement that the election will likely skew Republican is not fact, it's expectation.

        As Nate Silver notes here, likely voter models are more accurate, but only when held close to the election (the time he gives is two months prior).  Also, as he notes:

        Midterm election years, when voting participation is much lower, are a different story, and can produce much larger skews. In 2010, for instance, likely voter polls produced a net swing to Republican candidates of about six points. There have also been some midterm election years where, in contrast to the trend in presidential election years, the shift to likely voter models helped Democrats by a point or so.

        The election may be more Republican than the polls are, or it might not.

        1. Pro, The electorate will be more Republican than the registered voter pool.  The question is how much?  Could be 2%.  Could be 5%.  Likely something in that range.

          1. I'm OK with that being true, I'm just wondering how you can speak with gnosis vs, pistis.  It could be that dems overrepresent in this election as well.  It could be that an enormous sinkhole swallows Denver and Gardner wins in a landslide.

            My concern is that sometimes your pronouncements seem less evidence-based and more, well, achieved by rectal extraction.  I know your job is to flack on the site, and I'm good with that, but how little regard do you have for your target audience that you think simply stating something as fact is the same as fact it being?

            1. Perception and independent thinking are not part of the training regimen for our little neo-cons. Obedience and myopia are the two most sought after and encouraged characteristics of our troll class….

      3. Lots of "energized" GOPer voters this cycle?  Too many "disillusioned" Dems this time around? . . .

        . . . oh, well, now it's back to studying Laffer curves, and the creation of the universe in 4,000 BC . . . 

        Have a blast at home school today, dude!

  4. Mike Coffman and Rick Scott are in TRMS Canned Response Hall of Fame:

    How Rick Scott ever got to be a CEO, even a felonious one, and voted Gov. of Florida is amazing considering his complete lack of any intelligence.

  7. More from Harlow-

    It offends me to occupy the same planet as this cretin, running for Mesa County sheriff against the grifter. 

    Diseased children are crossing our border illegally

    Dear Editor:

    You may have heard someone orchestrated an invasion from Central America. That’s right, the children from Central America are flooding across the border by the tens of thousands. The Border Patrol is so busy baby sitting, they’re no longer patrolling.

    …

    These invaders are arriving here with no money, no job, no English, no skill and no hope. Of course the do-gooders are on it. …

    Here’s what to worry about. These invaders will be in our schools. Why, you ask? Because Barack The Magnificent said so.

    These invaders are filthy with contagious diseases. Polio, measles, chicken pox, mumps, crabs, whooping cough, head lice, scabies and they’re about to sit next to your child.

    Some have venereal diseases because they were raped by smugglers. Is this terrible? Yes it is, but they’ll be sitting next to your kids. These kids are not seeing doctors before getting into the schools. Oh no, that’s all being waved because it’s a humanitarian crisis.

    Some day maybe this will be straightened out but until then, little Johnnie gets to sit next to Juanita who is hacking and coughing while scratching her crotch.

    …

    …

    When you get your ballot, you won’t find my name on it. You must write Mike Harlow on the blank line and fill in the oval next to it. It’s that simple. With your votes, I can win this and continue protecting the Constitution. I protect it because it protects us from tyranny.

    …

    Mike Harlow, write-in candidate for Mesa County sheriff, Grand Junction 

    Posted in: Letters to the Editor. Bookmark the permalink.

    1. Please reassure me things are not now so effed up in Mesa County that this miserable waste of genetic material has any chance of being elected sheriff . . . 

    2. The time is now for the next disgraced former Mesa County law enforcement officer to step up to the plate . . . 

      Popcorn, please . . . 

      (And, yes King's departure from the sheriff's race is good news . . . except for next term's sudents and staff at MesaU??)

        1. A Latino Democrat, in Mesa County?  He can't be an effective Sheriff if he's constantly having to ask himself for his own green card, now can he? 

      2. Did CMU have any legit reason to have King on staff? Were they trying to buy favorable legislation? Why keep him now that his law enforcement cred is completely discredited?

  9. Can't pdf without violating copyright.  Sentinel allows you 12 free articles a month, doesn't it?  Anyway, here's an excerpt edited down to "fair use" size (hopefully):

    In a letter to the Mesa County Republican Party, King called himself a “flawed human being” who has made mistakes.

    “As a flawed human being, I’ve made my share of mistakes and believe there is no better test of a man’s integrity then his behavior when he is wrong,” King said in the letter. “I wish to apologize to my family, friends, community and those who have put their faith in me.”

     

    Actually, there is no better test of a man's integrity than not lying, cheating, and stealing.  But what the fuck do I know?

    1. The flawed human being line is usually what the Repubs use when they launch their come-back campaign after being caught in a sexually compromising position.  See Sanford, Mark (R-Appalachian Trail) 

  11. Gotta love Ed Perlmutter. Letting the pot shops bank their cash. He just posted on FB:

    Today I rallied the votes to defeat an amendment to reverse the progress we’ve made on marijuana banking. The Department of Justice recognizes the lack of banking services for marijuana businesses is a public safety issue. It’s time Congress does the same.

     

    House Supports Easier Marijuana-Related Banking

    The House has voted in support of making it easier for banks to do business with legal pot shops and providers of medical marijuana. The 236-186 vote Tuesday rejected a move by Louisiana GOP Rep. John Fleming to block the Treasury Department from implementing guidance it issued in February…

    abcnews.go.com|By ABC News

     

  12. The House actually voted on somethng? And passed it? Oh, the Tepublcans won't like that. Did someone knock Bonehead out with that big old gavel of his? Good for Ed! Is their any chance this will fail in the Senate?

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