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December 14, 2008 04:29 PM UTC
26 Comments
I got this from Ken last night, and it struck me as both being tacky and a little pathetic. It also sounded a little patronizing toward both Bueshcer and Romanoff, and I thought his comment about Isgar was borderline insulting.
I have posted my preference for Buescher for SOS and Romanoff for CSU President before, and I won’t repeat those comments.
I will also say, once again, I fail to see why people are enamored of Gordon. He was my Representative and then my Senator, and I thought his career was mediocre at best.
I am not on his email list (thank the lord!) and didn’t see anything above about Jim. . . That said, I couldn’t agree more with your assessment of Gordon. The man certainly doesn’t lack for confidence, and he never seems to stop talking. I know from first hand experience that he wasn’t liked within his own caucus and simple logic tells you that makes it very difficult to get anything accomplished. The only reason he ever achieved a leadership position is because of his hyper aggressive ways of self promotion – case in point the email above. I think it’s time to move on from his old style ways.
A Politics West post characterizes the Isgar bit:
that offended me – it was when he went on and said with respect to Isgar, “Wears a cowboy hat. Owns a ranch. He is always telling people that he is smarter than he looks. I think he is.”
It was probably meant to be clever, but it came off disparaging Isgar by leaving the message that Gordon is really smart and somehow feels a need to validate his colleagues by rendering his own judgmental opinion.
It definitely struck me wrong.
And I can’t quite put my finger on why that is:
It doesn’t sit well with me. I don’t know why. Sort of like he’s saying “they’ll be fine so if you are voting for Andrew because it would be a wise political move to keep Romanoff in the political limelight (and it would), don’t do it. Vote for me instead because I really need the job and I’m about to be unemployed.”
That’s kind of how it sounded to me. Is it just me?
his assuming he would get SoS but don’t worry about the other two, they’ll get something else that’s good.
Patronizing AND divorced from reality. Ken’s winning combination. And he wonders why he rubs people the wrong way.
And tell him that I support Andrew Romanoff. Time for Ken to go out to pasture and go teach or whatever. The man isn’t particularly popular within his own party, talks ad infinitum, doesn’t deal well with dissent and is generally not fun to be around (hello, other people like to talk too!).
Democrats [Full disclosure: I am Unaffiliated] certainly don’t need him in the SOS office where he will have almost no chance of retaining the office, not to mention the soap box he’d have from there – shudder.
…especially for his C efforts walking the entire front range and voter transparency efforts.
No more.
What does he think his pleading for votes on a website is going to do? Convince Ritter?
Why e-mail us about how much he deserves the job? It’s like he thinks it’s an “American Idol” type thing. And it WAS very condescending to Buescher and Romanoff.
Gordon represented my area. I’m a Democrat. Our family wishes he move on to something else. I, too, got his email last night and just rolled my eyes reading it – again.
I agree with other posters. Ken is not a respectful listener. He talks down to people even though he convinces himself he’s a man of the people. Ken isn’t humble. It’s all about himself.
Sometimes people just don’t know when it’s time to move on. IMHO, Gordon would not be a good choice for SOS.
Romanoff is my neighbor. When we walk our dog and he’s out in the neighborhood walking about, he stops to chat. He’s a good listener and would be great as a SOS or whatever he chooses to do. I imagine if we ran across Gordon walking our dog he would just bark at us what we should be doing with our time and that we wouldn’t be able to get a word in edgewise.
Buescher is a gem and his defeat last month will lead to something else that will serve our public well.
In the end, Gordon is stuck in his ways and will do more harm as SOS as Coffman has done, just in the opposite direction. We need thoughtful corrections in the SOS office, one that Buescher/Romanoff would accomplish with citizen input. Gordon would take us to the Coffman level of “Gordon knows best.”
But I hope people keep chiming in and that Ken reads this post.
I think it would be good for all of us to recognize that he does what he does for the best of reasons. That said, time to move on.
n/t
So, you know, I mean it’s not like he’s out to screw or hurt anyone. He has good intentions, bad delivery.
It means no text beyond the subject line. Some people prefer using eom (end of message.)
(I’m a licensed ham) it means “no traffic”.
Same thing.
I didn’t know, Ralph. That’s cool to learn that. Thanks.
I read nothing in his email that had any intention other than blatant self-promotion.
Maybe those are good intentions, or maybe I’ve just forgotten that that’s the only thing that motivates politicians.
However, he is the worst choice the Guv could make.
How is that for a technical lynchin’ of old Kenny Gordon.
they actually go, even copied Gordon. Everyone should, then maybe he’d get the point.
Do it anyway.
BTW, I put nice things about Romanoff and Buescher. Gordon’s the only one I was negative about.