June 04, 2009 11:06 PM UTC

Coffman: Ritter Would Be "More Sympathetic" To "Terrorist" Army

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• by: Colorado Pols

Oh boy, as the Colorado Independent reports:

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman minced no words in a bizarre, Cheney-esque attack on Gov. Bill Ritter as a “terrorist sympathizer” for signing a new state law that stymies future expansion of the Army’s contentious Piñon Canyon training site proposal.

The accusation of Ritter’s treason can be found in full at Coffman’s congressional Web site:

“The Governor clearly has no concept about the training and readiness needs of our combat forces. By signing H.B. 1317, a bill that blocks the Army’s ability to expand training areas, the Governor has sent a very clear message that the men and women who serve our nation in uniform are not welcome here.

I think he would be more sympathetic if the U.S. Army were to declare itself a terrorist organization – since he is going out of his way to block the Army while at the same time laying out a welcome mat to house terrorists from Guantanamo Bay.”

‘Terrorist sympathizer?’ Somebody should let Coffman know that type of cheap Ann Coulter fearmongering went out of style in, let’s see–2005, right? Just before Republicans started losing elections the way we remember it.

Speaking of “rolling out the welcome mat for terrorists,” the Los Angeles Times also reported today:

It’s the hottest debate in Washington — where to put hard-core terrorists once President Obama shutters Guantanamo. The Senate last week overwhelmingly rejected providing funds to close the U.S. military prison in Cuba, saying that no community in America would want terrorism suspects in its backyard.

Maybe they haven’t been to Florence. [Pols emphasis] Starved for jobs 17 years ago, the town of 3,600 residents bought a chunk of land outside its borders and gave it to the federal government to build a maximum-security prison to house the worst of the worst.

Most locals don’t blink at the idea of taking Guantanamo detainees — and even the ones who object acknowledge that the issue has yet to replace cows, horses and the high school football team as a leading topic of conversation.

“People here don’t care about it,” said Bob Wood, editor and publisher of the community newspaper, the Florence Citizen. “We pretty much feel that if they ship them here, these guys [the federal prison guards] will take care of them.”

So that’s two ways Coffman is ridiculously, credibility-killing over the top. Atta-boy, Mike! You’re doing President Bush proud.

Oh, wait a minute.