Consider Miller’s snarky — and obviously false — statement about the founders’ beliefs: "[U.S. Senate candidate Ken] Buck called the [Social Security] program unsustainable, and said he didn’t think the nation’s founders intended to have a program like Social Security (let’s recall that these people hadn’t conceived of a fire department or a postal service, either)." Read the rest of this entry »
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Saturday, August 14, 2010
Denver Post’s Snarky Fact Check Fails: Ken Buck and Social Security
Note to Elizabeth Miller of the Denver Post: when writing a "fact check" about political candidates, you should probably try to make sure that your own statements are correct.
Meet and greet your Colorado Republican County, State and National candidates at the Adams County Republicans Reagan Round Up fundraiser.
Join us at the Adams County Fairgrounds Waymire Dome building, 9755 Henderson Road, Brighton, CO, 80601 on Saturday, September 25th from 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM. It’s a family carnival with music, prizes, food and drink. Tickets cost $15 per person and kids 10 and under eat for free.
For more information, call 303-589-0638
GOP State Assembly: Massive Maes Upset, End of the line for Hasan
May 22, 2010 – 8:19pm – by Rocky Mountain Right
The biggest news from today’s GOP Assembly was the failure of the McInnis campaign to capture top line on the primary ballot. While McInnis will still be heavily favored going into the August primary, the strong Maes showing combined with Joe Gschwendtner petitioning onto the ballot could cause headaches and a chaotic three-way race.
The second biggest piece of news was the fact that J.J. Ament not only secured top line but held rival Ali Hasan off of the ballot by a comfortable margin. Ament goes on to face Walker Stapleton in the August primary.
In noteworthy, but unsurprising, news Ken Buck won a vast majority of the votes and held all minor candidates off of the ballot. There had been speculation beforehand that delegates supporting Jane Norton or Tom Wiens would try to blunt Buck’s victory by casting their vote for Cleve Tidwell or Steve Barton instead of Buck, but Buck’s 77% victory indicates this probably did not happen.
Results
Ken Buck: 77%
Cleve Tidwell: 15%
Dan Maes: 49.35%
Scott McInnis: 48.89%
J.J. Ament: 79%
Ali Hasan: 19%
