Blue Dog Democrats have a hard time
finding any Democrat they can stomach voting for. Jeb! Republicans are even
harder to like. What to do? Study what is available and make a choice. If you
don’t vote, you are making a choice, a gutless, pathetic choice IMO.
Anybody that has registered a car or
renewed license plates knows how frustrating it can be. Where I live, Weld
County, there are three offices. I find they run about as smooth as you can
expect.
Just once, I would like to hear a
candidate say,
“The current office holder has done an
adequate job. I think I can improve on that by …………..”
What we get?
"The reason
that I'm running for Weld County Clerk and Recorder is because I love Weld
County, but you know what? Things need to change," Velasquez said.
"There are a lot of things that we need to change in Weld County."
Velasquez is the
governor-appointed Weld County public trustee, and she's running as a Democrat
against incumbent Republican Carly Koppes.
What I hear?
“Vote for me because I’m a Mexican and we
deserve to have more of us running things”.
Yeah, WSF, you are a stone racist. Doesn’t
mean I’m not correct in my assessment, does it?
Two Democrats are in a primary contest to
face Rep. Ken Buck (R) for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, a fairly
reliable Republican district.
The local paper put some questions to
them.
QUESTION:
WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST ISSUES FACING CD4, AND THE COUNTRY?
Kohne: Kohne
said the U.S. shouldn't and can't focus on anything else until it takes care of
healthcare. "Many of us, if not most of us, are one accident away from
bankruptcy,"
McCormick: McCormick, likewise, said she's focused on healthcare.
She said people are concerned with high premiums, high deductibles and general
unaffordability of the U.S. healthcare system
I might be getting old and senile but I
seem to remember eight years of Obama/Reed/Pelosi leadership. I should vote for
another Democrat to “fix” healthcare?
Nowhere did either of these two offer a
specific plan.
Kohne offends me with another snide
remark regarding President Trump.
Kohne: Kohne said Congress has fewer veterans than at any time
since the post-Vietnam War era. "The president's never seen a war; he's
never smelled a war; he doesn't know what one looks like," Kohne said.
Kohne said we need more people in Congress who can be a check on the White
House, and he favors diplomacy over war.
Yeah, dude, you were down range. Thank you
for your service. If you were an Infantry officer instead of a civil affairs
officer in the Army Reserve, I might be impressed. All of us who served put our
asses on the line, and that is worthy of respect, but implying you are a
grizzled combat veteran isn’t.
Recently I posted about neighbors
stopping cold a $70 million concrete and asphalt plant. Interesting editorial
in the local rag.
Another local political race I’m studying
is the district I live in. Again, from the
local rag.
Colorado
House District 50 hasn't had an open seat this millennium, and a Republican
hasn't won the mostly Greeley seat since 2002.
This year, two Democratic candidates, including a former
District 50 representative, will face off in a primary to see who gets to
attempt to keep the Democratic streak alive.
Haven’t heard what the GOP candidate, if
there is one, has to say. My inclination is to vote for the former District 50
guy. He has shown the ability to get things done.
His opponent comes across, to
me, as a millennial (P)regressive. The millennial part doesn’t bother me, nor
the gender, but (P)regressive????
Statewide, there is a nasty primary fight
for the Governor’s seat. (Thank God for term limits. Good by Governor
Wishywashy). The nasty is, of course, the Democrats. The GOP is far too
dignified. They prefer back room back stabbing to public squabbling. Read all
about it here.
Should be an interesting summer.
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