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John Hickenlooper’s “Bitter Clinger” Moment? Colorado Voters Uninspired

by | 10:04 am, October 22, 2010 | 1 Comment

With less than two weeks to Election Day, the question lingers: Can liberal Democrat gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper really avoid all controversy until the election is over? National Review’s Michael Sandoval uncovers one controversy Hickenlooper might be unable to avoid, and it came straight from the mayor’s own lips in a 2009 interview:

Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper: I think a couple things, I mean, you know, the tragic death of Matthew Shepard occurred in Wyoming. Colorado and Wyoming are very similar. We have some of the same, you know, backwards thinking in the kind of rural Western areas you see in, you know, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico.

People in rural areas might find reason to be a little incensed at Hickenlooper (Glenn Reynolds labels it the mayor’s “bitter clinger moment”). Meanwhile, as Who Said You Said points out, the small crowds and lack of enthusiasm at Hickenlooper events certainly aren’t limited to rural areas:

A few weeks ago I never would have guessed that Tom Tancredo would get a realistic shot to win the race for governor. But with Dan Maes’ continued delusional self-immolation (MP3) and John Hickenlooper’s unwanted controversies and unenthused crowds, we might just be looking at the biggest story of this crazy 2010 election season unfolding before our eyes.

Category: Colorado Politics, Liberty, PPC
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  1.   Kevin J Jones, backwards thinker.
      October 22nd, 2010 @ 5:15 pm

    Too bad for conservatives, the Pentagon looks to be of the same mind as Hickenlooper. Today’s AP story
    “Pentagon trying to change culture to allow gays”

    “Unlike most Americans who support allowing openly gay troops, the rank-and-file are suspected by their leaders to be considerably less permissive.
    The men and women serving in the armed forces today represent less than 1 percent of the country’s total population, and come heavily from rural, conservative areas in the South and the mountain West.”

    Perhaps there’s a dollop of AP spin here. But you know the country is in a bad spot when the AP starts depicting the *Pentagon* as an engine of progress that will re-educate the rural rubes not only of Afghanistan, but of the USA.

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