…Hank Brown, a former U.S. senator and former University of Colorado president, withdrew his endorsement, setting off a domino effect not only among prominent Republicans, but Maes’ core, grassroots base.

Tea Party leaders across the state today said in often harsh terms that they wanted Maes to drop out….

Let me explain. No… let me sum up:

Tea Party leaders are not “party bosses.” They and many more who should otherwise be inclined to support the accidental Republican nominee for governor recognize the obvious: There is no path to conservative victory in the governor’s race with Dan Maes or Tom Tancredo. Where in the world does Maes expect to get support? And what can he do from here on out except drag down the rest of the ticket? I hope and pray that Maes is ready to do the honorable thing, but I won’t lose sleep waiting for it to happen.

Quoth Dr. Seuss, “The time has come.” Will Dan Maes go? If not, this picture will become a fixture at Mount Virtus for the next two months:

(And this will be my final word on the topic. Let’s focus on the things we can win.)

On the other hand, if Maes does the right thing….

The ad takes statements made by Buck entirely out of context but that much is to be expected by Bennet who cannot possibly run on his own record without causing independents to run away holding their wallets. 9News.com and PolitiFact.com both point out how Bennet’s campaign took Buck’s statements out of context of what he meant. Even Buck’s own campaign issued responses denying that he does not support the privatization of Social Security and the elimination of the Dept. of Education.

Therein lies the problem. The very idea of privatizing the Social Security ponzi scheme or eliminating the utterly useless Dept. of Education is now considered taboo. It’s actually quite unfortunate that Ken Buck doesn’t support these ideas as the supposed champion of the GOP, Ronald Reagan, once did in his 1982 State of the Union speech.

The budget plan I submit to you on Feb. 8 will realize major savings by dismantling the Department of Education

Even as recently as 1996, the GOP platform said the following:

The Federal government has no constitutional authority to be involved in school curricula or to control jobs in the market place. This is why we will abolish the Department of Education, end federal meddling in our schools, and promote family choice at all levels of learning.

Even Reagan realized that Social Security was really a giant ponzi scheme. In 1975, he suggested that Social Security should be voluntary. However, after Ford beat Reagan in the 1976 Florida primary he soon realized that this was truly the ‘third rail’ of politics after losing the majority of votes to those 65 and older.

Have conservatives strayed so far from their supposed ideals in the last 35 years that even issues Ronald Reagan once espoused are now considered extreme? Apparently so, and that is why there are so many of us who can hardly tell the difference any more between the two parties. You can be sure though that when the GOP has it’s next Presidential primary debates, everyone will chant the name of Reagan with reverence but run away from many of his ideals as fast as they can – except of course Ron Paul who will be labeled by the other GOP candidates as an extreme nut. If only the Bennet ad were true.

Chuck Moe is a Contributing Author at People’s Press Collective, Your Source for Colorado Politics

                          

In the new video Perlmutter explains his support of the death tax:

We’re not into landed gentry. You know, just because my grandfather did well doesn’t mean I’m entitled to a yacht.

No, nothing your grandfather does entitles you to anything. But if your grandfather worked hard to earn a yacht and wants to give it to you upon his death, do you argue that the government should confiscate it instead? Or more problematic for a proponent of the death tax like Perlmutter: If your land-rich but cash-poor dad dies and wants to leave you the family farm, should he be taxed again — into foreclosure? That kind of blows apart the old England analogy.

While Ed Perlmutter doesn’t believe you are entitled to inherit family property, he feels perfectly entitled to confiscate your property, redistribute the wealth and make the decision for you. Way to drift completely out of touch. My Democratic Congressman is making the case for his own retirement so someone can take his place who represents common sense, fiscal responsibility, limited government and… you.

The race for Colorado’s 7th Congressional District is a statistical dead heat going into the Labor Day weekend, with the liberal incumbent barely able to scrape together 40 percent support. Watching this video and learning this fact should be all it takes to motivate you to support the young, inspirational, liberty-loving Republican candidate Ryan Frazier.

Campaign contributions are the “official” way for lobbyists, corporations an unions to legally bribe legislators. If you want to end the excessive influence those groups have on the political process, you have to end two things. The first is end campaign contributions from anyone except individuals. That means real flesh and blood individuals; not pretend people like corporations.

The second thing to end is much harder. You need to take away most of the existing Federal power. My brother-in-law once told me that he’s rather make government “stronger” to reduce corporate influence. Unfortunately, he has it completely backwards. By giving the Federal government more power, it gives corporations more reason to use the government to compete or eliminate the competition.

At Netflix, the vacation policy is audaciously simple and simply audacious. Salaried employees can take as much time off as they’d like, whenever they want to take it. Nobody – not employees themselves, not managers – tracks vacation days.

In other words, Netflix’s holiday policy is to have no policy at all.

The article goes on at length about how well it’s working for the company. I love this quote from the article though.

The idea is that freedom and responsibility, long considered fundamentally incompatible, actually go together quite well.

Most people know that you can’t have freedom with responsibility out but few seen to realize that without responsibility you can’t have freedom. Without responsibility, freedom is rapidly lost. Just ask any teenager.

Netflix has learned what a lot of dot-com companies have learned over the years. You don’t have to have hard-nosed policies in place to get production from your employees. Happy employees are productive employees and they’re more likely to stick with you even if they get offered more money from someone else. Those companies with more Dilbert-like policies tend to have high turn-over and low morale.

Guess what? The same things it true in “Real Life.” When citizens are free and responsible, there is impressive growth. When you remove their freedom and responsibility there is stagnation. Guess which policy Obama and company are using?

In particular, Tancredo cited having raised a lot of money in a short time from many donors and the implicit and explicit verbal support accompanying the donations.  Tancredo said he doesn’t see how he could drop out after the implied promise of a good-faith run for office which comes with accepting the donations.

While Tancredo didn’t absolutely rule out getting out of the race (as I hear him), when he was asked whether he would stay in if Maes got out even if it meant that a GOP replacement candidate such as Jane Norton would likely lose because of the split conservative vote, thus handing the election to John Hickenlooper, Tancredo said that “perhaps Jane should consider that” before deciding to get in the race, should the opening arise.  Also, regarding the possibility of Jane being in the race, Tom said “let’s have at it.”

Tancredo was also feeling good after apparently doing well in the candidate debate at the Channel 12 studios earlier in the day.  Talk show host Craig Silverman attended the debate and said on the air that he thought Tancredo won the debate and that Mayor Hickenlooper seemed like he didn’t really want to be there.  Tancredo also said, when it came to explaining why he’s probably staying in the race no matter what, that “I kinda enjoy it.”

I surely hope that if Maes gets out, Tancredo will as well.  If Maes gets out and Tancredo doesn’t, many Colorado Republicans will have a very difficult decision.  I like Tom Tancredo, but if by some chain of minor miracles, we get Jane Norton as a replacement candidate for governor, I’ll certainly support Jane, believing she could possibly win even in a three-way race.

You can listen to the Tancredo interview HERE. (13.6 MB download)  Start about 3:45 into the recording.

•  Do you think Dan Maes should step aside as the Republican nominee for governor?
• Why or why not?
• If he did step aside, who do you think the vacancy committee should consider in his stead and why?

The Colorado Supreme Court – and particularly, the Chief Justice – exercises enormous power (”clout”) over the lives of Colorado citizens.  The current majority has repeatedly demonstrated that it does not exercise this power with restraint or consideration for your constitutional rights – ruling consistently against individual protections and in favor of expanded government power.  Upholding tax increases (such as the “Mill Levy Tax Freeze” property tax increase, or the “Dirty Dozen” new tax laws) imposed without the required vote of the people, enabling taxes to be collected under the guise of “fees” (such as the Colorado Car Tax), expanding eminent domain abuse to seize people’s property, and grabbing the (legislative) power to draw up voting districts (aided by the recent “Mary-mandering” bill) – this court is acting like rulers, with you as the subjects; re-writing the laws, instead of upholding them.

Be a citizen, not a subject - exercise your right to vote “NO” this November on the four (er, three now) ‘unjust justices’ of the Colorado Supreme Court’s “Mullarkey Majority”- (Justices Michael Bender, Alex Martinez, and Nancy Rice; soon minus Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey) who need YOUR approval to continue taking away your constitutional rights: your right to vote on tax increases, your right to defend your home or business against seizure via eminent domain abuse, your right to be fairly represented in the legislature and Congress, and your right to enjoy the benefits of the rule of law, instead of suffering under rule by activist, agenda-driven “justices.”  Support Clear The Bench Colorado with your comments (Sound Off!) and your contributions – and vote “NO” on giving these unjust justices another 10-year term!

It was exactly one month ago that Dan Maes savaged Scott McInnis in a debate: "You don’t have positions. You don’t stand for anything. You have no integrity. You have no character." (CBS 4)

Now, Dan Maes has revealed himself through his numerous lies and exaggerrations to be just as lacking in integrity and character as Scott McInnis. Maes’ attempts to dismiss the fact that he apparently misrepresented his entire background echoes of McInnis’ claims that his plagiarism scandal was a "non-issue."

Sadly, Maes will likely not step aside. He shows all the traits of running a self-centered, ego-driven campaign. Already, he is spinning the hemorrhaging of his support as an assault by insidious "power brokers" and casting himself as some sort of proletariat hero rising up against the oppressors. Make no mistake, Dan Maes has been abandoned by "party insiders" and grassroots alike. Tea Party group Hear Us Now has rescinded their endorsement of Maes. A group of 9.12 groups are set to meet with Maes this week over "concerns" about his campaign. This is the end of the line for Maes even if he refuses to accept it.