Betsy Markey – The Bailout Queen

by Lesley Hollywood | 10:50 pm, August 22, 2010

Fourth Congressional District Representative Betsy Markey has released her first TV ad in which she states: “Bailouts really offend me” followed later by “Bailout is just another word for cop-out, and here in Colorado that’s not how we do business”. Lesley Hollywood, director of the Northern Colorado Tea Party, tracked down a Markey staffer at a Windsor [...]

They call her flipper, flipper…

by Amy Oliver | 1:28 pm, August 19, 2010

Update to ‘Both Ways Betsy’ where I criticized Congresswoman Betsy Markey for her latest TV ads.
Referring to the 2008 TARP bailout legislation,  Markey claims in her ad, “Maybe it’s my 20 years as a small-business owner, but these Wall Street bailouts really offend me… No one ever gave me a bailout.”
I reminded readers of the other bailouts [...]

‘Both Ways Betsy’

by Amy Oliver | 5:10 pm, August 16, 2010

That’s the nickname that my friends at Complete Colorado have hung on freshman Democrat Congresswoman Betsy Markey.  And it seems appropriate. An article from The Hill and featured on Complete Colorado describes Markey’s new ad campaign where she pretends to be offended with congressional approval of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, a.k.a. TARP.  In fact [...]

Why hasn’t Hickenlooper touted Bennet more?

by Kelly Maher | 3:56 pm, August 9, 2010

Interesting question. . . nobody’s asked it as far as I can tell. Maybe there was little to be gained by Hickenlooper, who’s running for governor of Colorado, making a big push in a contested Democratic Senate primary.

Pres. Obama and the House Dems: Let Mikey eat it

by Mary Smith | 2:01 pm, July 15, 2010

House Democrats carried Pres. Obama’s senseless economic agenda and now face an almost certain bloodbath in the midterm elections. And the White House is, um, otherwise occupied. “One House Democrat compared their relationship with the White House to the 1970s Life commercials starring ‘Mikey,’ the kid whose brothers trick him into eating the cereal,” The Washington Post reported.

Pres. Obama and the House Dems: Let Mikey eat it

by Mary Smith | 2:01 pm, July 15, 2010

House Democrats carried Pres. Obama’s senseless economic agenda and now face an almost certain bloodbath in the midterm elections. And the White House is, um, otherwise occupied. “One House Democrat compared their relationship with the White House to the 1970s Life commercials starring ‘Mikey,’ the kid whose brothers trick him into eating the cereal,” The Washington Post reported.

Squirrels get bridges; taxpayers get more taxes…

by Amy Oliver | 1:21 pm, July 12, 2010

In a video appearance before the Western States Transportation Alliance, Congresswoman Betsy Markey “spends the whole beginning of this greeting talking about potential taxes to pay for spending in a surface transportation bill” reports Who Said You Said, which posted the video.
Markey’s implication that taxpayers aren’t sending enough of their money to Washington begs a couple [...]

Parade watchers a tough crowd for politicians

by Amy Oliver | 2:05 pm, July 5, 2010

Every year I watch the Greeley Stampede Independence Day Parade. Usually, I am half of the broadcast team for 1310 KFKA. This year, Scooter McGee took my place so I could simply enjoy the parade from the comfort of the mobile studio. Because I didn’t have to broadcast, it afforded me the great luxury of observing [...]

Markey won’t deliver answers

by Amy Oliver | 10:28 pm, June 20, 2010

Congresswoman Betsy Markey has time to play  UPS union member and get some TV face time:

But she has no time to answer constituent questions or questions from me.  Questions that I have posed to Markey’s office that have gone unanswered:

Before the Cap and Trade vote I sent several emails asking which way she was voting. [...]

K Street Blue Party Special on Betsy Markey

by Kelly Maher | 1:33 pm, June 18, 2010

Attention K Street shoppers! Today we have a Blue Party Special on a Colorado congresswoman in the left aisle. The faux-UPS worker from the Fourth Congressional District is reportedly getting a re-election makeover from big-time lobbyist/fundraiser Bri…

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