Mike Coffman is An Affront to Democracy

Mike Coffman Is An Affront To Democracy
(Cross posted on Square State)

Mike Coffman is an embarrassment to the State of Colorado and an affront to democracy. All Coloradans should be joining the fight to get him out of office as soon as possible. Our great state cannot afford another Tom Tancredo ruining our reputation, and Coffman is following closely in his footsteps.

Thursday, Colorado Pols found these words attacking Governor Bill Ritter on Coffman's website,

"The Governor clearly has no concept about the training and readiness needs of our combat forces. By signing H.B. 1317, a bill that blocks the Army's ability to expand training areas, the Governor has sent a very clear message that the men and women who serve our nation in uniform are not welcome here... I think he would be more sympathetic if the U.S. Army were to declare itself a terrorist organization - since he is going out of his way to block the Army while at the same time laying out a welcome mat to house terrorists from Guantanamo Bay."

Coffman may not remember Governor Ritter was elected democratically, in a state that boasts hundreds of thousands of veterans. To say Bill Ritter does not welcome and support the military, or that he is a terrorist-sympathizer, is reprehensible. Governor Ritter may have explaining to do regarding his lack of support for unions, but the fact that he does not believe the Army has a right to take land from Colorado citizens without sufficient cause, does not make him a terrorist. Like Bush, Tancredo and Joe McCarthy before him, Coffman believes he can dismiss democratically-elected officials with a wave of his hate wand. "Don't agree with Mike Coffman on an issue? You're a terrorist! "

As Secretary of State, Mike Coffman's vote-tampering charges were dismissed after the 2008 election, but only because he agreed to undo the things he did unethically, to the satisfaction of the ethics panel http://www.squarestate.net/sho... The fact remains, Coffman was determined to purge as many Democrat's voter registrations as possible, and it took a federal judge's court order to stop him in his tracks. Hundreds of us who registered voters in the 2008 election know how confusing the registration form instructions were, and how completely unhelpful Coffman's staff members were in clarigying them. I for one, got conflicting interpretations of the form instructions each time I called. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is a vote-purger, in my humble opinion, ethics committee findings or not.

I am sick and tired of the State Democratic Party leaders in Colorado dismissing CO-6 as hopeless, thus not giving us money to fight the right-wing extremists who breed here (Tom Tancredo started his hate-mongering in CO-6). A large percentage of CO-6 voters live in Arapahoe County, a place that went blue for the first time in many decades. Douglas County, also in CO-6, made huge leaps in getting Democratic votes, thanks in part to being one of the most rapidly growing counties in the nation, and attracting new residents from both US coasts. For the first time in CO-6 history, we have two highly-qualified, motivated primary challengers, John Flerlage and David Canter, both of whom started immediately after the 2008 election, and are already kicking major Coffman-butt as I type this blog entry.

The time is ripe to get Mike Coffman out of office, and the time is now. We have two outstanding candidates in the 6th district, and frankly, either one of them would be a hundred times better than the right-wing extremist that's in the seat now. To Pat Waak and other CO Democratic party leaders, I have news for you -- with or without your money, we're going to do this. Do you want to be in front of the crowd, or trampled by it?

Who's with me? Let's get to work!

Find out more about the CO-6 candidates here:

http://www.FlerlageforCongress...

http://www.CanterforCongress.com