Ben DeGrow makes a point on Schaffer v Udall:
It seems Mark Udall is comfortable practicing his own deception, and not simply relying on his friends in the Big Blue Lie Machine. Udall's latest deception came with an assist from a Denver Post article.
The Denver Post editors have obviously decided that they will pick the next US Senator, and can do so by pushing the Northern Mariana Islands issue on its readers day after day:
Former Congressman Bob Schaffer's role in those efforts has been a campaign issue for weeks,
The only paper keeping this alive is the Denver Post. If it has been a campaign issue, it is because the Post has gotten itself directly involved in the campaign, and for no other reason. It doesn't go a single day without mentioning the issue in some way.
[ Mark ] Udall's comments and even more harsh words from [ California Democrat George ] Miller virtually guarantee that the Mariana sweatshops will be a salient issue in what's expected to be a bitterly fought campaign...
Is George Miller a household name here in Colorado? Where does a Post reporter come up with the idea that because George Miller chimed in, this will be an issue that moves voters in Colorado, and does so for months?
The Denver Post even admits that Udall hasn't mentioned this before:
Monday his Democratic opponent [ Mark Udall ] for the first time took him to task on the issue.
In an effort to make the truth look like a partisan response, it quoted Dick Wadhams:
"The first time Mark Udall ever talked about the issue was in 2008. He never went to a hearing, he never made a floor speech about the Mariana Islands and the alleged labor abuses," said Dick Wadhams, Schaffer's campaign manager.
"He was so concerned about the labor abuses that he was silent and totally uninvolved . . . until he thinks he can use it politically in a campaign."
The Denver Post doesn't exactly have a Stirling record at picking candidates and issues. Even it will admit that Bill Ritter has turned out to be its gift to the people of Colorado that keeps on giving.
It might be less likely to admit that Ref C has destroyed its credibility with voters like this author. Ref C money didn't go where the Post said it would go. It became more taxes that the politicians in Denver could spend while piously pleading for money to fix the problems that the Denver Post promised Ref C would fix.
The Denver Post is addicted to taxes, to the point that it calls for or supports a new tax every month. It can't be surprising that it would oppose Bob Schaffer, who has a record of opposing higher taxes. It is also no longer surprising that it uses a campaign of lies and half truths to do so. The Denver Post chooses to be a large cog in Colorado's Big Blue Lie Machine and willingly damages Colorado in the process.
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