Colorado Democrat defeated in recall election over gun control not taking it well

[ShooterInPA1]

Via the Corner. Tuesday night, expecting a close race, I couldn’t believe that she lost by 12 points. Now, after watching her for the first time, I can’t believe she lost by only 12 points.

She’s got one argument here — “voter suppression,” ripped straight from the DNC’s talking points memo, which is completely destroyed by her own now-famous admission a few weeks ago that if Bloomberg and his anti-gun group couldn’t buy her a victory in this race, “they might as well fold it up.” They did their best for her; as Erika noted earlier, gun-grabbers outspent gun-rights supporters overwhelmingly. If that kind of money can’t get gun-control fans to drive to the polls, in a state where there was a horrendous mass shooting barely more than a year ago, maybe the votes simply aren’t there.

Sean Trende considers, then largely dismisses, the idea that the lack of mail-in ballots doomed the Democrats:

If Giron’s eager to blame the results on something other than support for gun rights, though, she could always blame it on a backlash to her and John Morse’s personal jackassery:

As it turns out, Morse and Giron sealed their fates on March 4, the day that the anti-gun bills were heard in Senate committees. At Morse’s instruction, only 90 minutes of testimony per side were allowed on each of the gun bills. As a result, hundreds of Colorado citizens were prevented from testifying even briefly. Many of them had driven hours to come to the Capitol, traveling from all over the state.

That same day, 30 Sheriffs came to testify. They too were shut out, with only a single Sheriff allowed to testify on any given bill. So while one Sheriff testified, others stood up with him in support…

When Morse shut that down, and Chairperson Giron went along, they crossed the double-red line of Colorado government. Had the seven gun control bills (one of which I testified in favor) been heard on March 4-6, instead of being rammed through committees on March 4, the recall might never have happened. It’s one thing to lose; it’s another to thing to lose when you didn’t even have the opportunity to present your reasoning. While the gun control bills were before the Senate in March, President Morse urged his caucus to stop reading emails, to stop reading letters from constituents, to stop listening to voicemails, to vote for the gun bills and ignore the constituents. Giron, presciently following this strategy, had allowed citizens to raise Second Amendment concerns at a single town hall meeting, and thereafter refused to discuss the issue at public fora.

They did their best to deny their opponents a voice — let’s call that “voter suppression” — so their opponents spoke on Tuesday night. Game over.

Exit question: What are we to make of the fact that CNN’s Brooke Baldwin is as impatient with Giron’s spinning here as gun-rights fans are?

http://hotair.com/archives/2013/09/1...aking-it-well/

If she thinks voter suppression caused her loss, then I guess she is in favor of Voters ID to vote.

[PocketProtector]

Don't fall asleep, the biotch will be back. Or another brainwashed zombie will follow.
The Indoctrination system ensures it

[glocke12]

When they lose, it is voter suppression...

When they win, it is "the people have spoken with their votes".

[emckee57]

When they lose, it is voter suppression...

When they win, it is "the people have spoken with their votes".

Well to be fair, Colorado doesn't allow dead people to vote, which is a huge faction of the Democratic Party.

[PocketProtector]

How would she have felt back in the day when they would have tarred and feathered her fat ass?

Get a clue honey, it was Supposed to hurt.

[Pilot321]

What a stupid, stupid person. It is difficult to believe she could be elected to a dog catcher's position. Parroting the DNC (Debbie Waserman Shultz) line of "voter suppression". What the HELL does that mean? If you want to vote, you go out and vote. Nobody was suppressing anyone.

They are scared, out of touch, and even Bloomberg can't save them. Time to light them up for the world to see.

[BSH]

watched the video... she isn't even very smart.


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[jim_s]

watched the video... she isn't even very smart.


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That's generous. Mostly dumb is closer.

Jim

[PocketProtector]

watched the video... she isn't even very smart.


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But they think they're the smartest person in the room.

Truth: not even on I chicken coop

[scruff]

When they lose, it is voter suppression...

When they win, it is "the people have spoken with their votes".

But it was voter suppression - suppressing the lazy-ass voters who couldn't bother to walk beyond the mailbox. On the other hand, many of the 2A supporters would crawl over broken glass to get to the polls.

I'm all for suppressing the votes of the lazy and stupid.