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October 01, 2004

Colorado Campaign Crap

Those of you in the great state of Colorado might have seen the new ad that Senate candidate Ken Salazar has put out, one in which the Salazar campaign laments that Pete Coors is out of touch with the middle class. As evidence, they roll a clip of Coors giving a speech and saying "I don't know what a common man is."

This might have been pretty damning stuff, except for the facts that (a) it would have been a ludicrous thing to say by itself and (b) the editing was so choppy and piss-poor that only a blind, deaf, and dim-witted MoveOn volunteer* would have found it convincing.

So, did Coors really say that he doesn't know what a common man is? Yes he did. But...

Mr. Coors made the remark at a League of Women Voters debate, but then continued with, "A common man is somebody who lives in this country that works hard to provide jobs for others, who works either providing for others or working for someone else. I've done both."

In other words, a common man is pretty much all of us. Yeah, Mr. Salazar, that view of Pete's sure is a problem.

I'm not supportive of all of Coors' positions, but sleazy tactics like the one pulled by the Salazar camp have all but guaranteed the crappy-beer magnate will get my vote.

The ad works, but not like Ken hoped. Dumbass.

* I do realize that "dim-witted" and "MoveOn volunteer" are a bit redundant.