In the Sunday November 8, 2009
Longmont Ledger, sore loser candidate
Kaye Fissinger went back to the usual ranting and raving Longmont is so accustomed to -
and probably the reason they relegated her to the political basement when they decided who to vote for. Her latest screed is about the farthest you could possibly go in trying to make
this connection and
that connection, and the obvious paranoia probably warrants a new nickname:
Backyard Chicken Little.
In her tirade you'll see lots of names and organizations you've never heard of, but she works real hard to try to define who the "
bad guy" is.
Essentially she's saying the voters of Longmont are too stupid for their own good and have been fooled by these outside groups. All the web surfing and phone calls to like minded left wing loons must have been pretty time consuming - to basically end up with nothing of any great interest. Except
sour grapes. That's too bad.
But she leaves out some pertinent information as she weaves this tale of "
outside money", specifically the kind that helped her
Left wing Liberal/Progressive causes. When it comes to big money in politics, let us never forget the over half billion raised and spent for
Barack Obama. But lets get more local, how about the "
Colorado Model", here's an excerpt from
The Weekly Standard article by
Fred Barnes: "
They'd been brought together by
Al Yates, the former president of Colorado State University, and later were dubbed the "Gang of Four" by the press--or, sarcastically, by Republicans, the "Fab Four." Two of the four,
Tim Gill and
Rutt Bridges, made millions in computer software.
Jared Polis, along with his parents, grew rich from building and selling Internet companies. The fourth,
Pat Stryker, is heir to a medical products fortune and runs her family's foundation."
With that big money they rolled out the following programs and websites (one of which Ms. Fissinger uses as source material, surprise surprise)
ProgressNow,
Colorado Ethics Watch,
Colorado Independent,
ColoradoPols,
SquareState, and
Colorado Media Matters. But I'm sure they are all legitimate and full of sweetness and light and above all reproach. It's only those nasty right wing sites and organizations that should be questioned.
Then Ms. Fissinger (now being called "
The Finger" after saying she'd like to "
flip off" eventual Mayoral race victor
Bryan Baum at a forum
in front of high schoolers) brings up the money Montana-based
Western Tradition Partnership (WTP) and
Longmont Leadership Committee spent on the election. She says WTP, an evil 501(c)4, contributed
$10,000. Yet she fails to mention another 501(c)4, Virginia-based
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund, who contributed
$1.6 million to defeat former congresswoman
Marilyn Musgrave. Last I checked Virginia is a lot farther from Colorado than Montana, and WTP has a Denver office as well.
From the Ft. Collins
Coloradoan: "
According to the Federal Election Commission, the 527 and 501(c)4 group
Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund spent $1.6 million to unseat incumbent Colorado Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R), who lost her bid for a fourth term on Nov. 4. The group targeted Musgrave,
even though she did not sit on a single prominent committee dealing with environmental issues. It was the second-largest independent expenditure by a non-party group in any 2008 House race."
The hypocrisy and double standards of the
Left wing Lunatic Fringe doesn't even cause them to bat an eye as they just keep spinning one story after another.
Ms. Fissinger is in denial and counterattack mode now that the voters of Longmont, in big numbers, completely rejected her platform and those of Karen Benker, and Bill Van Dusen. What's even sadder for Ms. Fissinger is that almost
600 voters who voted for Van Dusen, couldn't bring themselves to vote for her, instead throwing votes to
Ed Dloughy,
Gabe Santos, or
Alex Sammoury.
Ironic that
Gabe Santos of all people should take some of her votes after her endless, and continued bringing up of
Tom DeLay.
HINT: It doesn't seem to be working "Finger", but most of your ideas and propaganda don't resonate with normal people anyway. Isn't it about time you went after a church and attacked its members? The people have spoken (at least that's what we hear when
their side wins), and they apparently know a loser (or pack of them) when they see one.
Some big outside money opposition didn't unseat Karen Benker or block Kaye Fissinger and Bill Van Dusen from getting onto City Council. They can whine and complain about why they were
pummeled by the voters, but to keep it simple remember this quote from pro-football head coach
Bill Parcels, "
You are what your record says you are." 'Nuf said.
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