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Home clean government Protect Colorado Future’s Deception Starting to Get Monotonous

10/1/2008 By Ben 5 Comments

Protect Colorado Future’s Deception Starting to Get Monotonous

Protect Colorado’s Culture of Corruption Future, opponents of the good government reforms Colorado Amendment 49 and Amendment 54, must be going after the world record for most deceptive campaign. They’re certainly making a run for it, as their latest effort may take the cake. In today’s Rocky Mountain News, CBS4 reporter Raj Chohan dissects their latest out-of-this-world fable:

A new political commercial suggests that a trio of Colorado ballot measures would give special breaks to multinational corporations such as Halliburton. The 30-second spot comes from a union-backed group called Protect Colorado’s Future.

Ad: This is a voter alert. Colorado ballot amendments have built-in loopholes. Amendments 49 and 54 would not apply to multinational corporations.

The claim is misleading. Neither of the amendments addresses multinational corporations….

But obviously it’s true: these amendments are about the operation of Colorado government. Before Protect Colorado’s Culture of Corruption Future gets any other absurd advertising ideas, let’s be clear what else these amendments don’t apply to: international terrorism, global warming, Lyme disease, and male pattern baldness, to name a few.

Special interest opponents are throwing their millions of dollars wildly into the air, hoping that some charge or another will stick that will scare voters from supporting ethical reforms that would hurt lobbyists’ bottom line. Here perhaps is my favorite part:

Ad: Multinational corporations are pushing Amendments 47, 49 and 54.

It is true that Amendment 47, the right-to-work measure, has received funding from CoorsTek, a multinational corporation, as well as national business groups. The backers of Amendment 47 have raised nearly $1.2 million. However, Amendment 49 is operating on a shoestring budget of a little more than $100,000, most of it coming from the Independence Institute, a Colorado- based free-market think tank….

Or as Face The State observed:

While recent opposition ads proclaim that “evil” multinational corporations support Amendment 49, [Jon] Caldara laughs, jokingly wanting to know when those evil corporate checks will start rolling in.

Here’s the laundry list of Protect Colorado’s Culture of Corruption Future deception:

  • First sleazy, deceptive TV ads
  • More sleazy, deceptive TV ads
  • First sleazy, deceptive mailer
  • Another sleazy, deceptive mailer
  • Purely dishonest fabrications at an “educational” forum

And now this. Honesty, truth, and credibility must not count for much when you have raked in nearly $7 million from labor unions across North America to throw around your political weight.

Filed Under: clean government, Colorado Politics, General, Labor Tagged With: "educational" forum, advertising, Amendment 49, Amendment 54, ballot measures, CBS4 reporter, Colorado, deceptive, ethical reforms, global warming, good government, Halliburton, international terrorism, labor unions, lobbyists, Lyme disease, mailer, male pattern baldness, millions of dollars, misleading, most deceptive campaign, multinational corporations, North America, political clout, Protect Colorado's Future, Raj Chohan, reforms, Rocky Mountain News, scare tactics, special interest groups, television ad, voters, world record

Comments

  1. Glen Schulze says

    10/14/2008 at 9:54 am

    I just heard a fireman named Joel on the J Marvin AM 760 Talk Show this AM.

    Can you have Joel call me please at 303 979 7890?

    Anytime.

    Thanks G Schulze

  2. Colroado Jones says

    10/27/2008 at 4:49 pm

    Not just 760AM now. Big labor and businesses with no-bid contracts are now saturating nearly every Denver-area station at this point. I read they’re shifting all of their money to fight 54 in the final days of the election season:

Trackbacks

  1. Peoples Press Collective » CoDA’s “Educate the Idiots” Members Biggest Funders of Protect Colorado’s Future’s Campaign of Deception says:
    10/2/2008 at 8:11 am

    […] attacked Colorado’s Amendment 47, Amendment 49, and Amendment 54. PCF has raised $6.9 million to wage its campaign of perpetual deception. Of that $6.9 million, $1.3 million has come from NEA/CEA, $1.1 million has come from SEIU, and […]

  2. Peoples Press Collective » Voter Fraud ACORN Opposes Colorado Amendment 49, Ethical Standards says:
    10/14/2008 at 11:00 am

    […] issue from the nature of the opposition as you can from those who endorse it. Voter fraud ACORN and Protect Colorado’s Culture of Corruption Future are against Ethical Standards. On the other hand, a broad coalition of civic organizations, […]

  3. Peoples Press Collective » Mark Hillman Cuts Through Deception Used Against Amendments 47, 49, 54 says:
    10/27/2008 at 3:49 pm

    […] union membership is voluntary.   It’s nice to be able to cut through the white noise and lies of Protect Colorado Future’s outrageous political spin. Only eight more days. We can only hope for Ethical Standards (Amendment 49) and these other good […]

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