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Home clean government Ultra-Rich Colorado Lefties Will Pay You Money to “Educate the Idiots”

10/8/2008 By Ben 1 Comment

Ultra-Rich Colorado Lefties Will Pay You Money to “Educate the Idiots”

Apparently the Lefties are willing to pay quite a bit for you to help them campaign here in Colorado. I got this email recently:

Get Paid To Ensure A Progressive Majority In The Colorado Legislature

Earn $500 For 4 Days

Walk Precincts And Drop Literature For The Colorado Citizens’ Coalition

Saturday, November 1st- Election Day Tuesday, November 4th

The Colorado Citizens’ Coalition is the group dedicated to using grassroots organizing to educate voters about the progressive candidates for State House and State Senate.

To get involved contact Final Four Director Cory [N] at [PHONE #] or [EMAIL]

Join the Colorado Citizens’ Coalition for the Final Four Days to make a difference this election cycle. We are recruiting a team of more than 300 paid canvassers state wide to go door to door in the tightest state level races, drop off literature and talk to voters about the progressive choices for the State Legislature in their area.

You can earn $100 per day or $500 if you work all four days.

Please contact Final Four Director Cory [N] at [PHONE #] or [EMAIL] if you have any questions or to apply for a position. [emphasis added; name, phone number, and email address removed]

What do we know about Colorado Citizens’ Coalition?

The Colorado Citizens’ Coalition’s financial disclosures show the group is primarily supported by unions, left-leaning political groups and three wealthy political operatives, Pat Stryker, Tim Gill and Rutt Bridges.

The three millionaires, according to the disclosures, have given the coalition $422,500 since mid-June.

Colorado Citizens’ Coalition (CCC) has the same ultra-rich liberal funders as the Colorado Democracy Alliance (CoDA). Mark Grueskin, attorney for CoDA, filed the Secretary of State paperwork for CCC. The bookkeeper for CCC is Julie Wells, who also keeps books for most of the 527s operating under CoDA. So it’s safe to say there is some kind of cozy “progressive” relationship there.

Anyway, if all that’s true, should we guess that the sender of the email perhaps meant “educate the idiots” instead of “educate voters”? Or maybe they’re really just sensitive right now, and decided to tone down the rhetoric a bit.

Filed Under: clean government, Colorado Politics, General Tagged With: "Educate the Idiots", 527s, attorney, bookkeeper, campaign, Colorado, Colorado Citizens Coalition, Colorado Democracy Alliance, cozy relationship, Julie Wells, labor unions, Lefties, liberal funders, Mark Grueskin, paperwork, Pat Stryker, Progressive Majority, Rutt Bridges, Secretary of State, Tim Gill

Comments

  1. Vee says

    11/14/2008 at 8:55 am

    Well, I think it’s a matter of values. I am a Christian and I am supported Obama. I am against this war and giving tax breaks to the super rich. And although I am against abortion and gay marriage, I also value our young men who are dying in Iraq. These are tough times. I do not appreciate being called an idiot. Only God can judge men’s hearts.

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