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5/14/2009 By Ben 5 Comments

Colorado Democrats, Journalists Duped by Fraudulent Vet “Rick Duncan”

From 9News:Sure, he stuttered on occasion. He said strange things from time to time. But Rick Duncan was passionate about veterans in the state of Colorado. He told anyone who wanted to listen that he had served in Iraq on three occasions. That gave him an unofficial license to talk to journalists, politicians, and civilians about the war. So, many people simply ate it all up. The only problem was that Duncan wasn't actually a Marine, a Naval Academy graduate, or a wounded Iraq War Veteran, according to those who have looked into his background. His name, according to the Denver Sheriff's Department, isn't even Rick Duncan. It's Rick Strandlof, and as of Thursday afternoon, Strandlof remained inside a Denver County Jail cell. He … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, Colorado Politics, Cultural Conservatism, General, Journalism, media bias, National Politics, PPC Tagged With: 9News, background, believing, bias, bond, candidates, civilians, Colorado, complete fraud, Congressman, curious, damage, Democrats, Denver County Jail, Denver Sheriff's Department, destructive, disavowing, doctor, duped, expose, fact-check, filming, filters, gay marriage, Hal Bidlack, homosexual, Iraq, Jared Polis, journalists, lesson, lie, life, Marine, Mark Udall, Michelle Malkin, missed, Naval Academy, news media, passionate, people, person, play-acting, politicians, recovering, Republican, Rick Duncan, Rick Strandlof, senator, served, shoulders, shrug, slander, traffic warrant, truth, TV ads, uncovering, uniform, veteran, veterans, videos, war

3/12/2009 By Ben Leave a Comment

Rob Witwer Tells National Audience about Colorado’s Blue “Rocky Ride”

Some of you may remember many months back when Fred Barnes at the Weekly Standard gave national coverage to "The Colorado Model". Certainly a fine piece in its own right, but you'll find an even more detailed and insightful piece along the same lines in the new issue of National Review, written by my friend and former state representative Rob Witwer. Check out "Rocky Ride". By reading the piece, I learned that Rob and Adam Schrager of 9News (a Wolverine and a history major, a double-plus) are co-authoring a full-length book along the same lines titled The Blueprint: How Democrats Won the West (and Why Republicans Should Care). I plan to read their book (apparently scheduled to be released in 2010) after I get caught up and read … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, Colorado Politics, General, My Life, National Politics, PPC Tagged With: 2010, 9News, Adam Schrager, book, co-author, Colorado Model, detailed, double-plus, fine piece, Fred Barnes, history major, insightful, national coverage, National Review, new issue, released, Rob Witwer, Rocky Ride, state representative, The Blueprint, The Principled Politician, Weekly Standard, Wolverine

1/23/2009 By Ben 17 Comments

Governor Bill Ritter Wants to Welcome Gitmo Terrorists to Colorado Prison

Update: Welcome, Michelle Malkin readers. Perhaps you'll agree that Colorado can do much better than our current Democrat governor. Any article (this one happens to be from 9News) that starts with the following line spells bad news:Gov. Bill Ritter supports the idea of bringing terror suspects to Colorado to be housed at the federal Supermax prison in Florence. Go ahead, read the rest of the article. Governor Bill Ritter clearly has a long way to go making a compelling case to the people of Colorado. So why do it? Theories abound: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, Colorado Politics, General, National Politics, PPC, World Events Tagged With: 2010, 9News, article, Barack Obama, Bill Ritter, Buffie McFadyen, Bureau of Prisons, California, Camp Pendleton, chief executive, civilian prison, Colorado, compelling case, Congressman, contracted. campaign plan, convicted felons, Democratic Party, Department of Defense, enemies, federal cash, federal prison, Fort Leavenworth, Governor, Kansas, Kathleen Sebelius, legislation, line, magical money tree, military detainees, Obama administration, operatives, persuaded, prisoners, Pueblo West, Republicans, San Diego, skepticism, state budget cuts, stooge, Supermax, terror suspects, terrorists, theories, thesis, truckloads

9/9/2008 By Ben 3 Comments

Hypocritical Attacks from Opponents of Amendment 49 and Amendment 54

No doubt the political season is upon us, and the hypocrisy of large special interest groups is on display. Nowhere is this more true in our state than with the political group Protect Colorado's Future. Their spokesman said in an interview last week with Channel 7:"When you have these out-of-state, or narrow corporate interests trying to divide Coloradans, it's bad for all Colorado," said Jess Knox, wearing a pin that says, "No on 47, 49 and 54." So Protect Colorado's Future wants to make a big deal out of "out-of-state" campaign funds? Well, as Face The State points out today:It’s no secret that out-of-state money is flooding Colorado from both sides. In the unions’ case, the out-of state money is coming from the pockets of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, Colorado Politics, General, Labor Tagged With: 9News, Amendment 47, Amendment 49, Amendment 54, ballot fight, CBS4Denver, Channel 7, clean government, Colorado, deceptive advertising, Ethical Standards, Ethical Standards initiative, Face the State, hypocrisy, Independence Institute, Jess Knox, lobbyists, narrow interests, no-bid contracts, out-of-state, political season, power, privilege, Protect Colorado's Future, right-to-work, special interest groups, spokesman, Truth Test, union workers, worker freedom

8/12/2008 By Ben 1 Comment

A Different Perspective on Metro Denver School District Bond Elections

When 9News reporter Nelson Garcia wanted a different perspective on school district bond elections, he asked to interview me. If you want to see the video - or just read it in print so to avoid having to look at me - the story is here:Ben DeGrow is the education policy analyst for the Education Policy Center within the Independence Institute, which is a conservative political think tank. DeGrow says too many middle class families are coping with high gas prices and a poor real estate market to think about raising their own property taxes for schools. "This may be a tough year for JeffCo and other metro school districts to be asking for money," said DeGrow. JeffCo is just one of the major districts around Denver poised to ask voters … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, Education, Fiscal Policy, General, My Life Tagged With: 9News, Aurora, Ben DeGrow, bond elections, Cherry Creek, Denver, Education Policy Center, high gas prices, Independence Institute, JeffCo, mill levies, Nelson Garcia, policy analyst, presidential elections, real estate market, school districts, shameless self-promotion, think tank

7/18/2008 By Ben 1 Comment

Protect Colorado’s Future Fails 9News Truth Test, Brands Itself as Deceptive

It's still early in the campaign cycle, but the political group known as Protect Colorado's Future has already hung the banner of "Liar" around its neck. It's hard to see how much more credibility the group will have as the election season heats up. Protect Colorado's Future is overwhelmingly funded by a coalition of labor unions. The commercial it aired is designed to attack Right to Work (Amendment 47) and two initiatives that have yet to be certified on the ballot. In the interest of full disclosure, one initiative (#53), aka Ethical Standards - designed to "prevent public payroll systems from collecting and bundling money to special interest groups that hire lobbyists and make campaign contributions" - has been supported by research … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, Colorado Politics, General, Labor Tagged With: 9News, background checks, Bill Ritter, deception, Denver Daily News, Denver Post, Ethical Standards initiative, fraud, government contracting reform, hypocrisy, Initiative 59, Jon Caldara, lying, minimum wage amendment, Nancy Spence, Protect Colorado's Future, right-to-work, Rocky Mountain News, television ad, The Colorado Index, Tom Lucero, Truth Test, union thuggery

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