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2/7/2026 By Ben 9 Comments

Yes, Virginia, ACORN’s Voter Registration Fraud Leads to Vote Fraud

Update: Blue Collar Muse answers more liberal efforts to shift blame from ACORN, and provides a boatload more evidence. And Palestra documents more sinister voting activity connected with the Obama campaign in Ohio. It's hard to keep up with all the evidence pouring forth. A liberal denizen of my comments section likes to repeat the claim that ACORN's repeated acts of voter registration fraud are harmless, that I shouldn't waste my time writing about it, and that he is so bored by the topic that he just has to keep commenting on it. Yes, the same ACORN under FBI investigation that prominently endorsed the deceptive issue campaign Protect Colorado's Culture of Corruption Future. But then you look at New Mexico, and you see where … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, Colorado Politics, General, National Politics Tagged With: ACORN, Ballotpedia, Barack Obama, Board of Elections, campaign, commenter, credit card numbers, crisis of legitimacy, Cuyahoga County, Darnell Nash, deception, Democratic primary, fake address, FBI investigation, Justine Fox Young, Lefties, liberals, New Mexico, Ohio, paper ballot, Protect Colorado's Future, Republican, reregistered, review, Soren Dayton, state representative, Transparency, voter fraud, voter registration fraud

2/7/2026 By Ben Leave a Comment

Isaac Smith, Whistleblower on “Educate the Idiots”, Tells His Story

A week ago, I noted that Colorado's high-powered Lefties were fighting back to "Educate the Idiots" about the authenticity of documents that shine an unflattering light on their Colorado Democracy Alliance (CoDA). Of course, since then we've seen the "whistleblower" Isaac Smith come forward to vouch for the documents he provided. Listen to Isaac tell his story to Jon Caldara, guest host for Mike Rosen, on 850 KOA earlier this week. The Left is assailing Isaac's character as a "thief" and a "forger". Judge for yourself, but it sure sounds to me that this guy has a lot less vested interest than the members of the CoDA who look bad. The "Educate the Idiots" memo - the only document that CoDA denies the authenticity of - just happens to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, Colorado Politics, General Tagged With: "Educate the Idiots", 527s, 850 KOA, authenticity, blogs, Colorado, Colorado Democracy Alliance, documents, forger, guest host, Isaac Smith, Jon Caldara, Lefties, mainstream media, Mike Rosen, non-profits, political candidates, thief, unflattering light, Unions, vested interest, web of activities, whistleblower

2/7/2026 By Ben Leave a Comment

Time to “Educate the Idiots” about the Authenticity of CoDA Documents?

A controversy is brewing over the authenticity of the Colorado Democracy Alliance (CoDA) documents, specifically the memo discussing their plan to "Educate the Idiots". Ironically, the satire blog by the same name has all the scoop on the controversy - here and here. Can't wait for Sunday's story in the Denver Post. It looks to me like the Lefties in CoDA are scrambling hard to cover up. We'll see. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, General Tagged With: "Educate the Idiots", Colorado Democracy Alliance, controversy, Denver Post, documents, Lefties, satire blog, scoop, Sunday story

2/7/2026 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 … [Read more...]

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

2/7/2026 By Ben Leave a Comment

Conservative Lesson from CoDA: Time to Latch on to Transparency Issue

We may never know just how authentic the "Educate the Idiots" document is (it's the word of a young, independent man with nothing to lose vs. a web of heavily-funded, Left-leaning organizations with their power and credibility at stake). But, as Jessica Fender's article in today's Denver Post demonstrates, the Colorado Democracy Alliance provides a teachable moment about the Left's sophisticated political organization, and how the conservative side has waited too long to wake up and get it. I am on the same page with Alan Philp on this one:A dearth of lasting conservative infrastructure and more limited resources mean Republicans won't see anything as sophisticated or coordinated for "some time to come," said Alan Philp, who led the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: clean government, Colorado Politics, General Tagged With: "Educate the Idiots", Alan Philp, Colorado Democracy Alliance, conservatives, coordination, Dan Haley, Democratic apparatus, Denver Post, editor, electioneering efforts, full disclosure, heavily-funded, insfrastructure, Jessica Fender, Lefties, limited resources, sophisticated political organization, Transparency

2/7/2026 By Ben 10 Comments

Alaska Can Have Bill Ritter … Colorado Will Take Sarah Palin Any Day

After last night's amazing speech, I'm jealous. Alaska, you can have Bill Ritter. Can we have Sarah Palin? Then I thought, in a few months she has a very good chance of being our vice-president. I'll settle for that. Interestingly, the Denver Post reports today about Gov. Ritter's lackluster speaking performance at last week's Democratic National Convention. A broken teleprompter appears to have been part of his problem. It seems Sarah Palin faced the same teleprompter problems, but went on unfazed to deliver a homerun. Could the same be said of Bill Ritter - or for that matter, Barack Obama - when they're off teleprompter? Broken teleprompter or not, I like this take from Michael at Best Destiny:But let me just leave this first … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, General, National Politics Tagged With: Alaska, Best Destiny, Bill Ritter, broken teleprompter, Colorado, Democratic National Convention, Denver Post, Governor, heartburn, Lefties, Michael, Republican National Convention, Sarah Palin

2/7/2026 By Ben Leave a Comment

From the Front Pages of the Lefty Political Playbook

Here's a little insight for the day ... Recently, I posted at the Schaffer v Udall blog a response to the latest trumped-up faux controversy heaped against the Republican U.S. Senate candidate. Rossputin followed it up at Politics West with an even abler and more thorough refutation of the charges - using relevant facts and evidence. I got a chuckle today when my friend pointed out to me the first comment added to Rossputin's post:when are you going to stop dodging my question about your work for the Heartland Institute? "DeGrow points out a few subsequent articles which show the attack to be erroneous as well as discussing how two of the "big names" leading the attack, former high-level diplomats, are now Democratic activists and at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blogging, Colorado Politics, General, My Life, National Politics Tagged With: anonymity, guilt by association, Heartland Institute, Independence Institute, Lefties, name-calling, political playbook, Rossputin, tactics

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