And sometimes liberals do something so stupid that we conservatives/Republicans can exploit it for two different reasons. Such an occurrence comes courtesy of my own beloved Colorado and our hapless, unpopular Governor.
According to the Denver Post (I read about it on RedState), Gov. Bill Ritter (D) awarded a nice state contract to his former employer. A former employer who happens to have members who still contribute heavily to the Governor. If that kind of obvious favoritism wasn't bad enough, it seems Ritter is paying his former employer six times(!) what the Colorado Attorney General said they could do it for.
In this time of serious economic decline, how is it justifiable that the Governor could even try to pull this kind of thing? Well, Colorado AG John Suthers is an elected Republican so maybe Ritter just didn't want him working on a high profile assignment, one that might raise Suthers star just a bit.
And what, praytell, is so important that Ritter decided he needed high priced counsel to hash out? Oh that's right, it was how to handle federal bailout money. Of course you wouldn't a Republican involved with that.
Now we get to the second delicious irony. How exactly did Governor Ritter pay for these high-priced experts(cronies)?
He used the payment of Colorado federal bailout money.
Yes, the money that was supposed to put people to work, fixing roads, bridges, digging ditches or whatever the hell these leftists think this money is for. Nope, Ritter felt the first priority should be to unscrupulously give a big fat contract to his former employers/current cronies. All you people with shovel ready jobs can shove it and wait for the next round of money, assuming Ritter doesn't have any other friends who need a taste.
This event makes two things very clear. First, Ritter is a bad Governor and this new era of liberal transparency and compassion in government is a joke. Second, it shows that the whole stimulus is a joke. You think Ritter is the first politician who decided to play politics with that money? No way. He couldn't even wait until the stimulus money was flowing freely, he gave the handouts rights away. Pathetic.
Here's a good list of potential GOP opponents for Ritter in 2010 by 5280.com
http://www.5280.com/blog/?p=7977
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