I Thought I Smelled A Gynecologist!

It has been an odd few days politically here in Colorado Springs. First, as I was absorbing in the freckle coated paleness that is the St. Patrick's day parade, imagine my shock when a float (what do you call a parade float that is just people walking? A gaggle?) sponsored by and promoting Andrew Romanoff came heading down the road. Yep, that Andrew Romanoff. Dysfunctional primary challenger to the anointed Mike Bennett, who was a no-show for those of you keeping track. Why in the world was Romanoff in deep red territory? I had barely heard of him even campaigning let alone trying to siphon off votes in El Paso county of all places. I think the crowd was as stunned as I was. Kudos to Republican governor hopeful Scott McInnis for having a float as well. Anybody with a "Mc" in there name running for office should always be at this parade. Nice to see he isn't taking the base for granted. Hickenlooper must have been doing something with Bennett as neither he nor any of his supporters were anywhere to be seen.

Which brings me to odd thing number two. Tonight was the Colorado caucus which gives all the grass roots, tea party types on both sides of the aisle a chance to harangue party leaders and maybe get one of their guys in. Knowing this (and staying home) how shocked was I to get a political robo-call while my political mates were busy trying to convince others that there is such a thing as a Tom Wiens.

Even more perplexing was the voice on the other end of the call: Michael Reagan, son of Ronaldus. What exactly was he polling and trying to get me to donate money to you say?

Getting a fair tax passed. (no national income tax, just a national sales tax, no IRS)

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Where in the world did this come from? Of all the political topics that are hot right now I would never have dreamed that anybody was seriously pimping a fair tax as a hot button issue. This can only be the work of Ron Paul and his acolytes. They must be so flush with tea party money that they've decided to make a move on taxes.

While I generally support the idea, the timing is absurd. First of all, all the political operatives in the state who care about this stuff (except me) were at the caucus. Why robo-call tonight of all nights. Waste of time. Second, nobody is going to vote Republican in 2010 to pass a fair tax. It's all about healthcare and preventing a tyrannical Congress from destroying the Constitution. Let's back burner this one for a while eh guys?

Besides, all you Paul cronies should have been out there working the caucus this past week through today. They matter in Colorado and if Ken Buck or Dan Maes has even a prayer they need a good showing tonight.

It's all about resources gentlemen, when and where. If you happen to have any cash left on hand, see if you can scare up Mayor Hickenlooper and try to get him to take a stance on something for a change. Leftists shouldn't be allowd to hide until election day given the tricks they're up to these days.