Rep. Lamborn apologizes for threatening constituents.
By on Sep 5th, 2007 at 10:03 am
Rep. Lamborn apologizes for threatening constituents.
Jonathan and Anna Bartha recently wrote a critical letter to the editor about Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) in the Denver Post, taking issue with a $1,000 contribution he received from the International Game Technology PAC. Lamborn then left two threatening voicemails on the couple’s answering machine, warning there would be “consequences” if they did not withdraw their letter. Lamborn has now apologized.
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seriously…on the answering machine? I can’t think of how that could leave incriminating evidence behind. What an idiot
September 5th, 2007 at 10:07 am“And like I said I’d rather resolve this on a Scriptural level but if you are unwilling to do that I will be forced to take other steps, which I would rather not have to do.”
LOL Hypocrite.
September 5th, 2007 at 10:10 am#1 – should you expect anything less from any (R)epuke….
September 5th, 2007 at 10:11 amNot enough.
September 5th, 2007 at 10:12 amSeriously…. what is wrong with republicans anymore? I mean, I know democrats can be shifty/corrupt/lame but seriously….. it’s almost like the republicans are ASKING us to vote them out.
September 5th, 2007 at 10:13 amAnd, in breaking news, neither Bill nor Hillary Clinton have ever used a curse word before ; )
September 5th, 2007 at 10:14 amIf someone threatened me like that I’d stomp them like a roach.
September 5th, 2007 at 10:15 amOnce again Jake you miss the point. You need your voter registration and driver’s license taken away you dangerous old fart.
This is about another Republican strong arming the citizenry because they can’t win on the issues ot their record.
Like a roach. Smash.
September 5th, 2007 at 10:20 amJake D. sez:
This just in…it appears that no one takes Shakey’s tired “Clinton Did It” rhetoric seriously.
In related, news, we have confirmed reports that no one takes Shakey seriously. ^_^
We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.
September 5th, 2007 at 10:26 amJake is apparently too stupid to realize what is wrong about a private citizen being threatened by someone in power because they had the temerity to criticize them.
How pathetic to have to troll progressive sites to get attention. Just a small, sad man.
September 5th, 2007 at 10:43 amBeing from Colorado, I have watched this slimeball slither around down in Colorado Springs for a while now. He is a perfect Repug; unethical, dishonest, hypocritical and an evangelical goose-stepper.
He will be defeated after 1 term.
September 5th, 2007 at 10:44 amI wonder what he means by “resolve this on a scriptural level”? At first I thought it was when someone has wronged you, you take a couple of church members to go see them and ask them to make amends but considering the fact that this is a Republican, he probably intened to smite them.
Either way, I’d press charges for harassment, then sue him for pain and suffering.
September 5th, 2007 at 10:49 amcrap, that should be “intended”.
September 5th, 2007 at 10:49 amGood for him!
Scary how little ‘provocation’ was necessary tho.
September 5th, 2007 at 11:18 amNow perhaps Rep. Lamborn should donate $1,000 to the USO as a demonstration of his sincerity. It also would render moot any question of his benefiting from a ‘gaming’ corporation. You know maybe he should make it $2,000? The USO does provide a VERY useful service.
September 5th, 2007 at 11:26 amTo quote that great philosopher……..Pee Wee Herman
We know you are sorry, now apologize.
jack jett
September 5th, 2007 at 2:10 pmOf course the only “newspaper” in Colorado Springs, the Gazette (http://www.gazette.com/ – pathetic popup infested propaganda), has made absolutely no mention of the story.
Sickening.
September 5th, 2007 at 4:59 pmI’m glad he apologized. In the inferno of the politics of today, it takes courage to own up.
September 5th, 2007 at 6:19 pmI thought federal regulations made it a crime to use a telephone to make a personal threat.
Shouldn’t the Justice Department be investigating this?
Oh, sorry. The bush backers still control our government. Justice is only a faded memory.
September 5th, 2007 at 7:49 pmhttp://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/9/1/164315/8536
CNN on Battle of Fallujah – The Anvil of God?
Sat Sep 01, 2007
Here’s what was said about the Battle of Fallujah on Dailykos at the time.
No civilian deaths in Fallujah
Did anyone see CNN’s piece on the Battle of Fallujah last night?
It was called The Anvil of God. This is glaring propaganda and to
borrow from Thomas Paine, an insult to God. There is no evidense that
God had anything to do with.
It said that there was “no evidense” for the claims of
civilian casualties. A more accurate statement would be
that reports of civilian casualties were repressed, hidden,
dismissed, ignored and denied by US authorities.
Full of glittering generalities, euphemisms, unwarranted extrapolation and the illogic of the “we must destroy the village in order to save it” ilk, this piece by CNN was propaganda that would make the Nazis cheer.
It was all about the heroism of our soldiers and the evil of
the terrorists in Fallujah. All glittering generalities. The story begins for CNN with the gruesome murder of the 4 contractors in Iraq.
The story began way before that for Fallujah.
There was the 1920 resistance there against the British, the bombing of a market in Fallujah during the first Gulf War, the killing of 15 demonstrators in April 2003 as they demanded that US forces get out of their children’s schoolhouse.
there was the rounding up of young men and sending them to Abu Graib, there was the unprovoked bombing and invasion of Iraq in the first place.
The people of Fallujah, except for young males who could be
resistance fighters were forced to evacuate their city and go
to camps, chicken coops in the countryside, wherever – they were
made homeless.
There city was destroyed by our bombing – water and electrical power have still not been restored -
The people left in the city were killed, thousands of people that
no one bothered to count, women, children, elderly along with
the suspect young males.
About 40 US soldiers were killed.
Fallujah was destroyed.
CNN has glorified and romanticized this horror and will
continue to help lead our country into disasterous wars
with it’s slick propaganda.
My heart goes out to all those who suffer under the
current failed leadership of our nation and the failed
stewardship of its citizens in the media.
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dogs ate the corpses?
I couldn’t watch it, what was going on with them, some kind of back room deal to seduce young people into joining up? Was this some kind of propaganda meant to avoid the draft? Who produced this ’show,’ does anyone know? And those fighters are now sold as our allies against bin Laden?
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http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/9/1/401/95077
Iraq: A 75% Drop In Killing If You Don’t Count The Bodies
September 6th, 2007 at 8:45 amasdfasdfasdf
September 6th, 2007 at 4:50 pm