Statetap: Lamborn skips SOTU, calls Obama ‘Santa Claus’

The Gazette ran through some Colorado politicians’ reactions to Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night. Here’s a highlight: Conservative Colorado 5th Congressional District Rep. Doug Lamborn, who boycotted the SOTU in 2012, was unimpressed with the speech this year. He likened the president to Santa Claus (Because of government spending, apparently.)

Correction: The original version of this post incorrectly reported that Lamborn had boycotted this year’s speech. The congressman attended the speech. The text above has been altered to reflect that fact.

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  1. As to the Lamborn mutt: That’s just another example of a typical Teabaghead/Republikkklan politician, and his capability as a Representative in Congress. And it certainly goes to show the complete dedication and devotion of that claque to it’s avowed “mission”, i.e., making certain that President Barack Obama is a “One Term President”.

    One may hope that ignorance might learn better; but there is no cure for stupidity.

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