Tag: John Andrews
Bachmann calls for constitutional conservative takeover to free ‘nation of slaves’
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., was "giddy" on policy and heavy on appropriating comments from conservative pundits in her key note speech to the Western Conservative Summit in Denver Friday. Railing on Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, the health-policy adviser at the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, for his support of rationing health care and what she saw as Obama sponsored takeovers of U.S. industries, Bachmann said that the only way to escape the "tyranny" imposed by the last 18 months of Democratic rule was to elect constitutional conservatives to Congress.
Denver Post ends Gang of Four blogger experiment
The Denver Post will no longer host its "Gang of Four" Politics West commentary blog. The gang included self-styled libertarian Ross Kaminsky, former Colorado...
John Andrews’ strange, clueless ‘Coloradan of the Year’ column
Conservative "Backbone Radio" talk show host John Andrews wrote an end-of-the-year Denver Post column Sunday nominating Archbishop Charles Chaput as his Coloradan of the...
Spin Watch: Colo. personhood initiative would have major consequences
The Colorado Personhood ballot initiative would be something altogether new. The initiative is about more than merely outlawing abortion. According to Crystal Clinkbeard, communications...
Personhood spokesperson: Stories about fetus litigation simply made up
Lolita Hanks, Colorado Right to Life board member and a spokesperson for the 2010 Colorado Personhood ballot initiative, told 710 KNUS talk-radio host John Andrews today that stories detailing the legal threats personhood laws might pose to pregnant women were just fabrications designed to scare voters.
"But what about all the hypotheticals where attorneys would be retained on behalf of an unborn child, perhaps to litigate against the mother of that child?" asked Andrews.
"Well I just think that's just scare tactics," Hanks said
Right-wing talk show host running again for Colorado House seat
In case no one heard about it, blogger Republican Joshua Sharf is running again for Colorado House District 6. The past co-host of Backbone Radio...
Early Bird Special: Andrews blows an Obama gasket, Senate crowd swells
Yglesias thinks it's time to trash the Monday holiday tradition and switch to three-day weekends that start on a Friday. "I think it’s the...
Where does the Colorado GOP go from here? Ask Dick and...
Colorado Independent readers, your citizen journalism moment has arrived.
Rocky Mountain PBS talk show host Aaron Harber is requesting questions for his two-part series on the future of the Colorado Republican Party. But hurry, your deadline is 10 a.m. Monday.
It’s time to ask the perennial question: What of Douglas Bruce?
With all the GOP naval-gazing and talk of reform, it’s time now to ask that perennial question: Will Douglas Bruce, the soon-to-be-erstwhile state lawmaker helping to oversee a government he wants to dismantle, successfully shape-shift his way back on top? Or is it time to stick a fork in him? Not surprisingly, it depends on who is asked.
Douglas Bruce: ‘Will Truly Educate the Citizens of Colorado’
UPDATE: Friday, 11:30 p.m. Rep. Bruce has been booted off the State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee, effective immediately. House Minority Leader Mike May's...