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Colorado lawmaker who supported gun control to face recall election

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Colorado lawmaker who supported gun control to face recall election

Published June 19, 2013
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    May 24, 2013: Paradise Firearms owner Paul Paradis holds a flyer depicting Colorado's State Senate President, Democrat John Morse, together with a petition to recall him, right, at his gun shop in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP)
DENVER - The Colorado secretary of state's office on Tuesday declared that organizers behind a recall petition against a Colorado lawmaker who supported gun control had enough valid signatures to set up the first potential recall of a state lawmaker in Colorado history.
The secretary of state said opponents of Senate President John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, gathered more than 10,000 valid signatures. They only needed 7,178 valid signatures, equaling 25 percent of all the votes cast in the previous state Senate election.
The recall election would likely in occur in September, though legal challenges could drag the process into October.

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NYC Mayor Bloomberg donates $350G to fight Colorado recalls

Published August 29, 2013
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has thrown $350,000 behind an effort to fight the recall of two Colorado Democratic legislators for their votes in favor of sweeping new gun control laws.

Campaign finance paperwork filed Tuesday and obtained by KDVR.com showed that Bloomberg wrote a personal check to Taxpayers for Responsible Democracy, the group fighting the recalls targeting Colorado Springs Senate President John Morse and Sen. Angela Giron, of Pueblo.
The National Rifle Association has contributed more than $108,600 to try to unseat the Democratic incumbents. Most of the money has gone toward radio, Internet, and cable ads, as well as billboard advertising.
But backers of Morse and Giron have given bigger donations, most notably Bloomberg's contribution.
Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns group has pushed for more restrictions on firearms in states nationwide, including Colorado. Billionaire Philanthropist Eli Broad also contributed $250,000 to the Democrats' campaigns.
"We want to thank every single one of those supporters, from Mayor Michael Bloomberg to the people who gave 5 or 10 dollars," Jennie Peek-Dunstone of Pueblo United for Angela told KDVR.com. "They all play a role in fighting back against the 'wave of fear' that the recall proponents want to send across the country."

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/29/nyc-mayor-bloomberg-donates-350g-to-fight-colorado-recalls/#ixzz2dMH6DxKx
 
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National Rifle Association
Colorado voters stunned the nation Tuesday night by ousting two heavily funded Democratic state legislators in a recall election that was cast as a national referendum on gun control. Senate President John Morse and state Sen. Angela Giron lost their seats in the state's first-ever Legislative recall election, despite the support of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, hundreds of ground troops from groups like Organizing for America, and a 7-to-1 spending advantage.
 
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Colorado voters stunned the nation Tuesday night by ousting two heavily funded Democratic state legislators in a recall election that was cast as a national referendum on gun control. Senate President John Morse and state Sen. Angela Giron lost their seats in the state's first-ever Legislative recall election, despite the support of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, hundreds of ground troops from groups like Organizing for America, and a 7-to-1 spending advantage.
AHH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA, HO HO HO HO, HEE HEE HEE HEE........

The People got off their asses and have spoken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:p
 
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Sadly the damage is done. I bet the Dems employ this tactic over and over again.

regardless of their lackeys losing their positions.


I'm sure these carpet baggers will pop up somewhere else with a new job as a reward for screwing gun owners and the Constitution of Colorado
 
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They did their little "dirty deed" and seem pretty happy for it :mad:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/11/u...orado-lawmaker-concedes-defeat-in-recall-over-gun-law.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp

In a pugnacious concession speech, the Senate president, John Morse, called the loss of his seat "purely symbolic" and defended the record of the last legislative session as "phenomenal."
"You're not judged by how you got knocked down but how you got back up," he said.

Several political analysts said despite the vote's symbolism, its immediate impact on state policies would be limited. Democrats will cling to slender majorities in both chambers of Colorado's legislature. The governor is still a Democrat. The gun-control laws will stay on the books. And any anger over the gun limits may cool off by next year's regular elections.
"The sound and the fury, the noise and the money are far larger than the consequences," said John Straayer, a professor of political science at Colorado State University.
 
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Several political analysts said despite the vote's symbolism, its immediate impact on state policies would be limited. Democrats will cling to slender majorities in both chambers of Colorado's legislature. The governor is still a Democrat. The gun-control laws will stay on the books.
Yes, but the Dems who did keep their jobs, are going to think long and hard about voting against the rights of gun owners in Colorado. This definitely sends a message. Victory!

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Piss on the infringers and usurpers!!!!