Ken Buck for Senate! Ken Buck for Senate!

Well, the Colorado primary is over. The Obama-appointed Rahm-vetted Michael Bennet won, beating a more liberal contender, Andrew Romanoff. Bennet will lose in November, as a scandal erupted around him that was exposed by the New York Times in the past couple of weeks. Unfortunately, 250,000 votes had already been cast by the time of the exposure. I’m a little concerned now that post card voting has real drawback. (The Denver Post had this story, and elected to sit on it.)

Romanoff got 46% of the vote -amazing given that Obama himself came here to support Bennet. It is testimony to the weakness of conservadems that there are such strong primary challenges, even to anointed candidates.

The lesser lesser, Ken Buck
Now it starts … we are going to be told that yeah, Bennet ain’t that good, but he’s better than the alternative. But he’s not. He’s worse. Here’s an example of why: During the health care debate, after the Democrats had killed the public option, Bennet circulated a letter to President Obama demanding that he include a P.O. in the final bill. It was Kabuki Theater – when Bennet had a chance to insert such an option in the reconciliation process, he declined to do so.

That’s his salt. That’s his ethos. He’s a fraud. It is not better to have a fraudulent Democrat in office than a Republican of any stripe. With a Republican we can organize. With a Democrat, we are fractured and pointless.

I am officially changing my voter registration from Democrat to Green this week. I only signed up as a Democrat to vote against Bennet.

I beg to differ!
I know, this sounds like whining. And honestly, Romanoff was an unknown quantity, himself a former member of the DLC. So often in this country we do not have real choices. As with Jon Tester in Montana, even if you get the desired result, the power and corruption in Washington undoes them when they get there.

Ground-level organizing is not just another way. It is the only answer. However, when Democrats are in power, it does not happen. So where Democrats put up fraudulent candidates, I will vote for Republicans. So for Senate this fall in Colorado, I will vote for Republican Ken Buck.

4 thoughts on “Ken Buck for Senate! Ken Buck for Senate!”

  1. I think Colorado only requires 1,000 signatures to (June deadline) qualify for the statewide general election ballot. Organize is the answer, but with Libertarian, Green and Constitution parties already qualified, and a winner-take-all system, the pie is precut favoring Dems and Repubs. Fusion is illegal in many states to protect the obvious threat it poses to business as usual. Some structural problems can be fixed in federal courts. When there’s a will there’s a way. Do citizens have the will? Or will more food stamps and extended unemployment benefits keep them from taking to the streets? If worse is better, Republicans can deliver in the shortest time. Vote Republican.

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  2. I will vote for Republican Ken Buck

    Then, nothing will change.

    You agree to the system that rules you, even though you fret and squirm under such a system.

    The system cares not who you vote for – it completely cares that you vote.

    And you do.

    The system is happy.

    You will continue to fret and squirm.

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