North Suburban Republican Forum

October, 2010
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Key Dates for Election Year 2010

October 4: Last day to register to vote in the November general election.
October 12: Mail in ballots will start arriving in your mailbox
October 18: Early voting begins at voting centers
November 2: General election. 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Get Out The Vote, Colorado Republicans!!!!

To register to vote or confirm you are a registered Colorado voter, go to: www.GoVoteColorado.com

Our next meeting is from 9:15-10:15 am, Saturday morning, October 9th featuring a
discussion of the upcoming Colorado General Election along with hearing from any
candidate in attendance. Remember to invite somebody new to the NSRF as we discuss
politics for the Denver North Metro area. Please forward this newsletter to other like-minded
individuals. We need to be activists to regain our county and country from progressive
minded Liberals.

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From Alice Harrison correspondencesecretary@adamscountyrepublicanwomen.org

Adams County Republican Women (aka The Trumpeteers)

 
Our meeting is set for October 2nd at 10:00 am at O'Meara Ford 104th Ave.  Our speaker is R.J. Hicks from
Metro North Chamber of Commerce speakers’ bureau.  He is going to give us the information (pro and con) in
the Blue Book for the election coming up on November 2nd.  We will have coffee, rolls, cookies and juice. 
This should be very informative so everyone is invited. 
Looking forward, I wanted to let you know that we will not be having a formal meeting on November 2nd (our
scheduled November meeting) which is Election Day.  We are asking all members to come have lunch on the
GOP at the Victory office and participate in GET OUT THE VOTE.  There are things that can be done besides
calling on the phone.  We will get more information on that and send it out.  Keep in mind that all of these
events are important and it helps you keep connected and informed.
Thanks and we’ll see you there!

Bar Stool Economics…aka the liberal taxing mindset

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100 and If they paid their bill
the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: 

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.

The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.)

So, that’s what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the
arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. “Since you are all such good customers,” he said,
“I’m going to reduce the cost of
 your daily beer by $20.” so drinks for the ten now cost  just $80.

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way  we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected…They
would still drink for free…But what about the other six men – the paying customers? How could they divide
the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his ‘fair  share?’…They realized that $20 divided by six is  $3.33…
But if they subtracted that from everybody’s share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up
being paid to drink his beer..So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man’s bill by
roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.

And so:
The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).

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Each of the six was better off than before…And the first four continued to drink for free…But once outside the
restaurant, the men began to compare their savings. “I only got a dollar out of the $20,”declared the sixth man.
He pointed to the tenth man,” but he got $10!” “Yeah, that’s right,” exclaimed the fifth man. ”I only saved a
dollar, too. It’s unfair that he got ten times more than I!” “That’s true!!” shouted the  seventh man. “Why should
he get $10 back when I got
only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!” “Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men in unison. “We didn’t get
anything at all. The system exploits the poor!”

 The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up. The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so
the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something
important. They didn’t have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!

And that, ladies and gentlemen, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people
who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for
being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore.  In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the
atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.

 David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.

 Professor of Economics  University of Georgia

For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not understand, no explanation is
possible.

2010 Candidates Forum online

Adams County and State Legislative candidates came together at the Thornton Civic Center for a
debate on budget deficits, transportation issues, business, education, and much more. Complete video
of the debate is provided here: http://thornton.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=120

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Experience at the forefront for Arnall in AdCo coroner run
BRIGHTON — Mike Arnall believes in doing things by the book.
    The large, square black bag he totes along with him full of textbooks that he has memorized in 28 years as a
forensic pathologist-back up that point.
    And it’s that kind of by-the-book approach that he plans to continue using if he is elected Adams County
Coroner come November.
    Arnall, who handled the majority of autopsies for the office from 2005 to 2009, chose to run for the office but
not without some second thoughts.
    “All sane persons would be,” he said about any nervousness over becoming a political candidate. “It’s a new
paradigm. They didn’t teach this in medical school.”
    He backtracks on the last statement and admits that a primary facet of medical school is an ability to
communicate effectively with patients. He believes the same tool serves well in the world of politics.
    Arnall, 55, is a self-described “defense industry brat.” His father was an engineer and his projects took them
across the country. Arnall, as a pathologist, has followed a similarly transient career path. His work has taken
him to Boston, Mass, Florida, Colorado and even a year in Auckland, New Zealand.

Michael Arnall, a former forensic pathologist in the Adams County

Coroner’s Office, is the Republican candidate for county coroner.

    His motivation to run for the office is two-fold. Arnall said seeing
many fellow forensic pathologists take county coroner roles in other
Colorado counties made it seem like a natural progression for him. He
also believes his experience interacting with police detectives and
prosecuting attorneys at crime scenes and in subsequent investigations
makes him valuable.
    Arnall is coyly reticent when it comes to how much of a role problems
in the Adams County Coroner’s office prompted him to run. A 2009
Denver Westword article painted a tempestuous environment inside the office characterized by harassment
allegations and micromanagement. Arnall was not quoted in the article, which referenced his firing as the
county’s contracted forensic pathologist in 2008
    Part of his reasoning for not delving into the details of the article is that some of it has become the basis for a
legal case and he believes he will likely be called to testify. Arnall said the article didn’t shock those familiar
with the office.
    “While that article may have disclosed to the public certain issues … for the professionals that interact with
the office the article did not come as a surprise,” he said.
    He is less guarded when it comes to needed changes for the office. He sees no reason why autopsies must be
conducted in another county–a practice started after his termination. He calls the Brighton facility the finest in
the state and, possibly, the best he has worked in during a career that has spanned the globe.
    “If all the crime scene investigators have to take a hike up to McKee Medical Center in Loveland, that
requires time,” he said. “Time when they could be fingerprinting a car that’d been burglarized, time they could
spend doing something else. It’s time they need to be spending on helping other victims. They don’t need to be
on the freeway for the hour, hour and a half, it takes to get there; hour, hour and a half it takes to get back. They
don’t need to take three hours of their day on transportation when they could be here in Brighton.”
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    He also said he will not require death certificates to always have the final signature of the coroner when a
physician’s signature is suitable. He allows there are certain cases where the coroner’s oversight is needed, in
cases where there may be a public health risk or the death has suspicious circumstances.
    He believes experience is the determining factor in this race.
    “Twenty-eight years of experience,” he said. “It’s as simple as that.”
    He has worked in the field for nearly as long as his Democratic opponent, Monica-Broncucia-Jordan, has
been alive. Still, he has high-praise for his former co-worker.
    “Monica is smart. Monica is honest,” Arnall said. “I have nothing bad to say about Monica. I’ve worked with
her. I know.”
    They share a same desire for change in the office. Arnall said he knows how to deliver it.
    “Substantial changes would benefit citizens of the county, attorneys that have try a case, one side or the other,
also benefit law enforcement,” he said. “There’s a group of individuals that would benefit from something as
simple as doing it by the book.
    “And there are books,” he adds. “And that’s what I have done for the last 28 years, study the books.

By Kevin Denke
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 11:00 pm (Updated: September 21, 11:30 pm
http://www.thebrightonblade.com/content/experience-forefront-arnall-adco-coroner-run

Citizens’ Group Helps Uncover Alleged Rampant Voter Fraud in Houston

By Ed Barnes

 Published September 25, 2010 | FoxNews.com

 When Catherine Engelbrecht and her friends sat down and started talking politics several years ago, they soon
agreed that talking wasn’t enough. They wanted to do more. So when the 2008 election came around, “about
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50” of her friends volunteered to work at Houston’s polling places.  “What we saw shocked us,” she said.
“There was no one checking IDs, judges would vote for people that asked for help. It was fraud, and we
watched like deer in the headlights.” 

 Their shared experience, she says, created “True the Vote,” a citizen-based grassroots organization that began
collecting publicly available voting data to prove that what they saw in their day at the polls was, indeed,
happening — and that it was happening everywhere.  “It was a true Tea Party moment,” she remembers.

 Like most voter watchdog groups, she said, her group started small. They decided to investigate voting fraud in
general, not just at the polling places, and at first they weren’t even sure what to look for — and where to look
for it.   “The first thing we started to do was look at houses with more than six voters in them” Engelbrecht
said, because those houses were the most likely to have fraudulent registrations attached to them. “Most voting
districts had 1,800 if they were Republican and 2,400 of these houses if they were Democratic . . .

 ”But we came across one with 24,000, and that was where we started looking.”  It was Houston’s poorest and
predominantly black district, which has led some to accuse the group of targeting poor black areas. But
Engelbrecht rejects that, saying, “It had nothing to do with politics. It was just the numbers.” 

 The task was overwhelming. With 1.9 million voters and 886 voting precincts, Houston’s Harris County is the
second largest county in the country — and the key to Texas elections.  The group called for help and quickly
got 30 donated computers and “tens of thousands of hours” of volunteer work. And then the questions started to
arise.  “Vacant lots had several voters registered on them. An eight-bed halfway house had more than 40 voters
registered at its address,” Engelbrecht said. “We then decided to look at who was registering the voters.”

 Their work paid off. Two weeks ago the Harris County voter registrar took their work and the findings of his
own investigation and handed them over to both the Texas secretary of state’s office and the Harris County
district attorney.  Most of the findings focused on a group called Houston Votes, a voter registration group
headed by Sean Caddle, who also works for the Service Employees International Union. Among the findings
were that only 1,793 of the 25,000 registrations the group submitted appeared to be valid. 

 The other registrations included one of a woman who registered six times in the same day; registrations of non-
citizens; so many applications from one Houston Voters collector in one day that it was deemed to be beyond
human capability; and 1,597 registrations that named the same person multiple times, often with different
signatures.  Caddle told local newspapers that there “had been mistakes made,” and he said he had fired 30
workers for filing defective voter registration applications. He could not be reached for this article.

 ”The integrity of the voting rolls in Harris County, Texas, appears to be under an organized and systematic
attack by the group operating under the name Houston Votes,” the Harris voter registrar, Leo Vasquez, charged
as he passed on the documentation to the district attorney. A spokesman for the DA’s office declined to discuss
the case. And a spokesman for Vasquez said that the DA has asked them to refrain from commenting on the
case.

 The outcome of the efforts grew in importance the day after Vasquez made his announcement. On the morning
of Aug. 27, a three-alarm fire destroyed almost all of Harris County’s voting machines, throwing the upcoming
Nov. 2 election into turmoil. While the cause wasn’t determined, the $40 million blaze, according to press
reports, means election officials will be focused on creating a whole new voting system in six weeks. Just how
they do it will determine how vulnerable the process becomes.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/23/voter-fraud-houston-tea-party-truethevote-texas/
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Typical Democrats – John Kerry says voters are too stupid to know what is going on

September 27th, 2010

http://www.tonysrants.com/denver/typical-democrats-john-kerry-says-voters-are-too-stupid-to-know-
what-is-going-on/

Once traitor, now Senator John Kerry says that uninformed

voters are to blame for the Democrats problems. Ah yes, the
little people.  Those pesky, know-nothing folks that have voter
registration cards are to blame for the Democrats inability to
govern.

Senator John Kerry told reporters on Friday, “We have an

electorate that doesn’t always pay that much attention to what’s
going on so people are influenced by a simple slogan rather
than the facts or the truth or what’s happening.” So according
to the good senator the reason the Democrats are going to get
their you-know-whats kicked in November isn’t because Democratic leadership has been a complete and total
failure.

It isn’t the fact that Democrats have overseen a growing national debt that even our grandchildren won’t be able
to pay off. And no, it isn’t the unemployment rate that has jumped to nearly 10% after the Democrats blew over
$800 billion on a “stimulus” that was supposed to stop it at 8%.

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Neither is it because the liberals in Washington DC have rammed legislation down the throats of the American
people against their will in violation of the United States Constitution. And of course it isn’t because while we
were promised no new taxes when we have in fact seen an increase in tax burden.

The senior senator from Massachusetts who just bought a $7 million yacht (and worked the deal so he could
escape paying taxes) says it is you and I to blame for the Democrats’ woes. Apparently we are simply too
ignorant and simple-minded to understand the nuances of today’s politics and issues.  Sadly Kerry’s attitude
toward Americans is not unusual; he no doubt has plenty of like-minded colleagues in Washington with him. 
God willing, come November 2nd we will whittle those numbers down a few.

Amendment 63 Protects Right To Buy The Health Care You Want

Ever heard of “palliative care?” Well, you might want to get familiar with the term. According to Independence
Institute Health Care Policy Center Director Linda Gorman, “In certain health policy circles ‘palliative care’ is code for
withholding medical treatment that health care bureaucrats deem ‘too expensive’ for ordinary people.” In her latest
op-ed, Linda explains how Amendment 63 protects your right to spend your own money on the health care that you
think you need, instead of what government decides you can have. Re-printed in its entirety:

Passing Amendment 63 in November would ensure that you will have the right to use your own money to pay for the
medical care that you think you need. If you live in Colorado you need this protection, and you need it now.

Colorado’s health agencies plan to control your health care even if you have private insurance. They are staffed with
people who think that it is their right to control the amount of money you should be allowed to spend on health care.
They also believe that they should have the right to determine the treatments that you should be allowed to get.

H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare) has finally given them the power to make
their dreams a reality. It puts government in control of the medical care that private insurers may offer, lets

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government track all medical care encounters, and will let the state determine the value of different kinds of
medical care.

The Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) is just one of the “public-private” entities within the Colorado
Department of Health Care Policy and Financing that wants to tell you what to do. It is cooperating with a number of
private foundations, and private businesses, to put limits on your medical care expenditures.

In reports to the private foundations that help support it, CIVHC says that it hopes that the experiments it runs on
people in Medicaid, a group forced to accept whatever health care state agencies decide to deliver, “can later be
replicated for private payer populations.”

An April 2010 email update from the State Quality Improvement Institute discusses CIVHC’s current project to
measure the cost savings from using more palliative care in Medicaid. The email brags that the Colorado Department
of Health Care Policy and Financing and CIVHC “are teaming up with the University of Colorado Denver School of
Medicine, Kaiser-Permanente Colorado, the National Palliative Care Research Center, and the Center to Advance
Palliative Care to conduct a study in Colorado measuring the cost savings of palliative care services for the state
Medicaid program.”

People in Medicaid can already get palliative care if they wish. So can everyone else.

In certain health policy circles “palliative care” is code for withholding medical treatment that health care
bureaucrats deem “too expensive” for ordinary people. Government agencies trying to lower their health care
expenditures love palliative care. They feel that too few people in their programs choose it.

Why pay for medical treatment, they reason, when such treatments have only a moderate chance of success and when
it is much less expensive to provide people with all the drugs they need for comfort care?

This attitude permeates government controlled health care systems. It is one reason why European countries with
government run systems have much higher cancer mortality rates than the US. It is a lot less expensive to give
someone pain killing drugs than a course of radiation or chemotherapy.

Passing Amendment 63 would send a message to elected officials. It would tell them that it is wrong for government
to cooperate with private entities to limit an individual’s right to use his own money to pay for the medical care that
he needs. It would also amend the Colorado Constitution to preserve the right to spend your own money to buy the
medical care that may save your live or the lives of those you love.

http://www.joncaldara.com/2010/09/29/amendment-63-protects-right-to-buy-the-health-care-you-want/

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 GOP 'Pledge': tax and spending cuts
By: Jonathan Allen and Jake Sherman and Richard E. Cohen
September 22, 2010 04:33 PM EDT

House Republicans are set to release on Thursday a "Pledge to America," an ambitious and
sweeping set of proposed changes to domestic and security policy, including promises to
freeze most federal government hiring, cut Congress's budget, place hard caps on
domestic spending accounts, prevent the phaseout of tax cuts that are set to expire in
2011 and "repeal and replace" the new health care law.

Many of the reforms envisioned by House Republicans are highly unlikely to ever become
law, but others foreshadow tough fights with President Barack Obama's administration
over spending, taxation and national security policy if Republicans win control of the
House in November's midterm election. Another set would require simple changes to
House rules.

Republicans plan to unveil the Pledge to America — a much more comprehensive agenda
than the 1994 Contract With America — at a hardware store in Sterling, Va., on Thursday.
POLITICO reporters viewed a draft of the 20-plus page manifesto Wednesday afternoon.

Republicans are holding a conference meeting late Wednesday to discuss and approve a
final version of the agenda.

Democrats already are calling Republicans' plan warmed-over stew, and many of the
proposed reforms are already embodied in legislation that has been introduced in the
House or espoused by House GOP leaders.

“Congressional Republicans are pledging to ship jobs overseas, blow a $700 billion hole in
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the deficit to give tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires, turn Social Security from a
guaranteed benefit into a guaranteed gamble and, once again, subject American families
to the recklessness of Wall Street and take away patients’ rights,” said Nadeam Elshami,
a spokesman for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). “Democrats will protect Social Security,
give tax cuts to the middle class and help the middle class through our ‘Make It in
America’ manufacturing strategy.”

Republicans, obviously, see it quite differently. From back-benching freshmen to party

leaders, it’s being met with a warm reception. National Republican Congressional
Committee Chairman Pete Sessions of Texas contrasted the agenda with Obama’s
campaign promises, which he said didn’t sell specifics.

“We’ve put the things on a piece of paper,” Sessions said late Wednesday. “It is a
document that outlines not just the direction and our intent but how we will stand together
and move this country forward together.”

The presentation includes graphs on the economy, as well as quotations from Virginia
Gov. Bob McDonnell and former presidents Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy.

The plan is divided into five parts: spending, jobs, government reform, national security
and health care.

To cut spending, Republicans say they are committed to canceling remaining

expenditures from the 2009 stimulus law, returning domestic appropriations to 2008
levels, imposing "hard" budget caps on discretionary spending accounts, reducing
spending for congressional operations, having weekly floor votes on winners of the
"YouCut" program that allows citizens to vote online for programs that should be slashed,
ending the Troubled Asset Relief Program, ending government control of the secondary
home-mortgage lending giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, freezing federal hiring for
nonsecurity jobs, sunsetting programs after a certain number of years and using more
straightforward budgeting for entitlement programs.

The jobs section includes pledges to stop all planned 2011 tax increases — including the
expiration of the 2001 Bush tax cuts for individuals and the re-establishment of the estate
tax. It also calls for a small-business tax deduction that allows owners to take a 20 percent
deduction, to roll back the so-called 1099 requirement that businesses report certain
spending to the IRS and to establish a requirement that new federal regulations that cost
more than $100 million get congressional approval.

Republicans believe that the debate over Obama's health care overhaul has helped
position the party to take over the House, and they devoted a substantial portion of the
agenda to repealing the law and replacing it with a scaled-back version.

The line items include well-known Republican priorities, like enacting medical liability
reform and allowing for the purchase of insurance policies across state lines. But it also
calls for keeping the prohibition on denial of insurance because of pre-existing conditions
and expanding health savings accounts — provisions they pushed during the health care
debate earlier in this Congress. In a bow to social conservatives, Republicans vowed to
prohibit taxpayer funding of abortions — although in a way that tracks with the existing

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Hyde Amendment.

Only one other social issue, protecting "traditional marriage," is mentioned in the
document — and it is relegated to the preamble rather than the portion addressing
legislative proposals.

Republicans say they want to alter the way Congress does business by encouraging
lawmakers to read bills before they get a vote and ensuring legislation adheres to the
Constitution — a role generally reserved to the courts.

In one stand-out procedural promise that could prove difficult to keep, Republicans say
they will let any lawmaker offer an amendment to a bill that would cut spending.

On national security, Republicans stuck to some of their most popular messages of the
past year. They promise to offer "clean" troop funding bills — a nod to their opposition to
Democrats attaching extemporaneous items onto supplemental war appropriations
legislation. And they are pledging, somewhat broadly, to keep individuals suspected of
committing terrorist acts off American soil. They say they will not offer them Miranda rights
or try them in civilian courts.

They also vow to "hold President Obama responsible" for any one-time Guantanamo Bay
detainees who engage in terrorism or other acts against the United States after their
release.

Finally, Republicans promise that they will enforce tough sanctions against Iran and fully
fund missile defense programs.

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 Rosen: Party trumps person in real politics
By Mike Rosen
Posted: 09/16/2010 01:00:00 AM MDT

As many times as I've explained how party trumps person in the real world of politics, some
people misunderstand my meaning. It doesn't mean party trumps principle, although broad-
based political coalitions may compromise conflicting principles. And it doesn't mean that
individuals can't make a difference in politics and public policy. But like it or not, we have a two-
party system, and that's not going to change anytime soon.

Minor parties and their candidates can be spoilers, but rarely do they win elections. Either
Republicans or Democrats will be the majority party in legislative bodies, and with that majority
status goes control of all the committees and subcommittees, the locus of power.

Let's say Republican voters helped elect a conservative Democrat to Congress over a moderate
Republican, and that conservative Democrat gave his party a 218-217 majority in the U.S.
House. Misguided Republicans who voted for this conservative Democrat would get the
unintended consequence of Nancy Pelosi presiding as speaker, a majority of liberal Democrats
running the show, the GOP relegated to minority status and its legislative agenda stymied.

In Europe's multi-party parliamentary democracies, when no single party wins a majority of

seats in parliament, a governing coalition is patched together after the election to forge a
legislative majority. That coalition then elects a head of government, the prime minister. In our
constitutional republic, the executive branch is independent of Congress, and the president is
elected by the people. But, like the Europeans, we also have coalitions. The difference is that the
distinct coalitions of our two major parties are already in place before the election.

The Republican coalition is an alliance of conservatives, middle- and upper-income taxpayers

(but not leftist Hollywood millionaires and George Soros), individualists who prefer limited
government, those who are pro-market and pro-business, believers in American exceptionalism
and a strong national defense, social-issues conservatives and supporters of traditional American
values.

The Democratic coalition includes guilt-ridden liberals, collectivists, labor unions, government
workers, leftist academics, plaintiffs-lawyers, lower- and middle-income net tax-receivers,
identity-politics minorities, feminists, gays, enviros, nannyists, and activists for assorted anti-
gun, anti-capitalist, anti-business, anti-military and world-government causes.

I say party trumps person because regardless of the individuals who win legislative seats, in the
final analysis the agenda of the majority party's coalition will be served. This also applies to the
occupant of the White House or the Governor's Mansion, who will accommodate his party's
coalition with policies and with appointments of like-minded people to judgeships, key executive
branch positions, boards, commissions, etc.

Independents who may variously swing their votes to Democrats and Republicans may
idealistically pride themselves on voting for "the person, not the party." But whether they intend
it or not, they'll be hitching their wagon to the agenda and interests of one of the two major-
party coalitions. If they vote quixotically for minor-party candidates, they'll still ultimately be
governed by Democrats or Republicans.

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In Colorado's chaotic governor's race this year, party still trumps person. Tom Tancredo may, as
a matter of convenience, be running as the nominal candidate of a minor party, but he's still
very much a Republican in spirit and agenda. If he or Dan Maes is elected, the GOP coalition will
be served.

John Hickenlooper isn't nonpartisan or bipartisan. He's a Democrat by choice. He may have a
little wiggle room but, if elected, he'll still be beholden to and bound by the big players in his
party's coalition. Don't hold your breath waiting for Hick to defy the teacher unions or
government employees.

You can pick the "lesser of evils" between the two major parties and get in the game or indulge
your idealism and independence. It's your vote to cast as you wish. But it won't change the
reality of the system.

Mike Rosen's radio show airs weekdays from 9 a.m. to noon on 850-KOA.

 REVIEW & OUTLOOK

 SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Blaming the Voters

Democrats embrace the Chris Farley
school of political motivation.

Democrats seeking to boost voter turnout

this fall are beginning to sound like the
late comedian Chris Farley's portrayal of a
"motivational speaker" on Saturday Night
Live. Farley's character sought to inspire
young people by announcing that they
wouldn't amount to "jack squat" and would
someday be "living in a van down by the
river."

Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, who

prefers sailing vessels to vans by the
river, recently tried out the Farley method.
Said Mr. Kerry, "We have an electorate
that doesn't always pay that much
attention to what's going on so people are
influenced by a simple slogan rather than
the facts or the truth or what's happening."
Bay State voters are surely thrilled to be represented by a man so respectful of their concerns.

This week President Obama chimed in with another uplifting message about the American electorate. Mr. Obama told
Rolling Stone that the tea party movement is financed and directed by "powerful, special-interest lobbies." But this doesn't
mean that tea party groups are composed entirely of corporate puppets.
Mr. Obama graciously implied that a small subset of the movement is
simply motivated by bigotry.

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden

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The President said "there are probably some aspects of the Tea Party that are a little darker, that have to do with anti-
immigrant sentiment or are troubled by what I represent as the President." The tea party is now supported by a third of the
country in some polls.

Perhaps advocates for smaller government shouldn't take Mr. Obama's comments personally. In the new Democratic
attacks on the voting public, not even Democrats are spared. Vice President Joe Biden recently urged the party's base to
"stop whining" and "buck up," a message echoed by Mr. Obama in his Rolling Stone interview. The President demanded
that his supporters "shake off this lethargy," warning that it would be "inexcusable" for liberals to stay home on Election
Day.

Mr. Obama added that "if people now want to take their ball and go home, that tells me folks weren't serious in the first
place." Making the case for left-wing voters to show up in November, Mr. Obama told Rolling Stone that he is presiding
over "the most successful administration in a generation in moving progressive agendas forward."

We'd agree, but his problem is that most Americans don't like that agenda and millions of voters in both parties wanted
him to oversee an economic expansion instead. Blaming the voters is not unheard of among politicians, but usually they
wait until after an election.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703882404575520044037709702.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

Can you spare just a few hours a week? Or maybe a few hours every 2-3 weeks?  Once a month? Your
participation will help to insure a conservative Victory in 2010!  Please support your local VICTORY
OFFICE, no matter what county you reside in.  Below is an important update regarding VICTORY for
those of you in ADAMS/BROOMFIELD County.  If you reside in another county, please contact your local
county Republican office for more info.  For those of you in Adams County that are receiving this, we
needyou NOW!  The primaries are over and it's time to get behind ALL our candidates to insure a
CONSERVATIVE VICTORY.

 And please, it will save us much needed time if you can respond and get signed up for VICTORY
without your County volunteers having to call ~ of course, we would love to get better acquainted,
but would rather do that AT Victory.  Being proactive will make a difference long-term, and actually
feels better than throwing things at the TV!   Together, we CAN and WILL WIN.

Anna Fitzer
Victory Field Director Adams and Broomfield Counties
2200 East 104th Ave, Thornton, CO, 80229
Office Phone: (303) 452-1780
Cell Phone: (720) 318-7084
Anna@cologop.org

NSRF upcoming calendar in 2010/2011:

November 13 – Election recap
December 11 – NSRF Board Election, special breakfast, and planning for politics in 2011
January 8 -- Colorado’s legislative upcoming 2011 session
February 12 – Transportation issues

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Adams County Mail-In Ballot Drop-Off Locations
If you have questions concerning this election or voting procedures, your eligibility to vote, how you may
obtain a mail ballot, locations where you may obtain a replacement ballot or locations where you may
hand deliver your voted ballot, please refer initially to the information provided below. Further details
may be obtained by contacting the Adams County Election Office at (303) 920-7850 or by visiting the
Adams County website at http://www.adamscountyelections.org

SERVICE CENTERS: Six Service Centers will be open from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday (except
Watkins 8am-4pm), and on Election Day from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.

At these locations, Voters may:

Replace spoiled, defaced, or lost ballots, surrender their mail ballot and vote on an accessible voting machine,
emergency-register, drop-off their voted ballot, and/or affiliate with a party for the Primary Election if currently
unaffiliated. The Service Centers are:

Adams County Election Office 1865 W. 121st Avenue, #600 Westminster 80234

Adams County Recording Office 450 S. 4th Avenue Brighton 80601

Aurora Motor Vehicle Office 3449 N. Chambers Road Aurora 80010

Commerce City Motor Vehicle Office 4201 E. 72nd Avenue Commerce City 80022

Watkins Motor Vehicle Office (Closes 4 P.M., M-F) 5150 Front Range Parkway #G Watkins 80137

Westminster Motor Vehicle Office 8452 N. Federal Boulevard Westminster 80031

DROP OFF LOCATIONS: In addition to the Service Centers listed above, voters may drop off a VOTED
ballot in the signed Official Return Envelope at any of the following Adams County designated drop off
sites:

Aurora City Clerk’s Office 15151 E. Alameda Parkway Aurora 80012

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Bennett Town Hall 355 Fourth Street Bennett 80102

Brighton Motor Vehicle 450 S. 4th Avenue Brighton 80601

Commerce City City Clerk’s Office 7887 E. 60th Avenue Commerce City 80022

Federal Heights City Clerk’s Office 2380 W. 90th Avenue Federal Heights 80260

North Pecos Motor Vehicle Office 12200 N. Pecos Street Westminster 80234

Northglenn City Clerk’s Office 11701 Community Center Drive Northglenn 80233

Thornton City Clerk’s Office 9500 Civic Center Drive Thornton 80229

Westminster City Clerk’s Office 4800 W. 92nd Avenue Westminster 80031

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 The 2010 Victory Campaign is working to gain Adams/Broomfield Counties and take back all of
Colorado for Republicans this November. Our grassroots efforts focus on phone banking and door
knocking from now until election day. Your Regional Field Director is: Anna Fitzer, 2200 E. 104th
Ave., Thornton, CO. 80229 720-318-7084 Anna@ColoGOP.org

Thornton Circle R is a small donor committee that helps elect Colorado Republican Candidates for state and
local races.  You can donate a maximum of $50 per calendar year to any and every Small Donor Committee
like Thornton Circle R. Contribute online with a credit card
(http://www.northsuburbanrepublicanforum.org/small-donor-committees/) or send your donation, up to $50, to
Thornton Circle R, 3351 E. 120th Ave #32-202, Thornton, CO 80233. If you have any questions or would
like help setting up your own small donor committee, send an email to: TCircleR@gmail.com or call Phil Saner
(303) 284-8435 or Tony Caputo (303) 288-8740. Please check out http://tonyoncoloradotoo.com/

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 Things to do list:
1: Throw out the trash on November 2nd
2: Help other Republicans by volunteering at the Victory office
3: Lose weight by walking precincts to distribute candidate literature
4: Contribute to your favorite candidate(s)
5: Jobs, jobs, jobs
6: Repeal and replace ObamaCare
7: Secure our borders
8: Quit overspending and get out of debt
9: Reduce new regulations and lower the taxes on everyone
10: Recruit, recruit, recruit

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Understanding the Dangers of the Secretary of State
Project
Most voters are unaware of a 527, founded by former director of grassroots mobilization for MoveOn.org James
Rucker in 2006, that flies under the radar called the Secretary of State Project. The goal of this organization is to
elect ACORN-friendly Democrats to all 50 Secretary of State positions.

As a 527, it can accept unlimited financial contributions and doesn’t have to disclose them publicly well until
well after the election. So what does this mean to you? Well, in Minnesota, in a 2008 recount overseen by SoS
Project-sponsored Mark Ritchie, found that Al Franken won the U.S. Senate seat by 255 votes, although Norm
Coleman went into the recount leading by 341.

Also in 2008, According to CNS News, SoS Project-endorsed Jennifer “Brunner [Ohio] made news in October
2008 when she declined to hand over to county election boards 200,000 names on voter registration forms
where the drivers license or Social Security number on the forms did not match the name. The SoS project
praised her actions.” She won her election 55% to 41%.

A look at the SoS Project’s website show’s our current Secretary of State (Bueschner) is financially backed
by this organization. He supported a plan to allow Election Day registration this year, which was defeated by
strong public opposition by the majority of county clerks throughout the state due to the potential of voter fraud.
In addition, this proposition went against a 2002 ballot initiative in which Colorado voters rejected Election Day
registration by a vote of 61% to 39%.

Bueschner defends military voting waiver on national TV:

http://facethestate.com/by-the-way/19233-buescher-defends-military-voting-waiver-national-tv

Scott Gessler is the Republican candidate for Colorado Secretary of State (www.scottgessler.com).

To see the differences between Gessler and Bueschner, please view this page on Gessler’s website:
http://scottgessler.com/issues.htm.

The Issues
Where do the Scott Gessler Bernie Buescher
candidates stand? Republican Democrat

Election Integrity and Fairness

Photo Supports Opposes photo

Identification requirement that identification;
voters show photo believes that no
identification prior to evidence of voter fraud
voting, as a means to in Colorado exists.
prevent voter fraud.
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“Same Day” Opposes allowing
Voter voters to register to
Registration vote on election day.
Creates potential for
fraud, particularly in
large urban areas.
Colorado’s voter
database, information
systems, and lack of
verification cannot
adequately protect
integrity of elections
with same-day voter
registration.
Supporting Believes Colorado
Military Voters should comply with
federal law and send
paper ballots to all
overseas military
voters at least 45 days
before a general
election. This protects
the secret ballot for
military voters and can
be done under
Colorado’s current
election timetables.
Verifying Voter Supports verifying that
Eligibility all new voters comply
with Colorado law; new
registrants must show
proof that they are
U.S. citizens,
residents of
Colorado, and 18
years or older.
Preserving Opposes mandatory
Voter Options mail-in ballots; voters
and Voter should have options,
Turnout and evidence exists
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Supports same day
voter registration.
Worked closely with
Governor Bill Ritter,
America Votes (a
“progressive” policy
group headquartered in
New York), and
Democratic legislative
leadership to mandate
same-day voter
registration in
Colorado. Misleadingly
claimed that Colorado’s
clerks and recorders
proposed  (and that
Republican leadership
supported) the effort.
Upon passage of new
federal law,
immediately
announced Colorado
would seek a waiver
from federal
requirements,
arguing that it was too
difficult to meet
timelines and that
current options were
good enough.
Opposes any change to
Colorado’s current
“honor system.” State
Democratic Party
currently opposes
requiring new
registrants to swear
or affirm U.S.
citizenship.
Supported and
proposed mandatory
mail-in ballots,
unless difficult opt-out
 that mandatory all-mail
ballots reduce voter
turnout.
Protecting Opposes the
Colorado’s “national popular
Electoral Votes vote” initiative, which
seeks to award
Colorado’s presidential
electoral votes
according to the
national vote, not
based on the winner in
Colorado.
Helping Businesses and Nonprofits
Business Supports renewing the
Courts effort under previous
Sec. of State to use
existing fees to help
finance a pilot
program to create
efficient, specialized
business courts in
Colorado.
Reducing Fees Believes that business
and Costs and nonprofit fees
should remain the
same or be reduced,
particularly in the
current economy.
Moving Bingo Opposes Referendum
and Raffle P, which would shift
Licensing Bingo and Raffle
licensing out of the
Secretary’s office, most
likely to the Dept. of
Revenue. Licensing
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requirements were
met. Proposal allowed
outside groups to take
and deliver unlimited
number of voters’
ballots to election
officials.
Remained silent
when “national
popular vote”
legislation was
introduced and
debated in the General
Assembly.
Since being appointed
to office by Bill Ritter
has let the initiative
to create business
courts languish.
Since appointment to
office, has increased
many fees.  Voted for
substantial fee
increases (including
motor vehicle fees)
while serving in the
general assembly.
Supports
Referendum P, to
move bingo and raffle
licensing out of the
Secretary’s office.
 currently works well,
fits with existing
regulation of
nonprofits, and the
Secretary should
remain accountable.

Scott Gessler On the Issues

Election integrity
The Secretary of State must ensure that every Colorado voter is protected through the
implementation of basic safeguards against vote fraud. This includes safeguards to
protect voter registration, absentee voting, Election Day voting and electioneering, vote
counting, and voter identification.

Open elections
We have a sacred responsibility to make sure that every eligible voter has the
opportunity to register and vote. Voter intimidation or discouragement cannot be
tolerated.

Counting votes equally

We must have standards in place to make sure each vote is treated the same. It is the
Secretary of State’s duty to vigorously prohibit manipulation of voter eligibility and vote
counts.

Campaign finance
Colorado’s campaign finance laws are too complex and arbitrary, oftentimes handcuffing
our candidates and increasing the likelihood of smear campaigns. We must improve the
clarity and application of rules and regulations, so people better understand the law, and
we must make sure everyone is treated equally.

Transparency in government
Significant changes must be made to our campaign finance, lobbyist, and charitable
organization databases. It can be difficult to enter and find information. We must create
a more user-friendly website.

Business filings
In our current economy, we must increase the usability and efficiency of the electronic
business filing system. It is imperative that the Secretary of State anticipates and meets
businesses' needs, so we have on-demand, self-service 24 hours a day, at the lowest
cost possible.

Local choice
Just as states can develop voting systems that fit their specific needs, local home rule
entities should also have substantial leeway in voting systems. To that end, the state

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legislature should allow home rule municipalities and counties to develop voting methods
that meet their needs, including approval voting and range voting.

Ballot Information Booklet (Blue Book)

 The link below provides access to the 2010 Blue Book and the text and title of
measures currently on the 2010 ballot.
2010 BLUE BOOK
The purpose of the ballot information
booklet is to provide voters with the text,
title, and a fair and impartial analysis of
each initiated or referred constitutional
amendment, law, or question on the
ballot. The analysis must include a
  summary of the measure, the major
arguments both for and against the
measure, and a brief fiscal assessment of
the measure. The analysis may also
include any other information that will
help voters understand the purpose and
effect of a measure.  
Article V, Section 1 (7.5), Colorado Constitution, and Section 1-40-124.5, Colorado Revised
Statutes, require the Legislative Council Staff to prepare the ballot information booklet prior to
each election in which a statewide issue will appear on the ballot.

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Meet new people and have fun while you’re at it! Go Republicans!

Upcoming Opportunities & Fun Events

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Your Victory Office Needs Your Support!
Please Contact Anna Fitzer, Victory Field Director for Adams and Broomfield Counties
Office Ph: (303) 452-1780 Cell Ph: (720) 318-7084 Anna@cologop.org

Time is running out……

the Adams / Broomfield County Victory Office
is in desperate need of your help to contact voters. From
now until October 4th we will continue to sign-up Republican voters to
receive mail-in ballots, while also talking to them about our wonderful
Republican candidates. Then, Get Out the Vote will begin; this is crucial to Republicans winning!

Both of these important efforts will not be successful without your

help! There are numerous opportunities to get involved and make a
difference in the coming weeks, the earlier you start the better! We
hold phone banks in the Victory office 7 days a week, and need
volunteers. If phone calls are not for you, we also need volunteers who
are willing to walk precincts and deliver mail-in ballot request forms
to voters who have requested them, as well as help with other duties.

I know that this is a busy time of year, but any time you can give is helpful and appreciated!
Remember, we can't win without you!

Thank you to all who have come in and participated with Victory!
We are so thankful for all your hard work to get Republican candidates elected !
We look forward to getting to know all of you even better!

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NSRF Board of Directors Email Address Telephone

John Lefebvre President john.lefebvre@comcast.net 303-451-5558
Jerry Cunningham Vice President jlcham4@aol.com 303-439-8228
Jan Hurtt Treasurer jansadvertising@msn.com 303-451-0934
Phil Mocon Secretary ph7ss@msn.com 303-427-5453
Wanda Barnes Planning Wandaleabarnes@aol.com 303-451-5838
Dana West Communications dana.west@live.com 303-280-0243
Leonard Coppes Planning ljcoppes@yahoo.com 303-287-9145
Dick Poole Planning 303-373-1521

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NSRF MEETING TIME AND PLACE

We will be at Gander Mountain, 9923 Grant Street, Thornton, CO from 9:15-10:45 a.m. on the
second Saturday of each month in the employee training room. If you live in Adams County or
Denver's northern suburbs, come join us for lively spirited debate and to meet Republican
movers and shakers. Any candidate in attendance will always be given speaking time.

Directions to Gander Mountain:

Gander Mountain is a huge sporting goods store in the old Biggs, now Wal-Mart/Home Depot
shopping center just east of I-25 and south of 104th Ave. Just go in the front door, turn
left at the first aisle and follow it to the employee meeting room on the far left.

Yearly membership dues are $20, while a couple is $30. Make checks payable to NSRF. It only
costs $3 per person to attend the monthly meeting and a continental breakfast and beverage
(coffee, tea, orange juice or water) is included. A membership application is located on the
last page. Fill it out and bring it along with you.

Kathy Peterson being congratulated for being selected for The Leadership Program of the Rockies by
Dana West and Clark Bolser, Chairman of the Adams County Republicans. Others selected were
Gary Mikes and Beau Martin from Adams County and Dave Pigott from Broomfield County.
Congratulations!!!
http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/main.htm
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