Governor Hickenlooper announced yesterday, through an anonymous source to the Associated Press, that he would sign the buffet of controversial gun control measures that made their way through the Legislature, including the magazine ban that will force hundreds of jobs out of the state, along with hundreds of millions of revenue badly needed in a state with 7.3% unemployment.
In a fawning New York Times piece on the issue, the journalist, who clearly lacks a deep understanding of the Colorado political scene, at least was honest about 3 key aspects of John Hickenlooper’s gun grab.
(1) Hickenlooper did a John Kerry sized flip-flop on guns, one day sounding like Charleton Heston, and the next like a Brady gun banner after too many beers. From Hick only 9 months ago:
[In July Hickenlooper] nevertheless cast doubt on one idea: that tighter gun laws could have prevented the carnage.
“This person — if there were no assault weapons available, and no this or no that — this guy’s going to find something, right?” he said on CNN, referring to the gunman whose rampage killed 12 and wounded dozens. “If it was not one weapon, it would have been another.
(2) Contrary to the spin of the left, Hickenlooper’s gun ban is one of the most extreme, over-reaching in the country.
Eight months later, Mr. Hickenlooper is poised to sign some of the toughest new gun control laws in the nation, capping a journey that has transformed a popular, data-driven Western Democrat who takes his son shooting into an unlikely frontman for bringing new gun laws into the center of the United States.
(3) Liberals don’t give two-shits about Colorado. They just want to prove they can do it here so that they can try to do it everywhere else.
“It absolutely lays a path for the rest of the country,” said Jill Hanauer, a Democratic strategist in Denver. “If you can do it here, you can do it anyplace.”
This is the turning point in Hickenlooper’s first term.
Hickenlooper can’t claim to be a moderate any more, unless banning guns is now a moderate kind of thing.
Hickenlooper can’t claim to be a uniter, unless attacking law abiding protesters is the stuff of unity.
Hickenlooper can’t claim to be a quirky kind of westerner. We all know why the Governor caved; Mayor Bloomberg (and “Machine Gun” Eichberg) were in his face and he melted.
Most of all, a Governor who frequently got the benefit of the doubt from “loyal opposition” voices, like ours and those of Republican legislators, won’t anymore.
Unlike Governor Ritter and Governor Owens before, Hickenlooper has gotten a Hall Pass from the opposition because most of us really came to think he was different. Hickenlooper isn’t different. Signing the worst gun control bill in the country is all the proof anyone should need.
Hick In Popper….what a dumb a$$. You are destroying the Colorado at all cost
I for one cannot wait until John Hickenlooper is among the unemployed. I as a registered voter in the state of Colorado will do my part to see that he does receive the MUCH DESERVED NEGATIVE FEEDBACK as fueled by his greed and total lack of respect for the tax paying citizens who pay his wage. It looks like bad weather to travel from my location to Grand Junction. I would LOVE to be part of the very angry crowd he will face on Saturday.
We're on a mission now.
Hickenlooper is a radical and was easily corrupted. You have to give it to the radical left, they believe in their cause. The House Democrats fell on their collective swords in the 2010 midterms to pass Obamacare forfeiting 63 seats.After trashing the State of Colorado Gov.Ritter fell on his sword to move the progressive agenda forward-didn't even bother to run for re-election. Now, it's Hickenlooper's turn. He has fallen on the sword for the Democrat Party/progressive movement and has successfully moved the radical left's agenda on gun control down the field. NOW COLORADO WILL BE USED AS A NATIONAL MODEL FOR THE AMERICAN HATING LEFT HIGHLIGHTING HOW EASY IT IS TO TRASH THE CONSTITUTION AND RAM THROUGH GARBAGE LAWS. Hick's gotta go but he knows he's already gone. He's bought and paid for with a cushy job waiting somewhere for him after he loses his re-election bid. Just like organized crime, these people take care of their own.
Sad day for Colorado-Hickenlooper couldn't care less, his work here is done.
http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/GovHickenlooper/CBON/1249674240317
Write him, call him, or visit him.
Can we start a recall. I am willing to donate time and money.
November, 2014, is a day closer than it was yesterday. Let's work toward a pro-gun, pro-self-defense, majority in both the Colorado Senate and House as well as a pro-gun, pro-self-defense Governor. Yesterday, this would not have been possible. Today, it can be done. We do not forget and we vote!
These Democrats are just plain sick!
Hickenlooper is from Philadelphia, and his roots are showing. His gun laws will be thrown out in court, and he and his Dem buddies in the Legislature will be thrown out of office in 2014. The lesson? NEVER let one party control the house, senate and governor's offce at the same time. It's Constitutional poison.
Get rid of him he is ruining Colorado.
I believe so. My brother-in-law voted for him and is now surprised by Governor Lickinpooper's "betrayal". My husband and I were not. We're hoping this will bring out the voters that stayed home this past November and hand Dem's their pink slips…
Next comes obamas unilateral grab by signing on to the UN Arms Treaty…Senate Con Res 7 and House Con Res 23…more bad ideas…more NWO crap…Lets all just throw up our hands and be Zimbabwe!
https://www.change.org/petitions/colorado-residents-who-support-our-rights-recall-john-hickenlooper#
I totally agree with you Curt. What the Tea Party did for the right (forcing extreme right politics and moving the party from center) is happening now on the left. They should have learned from the GOP's follies that losing the center means losing the election.
Sadly, this will likely propel him to the front of the Democratic party.
There's a surprise
YEP!
We need to clean house in Denver (and other areas). The only way to do this is to: 1. Identify who needs to go (what areas), 2. Get a good viable candidate in these areas 3. Start working the elections now. These people were hand (can you say "White House Administration") selected because of the Legislative balance which has been brought about the way conservatives tend to take a "Hands-off" approach to things that don't necessarily affect us. This has affected us and moderate liberals as well. We must start now to correct this in our state. We don't want to become the Illinois of the west.
Hick is in bed with Bloomberg now… Sickening attack on our constitutional rights.
One can surely hope!
He is signing his own one way ticket to working in DC at the expense of the residents of this state. He can kiss Colorado politics goodby. I am almost thankful that the D's have swung the pendulum so far because the 2014 election season will see this state change directions pretty radically.
I call him 'Gay HickenDoper…the Gun Hater of Mile High City'…
Ok BYE!
Grinning Bear, maybe not clueless, just hopeful. Forget that! Not about gun safety governor, You know it and we know it. It's about
CONTROL! Next time he talks about the economy and jobs, he should be laughed off of the platform.
We learn we DO NOT have a Colorado governor. We have biden/bloomber/obama minion. Doesn't deserve the position of gov. of Colorado.
NO juevos! At least we know EXACTLY where he stands and it's not with Colorado.
2014 is just around the corner, did the democrats forget they were in the minority just last year?
Sign your own political suicide letter Hick. You had a good run buddy!
This is disgusting. Sick. We are losing……………….losing…………………..freedom, bye bye~~.
This chap is a hard core progressive. He talked a good game but when the rubber met the road he got right into line with the rest of the control freaks. He needs to be removed from office.