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John Hickenlooper has insisted since Day One he was not taking the long road to the U.S. Senate via the presidential campaign trail, and that his intentions for the White House were pure and well within his grasp.

So when Hick returns home with his tail between his legs in about five minutes — marked forever as the last of the also-rans — you media people and the Colorado political press need to do some serious soul-searching.

This presidential campaign is the first time in Hickenlooper’s entire political career he’s actually had to answer real questions.

And he failed at it, miserably.

Hick was actually asked follow-up questions, called on to explain himself in the debates, and there was nowhere to hide behind a silly grin and talk of beer and banjos.

John Hickenlooper was completely exposed as a has-been who never was about anything of substance.

The man is an inch deep and a mile wide.

Hickenlooper embarrassed himself, and the Colorado political press corps that let him get away with doing whatever he wanted in the governor’s mansion for eight years without a hint of real scrutiny.

So don’t waste your time, and ours, trying to resurrect Hickenlooper’s political career, because it’s finally turned to ash.

It’s passed on. That career has ceased to be. It’s expired and gone on to meet its maker. Bereft of life, it rests in peace, pushing up daisies. It’s kicked the bucket. Shuffled off this mortal coil and joined the choir invisible.

Hick, is an ex candidate.

So no one is interested in your soon-to-be-made-up excuses for Hick’s failure — the national press just didn’t understand his unique Coloradaness, or, his failure to launch was planned all along because what he really wanted was to be senator, and we’re lucky to have him.

Yes, we’re looking at you, Megan Schrader.

This is a man who didn’t even know whether he was a socialist or a capitalist.

Who tried to be coy with the media by claiming he never wanted to be a good debater to begin with to explain away his flailing-arm moment with Bernie Sanders.

Which, by the way, is how Hick will be always be remembered through social media GIF history.

Hick is the man who stunned America, in what was likely his final debate, by admitting the Democrat campaign was not about principles or ideals, plans for uniting the country or offering any kind of health care solution.

He’s the man who told fellow candidates to stop promising “Medicare for all.” Not because he doesn’t think it will help Americans, but because the issue doesn’t poll well.

So when your cell phone starts buzzing with details of Hick’s planned return and announcement to run for Senate, remember this: The only media who took Hick seriously as a presidential candidate, was The Onion.

Desperate to gain traction in the presidential race and rise above his 0.0% polling average, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet pledged to run the White House in the same manner he’s represented his Colorado constituents for years — unseen and unheard — you’ll forget he’s even there. 

Many Americans think it’s a great idea, and are urging Bennet to implement the plan now and drop out of the race.

We have to admit, it’s an interesting spin for a boring candidate to try and capitalize on their inability to inspire by promising to lull us into a coma every time they speak.

Elect me so you don’t have to bother giving a shit about anything that’s going on. Inspiring https://t.co/7PhJrXxmCj

— dylan (@clrkd) August 6, 2019

Bennet’s about as inspiring as this South Park character. If only he had Mr. Mackey’s name recognition. 

Principal Mackey on stage at the #DemDebate giving his opening statement.

“mmmmkay” pic.twitter.com/Yt6rQwnoLG

— Andrew Surabian (@Surabees) August 1, 2019

Irrefutable proof that this dude voices Mr. Mackey pic.twitter.com/pOCSJZ3PUd

— Brooks Wheelan (@brookswheelan) August 1, 2019

Die-In performed by Extinction Rebellion Denver.

Protestors failed miserably in their attempt to disrupt a Denver City Council meeting this week by pretending to be dead.

Because they were all on lying on the ground out of view, not moving, shouting, or doing anything other than playing possum, officials completely ignored them and continued with the city’s business.

The dozen or so protestors, who believe they will die when sea levels rise a dozen or so inches by the end of the century a thousand miles away on the East Coast, are demanding the world’s carbon footprint be extinguished in six years.

“The oceans are rising and so are we,” sang the group, a local chapter of Extinction Rebellion, an international organization, sang after rising from their temporary graves and exiting Council Chambers.

The Denver City Council doesn’t really control the world, but that’s irrelevant.

Denverite reports the fake dead people also demanded live citizens be given the power to transition to a “clean” economy, and bring change to “communities of color and indigenous people.”

We’re not sure what the latter has to do with preventing climate change, but it’s a nice thought.

According to Extinction Rebellion Denver’s Facebook page, they were there to talk about “recent shootings, rising fascism, concentration camps, immigration justice, and climate justice.”

Again, none of which have anything to do with the prediction of rising sea levels and East Coast flooding.

This whole episode perfectly illustrates how the entire climate change debate has been completely hijacked by extreme leftist activists.

They are on so many political payrolls, they can’t keep their protests straight on which issues, both real and imagined, they are protesting at any given point.

Activists are going to extreme measures to thwart the recall effort of Gov. Polis by harassing signature collectors and the folks trying to sign petitions.

One man actually tried to steal petitions in a grab-and-go, but was chased down by a passerby who was injured while trying to retrieve a torn petition full of signatures.

If this kind of harassment occurred on Election Day when people were trying to actually cast ballots on the measure, the Justice Department would swoop in like pigeons and those folks would face federal charges.

Police in Wheat Ridge are looking for one suspect, the man who stole the petitions after kicking over tables and verbally assaulting two female volunteers.

Page Two over at Complete Colorado has the complete coverage of what’s been going on over the past week.

They have a picture of the suspect and his vehicle, along with this video of a separate disrupter accusing the volunteers of being white supremacists, homophobic, anti-semites, and sexist for attempting to recall the governor.

It’s a wild story, check it out. And if you recognize the suspect, Wheat Ridge police ask that you call them at (303) 237-2220.

More than 30 people were killed and dozens wounded when two disturbed individuals went on a violent weekend rampage in Texas and Ohio.

The victims’s families are still in shock, unable to process the senselessness of it all.

America is bewildered, and mocked on social media for offering heartfelt prayers to those affected.

Democrat opportunists shed their humanity in the blink of an eye to attack Political Enemy Number One — the President of the United States.

And the media, never ones to disappoint, are hovering and pecking like the vultures they’ve become.

Their instantaneous news cycle has robbed us all of any chance to mourn the dead.

Instead, they demand a replay of the same political bickering and partisan infighting that occurs after every tragedy — the tug-of-war over gun control.

This time, Colorado headlines are trumpeting the president’s call for a national red flag law, with equivocating language so they can imply it’s the exact same law passed by Colorado Democrats this year.
And yet, it’s not. Colorado’s law has some due process issues that sparked opposition from Republicans, and President Trump specifically cited due process in his call for red flag legislation.

Trump did not call for Colorado’s red flag law.

Meanwhile, the president’s speech and call to action touched on concerns felt by most Americans, which of course was mostly ignored by the media, because gun control.

Here’s a link to Trump’s speech, and more important highlights worthy of note:

“The shooter in El Paso posted a manifesto online consumed by racist hate. In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry, and white supremacy. These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hate has no place in America. Hatred warps the mind, ravages the heart, and devours the soul. We have asked the FBI to identify all further resources they need to investigate and disrupt hate crimes and domestic terrorism. Whatever they need. We must recognize that the internet has provided a dangerous avenue to radicalize disturbed minds and perform demented acts. We must shine light on the dark recesses of the internet and stop mass murders before they start.”

“ … we must stop the glorification of violence in our society. This includes the gruesome and grisly video games that are now commonplace. It is too easy today for troubled youth to surround themselves with a culture that celebrates violence.”

“Third, we must reform our mental health laws to better identify mentally disturbed individuals who may commit acts of violence, and make sure those people not only get treatment, but when necessary, involuntary confinement. Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun.”

“Now is the time to set destructive partisanship aside — so destructive — and find the courage to answer hatred with unity, devotion, and love. Our future is in our control. America will rise to the challenge. We will always have, and we always will, win. The choice is ours and ours alone. It is not up to mentally ill monsters. It is up to us.”

A major oil and gas company in Colorado is cutting its workforce by one-third, according to media reports that claim it has nothing whatsoever to do with Senate Bill 181 passed by Democrats this year.

However, when we read the announcement by Whiting Petroleum Corp., and see in the very first sentence they need to realign with the “current operating environment and drive long term value,” we envision the words “burdensome regulations” flashing faintly on a poorly lit solar sign.

In case anyone missed that subtle hint, the company further lists future risks and uncertainties that include “federal and state initiatives relating to the regulation of hydraulic fracturing and air emissions.”

We’re not saying media reports blaming the cuts on oil and gas prices aren’t true — extended periods of lower prices are also to blame.

We just thought it necessary to clarify that excessive government interference, including the oil and gas regulatory stunt pulled by Gov. Polis and Democrats in the state legislature with passage of 181, is also to blame.

Colorado Politics reports the 254 jobs losses will include 94 positions in Denver.

And so it begins: The slow death march back into obscurity as two dozen Democrats running for president are weeded out from the next debate, and Colorado’s own two candidates are at the head of the exit line.

Democrats have only four weeks to qualify for the September event by rising above 2% in four polls, while simultaneously running an obstacle course in what has become the worst TV game show, ever.

The grab-and-run wallet challenge requires each candidate to snatch donations from a total of 130,000 individuals.

The laugh track kicks in when candidates try to capture 400 unique donors from that total to represent 20 states, like some sort of Miss America contest, in reverse.

On the polling front, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is dead last with zero qualifying polls, and a 0.0% polling average from Real Clear Politics.

John Hickenlooper is second to last, with a polling average of 0.2%, and only one qualifying poll under his belt.

Bennet is begging for dollars in emails and Facebook ads. We imagine Huck is busking with his Banjo on some forlorn Iowa street corner.

CNN reports only eight candidates have met the qualifications so far:

Former Vice President Joe Biden
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker
Mayor Pete Buttigieg
California Sen. Kamala Harris
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren

We’re doubtful Hick and Bennet will survive to the next round. But by all means, go for it, guys. We’ll leave the light on for you.

The law signed by Gov. Polis gives presidential voting power to areas in blue.

Congratulations, you crazy kids!

Colorado voters accomplished in just a few short months what some leftists insisted couldn’t be done.

Not only did they collect the required number of signatures for a recall vote on the so-called Popular Vote bill pushed through the legislature by Democrats and signed into law by Gov. Polis.

They hit the deadline with a record-breaking number of 227,198 signatures — 100,000 more than needed to be on the ballot next year, the Denver Post reported.

The Herculean effort was accomplished by Coloradans Vote, led by Mesa County Commissioner Rose Publiese and Monument Mayor Don Wilson. 

We’ll know by Aug. 30 whether the Secretary of State’s office will validate the petition. 

For those of you living under a rock and don’t have a clue what we’re talking about: If the extremely unpopular, National Popular Vote measure is enacted nationwide, it would no longer matter who Coloradans cast their ballots for in presidential elections.

All of our votes would automatically be awarded to the candidate who carried the “popular” vote, located in states with major metropolitan areas like California and New York. 

Democrats think this will give them an advantage to swing future elections left, caring not a fig they are stealing every Coloradans votes in the process.

But we believe all votes are precious, and would prefer to make those decisions for ourselves.

Go team.

Can we get a fact check on aisle one of U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet’s opening statement Wednesday about that Trump campaign sign he claims he saw at a church?

Anyone in the media? Anyone?

Here’s how Bennet opened at the debate:

“Last week, I saw one of those Trump signs that says, ‘America, love it or leave it.’ And it was on the outside of a church,” Bennet said. “I love America. And I know we can make it better.”

We checked with our source, Mr. Google, and discovered it’s unlikely Bennet actually saw anything except social media posts.

And he didn’t see a Trump sign, he saw this, located nearly 200 miles away from his home in Washington, D.C. 

This sign outside of an Appomattox church is drawing lots of support and criticism on social media. pic.twitter.com/huuLLO0jmF

— Valencia E. Jones (@vjreports3) July 17, 2019

The sign says nothing about Trump, but it caught fire on social media when the Baptist pastor admitted he supported the president. 

We rate Bennet’s statement as “mostly false,” because it’s not a “Trump” sign. And when he claimed to see it for himself, he failed to disclose it was on his Twitter or Facebook feed.

Bennet repeated the slogan correctly, just not its origin or meaning.

“America: Love it, or leave it,” is a phrase coined by journalist Walter Winchell directed at communist sympathizers in the 1940s who were trying to infiltrate the federal government.

The phrase was resurrected in the 1960s as a bumper sticker to irritate hippies protesting the Vietnam War.

But now that it’s been used by a Trump supporter, we expect a leftist rewrite of history to suggest the phrase is racist in origin. 

John Hickenlooper and Bernie Sanders profoundly exemplified the one thing socialist and establishment Democrats have in common during Tuesday’s debate.

When faced with tough political dilemmas, all they can do is throw their hands in the air and start shouting nonsense at each other.

It was a sad cop out for Hick, who consistently dodges the Green New Deal issue by pretending it’s just about giving jobs to everyone.

Hickenlooper was spared any further embarrassment by moderators, who gave the former Colorado governor less time than any other candidate on stage.

Marianne Williamson even got more time than Hick, who clocked in with a measly eight minutes and forty-nine seconds. 

Most surprising, Hickenlooper should have easily taken control of the conversation on the topic of gun violence. But delivered a half-hearted soundbite on his record passing universal background checks.

Those would be the same background checks that Colorado congressional Democrats said just last week don’t work, so they are calling for a federal investigation to determine the problem.

A recent FBI audit of Colorado’s point-of-contact system, however, showed that more people failed a federal background check than they did the state’s system, including Sol Pais, an 18-year-old Florida woman who flew to Colorado in April and purchased a weapon immediately after arriving.

Some journalists sympathetic to Hick’s floundering are excusing his poor performance claiming he’s just too moderate in a sea of radical leftists, and should go home to run for the U.S. Senate.

Unless “moderate” is now defined as an establishment politician incapable of producing new ideas that aren’t totally bats&*t crazy to lead our country, then we would agree.

If Hickenlooper even returns to Colorado, it will be with his tail between his legs, too politically wounded to be of much use to the Democrat Party.

Hick’s clearly not presidential material, nor is he Senate worthy.

He couldn’t even hold his own with other senators on the CNN stage. Sens. Sanders and Elizabeth Warren were declared the winners by the mainstream media.

Hickenlooper is out of his league. It’s time for him to retire from politics altogether.