Bill Ritter vs. Bob Beauprez: Smackdown #5

If the Halloween debate was the first gubernatorial debate you watched, you might be pretty impressed by both of Colorado's candidates for governor. You shouldn't be.

Both Ways Bob Beauprez lived up to his nickname. And he spent most of his shameless closing statement lying about Bill Ritter's record.

In contrast, Ritter offered Colorado voters a message of optimism. Of realism. Of consistency. The only thing Ritter didn't do was point out the number of times Both Ways Bob tried to pull the wool over our eyes.

Ritter didn't want to drag the level of discourse down. I have no such scruples.

1. Bob Beauprez belongs in jail. He took information illegally stolen by a partisan Republican and broadcast it across Colorado's airwaves.

2. Bob Beauprez can't hold a position for longer than two seconds. How does he feel about severance taxes? Amendment 38? NREL funding? I don't know. He's taken both sides of the debate on every topic.

3. Bob Beauprez's tenure in congress has been a failure. He's a mindless party-line voter who has supported astronomical deficits and done nothing about healthcare, the environment or illegal immigration for six years.

4. And if he tells me one more time that he and his wife have already bought their cemetary plots, I'm going to vomit. It's creepy.

Colorado has a choice to make in the next few weeks. We can elect Bill Ritter, a man who has spent his entire life fighting to make the world a better place. Or we can elect Bob Beauprez, a craven political careerist who thinks the laws of our state are optional.

Take nothing for granted. Make every day count.

Photo courtesy of Ritter for Governor.