Dear Friends:
I've heard from many of you that Congressman Jared Polis reached out and asked for your support after my campaign ended. While we can admire his enterprise and creativity in looking for new supporters, don't be fooled! Rep. Polis is skillful in making himself sound reasonable -- like a pro-business, libertarian moderate -- but don't believe it for a moment! Jared Polis is not an acceptable representative for Colorado.
Below my signature, with apologies to David Letterman, are the Top Ten Reasons to Fire Jared Polis. Please share them with anyone considering supporting Polis. I have endorsed the Republican nominee for Congress, Kevin Lundberg, and I urge you to support him as well. His website is lundberg2012.com.
Even though I'm no longer a candidate myself, I'm still working for freedom and free markets. Toward that end, I'd like to alert you to two events that I'll be co-hosting next month:
Leadership Program of the Rockies Recruitment Party (Tuesday, August 7, 6:00 PM, CB & Potts, 1257 West 120th Avenue, Westminster).
LPR trains emerging leaders in America's founding principles--why they were important in the beginning and how they apply to the challenges of today. Then it teaches and fine-tunes the leadership skills necessary to impact public policy.
Comprising nine full-day sessions and multiple events throughout the year, the program has an enduring impact on the knowledge and capabilities of its graduates -- and, fundamentally, on the preservation of the American idea. Classes are limited to sixty-five high-caliber students, and led by an elite team of local leaders and nationally recognized experts. The result is the knowledge, tools and skills to preserve liberty.
I am proud to be a 2008 graduate of LPR, and to serve on the Advisory Board. I recommend the program to anyone interested in exercising leadership in the public arena. If you think the program might be for you, I encourage you to come to a recruitment event and learn more. Click here for the invitation.
A Special Evening with Ambassador John Bolton (Thursday, August 16). Ambassador Bolton is one of the leading conservative thinkers on American foreign policy. He served as Ambassador to the United Nations in the last administration, has served as both Undersecretary and Assistant Secretary of State, and is the author of Surrender Is Not an Option. Many hope he will be Secretary of State in a future Republican Administration.
Ambassador Bolton will be in Denver for this event, a fundraiser for the Romney campaign. I saw the Ambassador rock the house at the LPR retreat in 2010, so I jumped at the opportunity to co-host his appearance here. Click here for the invitation. I hope to see you there.
All my very best to you all,
The Top Ten Reasons to Fire Jared Polis
In the spirit of Late Night, here's a "top ten" list – why Jared Polis must not be reelected.
10 - Polis is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. This is a group of the 76 most liberal members of Congress. The CPC supports tax increases, creation of a national investment bank, increased government employment, defense cuts, and increasing our involvement in the UN.
9 - Polis believes government should run your health care. He campaigned on single-payer (i.e., 100% government) health care, and he strongly supported the "public option." Of course, he proudly voted for Obamacare.
8 - Polis is a hypocrite. His words consistently have little to do with his deeds. He voted for $3 trillion in new spending, and now says he wants to balance the budget. He campaigned as a school reformer, and then voted against school choice for DC children. He wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed opposing auto bailouts, and then voted for them a few weeks later.
7 - Polis can't stand up to Nancy Pelosi. In 2011, he voted with Pelosi's Democrats 89% of the time. And that's worse than it sounds; he didn't even show up for most of the remaining votes.
6 - Polis is immature. He read the lyrics to "The Internet is for Porn" into the Congressional Record. And let's allow his own online words speak for himself: "CO results so far: S*#!ntorum in 1st"; "'Sky is blue, fish swim, Anderson Cooper is gay'; and, commenting on a picture he posted of his dog, "My doggie a karma whore!" Mr. Polis, you're a Congressman. Act like it. And, maybe, try to get some work done for the people who elected you.
5 - Polis undermines America's relationship with Israel. Polis is an unapologetic supporter of Obama's policy of creating "distance" between the U.S. and Israel. He signed the Cohen-Boustany-Carnahan letter, which called for Obama's to impose a "solution" on Israel and for the creation of a Palestinian state prior to addressing Israel's need for security. Polis is also intimately involved with J-Street, a Soros-backed group that consistently lobbies the U.S. to take stances contrary to Israel's interests and to downplay Palestinian intransigence. He has spoken at J-Street conference, accepted campaign contributions from J-Street's PAC, and is a J-Street endorsed candidate.
4 - Polis is a crony Congressman. Shortly after he was first elected, he repaid his friend Pat Stryker for her major financial backing of his campaign and previous political projects by pushing the U.S. Department of Energy to grant Abound Solar, a company backed by Stryker, a $400 million taxpayer loan guarantee. Like Solyndra, this company has since gone bankrupt.
3 - Polis has misplaced priorities. While the United States faces staggering deficits and debt, persistent unemployment, and increasing threats abroad, Polis decided the best use of his time was to introduce the SLICE Act, regulating the classification of pizza in school lunches. He has also invested significant effort in legislation dealing with the treatment of exotic animals…
2 - Polis is corrupt. As highlighted in the Denver Post, in Newsweek, and in Hoover Institute Fellow Peter Schweitzer's book "Throw Them All Out", Polis abused the public's trust, lining his own pockets by trading on the unique access to regulatory and legislative information resulting from his position as a Congressman. While not illegal at the time, Polis' trades would be illegal now under the terms of the STOCK Act, which Polis supported only after his own misconduct was revealed.
and the number 1 reason to fire Jared Polis:
1 - Polis has been a 100% reliable vote for Obama's destructive agenda. He supported Obamacare, the Stimulus, Dodd-Frank, card check, auto bailouts, death tax extensions, debt limit increases and cap-n-trade. These bad policies all increase government's role in our lives, reduce our freedom, and stifle the economy. Legislation Polis supported has done our nation a great deal of damage.
I've heard from many of you that Congressman Jared Polis reached out and asked for your support after my campaign ended. While we can admire his enterprise and creativity in looking for new supporters, don't be fooled! Rep. Polis is skillful in making himself sound reasonable -- like a pro-business, libertarian moderate -- but don't believe it for a moment! Jared Polis is not an acceptable representative for Colorado.
Below my signature, with apologies to David Letterman, are the Top Ten Reasons to Fire Jared Polis. Please share them with anyone considering supporting Polis. I have endorsed the Republican nominee for Congress, Kevin Lundberg, and I urge you to support him as well. His website is lundberg2012.com.
Even though I'm no longer a candidate myself, I'm still working for freedom and free markets. Toward that end, I'd like to alert you to two events that I'll be co-hosting next month:
Leadership Program of the Rockies Recruitment Party (Tuesday, August 7, 6:00 PM, CB & Potts, 1257 West 120th Avenue, Westminster).
LPR trains emerging leaders in America's founding principles--why they were important in the beginning and how they apply to the challenges of today. Then it teaches and fine-tunes the leadership skills necessary to impact public policy.
Comprising nine full-day sessions and multiple events throughout the year, the program has an enduring impact on the knowledge and capabilities of its graduates -- and, fundamentally, on the preservation of the American idea. Classes are limited to sixty-five high-caliber students, and led by an elite team of local leaders and nationally recognized experts. The result is the knowledge, tools and skills to preserve liberty.
I am proud to be a 2008 graduate of LPR, and to serve on the Advisory Board. I recommend the program to anyone interested in exercising leadership in the public arena. If you think the program might be for you, I encourage you to come to a recruitment event and learn more. Click here for the invitation.
A Special Evening with Ambassador John Bolton (Thursday, August 16). Ambassador Bolton is one of the leading conservative thinkers on American foreign policy. He served as Ambassador to the United Nations in the last administration, has served as both Undersecretary and Assistant Secretary of State, and is the author of Surrender Is Not an Option. Many hope he will be Secretary of State in a future Republican Administration.
Ambassador Bolton will be in Denver for this event, a fundraiser for the Romney campaign. I saw the Ambassador rock the house at the LPR retreat in 2010, so I jumped at the opportunity to co-host his appearance here. Click here for the invitation. I hope to see you there.
All my very best to you all,
The Top Ten Reasons to Fire Jared Polis
In the spirit of Late Night, here's a "top ten" list – why Jared Polis must not be reelected.
10 - Polis is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. This is a group of the 76 most liberal members of Congress. The CPC supports tax increases, creation of a national investment bank, increased government employment, defense cuts, and increasing our involvement in the UN.
9 - Polis believes government should run your health care. He campaigned on single-payer (i.e., 100% government) health care, and he strongly supported the "public option." Of course, he proudly voted for Obamacare.
8 - Polis is a hypocrite. His words consistently have little to do with his deeds. He voted for $3 trillion in new spending, and now says he wants to balance the budget. He campaigned as a school reformer, and then voted against school choice for DC children. He wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed opposing auto bailouts, and then voted for them a few weeks later.
7 - Polis can't stand up to Nancy Pelosi. In 2011, he voted with Pelosi's Democrats 89% of the time. And that's worse than it sounds; he didn't even show up for most of the remaining votes.
6 - Polis is immature. He read the lyrics to "The Internet is for Porn" into the Congressional Record. And let's allow his own online words speak for himself: "CO results so far: S*#!ntorum in 1st"; "'Sky is blue, fish swim, Anderson Cooper is gay'; and, commenting on a picture he posted of his dog, "My doggie a karma whore!" Mr. Polis, you're a Congressman. Act like it. And, maybe, try to get some work done for the people who elected you.
5 - Polis undermines America's relationship with Israel. Polis is an unapologetic supporter of Obama's policy of creating "distance" between the U.S. and Israel. He signed the Cohen-Boustany-Carnahan letter, which called for Obama's to impose a "solution" on Israel and for the creation of a Palestinian state prior to addressing Israel's need for security. Polis is also intimately involved with J-Street, a Soros-backed group that consistently lobbies the U.S. to take stances contrary to Israel's interests and to downplay Palestinian intransigence. He has spoken at J-Street conference, accepted campaign contributions from J-Street's PAC, and is a J-Street endorsed candidate.
4 - Polis is a crony Congressman. Shortly after he was first elected, he repaid his friend Pat Stryker for her major financial backing of his campaign and previous political projects by pushing the U.S. Department of Energy to grant Abound Solar, a company backed by Stryker, a $400 million taxpayer loan guarantee. Like Solyndra, this company has since gone bankrupt.
3 - Polis has misplaced priorities. While the United States faces staggering deficits and debt, persistent unemployment, and increasing threats abroad, Polis decided the best use of his time was to introduce the SLICE Act, regulating the classification of pizza in school lunches. He has also invested significant effort in legislation dealing with the treatment of exotic animals…
2 - Polis is corrupt. As highlighted in the Denver Post, in Newsweek, and in Hoover Institute Fellow Peter Schweitzer's book "Throw Them All Out", Polis abused the public's trust, lining his own pockets by trading on the unique access to regulatory and legislative information resulting from his position as a Congressman. While not illegal at the time, Polis' trades would be illegal now under the terms of the STOCK Act, which Polis supported only after his own misconduct was revealed.
and the number 1 reason to fire Jared Polis:
1 - Polis has been a 100% reliable vote for Obama's destructive agenda. He supported Obamacare, the Stimulus, Dodd-Frank, card check, auto bailouts, death tax extensions, debt limit increases and cap-n-trade. These bad policies all increase government's role in our lives, reduce our freedom, and stifle the economy. Legislation Polis supported has done our nation a great deal of damage.
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