Sen. Giron thanks supporters as final vote removes her from office....

[virginia mountainman]

Looks like she should have listened to HER constituents, instead of bloomberg's money..

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_24064647/sen-giron-has-theoretical-advantage-going-into-recall

[Hoyt]

1. Sometimes politicians need to do the right thing, even if constituents too dumb

to get it.

[spockeye]

8. How true. The weirdos were out in force.

I am ashamed of Colorado Springs and Pueblo. NO to background checks and 15+ clips = recall? I need to relocate.

[Hoyt]

10. No, stay. Believe me, there are lots of worse places.

The yahoos where I live would freak and pucker if gunz were minimaly restricted.

[spockeye]

12. Okay then. I will stay. For now. n/t

[Llewlladdwr]

2. Hey, but gun control is a winning issue.

Right?

[TwilightGardener]

3. She did the right thing. Proud of her.

[otohara]

4. Is Bloomberg The New Soros For You

Go gloat in the forum where human life means nothing

[NYC_SKP]

5. Damn. Bloomberg money versus NRA money, all out of state. So she and Morse are both out of office?

I know that Morse will be replaced by a Republican, not sure about Giron's seat.

I'm sad for the families of the victims of Aurora, but legislation written and passed out of passion and grief rarely works out well.

[wild bird]

7. Giron is replaced by a Republican also.

A retired deputy police chief.

[otohara]

9. Nothing Was Proposed After Aurora

everyone was perfectly willing to sweep our two massacres under the rug.

I doubt my neighbor who's 9 year old was shot in the head by her ex will ever get over her grief.
I cry when I see her taking her daily walk. She is a broken woman and too old now to have another child.
I get so sick of this argument about emotions and grief - no time is a good time to talk about guns in this
fucked up gun crazy country.

They want no laws at all - period

[NYC_SKP]

11. My sympathies to your neighbor.

I hope that her ex is in jail for life now, and I'll bet he should have been in jail instead of free to shoot children except for such crappy enforcement and prosecution of violent offenders.

The shooting of his child is almost certainly not his first offense.

Fucker, how sad.

[otohara]

15. Oh No He Was A Coward Murder/Suicide

isn't that how it goes these days?
Kill the wife, kill the kids, kill yourself.

[NYC_SKP]

16. Damn, so sorry.

Well the mother will never get over the loss of her son but I'm glad for her that the father's no longer in this plane.

Damn.

[kelliekat44]

6. I think all us gun-control supporters should drop her and e-mail of praise.

It's not easy being green.

[liskddksil]

13. This is the one issue Bloomberg is correct on

and the law will still stand because Colorado has a Democratic governor, so let the NRA d-bags gloat over their little victory.

[NYC_SKP]

14. NRA etc. raised only $540,000. Opponents of the recall spent $3,000,000. Hmmm.

Not to defend the idiots at the NRA, but looking at the numbers maybe there's something else going on in Colorado.

Maybe, just maybe, the voters didn't support the way the legislators legislated.

Outside money shows national interest in Colorado recall elections

By Kurtis Lee and Zahira Torres
The Denver Post
Posted: 09/09/2013 12:01:00 AM MDT

Colorado state Sens. Angela Giron and John Morse face recall elections on Tuesday. ((Associated Press and Denver Post file photos))

Colorado's first-ever recall elections of state lawmakers have amassed about $3.5 million from donors both near and far, with those vying to defend the incumbents up for election Tuesday significantly outraising the opposition.

A Denver Post review of finance reports from the 10 active issue committees involved in the recalls of Senate President John Morse of Colorado Springs and Sen. Angela Giron of Pueblo found some donors contributing as little as $1 to as much as six figures.

The committees accepted unrestricted amounts of cash from thousands of individuals and dozens of nonprofit 501(c)(4)s, which do not have to disclose donors, according to the Colorado secretary of state.

Proponents of the recall have raised about $540,000, while opponents have collected nearly $3 million. Much of the cash has come from out of state — a sign of the national significance these recalls have.

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24046748/outside-money-shows-national-interest-colorado-recall-elections

[Jenoch]

17. In case anyone is interested.

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Did this guy just seriously start a new thread JUST to gloat about two, TWO Democrats losing their seats to Republicans? Seriously?

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