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GOP candidate crashes Dem ex-candidate's party - 8/28/2010 9:20:55 AM   
DarkSteven


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Status: offline 		http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2010/08/26/buck-crashes-romanoff-birthday-party-brings-gift-campaign-contribution/13918/

It actually makes sense.  Buck needs votes wherever he can get them, and Romanoff's supporters may not be sold on Bennett.  Shame that he was treated so badly.


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RE: GOP candidate crashes Dem ex-candidate's party - 8/28/2010 9:35:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yeah, that was a nice gesture, too bad some of this went sour.

Kudos to Buck.

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RE: GOP candidate crashes Dem ex-candidate's party - 8/28/2010 10:02:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		There is a time and place to donate funds to another guy's election lost and debt. Not directly in front of others, that once support the canidate. Doing what he did, most likely will drive potential supporters away with his action(s). Its not generally a good idea to show up at some guy's birthday, who you just thrashed in the primary, to 'gloat' about winning, said primary.

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RE: GOP candidate crashes Dem ex-candidate's party - 8/28/2010 10:11:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		So it is true that there is no such thing as bad publicity! Campaign contributions do not need to be made in so public a forum, and one does not have to accept contributions from someone whose political views, at least in many cases, are diametrically opposed to one's own.

I swear, politics get stranger every second in this country, and it is because of the money involved.

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RE: GOP candidate crashes Dem ex-candidate's party - 8/28/2010 10:16:25 AM   
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Status: offline 		couple things though, unless anyone has got something else I don't know about....

Buck says he was invited, and I think birthday boy took the money....

So.......

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RE: GOP candidate crashes Dem ex-candidate's party - 8/28/2010 10:27:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		True. However, that is what I see as a blatant play for publicity. It sounds like they were in a back room somewhere, rubbing their hands together and salivating in anticipation of the attention they would receive for this enlightening display of bipartisan "goodwill."

If I were one of Romanoff's supporters, I would not be happy about his acceptance of money from a man who has such an extremist stance on abortion so it's always possible it could backfire, as well.



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RE: GOP candidate crashes Dem ex-candidate's party - 8/28/2010 10:29:14 AM   
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Status: offline 		Oh, agreed, but no politician will do that for altruistic purposes.

If that be the case, the boy wouldn't have taken the money due to altruism.



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RE: GOP candidate crashes Dem ex-candidate's party - 8/28/2010 10:40:44 AM   
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Status: offline 		But when was the last time a politician refused money? Or did anything for purely altruistic purposes? lol

Boy, am I cynical about politics today...but having Beck and Palin with their tea baggers in tow in town today tends to make one a bit cynical, I suppose.

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RE: GOP candidate crashes Dem ex-candidate's party - 8/28/2010 4:16:05 PM   
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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven

http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2010/08/26/buck-crashes-romanoff-birthday-party-brings-gift-campaign-contribution/13918/

It actually makes sense.  Buck needs votes wherever he can get them, and Romanoff's supporters may not be sold on Bennett.  Shame that he was treated so badly.



Yeah, attendance isnt usually characterized as "crashing" when youve been invited.

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RE: GOP candidate crashes Dem ex-candidate's party - 8/28/2010 6:00:43 PM   
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ORIGINAL: peacefulplace

If I were one of Romanoff's supporters, I would not be happy about his acceptance of money from a man who has such an extremist stance on abortion so it's always possible it could backfire, as well.



Romanoff is no longer a candidate.  So how does Buck's politics figure into how Romanoff retires his campaign debt?


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