Doug Lamborn, - the
sleazy Republican candidate for Colorado's Fifth - that even the retiring Republican incumbent wouldn't endorse - did what he had to last night: debate Jay Fawcett, our
ActBlue,
Fighting Dem,
Bronze Star'd Air Force Veteran.
As you would expect, Lamborn came up lame.
The report is from the Colorado Springs
Gazette:
The first debate between Jay Fawcett and Doug Lamborn resembled a bare-knuckle brawl, with both men attacking each other and taking on audience members.
Fawcett, a Democrat needing an upset to capture the open 5th Congressional District seat, questioned almost all of Lamborn's answers and asserted that as an Air Force combat veteran, he knows what the military and veterans need.
Lamborn stuck largely to the platform he used to win a six-way Republican primary to succeed retiring GOP Rep. Joel Hefley. The state senator promised never to vote for a tax hike and defended traditional family values [except for Denny Hastert's] and the handling of the Iraq war.
Sparks flew from the opening statements, when Fawcett took issue with a Lamborn news release accusing him of taking money from far leftwing contributors. The release highlighted an Internet blogger and Fawcett backer who said he felt no sadness in 2004 when bodies of security contractors were dragged through the streets of Fallujah.
Fawcett asked Lamborn if he supported mercenaries fighting the war rather than soldiers. Lamborn disputed his use of the term "mercenaries" while Fawcett continued pressing him to answer the question until a moderator stepped in.
"The great part of an election like this is, I don't think you can confuse Doug and I," Fawcett said later.
No friggin' kidding.
Even James Dobson might have to vote for Jay with this performance by Lamborn.
Oh and by the way, Jay hit the air yesterday with the first TV ads ever by a Dem in this district.
Help keep them running. Let's send this weak Republican candidate back to school. And send a kick-ass vet to DC to help clean up the Republican Mess™.