Hello to all Kossacks, but especially Colorado Kossaks,
Our Attorney General (but apparently only a Republican hack) here in Colorado has decided to swim against the Blue tide building here. We have 5 of 7 Federal House of Reps as Dems, our 2 Senators are Dems, and a Governor and State House, all Democratically controlled. But this butthead AG decided he'd play to his batshit crazy base.
How will we stop him?
More below the fold....
First, call his office, send an e-mail, fax, and snail mail this chump:
Attorney.General@state.co.us
1525 Sherman St.
Denver, Colorado 80203
P: 303-866-4500
F: 303-866-5691
He's wasting my hard earned tax money on a boondoggle, and he's wasting yours too, whether your a Democrat or a Republic.
Here's his wimpy ass defense:
“The United State Constitution enshrines a form of limited government to protect the rights of the states under a system of federalism and to protect the individual freedom of American citizens. The individual mandate to purchase insurance or suffer economic sanction violates constitutional principles and lacks constitutional authority,” Suthers said. “The Constitution gives Congress the enumerated powers to regulate those engaged in interstate commerce. It does not give the Congress the power to compel a citizen, who would otherwise choose to be inactive in the marketplace, to purchase a product or service and thereby become subject to congressional regulation. Such an expansion of the current understanding of the Commerce Clause would leave no private sphere of individual commercial decision making beyond the reach of the federal government. It would render the 10th Amendment meaningless.”
The commerce clause and the 10th Amendment offense are old Repug canards. This suit is going nowhere fast. Why doesn't he spend this time defending the civil rights of Coloradans who need his help? Hispanic and African Americans, European Americans are all in need of his help, and he's wasting his time and our money on a purely political case.
Tell Suthers you won't take it, and also call your state Senator and Representatives and tell them you don't want us to spend valuable and scarce financial resources on this crap!
Here's the link for your State Senator:
State Senators
Here's the link for your State Representative (a map with links):
Colorado State Representatives
Not only is this just batshit crazy, we don't have the money to fund our colleges and schools, much less support a fruitless challenge.
Gary Norton also had a diary up earlier today on Suthers' crusade against reality.