When you come down to it, Ken Buck is just a mean-spirited guy. There was his really nasty, sexist quip at primary opponent Jane Norton when asked by a woman at an event why she should vote for him: "Because I do NOT wear high heels."
That's kind of lightweight, though, compared to what else he's got against women. Like this:
I am pro-life, and I’ll answer the next question. I don’t believe in the exceptions of rape or incest. I believe that the only exception, I guess, is life of the mother. And that is only if it’s truly life of the mother.
To me, you can’t say you’re pro-life and say — if there is, and it’s a very rare situation where one life would have to cease for the other life to exist. But in that very rare situation, we may have to take the life of the child to save the life of the mother.
In that rare situation, I am in favor of that exception. But other than that I have no exceptions in my position.
So a teenager impregnated by a family member is just going to have to tough it out, the lemonade theory of Sharron Angle.
So Ken Buck being nasty isn't news. But now you can combine the nastiness with his being a liar. Weeks ago, Buck pledged that he wouldn't go negative in this campaign. But his first ad?
This first ad, though, is focused almost entirely on Bennet, calling him unfair and a “rubber stamp for his friends in Washington.” Buck says Bennet has established “a record of overspending, overregulating and overtaxing.” In the last 10 seconds of the ad, Buck tells viewers his plan as Senator is to “do what’s right for Colorado, not [for] the big spenders in Washington.”
Ok, so he's another lying Republican who breaks promises. But you can bet one promise he wouldn't break is fighting against women and their right to make their own decisions when it comes to abortion.