Bill Ritter, Michael Bennet and Congressional Democrats must renounce ProgressNow Colorado

Governor Bill Ritter, Senator Michael Bennet and the state’s Congressional Democrats must denounce ProgressNow Colorado, an hard left organization that specializes in turning elections into hate fests. An example of the kind of silly news releases it publishes follows:

Call for all Colorado gubernatorial candidates to immediately renounce “Tea Party” extremists

DENVER—ProgressNow Colorado, the state’s largest online progressive advocacy organization, today demanded that all candidates for Governor of Colorado immediately renounce ties to the racist and extremist “Tea Party” movement. The call comes after Scott “McLobbyist” McInnis was featured on Fox News’ Your World With Neil Cavuto as a “Tea Party Backed Candidate.”

“The extremist ‘Tea Party’ fringe represents the very worst in American politics today,” said ProgressNow Colorado founder Michael Huttner. “From their racist questioning of President Barack Obama’s citizenship to their support for irresponsible ballot measures like the ‘Poundstone Amendment’—designed to destroy the state’s ability to carry out core functions of government—‘Tea Partiers’ have no place in a civil dialogue about the future of this state or this country.

“Amazingly,” Huttner continued, “right-wing Colorado politicians continue to embrace the ‘Tea Party’ movement after all they’ve done to discredit themselves. Earlier this week former congressman Scott McInnis was lauded on the right-wing Fox News Channel as the ‘Tea Party Backed Candidate.’ Apparently, McInnis thinks that the belligerence and extremism on display at these rallies is what he needs to win.”

At numerous ‘Tea Party’ events held in Colorado since Obama became President, ProgressNow Colorado has documented racism and extremism on parade. Signs carried by Colorado ‘Tea Partiers’ this year have compared Obama to Hitler, the Soviet Union, and even a monkey (image at right). ‘Tea Partiers’ also strongly support the racist and xenophobic agenda of ex-congressman Tom Tancredo, as well as several extremist anti-government ballot initiatives slated to be voted on in Colorado next year.

“We call on all candidates for Governor—not just the one who claims the ‘backing’ of the ‘Tea Party’ fringe—to immediately condemn and renounce the agenda of these far right extremists,” concluded Huttner. “Their agenda would seriously harm Colorado if it were ever to be enacted, and no serious candidate for higher office should give them the time of day.”

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