Doug Lamborn (R-Co) is skipping tonight’s State of the Union address. You see, he doesn’t like President Obama and doesn’t agree with any of his policies. So he’s just gonna go ahead and skip it. There’s no job requirement that he be there. (His words.)
Surely, he has something better to do. Maybe he’ll go bowling. Who knows. The world is his oyster.
It’s ridiculous.
While Doug “Obama is like a tar baby” Lamborn is busy acting like a petulant asshole, the other representatives from Colorado put their adult pants on and are at least pretending to be civil:
Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., is leading a civility campaign along with Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski. The two are sitting together for the president’s speech, and they urged other senators and representatives to set aside partisan politics and sit together as a goodwill gesture.
“I don’t agree with everything President Obama says either, but the State of the Union address is an important moment to hear from the president about his agenda for the year ahead,” Udall said in a statement Tuesday. “At a time when Coloradans’ frustration with Congress is at an all-time high, I think it’s important to look for ways to come together rather than divide ourselves. I’ve worked with Congressman Lamborn on many issues important to Southern Colorado and the Colorado Springs area, and I look forward to continuing our work.”
Gardner and Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., have also said they support the bipartisan seating plan, which some have dubbed “date night.”
Way to be an asshole, Doug. Way to demonstrate that you have such disrespect for the Kenyan Usurper that you won’t even deign to listen to his vision for the country for the next year.
You’re turning your back on the President (because he’s black — yeah, we all know it), and you’re disrespecting yourself and your constituents. Then again, with congressional approval hovering around 13%, perhaps this blatant display of disrespect will be your last.
One can hope.
This country does not need Doug Lamborn’s hateful presence at the SOTU address. I’m watching on whitehouse.gov.
me too! i love that they’re playing clips from 2011 as a lead in.
I heard Howard Fineman state today on Hardball, after traveling around with some of the GOP candidates, that he has never heard such extraordinary disrespect for President Obama in rhetoric. Noting that he has never heard Newt Gingrich refer to PResident Obama with the President part. Always, Obama this or that.
It is so sad and ugly and infuriating, all at once, though not surprising, and is only going to get worse. We can only hope the American public rejects such barely disguised racial rejection of Obama’s presidency, time will tell.
Wow, Congressman, what are you going to do if Obama wins a second term? Turn your back on him as he enters the Chamber? Stick your tongue out and raspberry the man every time he say anything?
Wow, I love the GOP.
Yeah, that’s my so-called representative. I’ve been fuming all day. Way to keep it classy, Lamborn. I used to try to get my point across to him – that fully 40% of his constituency had actually voted for Obama, imagine! – but then I’d get these fulsomely self-justifying form letter responses that made it insultingly evident he didn’t consider himself to be representing anything or anyone beyond his campaign contributors. After his lame-ass “apology” for the Tar Baby crap I’m afraid I just gave up.
Lamborn has taken it upon himself to represent Focus on the Family and the new GOP’s new prosperity gospel (rich-white-men-are-God’s-chosen).
Here’s an interesting video, featuring Doug Lamborn amongst a lineup of tea party legislators, ALEC members, and one lone blue dog Democrat which I found plastered on the VAChristian.org website (must see to believe and I believe everyone needs to see it for context along with the video below):
http://vachristian.org/current-events/23-previous-events/255-virginia-call-to-prayer-day.html
This is why Congress is broken and why Lamborn is hiding from his sane constituents.
P.S. If his constituents knew Lamborn like I know Lamborn, he’d be toast at the polls:
http://www.delicious.com/insanitea/DougLamborn
I’m telling you its pure jealously and prejudice.
Colorado, you’re gonna have to take the hit to keep Lamborn for good, and not vote his dumb ass back in.
Tell him i November to eat a dick and sit on it
As a constituent of Lamborn’s, I hereby pledge to make it my mission in life to make it so.
Haterz gonna hate. That will not change. Make sure that his ilk will never get the chance to exercise that hate buy denying them any key to power and influence. Keep a clear head and exercise the franchise, vote. A 2nd Obama term will repudiate their stupidity and at least keep the flying monkey right from blowing our nation into pieces.
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I hear he’s being challenged by another Republican. Might be the first time in my history that I’ll be donating money to a Republican!
I would like everyone to know that I am challenging Lamborn in November. I am frowned on by the GOP and am a registered Republican. I share “too many” views with the Democratic party. But it doesn’t keep me from being a write-in. Please check me out on Twitter(@gacan4senate) and FaceBook(gacantrell76@gmail.com)