Recently Jane Norton gave an interview to the Colorado Statesman. There is this curious exchange in it:
CS: Did you used to work for AARP?
JN: I did, I did.CS: What did you do for them?
JN: I was — gosh, what was my title? Oh, that was so long ago. I’m sorry, can I get back with you on that? I can’t even remember what it was.CS: I don’t think it’s on your bio. Is there any reason for that?
JN: No, no.
Curious, ain’t it. She doesn’t remember and it is not in her bio.
Well, how about we go through the wayback time machine and see what we can uncover.
According to the Denver Post on December 19, 1998, Jane Norton “Served as executive director, Office of Strategic Relationships, and director, office of state government relations. AARP/Vote legislative representative, 1993-94.”
But this conflicts with Norton who according to Business Word on April 27, 2010, is quoted as saying, “I have never been a lobbyist. I am not the Washington insider in this race. That would be Ken Buck.”
Now, let’s ignore, for purposes of this post, the “Washington Insider” denial despite being sister-in-law to Charlie Black, John McCain’s consultant and serving as John McCain’s state chair in 2008. She is denying she is a lobbyist.
In every world except Jane Norton’s world, there is no arguing the semantics. Government Relations = Lobbyist. She was a lobbyist.
Don’t believe me?
From the Rocky Mountain News on October 21, 2002: “Afterward, Norton lobbied briefly for the American Association of Retired Persons before going to work the Medical Group Management Association in Englewood, a national trade group representing health maintenance organizations and physicians groups.”
From the Rocky Mountain News on March 4, 2001: “Norton, who was previously a medical lobbyist and Western regional director of the federal Department of Health and Human Services.”
From the Colorado Independent on January 29, 2010: “MGMA confirmed to the Colorado Independent at the time that Norton headed the associations lobbying department. Yes, this is the lobbying arm of the organization, a spokesperson at the Department of Government Affairs said. Human Resources staffer Jenny Morales said that the group Norton headed used to be called the Office of Strategic Relationships and is now simply called the Department of Government Affairs. Ms. Norton held a number of positions at MGMA. One of which was Director of Government Policy in 1994. When she left the Association, her job title was Executive Director Strategic Relations.”
But let’s go back to 1993-1994. Jane Norton was the Executive Director for AARP’s lobbying arm in Colorado. Exactly what was AARP pushing for then? Hillarycare.
To be fair, AARP did not formally endorse Hillarycare until August of 1994, after Norton left, but from the end of 1993 through August of 1994, the AARP was almost singularly focused at the state and federal level building a network of grassroots activists to support Hillarycare.
Jane Norton might want to come out and say that’s why she left the AARP. But doing that would mean she’d have to admit she had, in fact, been the lobbyist she’s told everyone she never was.
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conservative_faction Monday, July 5th at 12:27PM EST (link)I worked for Dominos Pizza. My title was “Shift Leader”. I still remember the store number.
Nope, not buying it Jane. Sorry.
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lwe6576 Tuesday, July 6th at 7:44AM EST (link)I don’t know that I’d advertise that I was a lifetime member of the NRA. We’ve cancelled our membership and joined another gun rights’ group.
It's a trend
betsyred (Diary) Tuesday, July 6th at 8:12AM EST (link)This is not the first time Jane’s been evasive or has relied on her staff to help wade through a question she fears answering. To our commentors here at RS that choose to argue on her behalf but may have not ever heard her in person, come to CO and attend an event, better yet a debate. She is very uncomfortable with any type of challenge. She has a ‘how dare you question me!’ attitude. She does not feel comfortable being pushed off her rehearsed talking points. The question keeps coming up—can she stand on her own, make decisions in D.C. on her own or will she always fall back on advisors and staff to coach her through? This AARP deal isn’t just a fluke situation that she got caught off guard with; it’s part of a trend, and is of growing concern among Colorado voters. Again and again, we keep saying, this is NOT the year for politics as usual. Complete transparency, the ability to stand on your own and take the heat—all qualities many are not seeing in this candidate who wants to claim the banner of being the grassroots, non-establishment choice in this race.
Mountain out of Molehill stuff
rdelbov Monday, July 5th at 12:39PM EST (link)Norton left AARP before Hillarycare up for its non-votes in DC plus it was before the national council of AARP endorsed Hillarycare.
Norton apparently worked in the state office of AARP as opposed to DC?–not sure about that?
Norton had worked for HHS during the Reagan years in DC–could it actually be that she was lobbying AARP to change its ways?
DC insider and lobbyist are such hard to define terms. Is Tom Coburn a DC insider? He would say no but others would say yes.
As to Norton leaving it off her resume that’s apersonal/ political decision. She may have worked at McDonalds when she was 22 years of age and does not want to be called a third shift fry cook. I suspect that with the reputation AARP has now she would does not want to spend time defending her work there. I suspect she did yeoman’s work there but lets be honest after AARP endorsed Hillarycare and Obamacare work expirence there is not a plus.
That being said its fairgame–politics is a contact sport. Buck hit at Norton then Norton hit back at Buck over his “ethics class”. Buck or whoever hitting Norton over working for the AARP back in 1993 is alot like Norton telling folks that “Buck matriculated at an Ivy league school”. Yes that happened–Buck matriculated at an Ivy law school. He has to live with that the rest of his life.
Not buying it
Kayla Monday, July 5th at 1:01PM EST (link)Either she was a lobbyist or not. If it’s no big deal then why just admit it?
Apparently she doesn't think so
Joliphant (Diary) Monday, July 5th at 2:10PM EST (link)Otherwise why the attempt to memory hole it ?
And DC insider is pretty easy, lobbyist is even easier. I’d guess Ms. Norton can do it pretty easily.
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Shorter version of rdelbov ... "yeah, it's true she was a lobbyist, but I refuse to acknowledge that one's past actually matters."
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Monday, July 5th at 2:34PM EST (link)“I also think it didn’t matter that Obama was neck deep with ACORN, because if I did that then my defense of Norton with hypocritical”
“P.S. Isn’t the NRSC doing a great job? I love those guys. They have given me everything I need to defend their candidate in CO even though I am in Memphis.”
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rdelbov Monday, July 5th at 4:18PM EST (link)You got to be kidding. I have horrid grammer and don’t bother checking my spelling. My writting flows like a William Faulkner story-without the great narrative–stream of conscious like.
I would hope that the NRSC could come up with something better then me.
I happen to disagree with Erick on Jane Norton. I am type of guy who thinks its certainly fair game to discuss Jane Norton’s time at AARP but I say to be fair to Jane that Erick should mention her time at the HHS during the Reagan adminstration. Its fair game to mention the AARP time but is fair to a fellow republican not to mention the good and the bad?
Erick is an advocate for Buck and that’s fair–its his site and he can certainly advocate for who he wants. 90% of the time I agree with him.
This is one time I disagree with him.
Now if Erick has premised his post “Jane Norton served in the Reagan adminstration in the HHS department so one wonders how she ended up working for AARP” that would be a little more fair and balanced in my opinion.
You can prefer Buck over Norton but Jane Norton is not the enemy. Think Reagan–Bill Armstrong-Tom Coburn—that’s a great lineup of people Norton worked for and has the support of (Reagan has gone to glory but Armstrong and Coburn support)
You miss the point, purposefully I assume.
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Monday, July 5th at 4:36PM EST (link)The premise of the diary is that Jane Norton denied ever being a lobbyist and went so far as to willfully exclude that information from her bio.
If you want to beck a liar that’s fine. It just gets old having you pop up in dissent on every diary Erick writes. Also, working for JJS during Reagan’s presidency doesn’t give one a free pass on being a liar.
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your point?
rdelbov Monday, July 5th at 5:24PM EST (link)I was following a Redstate tradition here of responding to whatever point in your post that interested me. I post numerous points in my posts and various people comment on whatever suits them. So I did same.
Now as to one of Erick’s points in this post-lets examine some facts.
1. Leaving her time off her bio resume is not lying. A political resume like a job resume does not have to be absolutely complete. What you put on it has to be truthful but you can leave items off. Everyone leaves items off resumes. If you work an manager earning 70K a year but get laid off and you deliver pizzas for three months–do you have to put pizza delivery boy on your resume? No of course not. If someone asks you how you paid your bills you say “I lived off my savings and did a few fill ins here and there”. Ditto for political resume–if you don’t care to say you worked for a bill collecting firm to make ends meet fine do not list.
2. So Norton can’t recall exactly what she did in a job 16 years ago. Norton was apparently being cautious and careful not to answer incorrectly. Is that lying or being careful.
3. Now as to whether she was a lobbyist for the AARP or MGMA(a private insurance company) . Could we rely on the Rocky Mountain news to reach that conclusion? Why is it here that everyone loves the MSM when they reach a conclusion about Jane Norton but the MSM lies daily in presenting Obama facts? You can head a department of legislative affairs and not be a lobbyist. When I think of a lobbyist I think of someon calling on legislators. Not everyone who is a legislative affairs department lobbys. Norton worked for AARP & this other position-apparently -in Denver area. When I think lobbyist I think K street and congressman. If Jane Norton does not care to define her position as a lobbying position I have no reason not to be believe her. I certainly would use a MSM report as the sole basis for making that conclusion.
rdelbov, look up the term "lie by omission"
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Monday, July 5th at 5:31PM EST (link)Or don’t and continue grasping at straws to defend Norton lying.
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rdelbov Let's Put the Question to You in this Manner
Michael Dugas (Diary) Monday, July 5th at 6:54PM EST (link)During your career you hold the following jobs with the following titles
Titles as follows:
Executive Director of Strategic Relations
Director of Government Policy
Now your gonna tell me that you would “forget” holding positions carrying such titles during your professional career?
Come on, she “excluded” them and “forgot” them because they don’t fit the current persona she’s trying to portray to the voters.
And as people are getting really tired of lobbyists and their influence over politics it sure wasn’t going to help her by being known as a lobbyist and the Washington insider she accuses others of being.
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I am beginning to think that
rdelbov Monday, July 5th at 7:32PM EST (link)phony titles like “executive director of strategic relations” and “director of government policy” are about as meaningful as the “assistant to the assistant director”. What exactly do they mean? I have had titles like that in my career but Mrs. Norton has 7 or 8 similar positions in and out of government so for her to forget maybe that’s not a shock.
I don’t expect to convince many folks of this but does that prove she is an lobbyist? In addition what exactly does those titles mean?
I was going to say maybe she put together “white papers” but I am sure if that’s politically correct anymore or honestly I am not exactly sure what a “white paper” is. Perhaps the exectutive director directs? Now one of those titles was what she had at AARP right? Surely not both of them?
I still don’t know from those titles if she was a lobbyist. One sounds like a plannng position and the other one sounds like a community organizer type position. All I know is that one does not get a degree in “strategic relationships”–these job titles are hard to define. I frankly have no idea from these titles what she did.
Only Jane Norton truely knows what she did there and she did not recall exactly what she did there. Again my point was mountain out of a molehill. The work could have been so painfully dull that she blocked it out of her mind. I also contend that its to her political benefit-perhaps- leave AARP off her resume and that’s her right. Ken Buck could have been Weld County chairman for Bush for President and I am not sure I would put that on my resume.
The company she worked for called her a lobbyist...
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Monday, July 5th at 7:51PM EST (link)You’d know that if you had read the posting by Erick rather than reflexively defending Norton.
So no, not “only Jane Norton knows what she did”, her employer knows too.
Try another angle of defense sparky.
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I did read it
rdelbov Monday, July 5th at 10:21PM EST (link)Yup I did read–”she headed the association’s lobbying department” based in Denver. The Rocky Mountain news reported–sorry that does not cut it for me.
She served as the head of the lobbying department for an trade association in Denver–that does not prove she ever lobbied anyone. You can be the head of a trade association in charge of lobbying the state legislative or in DC and hire people to lobby for you. That does not make you a lobbyist.
I assume the legal eagles at the Buck campaign in oppisition research have ciphered all this out. Don’t you have to register in DC if you are lobbyist or something?? If DC makes you register your handgun surely you have to register to be a lobbyist?
I assume a lobbyist is someone who lobbies? Jane Norton says she has never been a lobbyist and I guess some congressman or staff member in DC could easily verify this? She apparently worked for the AARP in Denver and for this trade association in Englewood(suburb of Denver) so is she a DC insider?
We ran into this the other day where the Denver post -in a headline-completely distorted Norton’s view of Ken Buck’s ethical situation. Can we rely on a story from the Rocky Mountain news for proof that Norton lobbied? maybe we can call the Rocky Mountain news? wait a minute that rag was so liberal it folded up.
I still don’t buy it.
uhh, read this:
gekster (Diary) Monday, July 5th at 10:38PM EST (link)from:
http://www.demconwatchblog.com/
http://www.demconwatchblog.com/diary/3114/jane-norton-lying-lobbyist
And if she headed the group, then one would think that they acted on her orders.
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It's not the RMN saying it, it's the company she lobbied for.
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Monday, July 5th at 10:59PM EST (link)Which you would realize if you had the reading comprehension level of an average high school graduate, which isn’t even a high bar to clear these days.
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In the world
rickcaston Tuesday, July 6th at 8:34AM EST (link)of politics she is probably lying.
"...her time at the HHS during the Reagan adminstration"
edintexas Tuesday, July 6th at 9:51AM EST (link)She apparently was the HHS Regional Director for Region 8. That is a Schedule C (Political Appointee) position. No knowledge of HHS programs is necessary, but being politically connected is. The position sounds good, but other than knowing how to sign your name and making appearances with speeches prepared by the staff, it requires little from the appointee. Each Agency within the HHS Regional “umbrella” has a career Civil Service head who is running that Agency’s Regional Office.
You da man AG
AceInTX (Diary) Monday, July 5th at 11:14PM EST (link)Your in VT
redtillimdead (Diary) Tuesday, July 6th at 2:09AM EST (link)Erick’s in GA. Ya’ll can attack Jane Norton, but rdelbov can’t defend her since he’s in Memphis?
Nancy Pelosi can kiss my asstroturf.
Your in Vermont
redtillimdead (Diary) Tuesday, July 6th at 2:12AM EST (link)Erick’s in Georgia. But yet, ya’ll have the right to attack a perfectly fine Conservative candidate, but rdelbov can’t defend her since he’s in Memphis? Your bias is showing.
Nancy Pelosi can kiss my asstroturf.
Hey redtillimdead...
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Tuesday, July 6th at 8:34AM EST (link)I lived in CO from 1998 until 2008. Your ignorance is showing.
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Kowalski: Noting that a candidate is lying about her past as a lobbyist isn't an attack.
Aaron Gardner (Diary) Tuesday, July 6th at 9:00AM EST (link)If acknowledging truth is considered an attack by you, then I must assume that you don’t stand for truth.
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It is a valid question
takemccain2 (Diary) Monday, July 5th at 11:00PM EST (link)Her answer makes it appear as if she is being evasive at the least or feigning forgetfulness at the worst because she knows where an affirmative answer will lead.
I’ve read many of your post, rdelbov and I disagree with many of your defenses although I credit you for keeping things mostly respectful.
I donated to Buck because Norton was encouraged to run by John McCain and ( for me at least), that is the biggest warning flag a candidate could send up. We don’t need any more McCain Republicans to sell out the voters on the issues that matter. Would she? I don’t know but I’m not willing – and neither should you be – to take that chance.
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Or maybe she WAS a lobbyist wich would make her a typical lying politician
AceInTX (Diary) Monday, July 5th at 11:12PM EST (link)All I see is a bunch of maybe’s and what ifs but it all boils down to one thing…she was a lobbyist and she didn’t list it because she’s been trying to say she’s not…
Ken Buck
winthisone Tuesday, July 6th at 1:23PM EST (link)actually graduated from the University of Wyoming Law School.
Last Dance For Mrs. Jane
crassus (Diary) Monday, July 5th at 3:13PM EST (link)She is toast. There are no two ways about. Ladies and gentlemen, the word is out and the facts are clear- Jane Norton is a compulsory liar and a very poor one on top of it. This is definitely not the year for Jane Norton. I would be surprised if she even gets 40%. There is no argument to vote against Ken Buck. In general election polls, he is just as good as her, so she can not use the “electability” pitch. And calling him “the washington insider in this race”. IS ABSURD!
Buck unelectable
chof Tuesday, July 6th at 10:31PM EST (link)The lobbyist story is just another Buck smear! Buck is the one who is unelectable. Norton has never, ever been a lobbyist. Buck and his supporters say and do anything. They have been lying and smearing for months. Grabbing 5,000 Hispanic tax returns illegally, and violating their 4th amendment rights is bad enough. Being fired from the US Attorney’s office and then sent to ethics classes is huge. Buck is completely unelectable. He should drop out now! He also has FEC charges for campaign finance violations. Buck has a real problem of playing fast and loose with the law.
Jane Norton is the true conservative, electable candidate, with integrity!
I see you seem to run her Talking points around here
Richard Mullins (Diary) Tuesday, July 6th at 10:33PM EST (link)There isn’t much reason to believe you, so why don’t you leave.
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IJB Tuesday, July 6th at 10:47PM EST (link)No kidding
Richard Mullins (Diary) Tuesday, July 6th at 11:01PM EST (link)We seem to have a few floating around here. Always saying the same thing. Tribbles and nothing more.
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Joe Biden is like a Decrepit Park owner with a Meth lab that happens to not only be a dealer but a user.
Let’s Bankrupt the Democratic paty. Make spend all the money to defend thier candidates.
And as with utah_cares, once the race is over, will be gone.
gekster (Diary) Tuesday, July 6th at 11:09PM EST (link)utah_cares was tribble #1.
In honer of him I use the name.
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If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.
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He has plenty of followers
Richard Mullins (Diary) Tuesday, July 6th at 11:16PM EST (link)and hence are Tribbles out to make havoc in Primaries far and wide. Good thing they can’t mess our primary since that was in March but there are still plenty for them to muck up.
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It's there job. It's what they do.
gekster (Diary) Tuesday, July 6th at 11:22PM EST (link)another nt. I’m losing tract.
They say Republicans are for the rich, Democrats are for the poor.
If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.
We are there in the various Tea Party groups, leaderless, but not rudderless.
We steer always toward the Constitutional principles this nation was founded upon.
Erick Brockway
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How persuasive
crassus (Diary) Wednesday, July 7th at 5:05PM EST (link)Unfortunately, I believe that you should not have skipped all of those remedial English classes. I never stated that Norton was unelectable. I stated that Buck was just as, if not more, electable than Norton. And the polling matches that.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/senate/2010_colorado_senate_race.html
I notice you said “Hispanic tax returns”. They were illegal aliens- that is what matters- not their ethnicity.
“He should drop out now”. He is leading by any measure, is almost certain to win, and you seem to be in desperate denial of reality.
I once worked for Howard Johnson's
romeg Monday, July 5th at 4:37PM EST (link)as a busboy for 1 day. I quit that same day because the guy running that shift was, up to that moment, the most perfect A** H*** I had ever encountered. I was 16 years old at the time. I’ve encountered quite a few since then but he is still very near the top of the list. That was 46 years ago and I can tell you virtually EVERYTHING I did during that 1 eight hour shift.
No, I cannot tell you the name of my Nemesis.
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Jane Norton's ad
EasyLiving Monday, July 5th at 6:34PM EST (link)The radio ad starts out with Jane saying she approves it, then never talks about her substantively again.
It’s all attacks on Ken Buck as a “government lawyer” who was kinda fired (it sounds like) amid ethics scandal(s).
Of course I’ve read about the incident, and Norton’s ad is as far from Reagan’s 11th as you can get by using distortion and absurd exageration about Ken Buck’s record years and years ago instead of saying positive things about her own campaign, or, for that matter, the most pressing need which is to make sure the seat becomes Republican again.
Didn’t Buckley write about that?
Kind of interesting how that works isn't it?...
AceInTX (Diary) Monday, July 5th at 11:21PM EST (link)We’re always browbeaten by the establishment to play nice and observe Reagan’s 11th commandment to not attack a fellow Republican…but they have no qualms about going after Conservative Candidates hammer an tong.
Far from 11th commandment
redtillimdead (Diary) Tuesday, July 6th at 2:14AM EST (link)But yet everything here is OK? Erick attacks fellow Republican’s all day. I see more posts attacking Republicans than Democrats in this place. I can go to Daily Kos and find less Republican bashing.
Nancy Pelosi can kiss my asstroturf.
Dear Red
winthisone Tuesday, July 6th at 3:05PM EST (link)I am very, very opposed to negative campaigning, lying and twisting of the truth. As Republicans we should absolutely never put something out that is not the absolute, straight truth. Do we agree?
However, I want to know all the facts about the candidates, and I appreciate getting those facts, as long as the truth has not been twisted. Getting the facts out there in an honest manner does not violate Reagan’s 11th.
I don’t care if Ken Buck made an unintentional slip over ten years ago. I don’t care if Jane Norton was “oh my God” a lobbyist. I just want each to tell the truth about themselves. If Norton was a lobbyist, just say it out straight and don’t think we are so dumb that we would believe it when she says she “can’t remember.”
Ethics?
colawman (Diary) Tuesday, July 6th at 12:39AM EST (link)Jane Norton has attacked Ken Buck on his ethics. Let’s put it in perspective. Ken Buck did something wrong 10 years ago. When confronted did he deny it or own up to it and take the reprimand?
Fast forward to 2010. Jane Norton is asked if she was a lobbyist. She states that she was not, even though her employer stated she was a paid lobbyist. Now she is interviewed regarding her time as a lobbyist as AARP and says she cannot remember as it has been too long ago. Wait one minute….It was not too long ago she left 1993 off her resume.
I’ll take the candidate who choses “I cannot tell a lie, I chopped down the cherry tree.” over the candidate who declares: “Cherry tree,,,,hmmmm, where was it at?….I don’t recall, Can I get back to you?
Buck lied
chof Tuesday, July 6th at 10:06PM EST (link)Buck lied for a year, saying he only grabbed 1,300 Hispanic tax returns. Finally, he was forced to admit he did grab 5,000 in May. Buck has lied for 10 years saying he did nothing wrong in the US Attorney’s office. If he had told the truth when he was running for DA, he would not be DA. He should have been disbarred for what he did. Being fired and sent to ethics classes is huge. Norton never, ever has been a lobbyist. She is the true, conservative candidate with integrity. I would like for you to remember everything you did 15 years ago.
Ummm...not only do I remember the job I had
eburke (Diary) Tuesday, July 6th at 11:16PM EST (link)15 years ago, I remember every job I ever *had* (and at my age…that’s more than a couple).
She can play the ‘well, I decided not to include it on my resume’ game (it’s not very credible but she can still play) but to say she can’t remember her title or what she did.
Sorry… no sale. I’m not buying it. And if by some stretch of the imagination she’s actually telling the truth then she’s does not possess the intellectual capacity or recall to hold the position of a U.S. Senator.
Either way this is a “Fail”.
“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
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Norton may be pretty
winthisone Wednesday, July 7th at 12:58PM EST (link)but she’s no conservative. She joined with Andrew Romanoff, Bill Owens and other liberals to pass the biggest tax increase in Colorado history.
Norton never a Lobbyist
chof Tuesday, July 6th at 9:05PM EST (link)Accusing Norton of being a lobbyist is just the latest Buck smear. Jane Norton has never, ever been a lobbyist. I heard Ken and Perry come up with the idea of calling her a lobbyist and tying her to McCain last year after the Fountain Parade. They both knew they were not true, but they did not care. Whenever another Buck malfeasance breaks, Buck and his supporters come out with another smear on Norton. The story breaks about Buck being fired from the US Attorney and sent to ethics classes, and a day later Buck supporters sue Norton about her petitions. The FEC charges Buck with campaign finance violations this week. Buck comes up with the lobbyist smear. Buck has serious ethical problems. Buck and his supporters think it will make him not as bad if he can drag Norton down in the mud with him. It is going to backfire in a huge way. Norton has the proven, conservative record. As she said recently, she has not had to take ethics classes. She is electable and Buck is not!
And we have another tribble.
gekster (Diary) Tuesday, July 6th at 9:21PM EST (link)Reality what it is, she was a lobyist.
Who oversaw other lobyist.
Did you care to even read all of the comments here.
They say Republicans are for the rich, Democrats are for the poor.
If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.
We are there in the various Tea Party groups, leaderless, but not rudderless.
We steer always toward the Constitutional principles this nation was founded upon.
Erick Brockway
Ok folks, 2012 is here. Get involved
kowalski: supporting your canidate is fine.
gekster (Diary) Tuesday, July 6th at 9:22PM EST (link)Ignoring the facts about them is not.
Hence, a tribble.
They say Republicans are for the rich, Democrats are for the poor.
If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.
We are there in the various Tea Party groups, leaderless, but not rudderless.
We steer always toward the Constitutional principles this nation was founded upon.
Erick Brockway
Ok folks, 2012 is here. Get involved
Norton never a Lobbyist
chof Tuesday, July 6th at 9:57PM EST (link)You are wrong! Norton has never been a lobbyist! That is just another Buck lie. That is all Buck and his supporters do, lie, attack and smear. They have been doing it for months. They know Norton is electable and Buck has loads of baggage that make him completely unelectable.
I'm sure that you have proof to that,Tribble
Richard Mullins (Diary) Tuesday, July 6th at 10:05PM EST (link)Buck lies,Buck lies and Norton tells the truth. Yeah right, how about have Jane Norton strapped to a polygraph machine. That should work well.
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Joe Biden is like a Decrepit Park owner with a Meth lab that happens to not only be a dealer but a user.
Let’s Bankrupt the Democratic paty. Make spend all the money to defend thier candidates.
This is just for info: A search on:Jane Norton, lobyist.
gekster (Diary) Tuesday, July 6th at 10:35PM EST (link)I got 33,800 hits.
Lets throw out 1/3 (11227) that might not be related or are duplicates.
That leaves 22575.
Say half (11286) are not true.
That leaves 11285 that might be true.
Lets say just for debate that only half (5642) of those are true.
Some reading for you.
http://www.demconwatchblog.com/diary/3114/jane-norton-lying-lobbyist
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/29/jane-norton-denies-being_n_441761.html
http://coloradoindependent.com/46743/gop-senate-candidate-norton-goes-on-the-record-%E2%80%98ive-not-been-a-lobbyist%E2%80%99
http://coloradoindependent.com/46743/gop-senate-candidate-norton-goes-on-the-record-%E2%80%98ive-not-been-a-lobbyist%E2%80%99
excerpt:
MGMA confirmed to the Colorado Independent at the time that Norton headed the association’s lobbying department. “Yes, this is the lobbying arm of the organization,” a spokesperson at the Department of Government Affairs said. Human Resources staffer Jenny Morales said that the group Norton headed used to be called the Office of Strategic Relationships and is now simply called the Department of Government Affairs. “Ms. Norton held a number of positions at MGMA. One of which was Director of Government Policy in 1994. When she left the Association, her job title was Executive Director Strategic Relations.”
http://www.dscc.org/news?type=press_release&press_release_KEY=1053
excerpt:
Despite telling a talk radio host the opposite, Norton was a healthcare lobbyist from 1994 to 1999, when she served as the Executive Director, Office of Strategic Relationship, and the Director, Office of State Government Relations, for the Medical Group Management Association. In 2001, the Rocky Mountain News wrote that Norton “was previously a medical lobbyist.”
http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2009/09/progressnow_colorado_takes_aim.php
excerpt:
This call comes one day after she failed to explain why she never personally registered as a lobbyist, even though she was the head of “Government Relations” for a health insurance lobbying organization. A call by the press yesterday to the company confirmed Norton headed “the lobbying arm” of the company. (Colorado Independent, 9/14/2009; Washington Times, 9/14/2009)
They say Republicans are for the rich, Democrats are for the poor.
If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.
We are there in the various Tea Party groups, leaderless, but not rudderless.
We steer always toward the Constitutional principles this nation was founded upon.
Erick Brockway
Ok folks, 2012 is here. Get involved
Norton, the lobbyist is isn't
winthisone Wednesday, July 7th at 12:00AM EST (link)http://coloradoindependent.com/46743/gop-senate-candidate-norton-goes-on-the-record-%E2%80%98ive-not-been-a-lobbyist%E2%80%99
Please clarify your comment.
gekster (Diary) Wednesday, July 7th at 1:28AM EST (link)so many nt’s
They say Republicans are for the rich, Democrats are for the poor.
If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.
We are there in the various Tea Party groups, leaderless, but not rudderless.
We steer always toward the Constitutional principles this nation was founded upon.
Erick Brockway
Ok folks, 2012 is here. Get involved
so whatdya think, gekster? Think all of Bridgewater's
eburke (Diary) Tuesday, July 6th at 11:07PM EST (link)people moved to CO and joined the Norton campaign?
“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
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I hadn't given it a thought, but it's something to contemplate.
gekster (Diary) Tuesday, July 6th at 11:14PM EST (link)Ignoring facts just to shill for a beloved candidate.
My be they comunicate with that terrible webby thingy.
It does get the word out. Both ways.
They say Republicans are for the rich, Democrats are for the poor.
If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.
We are there in the various Tea Party groups, leaderless, but not rudderless.
We steer always toward the Constitutional principles this nation was founded upon.
Erick Brockway
Ok folks, 2012 is here. Get involved
She is Charlie Black's sister-in-law.
marymom Tuesday, July 6th at 10:26PM EST (link)She is the quintessential insider, and money-girl, whether she technically ever was hired by an industry association or was paid as a registered lobbyist — she still has lobbied — she HAS dealt for years in K Street influencing, wheeling and dealing with the big boys… She was recruited for this vacancy so all the usual establishment RINO consultants can plunder and fleece the grassroots, and wind up with “their gal” to do their bidding in DC after they have made a bundle off the campaign, to boot. Good grief, her RINO record is as plain as the nose on your face, and so is her present performance. Look at her campaign, who is funding and running it, who has her ad buys, and how she is scripted. For crying out loud, what do people need to draw the most obvious and inescapable conclusions? NO more RINOs, NO more cozy DC fat-cat, establishment GOP business as usual. Save the Republic — throw the rascals OUT! And that includes the #$% consultants like Charlie Black, his relations, and the rest of his ilk. They do not have a principled bone in their bodies that has showed up once in an important fight these last twenty years. We deserve better in America. Ken Buck is the guy.
Wow marymom!
winthisone Wednesday, July 7th at 12:04AM EST (link)Great commentary. Astute!
I have been fighting this fight a loooong time...
marymom Wednesday, July 7th at 12:15AM EST (link)thanks for the comment. You are welcome to the benefit of the lumps I have taken over years of battling the likes of Charlie Black. Throw all the rascals OUT! They should not be fooling any of us any more. We need to be tough-minded, and pick conservative champions who are not part of the DC establishment that has sold us out over and over again. Enough is enough. Long live the Republic.