Businessman Robert Blaha
And he channels Ronald Reagan in his latest radio ad, too. That’s his latest one. To date, the congressional campaign of entrepreneur Robert Blaha has spent nearly a quarter-million dollars on advertising, including three radio spots and three TV commercials. That’s a lot for a political newbie, and though he faces an uphill battle against GOP incumbent Congressman Doug Lamborn, he’s certainly spending like he means business.
Pun intended.
In his ads, Blaha paints himself as a successful job creator and background as an entrepreneur. And in the new radio ad, he intersperses audio from Reagan speeches. But he’s not been exactly subtle when it comes to Lamborn.
In his first ad, Blaha called Lamborn a “career politician,” and insinuated that Lamborn pursued earmarks and engaged in “political pandering.” In his second, he attacked Lamborn more openly, and says he’s “failed” in Congress.
“If we judge Congressman Lamborn on his ability to fix the economy, he’s failed. Passing legislation? Congressman Lamborn has been the lead sponsor of 37 bills and none have become law. He’s 0 for 37. And if we judge him on his voting record, where are the results?” Blaha says in the ad.
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs
In the Reagan ad, he uses four clips that crackle with aged recording, including the famous “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” and says Congress has strayed from Reagan’s core Republican principles, including that of small government.
Lamborn’s spokeswoman Cat Mortensen replied to the 0 for 37 ad a week ago in an email, and said not even Speaker of the House John Boehner has had a bill signed into law in five years:
“Mr. Blaha displays stunning ignorance on the fundamentals of the legislative process and Congressional leadership. Congressman Lamborn has passed more bills through the House of Representatives in the current 112th Congress than any member of the Colorado delegation. This includes major energy legislation this year and defunding National Public Radio last year. The fact that Senate Democrats refuse to take up almost any House-passed bill, over which he has no control, is no reflection on Lamborn. It is an unfortunate reality in a divided Congress.
Furthermore, Congressional leadership involves more than passing bills. Among other things, Lamborn has been instrumental in bringing a new Veterans Affairs Cemetery to Southern Colorado, a new Veterans Health Clinic to the district, a new ICE office to Colorado Springs, and a new Combat Aviation Brigade to Fort Carson. These important additions to our community are not the direct result of legislation, but rather, the result of years spent working closely with community and Congressional leaders.”
Also running in the primary is insurance salesman Doug Bergeron.
Can’t be small government and pandering for government defense spending….doesn’t reconcile, even if the party looks past it.
Lamborn is a disgrace.
Lamborn is NOT a disgrace, he is a PATRIOT trying very hard to protect our freedom & our constitution, guess you are forgetting that Colorado has a Obama lover democrat as governor, he is the DISGRACE.
Talk is cheap. Lamborn has done more for the 5th district than most. If Blaha has the money, I’m sure he can buy his way into office, then do nothing until he has a few years of experience and by then, he too will be voted out. We need to keep Lamborn and his experience.
I’ve listened to Blaha’s ads on radio. He sounds like Mitt Romney… lots of platitudes and few specifics on what he would actually do that Lamborn isn’t already doing.
Lamborn has proven he is a reliable conservative. Blaha’s mistake to run as a conservative against an already reliable conservative. He’s redundant.
Alternate title to this blog piece:
“Blaha Blows Big Bucks trying to Buy a Congress Seat”
Voters won’t be fooled.
LAMBORN IS A FAILED LAWYER WHO COULD NOT KEEP A JOB SO HE BECAME A POLITICIAN….AND SEEMS TO BE DOING VERY WELL FINANCIALLY IN THAT JOB..STRANGE AS THE WAGES ARE NOT THAT GOOD..HE NEVER HOLDS A PUBLIC MEETING BECAUSE THEN WE COULD ALL SEE HIS INEPTITUDE ON SHOW.HE CONTINUALLY PANDERS TO THE WORST RIGHT WING MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY (AS IN THE ABOVE COMMENTATORS) .AND IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THIS DISTRICT. WE ARE LAUGHED AT ON THE NATIONAL SCALE BY HIS REPEATED GAFFS…ANYONE WOULD BE A BETTER CONGRESSMAN
Blaha is refreshing! Someone outside the political arena who understands how to get things done and is willing to fight for what he believes in. He is on a grass roots tour of Colorado, meeting and greeting people in rural and urban areas. He listens and actually cares. He is up against a big political machine and is funding it himself. He may not make it, but all of us are better off when people like him try.
Hey Lamborn staff, posting positive drivel under different names on this hack blog really isn’t going to buy you any more votes. Nice try, though.
TO LAMBORN STAFFERS……WHEN ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A REAL LIVE TOWN HALL EVENT OPEN TO ALL…NOT THE SECRET ONES FOR LAMBORN SUPPORTERS IN VENUES THAT ARE TOO SMALL?????
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