Bill Ritter is running for governor of my state (colorado)

[Roon]

He boasted that while DA, he had a 95% conviction rate. That sounded awfully high. So I called his office and asked his staff how many of those convictions were plea bargains. The guy who answered the phone didn't know!!! So I asked them to find out and call me back. Think I will hear back?

[rockymountaindem]

1. Are you sure about this?

Because I keep hearing the 95% figure being tossed around specifically about plea bargains, not the conviction rate.

[Roon]

3. I just saw his ad

It said he had a 95% conviction rate. Do you know the name of the guy he's running against? I am going to call their office and tell them that they should demand to know how many of Ritter's convictions were plea bargains.

[rockymountaindem]

12. Ritter is running against Bob Beauprez

I wouldn't call Beauprez' office for anything though. You'd just be making trouble for our guy if they followed through, and you'd just be wasting your time if they don't. The latter is more likely, seeing as how the Beauprez campaign can't seem to get anything together.

Edit: Are you voting for Beauprez? That's nuts if you are. He's a complete Bushbot and a poor Owens clone.

[Roon]

22. I'll leave that issue blank, thank you

I am not voting for the pig. So I will skip over that part of the ballot.

[eleny]

2. How many times has Beauprez rubber stamped a George Bush wish?

There's a question for you.

[Roon]

4. answering a question with a question

Tacky. Anyway, thanks for giving me the name of the guy he's running against. I am going to call their office right now.

[eleny]

5. You're welcome!

[Roon]

6. I just called this Beauprez's office

I told them that they should demand to know how many of Ritter's "convictions" were plea bargains and they were very interested and glad to get my comment. I hope they stuff that pig with this.

[DaveinMD]

7. so why

are you going after the Democrat in the race. Ritter is the Dem running in case you didn't know.

[Roon]

10. Because Ritter is a pig

And tries to intimidate people into giving up their rights when caught with a little marijuana. I have been busted for marijuana and they dropped it when I demanded a trial!! I want my trial, dammit!

[DaveinMD]

11. holy crap

Go to Republican Underground. You'll be happier there. Supporting Republican candidates is against the rules of this place.

[Roon]

15. I thought pig bashing was accepted here?

eom

[DaveinMD]

16. again

go to a Republican site where you should feel free to support Republican candidates running against Democratic candidates.

[rockymountaindem]

18. I'm not sure Roon realizes who the Democrat is in this race

Or maybe not...

[blondeatlast]

24. Self-delete. nt

[enlightenment]

8. Went to High School with Bill Ritter -- he was an okay guy and

very popular.

Since I haven't lived in CO for quite a while, I won't weigh in on this debate, though I did find this link:

http://colorado.mediamatters.org/items/200609110004

It seems to answer your question, if I'm understanding your question correctly!

[DaveinMD]

9. he's a good Democrat

running against a corrupt Republican. So of course the DU'er is trying to embarass the good Democrat and spewing Republican talking points. I don't get this place sometimes.

[Roon]

21. He's a pig

I have a right not to support a pig on DU.

[Roon]

13. Good!

I am glad someone made an issue of it. It was so glaringly obvious, I couldn't imagine this going unchecked.

[DaveinMD]

14. great

to see you supporting Republicans and their distortions of the truth. All prosecutors plea bargain.

[Roon]

17. They tried to get me to plea bargain and accept a 100 fine

I told them to stick it up their ass and wanted them to seat an 8? person jury. They pussed out, they are trained to scare our citizens into giving up money for getting caught with a little weed. FUCK THAT!!!

[DaveinMD]

19. first

don't get caught breaking a law and you won't get in trouble.

Second, they don't prosecute such cases because it isn't worth the expense.

Third you are supporting a Republican on a Democrat site and that is against the terms of use here.

[Roon]

20. They came to do a knock and talk upstairs. they smelled our weed

They rang our doorbell...I answered the door, they wanted to come in. I said no. I slammed the door in their face. No search warrant.My lover at the time talked to them through the peephole. They told him if he doesn't let them in they were going to kick down the door. My ex let them in. They cuffed me. They searched my house without a warrant. My ex had an arrest warrant and they thought it was for me. When I told them to "kiss my ass, my name isn't robert" they roughed me up. They roughed me up a second time before they let me go and took my ex into custody. I took the thing to trial. They dropped it.

Don't you dare tell me that i can't smoke weed in my own house, especially since I have HIV.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

23. Sorry about your personal experiece, but, you are violating the policies

of this board.

If you want to trash the Dem candidate in any race, you should do it anyplace but DemocraticUnderground.

You're in the wrong place at the wrong time. MKJ

[mongo]

25. Wow.

don't get caught breaking a law and you won't get in trouble.



Yeah, don't break any laws and then you won't need those pesky civil liberties gauranteed by that nasty constitution.

[maddezmom]

26. locking

You are not permitted to use this message board to work for the defeat of the Democratic Party nominee for any political office. If you wish to work for the defeat of any Democratic candidate in any General Election, then you are welcome to use someone else's bandwidth on some other website.