As Brian T. Campbell Sr. and I stood on the East steps (yes the East steps) of the Colorado State Capitol on February 27th of 2009 at the first Denver metro Tea Party, we were encouraged by the obvious unity of the some 250 – 300 persons in attendance.

We also shared with each other the same question, what issues could destroy what we saw growing before us?

One of those issues we thought, could be, disagreement on candidates.

Will the current disagreement between groups and individuals about the Colorado governors race destroy the Liberty movement in the state?

I don’t know, I kind of doubt it.

But the risk does exist as the animosity seems to be on the increase.

I angered and lost some allies when Tom Tancredo entered the race as a third party candidate and I expressed my belief that to enter the race as he did was not a move I, personally, supported.

People actually choose to disassociate with me because I held and continue to hold that belief.

This without my having said anything about if I believed him qualified or not to be governor of Colorado.

Wednesday evening Hear Us Now pulled it’s endorsement of Dan Maes.

The ‘fall out’ has actually been minimal, so far.

We took a few very nasty emails, lost a couple of people on our email list (gained 24 on our email list), lost a few Facebook associates and have been removed from the email list of other organizations.

This is all well and fine.

As a co-founder of Hear Us Now I state that we have, in all things, acted in honesty and with integrity and if we ceased to exist as a group tomorrow, I’m fine with going out like that.

My concern is with the sentiment of the few emails we took against our decision to pull our endorsement of Maes and with many of the messages I see across Facebook and in some email threads.

It seems that some believe they cannot be disagreed with.

There exists a core of people who support Tom Tancredo in this race and believe that a vote for Maes is not a vote based upon principle.

Clearly there is as well a core of people who also question an individuals commitment to conservatism, the Liberty movement and the state of Colorado if they are not in support of Dan Maes.

If John Hickenlooper is elected governor of Colorado, some are going to blame Maes supporters and others will blame Tancredo supporters.

Some will never get past the fact that their candidate was not elected and are going to refuse (and already are refusing) to work with those individuals and groups who supported the “other” candidate.

I state flatly; if there is no room in the Liberty movement for disagreement then there is no Liberty in the Liberty movement.

The Hear Us Now committee met at 5:30 Wednesday morning to make a final decision regarding our continued endorsement of Republican candidate for Colorado Governor, Dan Maes.

We have, in the days following the Republican primary met and discussed, several times our growing concern and dissatisfaction with the Maes campaign.

A final decision was reached by the committee Wednesday morning to rescind our endorsement of Dan Maes.

It’s been no secret among some groups involved in the Liberty movement that we have been considering withdrawing our endorsement.

While some have challenged us suggesting that perhaps we, as a Liberty group, would not be standing on principles were we to withdraw our endorsement, we disagree.

We believe that the principles of the Liberty movement require us to cease any further support of Mr. Maes.

I have been assured that were we to withdraw our endorsement, our group would be “shunned”.

If that is the case, then so be it.

So, today we join CRL and former Senator Hank Brown as we withdraw our endorsement of Dan Maes for Governor of Colorado.

The letter to the Maes campaign is posted directly below. Click on it to download a more viewable copy in PDF form.

R Block Party will hold it’s 2nd annual picnic today from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Washington Park Boathouse.

The boathouse is located at the north end of the park, E Exposition Ave & S Franklin St in Denver.

Don’t pretend you have something more important to do.

What could be more important than reclaiming our state?

It all starts at home, if we don’t reclaim the state then it makes it that much harder to reclaim the nation.

22 State House District candidates will be in attendance.

There will be auction items, some of which are:

• Concealed Carry Weapon class for six
• Broncos tickets
• One week in Hawaii
• 3 days and 2 nights in Crested Butte

There will also be a bake sale.

This IS a fund raiser.

While there is no charge to attend, please come and plan to participate in the auction, buy something from the bake sale or just write a check to a candidate who you support.

R Block Party is providing chips and drinks.

Please bring your own picnic meal.

You may contact R Block Party by emailing them at RBlockParty@comcastDOTnet.

You may also visit their Facebook page.

JEFFERSON COUNTY

MEET YOUR CANDIDATES

ROAR invites you to attend our next meeting with Jefferson County candidates as guest speakers. This is a great opportunity to meet these Jeffco candidates or get to know them better before the election.

After presentations, there will be an opportunity to ask questions about issues that are of importance to you. ROAR meetings are open to the public.

Please join us!

Tuesday, August 24, 2010
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Golden VFW
15625 W. 10th Avenue
Golden, CO 80401

Guest Speakers:
Sheriff Ted Mink (incumbent)
Jim Everson – County Assessor (incumbent)
Pam Anderson – County Clerk & Recorder (incumbent)
Tim Kauffman – County Treasurer (incumbent)
John Graham – County Coroner
Don Rosier – Candidate for County Commissioner, D3

Revive our American Republic (ROAR) is a non-profit organization committed to common sense policy and holding our elected officials accountable to the United States Constitution.

Silent no more. Hear us ROAR! www.roaramerica.net RoarAmerica@gmail.com ROAR America P.O. Box 19190; Golden, CO 80402

Couldn’t make it to Loveland last night to attend the Ken Buck victory party? Take some time and view the video embedded below.

It’s a great win, but the fight is not over.

Michael Bennet must be sent packing on November 2nd.