Energy Regulations & Republican Values

Oil and gas companies in Colorado whine that there’s not enough time to study and respond to rules proposed to take effect this year. They want some rules to apply this summer and others later. Let’s see: energy corporations are enjoying record profits quarter after quarter and are enjoying record claims and development quarter after quarter. Yup, I can definitely see why they need more time to study updated regulations: delay their implementation and the good times keep on rollin’! Shameful.

In the still developing Bob Schaffer - Jack Abramoff scandal, a nonpartisan group has put out an ad calling on Bob Schaffer to apologize for a controversial trip he took to the Mariana Islands and to donate a portion of his campaign funds to charities there. You can watch the ad at SchafferFacts.com. Schaffer’s campaign manager, Dick Wadhams, took the opportunity to attack the nonpartisan group instead. Ah, Republican values - gotta’ love ‘em! Schaffer’s ethics problems will prevent him from winning the Colorado Senate race.

Republican ne’er-do-well Douglas Bruce has been charged with sexually harassing a female staffer at the Colorado state Capitol. In just a few short weeks, Bruce has been censured for kicking a photographer and was removed from discussing a bill after making a disgusting, racist comment about guest workers. Bruce has refused to comment on the charges, which is certainly his perogative. A similar situation occurred earlier this session with a Democrat being accused of harassment. You know what he did? The morally correct thing: apologized and resigned. Instead, Bruce and his supporters work to make him the victim. What is it with Republicans and their “values” anyway?