tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230695192024-03-07T22:21:26.540-07:00Musgrave Must GoA blog chronicling the fun filled foibles of Marilyn MusgraveMusgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.comBlogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-57533738837627445692009-09-13T22:42:00.003-06:002009-09-13T22:45:18.324-06:00Support Betsy MarkeyWho rid the 4th Congressional District and the United States Congress of Marilyn Musgrave? <a href="http://markeyforcongress.com">Betsy Markey</a> is who.<br /><br />Please thank her for that and for doing a great job. <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/18134">Click here to make a small contribution</a> to Betsy Markey's reelection campaign!Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-18064298221421600792008-11-23T18:27:00.002-07:002008-11-23T18:39:50.610-07:00Bye, bye, Marilyn<center><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c9HkxlzMFVw&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/c9HkxlzMFVw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><p></p></center><br /><a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/anneschroeder/1108/Bad_blood_for_Musgrave_.html">Politico</a>:<br /><blockquote>Two weeks after the brutal loss, Musgrave still hasn’t called her opponent to concede or to congratulate the victor, as is not only textbook but also mannerly to do.<br /><br />Moreover, Musgrave’s ill manners bleed into her own team. Rumor has it she still — 14 days later — hasn’t even thanked her campaign staff. (Again, textbook.)</blockquote><a href="http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/nov/20/extra-nov-20/">Rocky Mountain News</a>:<br /><p><strong></strong></p><blockquote><p><strong>SORE LOSER</strong></p> <p>Ousted Colorado Rep. <strong>Marilyn Musgrave</strong> is making national headlines - and not the good kind. Under the headline "Nobody Likes a Sore Loser. Even in Washington," Musgrave scored a withering 78 ranking - approaching "utterly shameless" - on <em><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/169183">Newsweek</a>'s</em> The Dignity Index, described as a survey of "dubious behavior that measures, on a scale of 1 to 100, just how low you can go."</p></blockquote><p></p>It's been real.Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-46924075259761000582008-04-23T23:06:00.001-06:002008-04-23T23:09:44.738-06:00Musgrave opposes Medicare<a href="http://www.squarestate.net/showDiary.do?diaryId=5669">Squarestate</a> reports that Marilyn Musgrave is one of the radical few who supports screwing over state governments as well as the elderly and infirm of the 4th District.<br /><p></p><blockquote><p>Would you call this <a href="http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?p=1299"><em>compassionate conservatism</em> or <em>family values</em></a>?</p><blockquote><p>The bipartisan <a href="http://www.speaker.gov/legislation?id=0186">Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act</a> places a moratorium until March 2009 on [the <a href="http://public.cq.com/docs/hb/hbnews110-000002664494.html">Bush's Administraton's drastic medicare/aid</a>] regulations, and passed today by a vote of <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll209.xml">349-62</a> after being reported by the Energy and Commerce Committee by a <u>unanimous vote of 46 to 0</u> and receiving support from <u>all 50 Governors.</u></p></blockquote><p>Total cuts for Colorado proposed by the Bush Administration and agreed to by only 62 legislators, including our two warm-hearted Christians Marilyn Musgrave and Doug Lamborn: <a href="http://oversight.house.gov/features/medicaid08/"><strong>$787 Million</strong> over five years</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-514497234229539262008-04-22T09:48:00.001-06:002008-04-22T09:50:46.047-06:00GOP county commissioner DIDN'T rape man<object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3KoPDSgtT14"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3KoPDSgtT14" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/190503.php"></a><blockquote><a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/190503.php">TalkingPointsMemo.com</a> - Usually, it's not a good thing when a Republican elected official gets caught with hundreds of tapes of himself having sex with prostitutes. But for Cumberland County Commissioner Bruce Barclay (R), it was his lucky day.</blockquote>Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-34804698226625779782008-04-10T14:25:00.003-06:002008-04-10T14:37:49.305-06:00Arbeit Macht Frei<blockquote>"The workers were smiling; they were happy."<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">- <span style="font-style: italic;">former CD-4 Congressman and Marilyn Musgrave predecessor </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.denverpost.com/ci_8872607">Bob Schaffer</a><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span></div></blockquote><br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?file=http%3A%2F%2Fveracifier%2Eblip%2Etv%2Frss%2Fflash%2F822547&showfsbutton=true&brandlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Everacifier%2Ecom%2F&brandname=Veracifier&showsharebutton=true&showguidebutton=true&showplayerpath=http%3A%2F%2Fblip%2Etv%2Fscripts%2Fflash%2Fshowplayer%2Eswf" allowfullscreen="true" id="showplayer" height="255" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?file=http%3A%2F%2Fveracifier%2Eblip%2Etv%2Frss%2Fflash%2F822547&showfsbutton=true&brandlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Everacifier%2Ecom%2F&brandname=Veracifier&showsharebutton=true&showguidebutton=true&showplayerpath=http%3A%2F%2Fblip%2Etv%2Fscripts%2Fflash%2Fshowplayer%2Eswf"><param name="quality" value="best"><embed src="http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?file=http%3A%2F%2Fveracifier%2Eblip%2Etv%2Frss%2Fflash%2F822547&showfsbutton=true&brandlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Everacifier%2Ecom%2F&brandname=Veracifier&showsharebutton=true&showguidebutton=true&showplayerpath=http%3A%2F%2Fblip%2Etv%2Fscripts%2Fflash%2Fshowplayer%2Eswf" quality="best" name="showplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="255" width="400"></embed></object><p></p><br />It turns out that <a href="http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/community/post/al/Cqf8">Republican Bob Schaffer</a> has a history with Jack Abramoff and the worker exploitation on the Marianas Islands, which MusgraveMustGo has <a href="http://musgravemustgo.blogspot.com/2006/09/moral-majority-keep-em-out-of-church.html">written about before</a> in <a href="http://musgravemustgo.blogspot.com/2006/07/capitalist-perfection.html">relation to</a> Schaffer's protege, Marilyn Musgrave.Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-57785374461343185822008-03-31T07:27:00.000-06:002008-03-31T07:28:59.842-06:00Let's point out the obvious<a href="http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080331/OPINION03/803310312/1014/CUSTOMERSERVICE02">In today's Coloradoan</a>:<br /><blockquote>Let's pretend that Rep. Marilyn Musgrave is not in the pocket of big oil and gas. Let's assume that Marilyn really believes in protecting tax breaks for big oil and gas at the expense of renewable energy investment here in Northern Colorado.<span class="bodytext"><p>So why would we want such a wrong-headed person representing us in Congress?<br /><br /><b>Tom Tripp,</b> <br /><b>Fort Collins</b></p></span></blockquote><span class="bodytext"><p><b></b> </p></span>Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-15260935028281514062008-03-24T08:42:00.003-06:002008-03-24T09:07:58.063-06:00Musgrave opposes renewable-energy tax credits<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40789000/jpg/_40789955_exxon238.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 196px; height: 147px;" src="http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40789000/jpg/_40789955_exxon238.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080324/NEWS01/303240001/1002/CUSTOMERSERVICE02">Marilyn Musgrave</a>: still in the pocket of Big Oil. The <a href="http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080324/NEWS01/303240001/1002/CUSTOMERSERVICE02">Coloradoan </a>reports:<br /><span class="bodytext"><p></p><blockquote><p> Colorado is banking on it.</p><p> Everyone from Gov. Bill Ritter and state legislators to university researchers and city officials is dreaming about Colorado striking gold through the new energy economy.</p>That is why some people were surprised when Rep. Marilyn Musgrave voted against federal legislation extending renewable-energy tax credits that passed the House last month.</blockquote> <p></p></span>Surprised?<br /><span class="bodytext"><p></p><blockquote><p> "The renewable energy credits would be paid for by reductions in tax credits for the oil and gas industry and would not add to the federal budget deficit. With oil at more than $100 a barrel, many folks think the petroleum industry needs no 'incentive' to look for oil."</p><p> Musgrave voted against House Resolution 5351 to extend $18 billion in tax breaks to public and private utilities in order to produce renewable energy.</p><p> The bill also provides incentives for biodiesel production and installation of alternative fuel stations - a movement Ritter has heavily promoted statewide.</p><p> The bill also promotes energy conservation and efficiency through tax breaks for net metering and credits to homeowners who make energy-efficient improvements to their property.</p><p> The bill, passed 236-182, is funded by eliminating tax breaks traditionally given to the oil and gas industry and is currently in the Senate.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Follow the money:</p><p><span class="bodytext"><blockquote> OpenSecrets.org, a nonprofit organization that follows campaign donations, showed Musgrave has accepted $10,000 from the oil and gas industry in the 2008 election cycle and nearly $125,000 since taking office.</blockquote></span></p></span>Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-41863644714224292822008-03-10T11:25:00.005-06:002008-03-10T11:39:44.282-06:00Uh-oh! One Hastert buddy goes downUh oh! It looks like Marilyn Musgrave pal Denny Hastert -- <a href="http://musgravemustgo.blogspot.com/2006/08/cronyism-comes-to-co-04.html">previously featured here</a><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 149px;" src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f16/musgravemustgo/081706r1a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /> -- didn't exactly leave his congressional district in order for his Republican cronies.<br /><br />After he slunk off into the night and abandoned his seat (makes it easier to rake in the big bucks as a lobbyist), they had to hold a special election to fill it. This seat has been in Republican hands since the Ford administration!<br /><br />Congratulations to Democratic Congressman-elect <a href="http://www.foster08.com/">Bill Foster</a>! Your constituents said "Hell No!" to more Republican cronyism.<br /><br />One Hastert buddy down. Plenty more to go!Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-45699792451930777302008-02-29T08:33:00.001-07:002008-02-29T08:35:16.886-07:00Rubberstamp Musgrave<a href="http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080228/OPINION03/802280391/1014/CUSTOMERSERVICE02">Coloradoan LTE</a>:<br /><span class="bodytext"><p></p><blockquote><p>It wasn't bad enough that our grandchildren's future has been mortgaged for the benefit of war profiteers such as Haliburton, who are now taking their huge earnings overseas to avoid U.S. taxes. Today, it was announced that we have just experienced the highest rate of inflation (16 percent) in 16 years. According to reports, this increase was linked to price rises in gasoline, energy and drugs, products of the same industries receiving special treatment and subsidies from Republican-passed legislation under the current administration. We shouldn't be surprised at who's getting welfare now!</p><p>Not only do we need to remove the current spendthrift administration, we need to get rid of the rubber-stamp Congress, including Marilyn Musgrave, who has also allowed this to happen, along with replacing outgoing Sen. Wayne Allard with someone who will do the right thing.</p><p> <table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="ad" align="center"><span class="ad"><br /></span></td><td width="10"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> </p><p><b>Charlotte Miller,<br />Fort Collins</b></p></blockquote><p><b> </b></p></span>Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-74136672359289613352008-02-19T07:25:00.003-07:002008-02-19T07:32:31.896-07:00Musgrave's cash flow problem<a href="http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080219/NEWS01/802190325/1002/CUSTOMERSERVICE02">Coloradoan</a>:<br /><p></p><blockquote><p>The National Republican Congressional Committee could have a harder time this year helping Rep. Marilyn Musgrave hang on to her 4th District House seat due to a serious cash shortage.</p><p> The NRCC, the House Republicans' fundraising arm, began the 2008 election year with $5.5 million in the bank and debts of $2.9 million.</p><p> Its Democratic counterpart, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, had $35 million on hand and debts of $1.4 million. </p><p>Two years ago, the NRCC spent $1.8 million on Musgrave's campaign. She won in a three-way race with 46 percent of the vote - the lowest winning percentage in all of the 2006 House races.</p><p> Although the NRCC will raise a lot more money between now and Election Day, it's doubtful the group will catch up with the DCCC, and it will be hard-pressed to match what it spent on Musgrave's behalf in 2006, said Nathan Gonzales, political editor for the nonpartisan Rothenberg Political Report.</p></blockquote><p></p>Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-16442801768693958742008-02-13T11:54:00.000-07:002008-02-13T11:55:19.656-07:00Fiscal hypocrisyDoesn't <a href="http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080213/BLOGS02/80213002">this </a>just say it all?<br /><b></b><blockquote><b>Q She’s no Jeff Flake (an Arizona Republican who is probably the most outspoken opponent of congressional earmarks) but, she is a fiscal conservative.</b><br /><br />A: Well, most fiscal conservatives believe that fiscal conservatism ends at the district boundary. Pork is a project in somebody else’s district.<br /><br /><b>Q: Isn’t that hypocritical?</b><br /><br />A: That’s political.</blockquote>Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-39644722446431667322008-02-04T08:39:00.000-07:002008-02-04T08:41:21.781-07:00"A cultural war like this"<a href="http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=4385">Memory lane</a>:<br /><blockquote><img src="http://www.pamspaulding.com/graphics/suckmarilynsface.jpg" title="" align="left" border="0" height="100" hspace="5" vspace="2" />I believe that when you're in a cultural war like this, you have to respond with equal and hopefully greater force if you want to win this battle. But this battle [gay marriage] is the most important issue that we face today, and what an honor it has been to serve in the United States Congress and carry the Marriage Amendment...The future is grim unless we do what we need to do to win this battle.<br /><i>-- <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/27/musgrave-gay/" target="_blank">Rep. Marilyn Musgrave</a> (R-CO), September 2006, at the Family Research Council's "Values Voter Summit."</i></blockquote>Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-60097166613032199912008-02-01T09:45:00.000-07:002008-02-01T09:55:27.181-07:00Marilyn Musgrave and the Establishment<a href="http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/cee61b25-6c92-4359-9f62-501a6af92d44">This </a>must make fiscal conservatism proud!<br /><blockquote>Most conservatives who are serious about earmark reforms, including yours truly, support <strong>Jeff Flake</strong> to fill the vacant spot on the Appropriations Committee.<br /><br />However, a reliable source tells me Rep. <strong style="">Marilyn Musgrave </strong><strong></strong>has been "encouraged" to run in order to prevent the House Republican Steering Committee from having to pick Flake.<br /><br />The hope is that Musgrave will be viewed as sufficiently conservative enough to serve as a consolation prize.<br /><br />This, of course, is merely a ploy. Real conservatives who care about fiscal discipline should settle for nothing less than Jeff Flake on the Appropriations Committee.</blockquote>Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-5792162198020142452008-02-01T08:11:00.000-07:002008-02-01T08:13:06.763-07:00Musgrave ill-serves us<span class="headline"><a href="http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080201/OPINION03/802010323/1014/CUSTOMERSERVICE02">Musgrave ill-serves us</a><br /></span><span class="bodytext"><p></p></span><blockquote><span class="bodytext"><p>A second attempt by the House of Representatives to override the President's veto of a bipartisan bill to expand<i> </i>the State Children's Health Insurance Program failed by 15 votes. As with the first attempt, Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave sided with the president.</p><p>From the beginning, Musgrave's dissent experienced a hailstorm of criticism in our district. Considered the most vulnerable to re-election, the House Republican leadership provided her cover by giving her sponsorship of an alternative expansion bill. Its framework replicated a position paper published about the same time by the strongly-conservative Heritage Foundation. Musgrave pretended authorship and broad support (49 Republican co-sponsors) to her constituents. Then, prior to Congressional recess last December, she joined the majority to merely renew SCHIP for another year.</p><p> <table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="ad" align="center"><img src="http://www.coloradoan.com/graphics/ad_arrow.gif" alt="" /><span class="ad">ADVERTISEMENT</span> <img src="http://www.coloradoan.com/graphics/ad_arrow.gif" alt="" /><br /> <script language="JavaScript"> OAS_AD('ArticleFlex_1'); </script><img src="http://gcirm.coloradoan.gcion.com/RealMedia/.ads/adstream_lx.ads/co-ftcollins.coloradoan.com/news/opinion/letters/article.htm/384896755/ArticleFlex_1/OasDefault/ros_FRII_NoBull_05Jan08/Frii_29Jan08_3x2.jpg/34363832393038323437373363383930?_RM_EMPTY_" height="0" width="0" /> </td> <td width="10"><br /></td> </tr> </tbody></table> SCHIP renewal may have given Colorado security in providing health-care services to presently-qualified, low income children for the next two years. However, the absence of additional revenue via expansion through the failed, bipartisan bill is a significant reason our state legislature will table health-care reform this year. </p><p>A Blue Ribbon Commission, formed by Republican Gov. Owens in 2006, recently published carefully considered recommendations to dramatically bring health-care costs under control, as well as cover 85 percent of 180,000 Coloradans presently uninsured. In stark contrast to Musgrave's own bill - dormant since being filed - its provisions include SCHIP expansion and subsidization up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level income scale to purchase private insurance.</p><p>Congresswoman Musgrave's ruse has ill-served the people of Colorado.</p><p><b>C.J. Black,</b></p><p><b>Fort Collins </b></p></span></blockquote><br /><span class="headline"><br /></span>Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-32798097714262056902008-01-27T23:35:00.000-07:002008-01-27T23:37:27.881-07:00Hatred is unjustifiedA local letter to the editor addressing two of Marilyn Musgrave's delusional, rageful, and hoarse-throated supporters.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080127/OPINION03/801270364/1014/CUSTOMERSERVICE02">Hatred is unjustified</a><br /><span class="bodytext"><p></p><blockquote><p>Hardly a week goes by without Tom or Mary Bender damning the liberals for all the problems in America. Who are these liberals that wield so much power that they are destroying the Benders' "Right Wing Utopia?" Every extremist group seems to need a "whipping boy" to justify their agenda.</p><p>Liberals were not responsible for turning a budget surplus into the largest budget deficit in U.S. history. They also were not responsible for a barrel oil costing $100, health insurance premiums increasing by 70 percent, a Medicare drug program written by pharmaceutical lobbyists, millions of manufacturing and high-tech jobs exported to China and India and a war responsible for 4,000 American lives and 13,000 critically injured. They also were not responsible for the discriminatory EEOC rule that allows corporations to cancel health insurance for retirees over 65.</p><p><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="ad" align="center"><noscript></noscript><img src="http://gcirm.coloradoan.gcion.com/RealMedia/.ads/adstream_lx.ads/co-ftcollins.coloradoan.com/news/opinion/letters/article.htm/2025242378/ArticleFlex_1/OasDefault/ros_eheart_16Jan08/eheart_16Jan08_2_300X250_html.html/34363832393038323437373363383930?_RM_EMPTY_" height="0" width="0" /> </td> <td width="10"><br /></td> </tr> </tbody></table>The Benders regularly heap praise on Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave. Now that she does photo-ops at gas pumps and soup kitchens, we are supposed to believe she truly represents her constituents. Try scheduling a meeting with her to discuss health care or pension reforms and see how far you get. Her staff has built an impenetrable wall that protects her from any controversial meetings. The average person would have more chance of scaling Mount Everest than breaching that wall. </p><p>The Benders should recognize there is room for dissenting opinions in America. No matter how much they hate liberals, they have a constitutional right to an equal say in America's future. That is the foundation of a true democracy.</p><p>John Kotson,</p><p>Fort Collins</p></blockquote><p></p></span>Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-45148850175990568232008-01-26T07:54:00.000-07:002008-01-26T07:55:37.340-07:00We don't need Musgrave<!-- Article Xsendmail global variables--><!-- ARTICLE HEADLINE --><!--HEADLINE--> <a href="http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080126/OPINION03/801260320/1014/CUSTOMERSERVICE02"><span class="headline">We don't need Musgrave</span></a><br /><!--ARTICLE TEXT--> <blockquote><span class="bodytext"> <p> </p><p>Tom Bender, in his Jan. 14 letter, sees Rep. Marilyn Musgrave as the "champion" of "working, lower-income, seasoned citizens" like himself. His "champion" has voted:</p><p>A. Against raising the minimum wage for working, lower-income citizens;</p><p><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="ad" align="center"><noscript></noscript><img src="http://gcirm.coloradoan.gcion.com/RealMedia/.ads/adstream_lx.ads/co-ftcollins.coloradoan.com/news/opinion/letters/article.htm/1532635140/ArticleFlex_1/OasDefault/ros_eheart_16Jan08/eheart_16Jan08_2_300X250_html.html/34363832393038323437373363383930?_RM_EMPTY_" height="0" width="0" /> </td> <td width="10"><br /></td> </tr> </tbody></table> B. Against expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Plan to include more families of working, lower-income citizens; </p><p>C. Against allowing the government to negotiate with drug companies for lower drug prices for lower-income seasoned citizens on Medicare;</p><p>D. For taking billions of dollars of child support away from working, lower-income citizens.</p><p>Our working, lower-income citizens, seasoned or not, don't need anymore champions such as Musgrave.</p><p><b>Marilyn G. Greene,<br />Fort Collins</b></p></span></blockquote><span class="bodytext"><p><b> </b></p></span>Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-65460786932324692342008-01-18T09:57:00.000-07:002008-01-18T09:58:48.373-07:00Greeley steelworkers demonstrate<a href="http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080116/UPDATES01/80116010/1002/NEWS01">Coloradoan</a>:<br /><span class="bodytext"><blockquote> Demanding Congress take immediate action to protect Americans from the dangerous threat posed by the millions of lead-laced toys and other unsafe products that are imported, the United Steelworkers (USW) of Greeley and their families will demonstrate at 11:30 a.m. today at the office of U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, 822 7th St. in Greeley.</blockquote></span>Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-796923470983435362008-01-05T06:30:00.000-07:002008-01-05T06:32:33.860-07:00Musgrave fails district<a href="http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080105/OPINION03/801050353/1014/CUSTOMERSERVICE02">Musgrave fails district</a>.<br /><span class="story"><p></p><blockquote><p> According to the Colorado Department of Housing, in Colorado, foreclosure filings increased 31 percent from 2005 to 2006. Projections for the full year of 2007 further suggest a greater percentage.</p><p> A bipartisan bill passed the House of Representatives in mid-September titled "House Resolution1852: Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007." It will go to the Senate in early 2008. The vote was 348-72, with 12 not voting. All three Republican congress members from Colorado voted nay. This includes "our" Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave. The estimated cost, by the Congressional Budget Office, is $1 per family in the United States.</p><p> Nowhere is the foreclosure problem greater than in Colorado's 4th Congressional District. The city of Greeley had the highest foreclosure rate of any metropolitan area nationwide. In Weld County, a total of 393 properties were entering some stage of foreclosure in September. This is one foreclosure for every 168 households (Denver Business Journal, Oct. 11, 2006)."</p><p> The bill will lower down payments; increase loan limits; support housing counseling to help subprime home buyers and borrowers who are late on their mortgage loans; adjust "reverse" mortgages for seniors; raise the FHA multifamily loan limits; and increase the "Affordable Housing Fund."</p><p> I find it ironic that when our congresswoman made a "poor tour" of Larimer County this fall, she failed to discuss why she voted against those who are clearly experiencing great loss when they had their home foreclosed. I urge readers to ask her about this vote when she comes into your store or has one of her "public" chats.</p><p> Ann Molison,<br />Fort Collins</p></blockquote><p> </p></span>Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-35134254444129773072007-12-20T23:07:00.000-07:002007-12-20T23:13:37.121-07:00Musgrave votes against Eastern Plains<a href="http://www.lamardaily.com/articles/2007/12/20/news/local_news/doc476a8b7cab224700972653.txt">The Lamar Daily</a>:<br /><strong></strong><blockquote><strong>Arkansas Valley to benefit from appropriations bill</strong><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> Funding for water conduit, Ports to Plains included</span><br /><p>On Tuesday The United States Senate followed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday, passed an omnibus appropriations bill securing key funding sources for several projects throughout the Arkansas Valley and eastern plains.</p> Projects receiving funding through the appropriations bill include the Arkansas Valley Conduit and the Ports to Plains project. The omnibus spending bill also included a provision placing a one year moratorium on the proposed expansion of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site.<br /></blockquote>But with no help to Marilyn Musgrave:<br /><blockquote>Republican Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, U.S. District 4, voted against the legislation.</blockquote>Any questions?Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-47580572480739376772007-12-20T23:01:00.000-07:002007-12-20T23:15:58.561-07:00Musgrave privateering in your walletOne <a href="http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071212/OPINION04/712120307">Dick Heyman</a> writes in the Fort Collins Coloradoan:<br /><blockquote>Part of the privatization plan was the reconstruction of Iraq in which 360 tons (yes, tons) of cash was sent to Iraq of which $8.8 billion (yes, billions) was never accounted for. It is pretty clear that Bush fellow travelers did right well by themselves, but this is not unprecedented in history. A "letter of marque" was permission from a government (usually a royal government) that allowed private ships to attack the merchant ships of an enemy nation and keep all or most of the treasure. These agents were called privateers. This is a common synonym for pirates.<br /><br />The problem in Iraq is that these privateers were not getting the treasure from an enemy nation but from the American people. Well, maybe I missed something among all the rhetoric and the American people are the enemy nation to the Bushies.</blockquote>Wouldn't it be nice if we had a representative of the PEOPLE who would have the courage to question how $8.6 billion of the American taxpayer's money had disappeared down a rat hole dug by the President of the United States?<br /><blockquote>Normally I would try to rabble rouse and call for outrage and a letter writing campaign to our congresswoman, Marilyn Musgrave. That, of course, won't work. Musgrave approves of everything that "W" does and wouldn't try to stop any theft he condones. Could it be that she has a black patch over one eye and a parrot on her shoulder, as well?</blockquote><br />'Nuff said.Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-11103277755481050602007-12-09T10:54:00.001-07:002007-12-09T10:54:46.228-07:00Larry Craig is not gay<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BHCrOtSzIBg&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BHCrOtSzIBg&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-16993063963223587302007-12-09T10:32:00.000-07:002007-12-09T12:10:28.662-07:00Writer claims: 'Bush is not a moron'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f16/musgravemustgo/byebye.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f16/musgravemustgo/byebye.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071209/OPINION03/712090335/1014/CUSTOMERSERVICE02">Bush is not a moron</a><br /></p><blockquote>I would like to apologize publicly to George Bush. For years I had thought he was a moron and now I realize he is not; he thinks we are morons. First he lied to get us (plus more than 3,000 other Americans, now dead, plus tens of thousands wounded) into a war to take revenge on the guy who tried to kill his father, to subvert the planned Iraqi attempt to convert oil sales from dollars to Euros and to be at last the Big Man he never was. Then he lied to get us to believe he had not lied. Some fell for that; some didn't.<br /><br />Recently, he and his henchmen (including the draft-dodging Dick Cheney, the Dr. Evil of American politics) have rattled the sabers regarding the theocracy of Iran, threatening to drop a number of large bombs on them if they do not give up their idea of making H-bombs.<br /><br />A recently released National Intelligence Estimate indicates that Iran halted its weapons program in 2003, but Bush acted as though this was news to him. In fact, his National Security adviser, Stephen Hadley, has said that the report was given to Bush three to four months ago. How does the non-moron react to this? He tells us that this good news is bad news, that Iran is a greater danger than ever because these revelations reinforce the need for international pressure against Iran, that Tehran's secrecy shows it cannot be trusted. Whatever happened to the quaint custom of tarring and feathering?<br /><br />Charlie Calisher,<br />Fort Collins </blockquote>Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-21007499697955466712007-12-03T16:31:00.000-07:002007-12-03T16:48:25.341-07:00Musgrave opposes Farm Bill in DC; supports it at homeMarilyn Musgrave is a real piece of work. First of all, she opposes expanding poor children's access to health care, by voting against SCHIP. <br /><br />Just as bad, she votes <u>against</u> the 2007 Farm Bill, which not only helps farmers but provides millions of dollars of funding to needy families around America. <i>Then</i> Musgrave comes back to the Fourth District <a href=http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071128/NEWS01/711280331/1002/CUSTOMERSERVICE02>and yammers away</a> at much she's <u>for</u> the 2007 Farm Bill. Get it? Not only that...she has the gall to do it <i>at a food bank for needy families</i>.<br /><blockquote>Standing in the volunteer line at the Food Bank for Larimer County, Rep. Marilyn Musgrave said Tuesday she was concerned about the impact on low-income families in Larimer County if the 2007 Farm Bill, stalled in the U.S. Senate, doesn't pass by the end of the year.</blockquote><br />Musgrave feeds the Coloradoan a bunch of BS ('But I voted for it in committee!') even though she voted against it when it counts. She goes further! Saying she'll <i>continue</i> fighting for something she's on record opposing.<br /><blockquote>Musgrave, who is a ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, said she is ready to fight for the increased funding.<br /><br />"There is a lot at stake here," Musgrave said. "I have made my strong opinion on this issue be known to President Bush and my colleagues, and I will continue to fight for (the bill's) passage."</blockquote><br />We bet Bush was real impressed, Marilyn. Your opinion on the subject is about as strong as a wet noodle.<br /><br />It seems the local media is okay with letting Musgrave get away with these lies, <a href=http://www.reporterherald.com/Region-Story.asp?ID=13420>dutifully writing up</a> her photo opportunities. Too bad for the people who live here, especially the tens of thousands of uninsured Colorado children you keep voting against. <br /><br />Go visit <a href=http://musgravewatch.blogspot.com/2007/11/marilyn-stops-by-food-bank-fails-to.html>Musgrave Watch</a> for more observations.Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-21213839470942239852007-11-23T09:38:00.000-07:002007-11-23T10:21:52.162-07:00Marilyn Musgrave two-faced on mining<img src=http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f16/musgravemustgo/EscondidaPit.jpg><br />Marilyn Musgrave has refused to support <a href=http://radio.weblogs.com/0101170/categories/coloradoWater/2007/11/23.html#a9671>sensible reform of the 1872 Mining Act</a>, preserving the ridiculous public giveaways to environmentally destructive special interests. She'll write letters about stopping one uranium mine when the public is paying attention, but when it comes to votes protecting watershed from mining overall, Marilyn Musgrave screws the CO-04 public over yet again. Musgrave has received thousands of dollars from mining PACs over the years.<br /><br />Forty percent of the streams in the West are already polluted by mining, according to the EPA. Not only that but cities Musgrave represents, such as Fort Collins and Greeley, get their drinking water from public land rivers and streams.<br /><a href=http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071123/OPINION03/711230326/1014/CUSTOMERSERVICE02><br />Musgrave abandoned us</a><br /><blockquote>Rep. Marilyn Musgrave has been a vocal opponent of the proposed Weld uranium mine, even though she has no say over its permitting. But when she had a chance to take action to reform the 1872 Mining Act, she voted "no." Musgrave didn't walk the talk when she had the power to greatly improve our antiquated mining law that governs uranium mining on public lands.<br /><br />Musgrave showed her true colors with her vote against practical, balanced mining reform. She voted against modernizing mining rules to protect our water supplies, wildlife habitat and neighboring communities from mining's negative impacts. She voted against requiring mining companies to clean-up their messes while leaving taxpayers holding the bag for expensive Superfund sites. Musgrave's vote to keep the old mining act means she's content to allow multi-national conglomerates to buy our public lands for the ridiculously low 1872 price of $5 an acre. When she voted against requiring mining companies to pay royalties to taxpayers, she indicated its ok with her to give our natural resources away for free to international corporations.<br /><br />I guess it's easy for Musgrave to speak out against an unpopular mine but much harder to represent regular citizens and taxpayers instead of wealthy special interests. We're fortunate that a majority of our representatives were willing to step up to the plate to vote "yes" to update our mining laws.<br /><br />I encourage Sens. Ken Salazar and Wayne Allard to follow the House's lead to support the reform of the 1872 Mining Act.<br /><br />Barbara Liebler,<br />Fort Collins</blockquote><br />Sign <a href=http://www.progressnowaction.org/page/s/MusgraveMining>ProgressNow's petition</a> telling Marilyn Musgrave to change her ways.Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23069519.post-53933692173085499902007-10-14T18:45:00.000-06:002007-10-14T18:47:14.750-06:00Marilyn Musgrave opposes SCHIPMusgrave is against a common sense bill that will keep poor children from getting sick or becoming undernourished. <br /><p><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9baNRoZ0VPU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9baNRoZ0VPU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><p>Musgrave Must Gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17873175583631978469noreply@blogger.com1