Bridges: Beauprez Hates Big Bird

[coloradodem2005]

Perhaps emboldened by his successful attack last week on Congressman Bob Beauprez over the latter's "Mexican Time" statement, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rutt Bridges today took another swipe at Beauprez, this time over a 'NO' vote for PBS.

By a vote of 284-120, the House voted to restore $100 million in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, helping to save such shows as "Sesame Street" and "The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer" in addition to National Public Radio. But it seems that Beauprez cast a vote against Bert and Ernie, so Bridges took another shot:

“Once again, Mr. Beauprez sided with Tom Delay (sic) and the radical right against a common-sense coalition of Republicans and Democrats,” stated Rutt Bridges, candidate for governor and longtime supporter of public broadcasting. “PBS, National Public Radio and their local affiliates are one of the few sources of in-depth news and educational programming on the airwaves. Parents and kids need an alternative to the pop culture that dominates commercial programming.”

Throwing DeLay in there was a bit of a waste, because the shot at Beauprez was worthy enough on the merit of the vote alone. It's a bit surprising, too, that Beauprez would want to vote no on a bill that was clearly going to pass anyway, because this is one of those votes that can be easily spun as negative and is easily understandable to the average voter. "Bob Beauprez Voted Against PBS" doesn't sound good.

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