Another Red State, Fully Californicated

Making pot legal in Colorado did not help.

Indeed, #1. Legalization of this brain-scrambling weed is the primary reason that Colorado is trashed.

Two liberals were in a bar, commiserating with one another. One complained that every time they moved out of a blue state into a red one, the red one became just like the one they left. The other agreed and told his friend that he could not understand what was happening, as everyone he knew voted in good, smart liberals wherever they went.

FTA - "Polis leaves office in January of next year, likely to be replaced by either Sen. Michael Bennet or Attorney General Phil Weiser. They're both Democrats, and both promise more of the same policies that have already turned the promise of Silicon Mountain into the sad reality of a failing blue state." I don't know where to start. But here goes and bear with me on this. It boils down to out-of-control leftism. The State of Colorado was transformed from the right-leaning commerce, agricultural, and mining hub it once was into a secular socialistic enclave for many reasons. The state's Republican leadership has been a cesspool of overweight, self-serving, and inept white guys who made sure that real leaders within the republican party could not rise to the top. The Peoples Republic of Boulder became a political cancer that metastasized. Several lefty law firms in the Denver area began to bankroll dim candidates into power. The Denver msm became infested with lefty "journalists" who set out to spread their progressive propaganda everywhere. As such, the state's right-leaning citizenry became "black-pilled". As more left leaning out of staters moved into the state and brought their dim voting habits with them, the dim way of doing things became well-entrenched. The state has been under one-party rule for over 20 years and it shows. Gov. Polis and his husband have done the state no favors. Polis's big accomplishments? Signing late-term abortion and recreational marijuana into law. The drug cartels promptly set up shop here and operate cocaine and fentanyl distribution networks that are run by the illegals in Denver. It won't get any better after Polis leaves office. Dim US Sen. Doofus (Bennet) or AG Weiser will probably replace him/it comes November thanks to the liberal enclave that the Denver area has become. Recall that Weiser had a big hand in putting Gold Star mother and republican Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters in prison for nine years because she had the nerve to uncover dim-driven election fraud in Mesa County in 2020. Budget-wise, the state is hemorrhaging money, lots of money due to the flood of illegals who were allowed into the state and mismanagement. Public transportation in the Denver area is a bad joke. The I-70 gridlock westward into the mountains is beyond terrible. The economic future for Colorado is bleak. Yet, million-dollar box houses are being built in the Denver area like candy. Young professionals buy in. Job salaries aren't high enough so after two or so years, they leave. HOA overreach became the final straw. A rapidly reclining education system has been another big reason why the newcomers are pulling up stakes. School board after school board have been planted with union-backed socialists and the poor quality of education is even obvious to a blind and deaf man. Oh, and here's a good one. During the current legislative session, a state senator introduced a bill to legalize prostitution in the state. My wife and I are grateful that we had the foresight to leave the Denver area in favor of a western county in the state. There is talk that Mesa, Montrose, and Delta Counties may band together and secede from the state. Sounds like fantasy, but you never know. Sorry for rant but I thought some insights from someone on the inside would be helpful. Can leftism be stopped here? Sure, it can. After enough people finally wakeup. But it will take a major crisis to wake them up.

Everything the donks touch turns into donkey dung.

Like a locust plague.

Re #4 - Feel your pain and I won't insult you with: Coloradans voted for it, now live with it. Here in Virginia, the Dems control the state legislature so even if Gov Spunkberger realizes to have any chance at being on a Dem national ticket, like VP, she may have to veto some of the legislation presented to her (to try and appear moderate (if that will even matter in 2028) by a very Lefty state house, but they'll override her veto so....

Californians are an invasive species…. Clearly.

Colorado was recently toying with legalizing prostitution statewide with no restrictions. They thought it was a 'good idea' to attract tourists. The proposal was so liberal even Amsterdam and Bangkok would blush. But someone noticed it was an election year and shelved the idea - for now.

I remember California fruit inspections when crossing into the state. Maybe red states should check voter registrations when people try to move in. https://voterrecords.com/?lang=en

Colorado has been deliberately destroyed by the uber wealthy Gang of Four. A good read is, "The Blueprint: How the Democrats Won Colorado (and Why Republicans Everywhere Should Care)"

I lived in wonderful CO in the mid 79s. Except for Denver/Boulder, I think the state is still reliably non-communist. Socialist cities need to be kicked out of each state.

I've lived in Colorado for over 30 years, and have watched it go downhill steadily. In the Front Range cities, you see homeless beggars on many street corners, tent encampments on city sidewalks and under overpasses, and trash everywhere. Scofflaws abound - when we're driving around town, my DH points out all the expired license plates and temporary tags - many expired for years. Speed limits and red lights are ignored. Even with delayed green lights, you have to sit and wait for all the red-light runners to clear the intersection. My local grocery store has an armed guard at the door, one-way gates, and alarms that sound when people jump the gates.

Nice post #4. I was born, raised and lived in Colorado, north of Denver 35-40 miles all my life. I managed a very successful, large independent lumber/hardware store in the mid-nineties. We had a building surge, Californians were moving in in droves, selling their 80 thousand dollars houses for 400-599 thousand or more, to buy our 80 thousand dollar homes. They were pocketing the balance and were living in style. I was happy in my ignorance, selling lumber hand over fist. Little did I know, "they" were bringing their politics and liberal ideas with them, you know, the ones they were trying to escape in their former place. Now Colorado is unlivable to me, my little town of Loveland is growing out of control. Alas, I moved away, to a state more to my liking. I do miss Colorado as it was, after all, it is home. But, I'll never go back, it's lost to me.

#11 is absolutely correct - Read and understand the book "The Blueprint: How the Democrats Won Colorado." The book is available on Amazon for $10 bucks. It reports exactly what the plan was, it names names. And one of the main names in the book is the, very possibly, next governor of California, Tom Steyer.

Until about 2005 anytime I went to Colorado I would hear Coloradans cuss Texans who summer there.Then it changed to Califirnians. I asked why and was told "the damned Californians won't go home!"

One word.. dope. Sorry Libertarians but dope is a drug and it is bad.

Also, there was a time in this country when near half of those in a state did not feel represented by the folks in their capital, they formed a new state. You TOO can do that. CA, CO, VA, WA??? What are you waiting on? This republic is not static. It has evolved and should continue to do so.

It all started with Pat Stryker, a billionaire lefty who inherited her money from her grandfather. She is responsible for pouring billions into fooling the public about far left ideas and getting them voted into law in Colorado Also, thousands of Mexicans have moved to Colorado, legally and illegally along with criminals from the open boarder. Many Hispanics are wonderful citizens who quietly lead a good hard working family life. But the many gang members of the same ilk have made Colorado a dangerous place to live.