The right-wing preacher turned politician Victor Marx has said that he first killed a man when he was 7. He’s not sure how many deaths he’s been responsible for since. Marx has been arrested at least twice for disorderly conduct and has described terrorizing a psychiatrist with talk of murdering him. He told the Colorado journalist Kyle Clark that he can perform exorcisms by phone. On Thursday he was declared the winner of the Republican gubernatorial primary in Colorado....The last time the Republican won the governorship, it was 2002.
Goldberg leaves out the details about that killing. Grok relays the story as told by Marx: "severe childhood abuse (physical, sexual, and emotional) by multiple figures, including being beaten, electrocuted, tortured, and nearly killed (e.g., left in a cooler).... stepfather placing a gun in his hands, guiding his finger to pull the trigger, and shooting a man in the back of the head...."
Here's Marx talking to Charlie Kirk 4 years ago:
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Well there are a LOT of municipalities around the country that have literally never had a Republican elected or last elected one decades back into the last century. Using “never” as a reference to 2002 is just retarded.
I looked at some (Left - slanted) material about him online. He sounds sketchy enough to be a Democrat nominee for Senator.
He'll be running against the current Dem Colorado Attorney General, Phil Weiser. On Ballotpedia, Weiser chafes at the Colorado Taxpayer Bill of Rights which he describes as "obscure formulas approved decades ago and locked into our constitution make it impossible to fully fund schools and infrastructure". Hahahaha.
Lefties in CO can’t resist voting for a Marx?
they thought he was Karl and they get Carl…
….Trump Administration is stirring up 2020 election fraud evidence again, supposedly with receipts from GA. Time to shut down the comments section again…
CO is open primary innit? What makes you think it was Republicans?
well, if they "never win the Governorship" what difference does it make WHO they nominate? They've tried milk toast.. it doesn't work
If Michelle Goldberg didn't have double standards she'd have no standards at all.
As far as 'last elected in 2002' vs 'never', Colorado had a Republican governor for 8 out of the last 50 years. The 50 years before that (1925-1975) was pretty close to 50/50.
I was talking earlier today with my next brother who still lives there in CO. We both spent much of our lives in CO, as it moved from Red, then Purple. Then abruptly dark Blue, after the state imposed mail in balloting. I remember commenting, at the time, that that was the last that we would see for quite some time of honest elections. And that prediction has come true. I know a lot of Republicans there, but not a single Democrat. And, not surprisingly, the longer the state has mail in voting, the more corrupt the Legislature allows it to be. It’s not as corrupt as CA or MN, or maybe NY is - yet, buts it’s on its way.
It would be interesting to get my late mother’s take on the level of election corruption in the state. She was the CO state chair of the politics committee and head lobbyist for the state League of Women Voters. That meant maybe 4 days a week at the Capital for most of a decade, lobbying and tracking legislation.
The View ladies lectured me that holding your nose and pulling the lever for criminally flawed candidates is the right thing to do…
Racket News (Matt Taibbi) did a special podcast recently on “Twitter Gate”. It is a great primer on the election fraud that’s coming.
“ As far as 'last elected in 2002' vs 'never', Colorado had a Republican governor for 8 out of the last 50 years. The 50 years before that (1925-1975) was pretty close to 50/50.”
The last two Republican governors before that 50 years of mostly dry spell had sons in my fraternity house. Which meant Christmas parties at the Governor’s mansion. Then, the first of the Dems in that long stretch was Gov Gloom (Dick Lamn). My mother (by then LWM legislative chair) was buddies with him. He got her vote by being the first to send invites to her and her husband, instead of to Mr and Mrs Hayden. The father-in-law of his successor, Roy Roamer, baptized me. He knew my parents from a church group (since his FIL was the head minister). He ultimately lost their votes by having a girlfriend - taking the side of his wife, Bea, after it all came out - prominently in the Denver papers.
From that link re exorcism, Kyle Clark on X:
Victor Marx performs exorcisms, commanding demons to be cast off.
Marx says he doesn't charge for exorcisms but instructions appeared in a $99 Spiritual Warfare Guide on his website.
"Do you understand why so many of your critics think you're a con man," I asked.
"No," he said
LOL. Perhaps he can prove himself by exorcising the crazy out of the Blue team. Taking one to know one, as they say.
They allow mail in voting and have an open primary.
Michelle Goldberg is a piece of shit. Nobody has any idea who actually voted for Marx.
Democrats do not believe in democracy by any measure of the term. They just need to be shipped to China where they belong.
Makes Platner look good. But of course, Republicans would never pick a bad candidate with skeletons in his closet. Never mind Dennis Hastert, he was only in the House for 20 years and became Speaker of the House.
Freder Frederson said...
Makes Platner look good. But of course, Republicans would never pick a bad candidate with skeletons in his closet. Never mind Dennis Hastert, he was only in the House for 20 years and became Speaker of the House.
This is exactly the point of Goldberg's dishonest article.
It allows dishonest pieces of shit like Freder to claim Republicans voted for this guy, even though it was an open primary with mail in votes.
Freder knows that nobody knows who actually voted for this guy. Colorado's voting system is opaque by design because democrats do not want auditable transparent elections.
Democrats are just dishonest pieces of shit who do not care about democracy at all and only see it as a tool to seize and maintain power.
NYT: Marx is worse than Platner. So there!
"I know a lot of Republicans there, but not a single Democrat."
Didn't someone say that about Nixon? They were mocked for the next 50 years.
People think they know what people are actually made of based on gossip in you endo rumor and lies published across all media.
They them love being on the hook as much as taking the bait. Enjoy your anxiety over trifles. That's great exercise for your arterial sclerosis.
Goldberg also left out how Marx gave us Big Wheels, Rock’em Sock’em Robots, Fort Apache and little green army men.
"Freder knows that nobody knows who actually voted for this guy. Colorado's voting system is opaque by design because democrats do not want auditable transparent elections."
Now explain George Santos and Dennis Hastert.
So, what's the consensus? Do you all think that this guy is a good candidate for governor? That this is the sort of guy that should be a governor or otherwise serve as a public official?
Because that strikes me as the fundamental questions. Is he or isn't he? Yes or no, no buts either way.
I'd say: No. The same with Platner.
Typically, I leave other states to the people of those other states. Different people etc. for different places.Yet the trend lines aren't great. Can't we do better? It seems to me that there is massive poor judgment on the part of politicians, political operatives, donors, and, yes, we the people.
Obviously, there are so many candidates out there, and of course most aren't this egregious. But it seems to me our standards have gotten too low. "Our" asshole is a poor excuse for selecting a candidate, no matter the party.
Regards,
Lori (reader_iam).
**Now explain George Santos and Dennis Hastert.**
I never voted for either of them, nor did I have the opportunity to vote for them.
Hastert and Santos? It’s very telling that in an attempt to dunk on Rs the FF has to dig back into former republican officeholders but the current crop of DNC-DSA goons freaks and commies in and running under the D banner make the Star Wars bar scene look like Sheldon Whitehouse’s all-whitey country club.
It might be worth noting that Marx won by about 3,500 votes out of 523,000 (39.9% to 39.4%) over a sitting state senator. The remaining 20.8% went to a sitting state rep.
Freder Frederson said...
"Freder knows that nobody knows who actually voted for this guy. Colorado's voting system is opaque by design because democrats do not want auditable transparent elections."
Now explain George Santos and Dennis Hastert.
Exactly.
2 perfect examples of why we need paper ballots one day voting with photo ID and purple thumbs with publicly available and auditable voter rolls with pictures and addresses.
But we all know why fascist shitheads like Freder don't want open honest auditable elections.
“So, what's the consensus?
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Typically, I leave other states to the people of those other states.”
My only interest in Platner was watching the excuses being made. I’m sure that’s the same with Marx, except I don’t see anyone making excuses. What I see is people pointing out his behavior and then accusing others that pointed it out as condoning it. Wild.
As amr notes above, the guy didn’t win a majority. He’s as popular as Kier Starmer and that was fun since we got to watch from afar.
amr said...
It might be worth noting that Marx won by about 3,500 votes out of 523,000 (39.9% to 39.4%) over a sitting state senator. The remaining 20.8% went to a sitting state rep.
No no no no no. You are missing the point here.
3500 mail in ballots stuffed in the back of a DSA office for Victor Marx mean that all republicans are bad, they should be censored and thrown in jail, and it is OK for crazy people to try to kill Donald Trump.
Goldberg wants her little fascist shithead minions like Freder to get the message and he got the message.
Looks a lot like the problem Minnesota Republicans have with their top GOP governor candidate
Mike Lindell: 24%
Lisa Demuth: 23.5%
Kendall Qualls: 17%
Undecideds: 29%
Other: 6.5%
(RCP)
In the party system, candidates, particularly in primaries, are "grown" in vats tended by party activists. Today, with the low engagement of "ordinary" people in party politics, those activists are usually very radical (or just crazy) in comparison to mainstream voters.
Changing that system is hard, as to get elected you need the party's backing and a nod from today's leader, who is him/herself often a radical activist or is dependent on the activist vote to stay in power as a leader.
Voters — particularly in the US — are de facto hostages of this system and whatever they think, they are forced to vote for whatever leader the activists will select (like Mamdani in NY -- no wonder that he is now fighting against open primaries).
Sounds like he'd make a perfect Democrat and I think the Democrats must have seen an easy and quick way to sabotage the CO-GOPs nomination process. I agree with them on this. Rush Limbaugh tried this years ago in Operation Chaos, which tried to push Hillary forward against Barack- just to cause mayhem.
Now, with open primaries matched up with mail in balloting, the party in power can pretty much manipulate every election going forward.
Colorado will become California sooner than later. And like California, people will have to start making choices about staying or leaving.
Victor Marx is a fraud. He's probably a leftwing plant.
He won't win. I voted for Barb - and even she would have lost.
The problem with Marx is he is a drag on the ticket down-ballot.
The most important race (Musk we need you! - is making sure Jenn Griswold - who has ZERO experience and is nothing but a toxic harpy radical - loses.
The corrupt left have gamed the system in Colorado.
Of course democrats voted for Marx in the primary.
OF COURSE they did.
5:29 Bruce.
All true.
**Looks a lot like the problem Minnesota Republicans have with their top GOP governor candidate**
Lindell won't win. Qualls got the endorsement but he won't win, either, because he's got a finance problem. It will be Demuth. And Michele Tafoya will be the Senate candidate. While I still expect the DFL to prevail in both races, it won't be a rout and there's a good chance the legislature flips.
Temujin - Also True.
I'm already looking for another State to land.
I'm semi-retired - but full retirement will probably not be in a blue state. only one or 2 blue states I am considering and both are based on climate - not the horrible D's who ruin everything and make life too expensive.
The headline formulation deserves its own meme: “He Says He Killed a Man. Republicans Nominated Him Anyway"
“She Sold Putin UraniumOne. Democrats Nominated Her Anyway”
“He Says He Ate Dog. Democrats Nominated Him Anyway”
“She Offered to Trans Illegal Alien Felons. Democrats Nominated Her Anyway”
Fun and easy.
Everything is CO on the left is based on Trump hate, and making sure anyone on the right who steps out of line, is punished or sent to prison. (All while real crime is allowed to flourish)
The dem gov Primary race between Weiser and Bennett was hilarious. It was a competition to see who could out-scream their Trump-hate.
That's all the cult base demand. and they get it.
Agree about the headline manipulation. But If Victor Marx did kill someone as a child in self-defense - he could have just kept that one to himself.
The problem with Marx is he is arrogant and refuses to answer questions. He really is a democrat
Normally - I plug my nose and vote for the R - no matter what.
But this time, I will either leave the gov circles empty, and only vote down ballot - or I will write in Gregg Lopez.
I like Gregg.
In shorter news : Colorado - one party Marxist(D)/ we are Screwed. Thanks Vic.
Greg Lopez for Colorado
one g
His father was Karl Marx. Seriously.
I killed a man in Denver
Just to watch him Die.
Colorado is full of mushy moderate Republicans who cant fight their way out of a paper bag. Like California, when the state went blue, most of the moderate R's either ran away or they became D's.
The remainder just do what they alway want to do anyway, complain.
I mean, I'm kind of interested in seeing him do the exorcisim by phone.
RC Cola- The GOP in CO is mostly worthless - but that has more to do with the brain drain in politics. and yes - GOP voters (not all) are woefully embarrassingly uninformed.
People on the right just don't want to run for office. It's a meatgrinder - and a hopeless path because of all the institutionalized leftwing cheating.
“He Vowed to Make NYC Judenfrei. Democrats Elected Him Anyway”
“He Promised to Rape Home Invaders. Democrats Nominated Him Anyway”
Republicans nominated a person who would appeal to the Democrat base. Obviously looking for crossovers.
Ms. Goldberg, when you leave out details like that, you are just a liar, and a vicious one.
Another primary winner, Democrat Graham Platner stated he joined the U.S. Marine Corps because he "wanted to have an adventure and kill some people," describing his combat tours in Iraq as a "hell of an excellent experience."
Democrats NEVER, EVER, NEVER tell the complete story. Take any x post by a democrat, dive into the details and you can see they gaslight 24/7.
"severe childhood abuse (physical, sexual, and emotional) by multiple figures, including being beaten, electrocuted, tortured, and nearly killed (e.g., left in a cooler).... stepfather placing a gun in his hands, guiding his finger to pull the trigger, and shooting a man in the back of the head...."
HA HA, yes context really matters!
Sorry - Not Hank Brown.
A different Hank - I cannot recall his last name.
Platner, then this guy. I don't know anything about him, but while large areas of American life are now dominated by the Victimhood Olympics, politics shouldn't be.
Scott Bottoms should not have run.
Had it been a 2 person race, Barb Kirkmeyer would have beat Victor Marx.
(Also - Scott Bottoms and Victor Marx HAD a disastrous debate where they both let their conspiracy theory freak flags fly) (So lame!)
She still would probably lose to Weiser - she has no money.
The GOP in CO - they have NO money and cannot compete against the well funded Billionaire Oligarchy that is the Jeff Bridges, Polis, Styker, Gil - blueprint oligarchy billionaire left.
Also - If your last name is "Bottoms" or "Blahaa" (yes really) - CHANGE YOUR DAMN FREAKY DEAKY NEVER GOING TO WIN LAST NAME.
for crying out loud - the local democrats change their last names to "Friend" and crap like that - just to win. and they do.
Colorado is a drug-fueled ski resort.
*The last time the Republican won the governorship, it was 2002.*
Pffft. That's nothin'.
The last time a Republican (John Spellman) won the governorship in Washington state was 1980. He served one term.
No other state has gone longer.
*Freder Frederson said...
Oh, look. The guy whose party elects murderous thugs like Jay Jones has thoughts.
If a Republican could win the Colorado governorship, Victor Marx might be hard to explain, but when a party never does win, they don't get the best candidates. Running becomes a vanity project, and voters don't care who gets the nomination if they know he or she won't win.
@ Mr D: The activist wing of the DFL tried to challenge Senator Klobuchar at the caucus. I may have the details wrong, but I recall a transgender candidate receiving about 28% of the vote. Every party has its activist base — the passionate core that tends to drive primary and caucus challenges.
Who do you feel can win the DFL Senate primary between Craig and Flanagan?
Hey I'd vote for Johnny Cash if he were still around, even though he shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.
Davy Crockett killed him a bar when he was three, and actually got elected to Congress! CC, JSM
Peachy: " If your last name is "Bottoms" or "Blahaa" (yes really) - CHANGE YOUR DAMN FREAKY DEAKY NEVER GOING TO WIN LAST NAME."
Dunno about Blahaa, but Bottoms could be very popular these days....CC, JSM
Rutt Bridges.
I'm getting names wrong.
Maybe they think he's Richard Marx? Don't mean nothing who they vote for....CC, JSM
Butt Ridges.
For his pleasure - and yours! CC, JSM
Speaking of strange names, one of the leading riders on the Tour de France this year is Portuguese-French biker Paul Seixas. In Portuguese, you say it like "sey-shoss." British announcer Phil Liggett started out calling him "sex-ass" (quite innocently - he is very proper), and has managed to change it to something like "sixes."
Poor Phil was mortified a few years ago when he was reading the teleprompter for one of the scenic interludes at some cathedral on the route, and pronounced 'sarcophagus' as "suckah-fuckahs." He had to get off the air for about 15 minutes to regather his composure. CC, JSM
Marx could do a campaign video adapting Bohemian Rhapsody. "Mama, just killed a man/Put my gun against his head/Pulled my trigger now he's dead...." &c. CC, JSM
rhut row rell roy
SexAss - will the last name of our next Colorado GOP candidate for whatever.
I like the idea of linking Victor Marx to Karl Marx - the toxic demonic money mooching communist.
The dems will vote for him!
Hey, mccullough, we Texans keep a lot of our winter fun and most of our snow in Colorado. And while we have drugs aplenty here, the gummies are legal in CO. Just remember to leave any leftovers behind at the AirBnB, as a tip, because TSA gets right testy about them in a carryon at Denver International Airport.
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