Salazar harvesting cheap political hay

The Denver media have gone ape over comments Rush Limbaugh made on his syndicated Thursday radio program, calling attentioin to Rev. Al Sharpton's comments that there would be trouble at the Democratic National Convention in Denver if Barack Obama is denied the presidential nomination.

The Denver media twisted Limbaugh's comments, which were very clear and obvious if you listen to the replay of what he actually said, to say that Limbaugh advocated violence at the Denver convention. Nothing could be farther from the truth, and it was a gross distortion of what he said, to imply otherwise. All the left-wing blogs went nuts, without listening to what Limbaugh really said, when in reality Recreate '68 and its leader Glenn Spagnulo have already said there'll be riots and demonstrations in Denver, which they've been planning for over a year.

At the time Denver's Civic Center Park was granted by permit to the Democratic National Committee for use during the convention, rather than Recreate '68, Spagnulo made the threat. His group seeks to duplicate the police in riot gear at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago that nominated Hubert Humphrey, dooming his chances against Richard Nixon.

The cheapest and silliest shot fired over the fake controversy was by Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar, who called on Denver's KOA radio 85, which carries Limbaugh locally, to repudiate him. This is a non-starter, seeking only to garner favorable publicity for Salazar as he prepares for his 2010 re-election fight. Salazar is a far-out leftwinger, who manipulates his public image to be called a moderate. He does this mainly by voting conservative on lost causes like the flag burning amendment, but ultra-liberal on everything that counts.

The unvarnished truth is that Al Sharpton and Recreate '68 had called for, and predicted, riots in Denver at the convention long before Limbaugh even brought the subject up. He was only commenting on their threats.

As the old saying goes "gimme a break!"