Colo. politician’s mailer spawns blog warfare over ‘attractive blonde’ comment
The picture itself is from a printed campaign brochure, but the volley of sniping it caused between conservatives and liberals Tuesday was all online.
The photo is from a brochure for Rep. Robert Ramirez’s campaign for re-election to House District 29. Ramirez, R-Westminister, is trying to keep the swing seat from being taken back by Democrats, who lost it in 2010. His Democratic opponent is Tracy Kraft-Tharp.
The photo shows Ramirez with a young woman with short blond hair, and it’s one of multiple photos commented on by liberal blog Coloradopols.com, which mocks the entire campaign brochure as being one of the worst ever seen. The piece also appeared on companion blog, Jeffcopols.com.
The blog piece notes what it says is a seemingly random and badly shot assortment of photos that include Ramirez’s wife in a martial arts outfit, Ramirez posing with Ronald McDonald and Ramirez posing in sunglasses in a photo the blog says makes him look like “a cross between a Kentucky Militia leader and the Unabomber.”