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0 Comments | Gazette, The (Colorado Springs), Aug 7, 2008

I not only offer my support for Doug, I encourage you to vote for Congressman Lamborn on August 12th.

Our country faces unprecedented challenges to its prosperity, liberty, and standing in the world if liberal views prevail in the next election. We will need men to stand in the gap, who can oppose liberal forces and strongly defend conservative values.

Doug Lamborn is the man for the job.

Rep. Jeb Hensarling

Chairman, Republican Study Committee Washington, D.C

give him a break

Senior Open spectators rude during bear's guest appearance

I think it is terrible the way those spectators at the U.S. Senior Open stared at the bear until he became embarrassed and left. He just wanted to watch the tournament.

Ask any one of those spectators how they would have felt if, when they arrived, everyone else had simply stared at them. They would have done the same thing the bear did.

A lot of people in our society could use some lessons in common courtesy.

Donald W. Erickson

Colorado Springs

stick to facts

There's no need for name-calling when praising CU presidents

Once again, The Gazette Our View has amazed me. In "Three years of grown-ups/ CU showcases amazing comeback" I find it ironic The Gazette can go on and on about how CU is growing up and earning its prestige back, but can name-call and mock all those "leftist protest militia," "ensconced academicians" and "Boulderbased president."

While the message of CU's reputation being restored by strong leadership the past few years is very clear, why is at the expense of the CU-Boulder campus? Why not just state what a good job Hank Brown did and the hope of that continuance with Bruce Benson?

Yes, they had a heck of a mess to clean up, but those scandalous years do not define the university's 100-plus-year academic tradition. Many of those years were led by "Boulder-based presidents" and "ensconced academicians."

Leading CU is not about politics but about capable men and women who believe in higher education.

It might be fun to make fun of academia, but these men and women are the ones teaching and inspiring the students that go there.

As a proud CU alumna, I take great offense at the way The Gazette likes to make fun of the "Boulder leftists." Yes, I am happy CU is regaining its reputation but The Gazette is not helping it by always making fun of its liberal and academic majority base. How about sticking to the message for once and not tearing down someone or someplace in the process?

Christina Baker

Fountain