U.S. Sen. Mark Udall and challenger U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner are pictured during The Denver Post debate on Oct. 7. (Brent Lewis, The Denver Post)
Re: “Cory Gardner for U.S. Senate,” Oct. 12 endorsement.
Your endorsement of Rep. Cory Gardner for the U.S. Senate describes Sen. Mark Udall’s strong support for women’s freedom to choose as “offensive” and an “obnoxious single-issue campaign.” I find your statement itself to be rather offensive. So many people, over so many decades, fought for that freedom, and I applaud Udall for defending it and the Supreme Court decision that upholds it, even as it is continually being attacked from the political and religious right. Gardner’s insistence on repealing laws that uphold Roe vs. Wade is, to many of us, backward-looking and dangerous for girls, women and families.
Udall has done a lot for Colorado and the West, and not just for our women, either. He is the more reasonable and best choice for the U.S. Senate.
P.J. Pitchford, Lakewood
This letter was published in the Oct. 14 edition.Your endorsement of Cory Gardner was very poorly reasoned. Congressional gridlock caused by Republican leadership’s obstruction of legislation would be furthered by Republican control of the Senate. Furthermore, Gardner is a strong social conservative and your “strong opposition to his views on same-sex marriage and abortion rights” should sway you to oppose him, not endorse him.
Richard Maslow, Denver
Kudos to The Denver Post for endorsing Cory Gardner. As a moderate Republican, I cringe at Gardner’s positions on abortion and gay rights, but I cringe even more at Sen. Mark Udall’s myopic focus and blatant scare tactics on these issues. As pointed out in your endorsement, these issues are largely behind us now, and fortunately Gardner will not be able to influence their trajectory. Gardner will represent Coloradans well on matters of national security, the economy, energy and education. While I voted for Udall the last two elections, itap time to let this now-ineffective career politician move on and enable Gardner to move Colorado and our country forward.
Edward McLaughlin, Lakewood
This letter was published in the Oct. 14 edition.
