Caldara: Is a TV gig in the cards for Ken Buck?
You don’t have to be a psychic to figure out what U.S. Rep. Ken Buck’s next job is likely to be.
First, a hearty thank you for Ken’s many years serving the people of his Colorado district, not only his dozen years in Congress but his many years as a fierce Weld County prosecutor and in the U.S. Attorney’s office before that.
It’s easy to forget that before becoming a cable TV news darling he was poised to become a “Tea-Party” underdog United States senator for Colorado if not for a couple of high-profile verbal gaffes.
The first blooper that seemed to stick on Ken like glue was comparing footwear, in what the press mischaracterized as a sexist comment, with his primary opponent Jane Norton. How do I know it was mischaracterized? Well, I’m the reason he made it. Well, me and my 12-year-old sense of humor.
Every year my organization, Independence Institute, throws a tongue-in-cheek fundraiser called the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Party, where we smoke, drink and shoot, sadly not in that order because … lawyers.
We were wrapping up our festivities and I was joking with the crowd that recently the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms had changed its name to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Being 12-years-old at heart, I knew I should end the event with some firecrackers, you know, explosives, which I left in my car. So, I threw the microphone for a minute to the best joke-teller in site: Ken Buck, of course.