the Bad Astronomer endorses a vet for Colorado's 5th District

"Bad Astronomer" Phil Plait, on his web page, endorses U.S. Air Force Lt. Colonel Hal Bidlack for Colorado's 5th Congressional District race. Bidlack is running as a Democrat. I couldn't really glean what his positions are. I wasn't too enthused that Lamborn won the Republican primary in '06, but I'd have to hear more about what Bidlack's position on issues are before saying anything too definitive about him. What is really disturbing though is that if you go to the comments page on Plait's endorsement piece. Plait gets a lot of lefties on his page and so you have yabos there posting things like "I’m sorry, but I feel compelled to point out that part of our problem as a species is that we still revere images of people in military uniform in front of a billowing flag." What a dope. Part of our problem as a country is that we have people who don't believe anymore in the things that made America great.