Our Platform for Outlining Colorado’s Future

Reasons to disagree More people die from alcohol than terrorism. 85,000 people die each year because of alcohol Link 5% of all deaths from diseases of the circulatory system are attributed to alcohol. 15% of all deaths from diseases of the respiratory system are attributed to alcohol. 30% of all deaths from accidents caused by fire and flames are attributed to alcohol. 30% of all accidental drownings are attributed to alcohol. 30% of all suicides are attributed to alcohol. 40% of all deaths due to accidental falls are attributed to alcohol. 45% of all deaths in automobile accidents are attributed to alcohol. 60% of all homicides are attributed to alcohol. 100,000 deaths. That's more than a statistic. That is 100,000 individuals with faces. 100,000 individuals with lives not fully lived. 100,000 individuals grieved by mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, and children. Every year. An aggressive China that is willing to kill thousands of people in order to expand, woul...

4.      False. Obama turns 47 on August 4, and if elected would be the 5th youngest person to be president. In fact he will be over 4 years older than Teddy Roosevelt was when he was sworn in after McKinley's assassination, and older than JFK, Clinton, and Grant were when elected. Where are you getting your facts? Obama would be tied for the 2nd youngest person to be elected president. Reasons to agree Teddy Roosevelt is the youngest person ever to become President, but he became President at age 42 after the assassination of President McKinley . He was not elected president. People never said, we are comfortable with someone this young being president. JFK was 44. Clinton was 47. Obama would be 47. Teddy Roosevelt, JFK, and Clinton were more experienced than Obama. Reasons to agree Harry Truman was right when he said that JFK was too young . Barak's only jobs before becoming elected to the senate were an associate attorney for 3 years, a...