flying your party right into the ground at full speed

Listen, as anyone who reads my column knows, I am no fan of Barack Obama’s policies. But if Colorado Republicans hope to make a substantive and persuasive argument regarding policy — and, more importantly, transform mainstream perceptions about their temperament and intent — they are going to have to eject people like Dave Schultheis. Tout de suite.

Colorado State Sen. Dave Schultheis (R-Colorado Springs) posted a tweet yesterday that called for a derailing of President Obama’s agenda in a rather bold way. The blog Colorado Pols caught the statement from Schultheis’s account.

“Don’t for a second, think Obama wants what is best for U.S. He is flying the U.S. Plane right into the ground at full speed. Let’s Roll,” the tweet reads.

“Let’s roll” were the final words of Todd Beamer, a passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 93, one of the four flights hijacked on September 11 and the only one to crash before reaching its intended target. The flight was diverted to Washington, D.C. after it was hijacked, but crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after passengers tried to thwart the hijackers.