John Hickenlooper should be a strong dark-horse candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination after relatively successful stints as mayor of Denver and as governor of Colorado. So why do I have a problem with him?
Mainly because he supported fracking in Colorado.
Yes, I know he had hydraulic fracturing in his state follow strong, tough regulations to capture waste and methane emissions, which prevented 95% of volatile organic compounds and methane that leaked out. That's as may be; he still supported fracking. And five percent leakage is five percent too high.
Then there was his most recent comment about male presidential candidates being asked if they would pick a woman for a running mate. Hickenlooper rhetorically asked why female presidential candidates aren't being asked if they would pick a man for a running mate.
Because the one female presidential candidate of a major party that we've had did just that?
Hickenlooper seems to be interested in what's been called "woman issues." He made his sexual history with women a focal point of his memoir, describing a sordid sexual history that would embarrass David Crosby and would have embarrassed Wilt Chamberlain. Say what you will about his fellow Coloradan Gary Hart; Hart believed that his own history with women was his own business.
You've probably heard accusations of male privilege unfairly leveled at other male Democratic candidates for the Presidency. In Hickenlooper's case, they're well deserved. It's a shame that Colorado has never produced a President, but the one thing worse than Hart's failure to win the White House would be Hickenlooper succeeding at that effort.
Democratic presidential candidates: They come, I take a swipe at them, they go. Who's up next?
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