this is regarding King saying Obama "favors the black man".
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20100616/LOVELAND01/100616003
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The Gardner campaign canceled a planned weekend fundraiser featuring King on Monday night after the comments from the Liddy show. Northern Colorado Tea Party director Lesley Hollywood said on Tuesday that she had canceled King's scheduled appearance at a Saturday rally in Loveland because the remarks don't "fit in with Tea Party values, particularly in Northern Colorado."
King said he called both Hollywood and Gardner on Tuesday after their cancellation announcements.
"I have spoken with her and Cory Gardner both, and neither one of them disagreed with what I said or the position I have taken," King said in an interview.
Gardner's campaign manager, Chris Hansen, flatly rejected King's characterization of his conversation with the Northern Colorado congressional candidate: "That is not an accurate reflection of Representative Gardner's views," he said in an e-mail.
Hollywood was interviewed Tuesday morning but couldn't immediately be reached for comment after King's interview.
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