Great Piece on Romney
April 19, 2012
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If you believe there is a shred of crediblity to my buddy Mitt's claim that his private sector experience at Bain Capital qualifies him to be President, pick up this week's Phoenix New Times and read the expose by Pete Kotz, or find it online. If you share my view of Mitt, that he's a … Read more
The Arizona Daily Star wants YOU to do their job for them
April 19, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Daily Star's reporting on the GOP primary for the CD 8 Special Election was strictly stenography. No probing questions, no fact checking. Now that the general election in the CD 8 Special Election is underway, the Arizona Daily Star wants YOU to do their job for them. Let us hear … Read more
Meet our contestants for Daniel Patterson’s seat
April 19, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
The Arizona Daily Star has the list of our contestants for Daniel Patterson's seat. 11 apply to represent Tucson in Legislature:
Sergio Arellano
• Occupation: community volunteer
• Education: pursuing a degree in political science
• Political history: U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' veterans advisory board
• Community connections: Army veteran, Wounded Warrior program, Mi Vecino voter initiative
Stephen Cody
• Occupation: technical writer at IBM
• Education: bachelor's in psychology, master's in biopsychology
• Political history: secretary and vice chair of the District 29 Democrats and Democratic Party executive committee representative
• Community connections: Las Adelitas, co-founder of Democracy for Arizona-Tucson
Nicholas Fontana
• Occupation: attorney
• Education: bachelor's in general studies, juris doctorate
• Political history: former Judge Pro Tem at the Tohono O'odham tribal court
• Community connections: Veterans Court, Pascua Yaqui school mentor
Willard “Mittens” Romney to address state GOP chairmen at RNC luncheon in Scottsdale
April 19, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The shameless shapeshifter and pathological liar Willard "Mittens" Romney will address a gathering of state GOP chairmen at a Republican National Committee luncheon with Sen. John McCain, our very own shameless shapeshifter and pathological liar, at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Resort, 7575 E. Princess Drive (off Scottsdale Road just North of Bell Road) on Friday at Noon. Mittens will … Read more
Action Alert: GOP War on Women returns with Planned Parenthood defunding bill today
April 19, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The GOP War on Women resumes today with a vote in the Arizona Senate on HB 2800, a bill designed to defund Planned Parenthood, denying low-income women access to preventitive health care and family planning services because Planned Parenthood also provides safe and legal abortion services. Call your state senator in oppostion … Read more
The Farley Report – April 18, 2012
April 19, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Time once again for the Farley Report from Rep. Steve Farley (D-LD 28):
Now for the news…
–> Budget: Negotiations are not going well between the Governor and majority legislative leadership. In fact, yesterday she issued an ultimatum that she would veto all bills that come to her desk before she gets a budget she likes, something that has not gone over terribly well with her fellow Republicans. I also will have to tread carefully with my long-term care bill 2713 to avoid it becoming collateral damage in this GOP internecine conflict.
General capitol chatter holds that this all means the session could drag on for many more weeks, despite the stated goal of the Speaker and the President to adjourn Sine Die on the 100th day — yesterday. The longer we drag on, the more of a chance that bad bills will find a way to come back from their current dire straits.
The good news is that we are now engaging in staff-level talks with legislative Republicans who actually like the House Democrats' fiscally conservative budget that also invests in education at all levels, CPS, hospitals, KidsCare, and true job creation.
The big question is, will the Republicans be willing to work with us to assemble a veto-proof majority for our budget — thus effectively removing the Governor from the process — even though she would likely kill all remaining bills on the table? If not, what will we all be doing here for the next few weeks as the Governor and the Legislature remain hundreds of millions of dollars apart, if we can't send any bills to her for fear of veto? Tune in next week for the latest exciting episode of "As the Capitol Turns"… Or is it "All My Legislators"?
Tea-Publicans drink their ‘hater-ade’
April 18, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
I rarely watch Chris Matthews because he is always hawking somebody's book (skip the first minute of the video below). But I happened to catch this segment with Ron Reagan and Michelle Bernard which actually offered some insightful points for a change.
The first point was one that I have often written about, the Tea-Publican sense of entitlement by divine right to lord over us all. There is also the GOP tradition of "waiting your turn" to be the GOP nominee. No new revelations there.
But the second point was recent polling data from a CNN poll. Full poll (pdf) It is both disturbing and a flashing red-light warning to Americans just how radical and dangerous the Tea-Publican Party has become. It turns out that they are willing to vote for an empty vessel, a cardboard cutout even, because they are voting against President Obama out of hatred, and it does not matter one iota to them whom they are voting for. As the panel discusses, Tea-Publican voters are motivated by hatred against an African-American president many of them wrongly believe is an illegitimate usurper, and a secret Muslim born in Kenya to boot. Racism, religious bigotry, nativism — Tea-Publicans drink their "hater-ade."
If we were all weighing the personal qualities and characteristics of the candidates, their qualifications and capabilities, as well as their positions on the issues like rational, reasonable, responsible mature adults, this election would not even be close. The American public as a whole prefers President Obama by double digits in this same CNN poll.
So if you are trying to make sense of how or why a political party could possibly vote for someone so demonstrably unqualified and unfit to serve in public office, like our own Jesse Kelly, it is because the Tea-Publican Party is no longer rational, reasonable or responsible. It is a party consumed by controlling power and motivated by hatred for anyone who is not one of them and stands in their way of controlling power. This is a dangerous development.
It is why a Teabagger like the "Motor City Madman" Ted Nugent threatens harm to the president and threatens cutting off the heads of Democrats if the election does not go the way of Tea-Publicans this November. This is something new in American politics, it is home-grown authoritarianism. Our longstanding American tradition of "ballots over bullets" and accepting the results of democratic elections as legitimate is threatened by this new un-American authoritarianism.
Video below the fold.
“One of America’s most notable Republicans” learns Romney believes in America
April 18, 2012
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by David Safier I got another Romney snail mail money pitch today, addressing me as "one of America's most notable Republicans." Yeah, that's me. Here's a list from the mailing of what's wrong with Obama followed by what's right with Romney. The surprising thing to me is how flat and used up the language sounds. … Read more
