Grijalva: “My fight will be clean and fair.”
January 14, 2011
by David Safier This is the kind of feeling you hope will last, or at least have some lasting effects. The people who stood and spoke at the Promoting a Civil Discussion press conference this afternoon were Republicans and Democrats, gathered together humbly, and actually seeming like they belonged together. Brian Miller and Jeff Rogers,
Trent Humphries blames Giffords for Saturday’s shooting
January 14, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In an interview with the British newspaper The Guardian, teabagger Trent Humphries blames Rep. Gabrielle Giffords for Saturday's shooting, and then has the audacity to claim that We're Arizona shooting victims too. Like Sarah Palin, for this fool "it's all about me!" Blaming the victim of an assassin's bullet for the acts of
Life must be tough in the conservative shtetl
January 14, 2011
by David Safier Let's face it, it's not easy being a Jew in old Eastern Europe a conservative in 21st century America. You have to put up with Blood Libels, not to mention pogroms. Yes, add "pogrom" to the offensive obsurdities from the right. The Washington Times believes Palin's Blood Libel reference makes perfect sense.
Pearce gets it right — once — with his “balance of rights” statement
January 14, 2011
by David Safier Why in the world would Russell Pearce, who believes nothing should restrict our "freedoms," vote along with the rest of the legislature to restrict the freedom of assembly and, by his usual logic, the freedom of speech of the Westboro Baptist Church when they planned to protest at Christina Taylor Green's funeral?
RNC electing a new chairman today
January 14, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The RNC is electing a new chairman today. Here is a pre-vote analysis. The Results Are Anyone's Guess As RNC Chair Election Kicks Off | TPMDC: The RNC chairman's election will commence momentarily, and members are expected to pick a replacement for Michael Steele. But the arcane rules of the committee's election
Clear Channel removes Rush Limbaugh ad from Tucson billboard
January 14, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Rush Limbaugh, like all talkers on hate radio this past week, has been portraying himself as a "victim" of the "left's" complaints about the toxic environment and vitriolic nature of the medium of hate radio that he helped to create and has come to personify. I don't know where the "left" —
More on Stronger AZ’s 3pm bipartisan press conference
January 14, 2011
by David Safier AzBlueMeanie posted about the bipartisan Stronger AZ press conference today. Facebook members can learn more here. Stronger AZBipartisan Press Conference FRI 3:00PM: "As We Heal, Promoting a Civil Discussion" Old County Courthouse Bldg, Downtown Tucson 115 N Church. Speakers include: Congressman Grijalva, Rep. Farley, Supervisor Carroll, Council Member Uhlich, Council Member Kozachik.
The right feels the need to smear our grieving Tucson community
January 14, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This nonsense started immediately after President Obama's speech in Tucson on Wednesday night. Some commentators on CNN stated that the audience at McKale Center had applauded "inappropriately" at a memorial service. Tucsonans were not somber enough for these Beltway bloviators. This theme quickly was picked up by other commentators as an inappropriate
