Sen. Jon Kyl attacks legendary civil rights lawyer and jurist, Justice Thurgood Marshall
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: During the opening statements of the confirmation hearing for Elena Kagan on Monday, Sen. Jon Kyl and other Republicans thought it was a dandy idea to attack a legendary civil rights icon, Justice Thurgood Marshall. Advertisement That's just great. Jon Kyl, along with Sen. Lindsey Graham, both lawyers, were chastised by the … Read more
Republican Born-Again Deficit Virgins
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Vice President Dick Cheney famously told former Bush Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, "You know, Paul, Reagan proved deficits don't matter." But only when a Republican is in the White House. When a Democrat is in the White House, Republicans suddenly become born-again deficit virgins. PERRspectives: Senator Whitehouse Blames Deficit on GOP "Debt Orgy": … Read more
How bad will it get if GOP obstruction continues?
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Following up on a post from earlier today, GOP filibuster of unemployment benefits extension bill blows hole in state budgets, Jon Perr provides the numbers in PERRspectives: What Washington Giveth, the States Taketh Away: By almost any measure, the $787 billion stimulus program has worked exactly as designed. The overwhelming consensus of … Read more
Senator obstruction, Jon Kyl, sides with the über-rich over the middle class unemployed
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Blog for Arizona has been covering Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl, for months now in his never-ending war against America's unemployed middle class for the benefit of the über-rich. Sen. Kyl's Paris Hilton Amendment; Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl, thinks the unemployed are just lazy; Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl, obstructing unemployment benefits extension. So … Read more
Proposition 107: Arizona’s Students Under Attack!
California, Washington, Michigan and Nebraska: what do all of these states have in common? Each of these states have been the victim of the American Civil Rights Initiative (ACRI) – a deceptively named national campaign founded by Ward Connerly to work state-by-state to eliminate affirmative action programs. In each state, a seemingly benign ballot initiative is put … Read more
Pamela Gorman (CD 3): Look how many guns I can shoot!
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Is CD 3 candidate Pamela Gorman now taking ad advice from semi-automatic weapon toting House candidate Terri Proud in LD 26? This is an emerging trend in GOP political ads this year across the country: "Elect me because I'm armed and dangerous and if you don't, well, you know what can happen to you!" … Read more
You Think SB1070 Is Stupid Now? You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet…
By Michael Bryan Many folks are understandably upset that SB1070, the "show me your papers" law, will lead to racial profiling and widespread harassment of Arizonans who happen to be Hispanic. While that may or may not be true – whether that happens largely depends on the agenda and inclinations of the individual officers in … Read more
