Shorter Howie Fischer: Brewer is right! Democrats are . . . I don’t see any Democrats
by David Safier Howie Fischer is back to swooning over Jan Brewer in his latest article about the Republicans' ongoing effort to take over the redistricting process. It's all Brewer, Terri Proud, Frank Antenori and Steve Pierce. Not a whisper from any Democrats. That's not because Dems have been quiet, of course. Plenty of them … Read more
AIRC Commissioner Linda McNulty on The Rachel Maddow Show
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Rachel Maddow Show did a good summary of the Tea-Publican tyranny against the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission and the voters of Arizona. Commissioner Linda McNulty was her guest for the interview. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
OK, this is pretty funny
by David Safier Sonoran Alliance, a right wing blog, posted "proof" this morning that Colleen Mathis is in collusion with Raúl Grijalva. The "proof" is the photo at right, which shows two people identified by the blog as Mathis and her husband going into the building with Grijalva's office. Here's a minor problem. That building … Read more
Willard ‘Mittens’ Romney is lying about ‘Obamney Care’
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Willard "Mittens"Romney is a shameless shape-shifter. He will take any position to suit the audience to whom he is speaking. Mittens once thought that his Massachusetts Health Care Plan was his ticket to the White House. Now he is running away from his own plan because the radicalized Tea-Publican Party is stark … Read more
The death of truth: ‘lazy’ lying Tea-Publicans
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Steve Benen makes an important point: The truth is supposed to matter most. Unfortunately, the modern corporate media believes in "balanced" reporting rather than truthful reporting. This leads to the corporate media giving equal time and equal weight to obviously false or patently ridiculous statements to factual and truthful statements, creating false equivalencies … Read more
Succeeding by doing nothing
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I posted about the proposal to "do nothing" and let the Bush tax cuts expire earlier this year to produce the $4 trillion "grand bargain" that the White House and Tea-Publican leaders failed to agree upon before nearly defaulting on the U.S. debt this summer. Now the proposal to "do nothing" is … Read more
Just so you know
by David Safier Anyone wanting to know the Republican response to the reinstatement of Colleen Mathis need look no further than this Media Release from the Scarp-meister himself, Daniel Scarpinato, Communications Director for the House Republicans. Yeah, it says it's from Speaker Andy Tobin, but the Scarpster's over written, overwrought fingerprints are all over it. … Read more
