Update: Trouble in Teabagger Land?
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Here is one tidbit that comes from our alleged political reporters sucking up to the Tea Party. Apparently there is new trouble in teabagger land. From the Arizona Daily Star's political gossip column. Coughlin, Fiesta Bowl lobbyist, doesn't take lying low lying down: Advertisement Where's the party? The organizer of an effort … Read more
No, there’s no political bias in the Tucson media market (riiiight)
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Our alleged political reporters in the Tucson media market are all doing stories about the Tea Party because Tax Day is Monday, and Trent Humphries' merry band of fools has a Tea Party rally coming up at the end of the month with Andrew Breitbart (what, you couldn't figure out how to … Read more
Sen. Pres. Russel Pearce’s Brother Judge Lester Pearce is a Skousian. Is Russel, Too?
By Michael Bryan It seems that Lester Pearce, brother of Arizona Fürer Russell Pearce, is an adherent of the racist, theocratic, crackpot historical-legal theories of W. Cleon Skousen. I actually don't find this terribly surprising, given what I know about the Pearce family's politics. In fact, Russell Pearce has never denied that he is a … Read more
Merit Selection of Arizona Judges Preserved
The Arizona legislature failed in it's attempt to refer to voters a constitutional amendment that would have effectively ended merit selection of judges in Arizona and made the judiciary a creature of the Executive over time. The President of the Arizona Bar gives and excellent overview of the final version that eventually passed and will … Read more
Is Pearce on the defensive?
by David Safier Russell Pearce doesn't come off at all well in a Phoenix News 10 12 piece about a Tea Party rally at the Capitol. When reporter Wendy Halloran asked him when we're going to see those invoices he promised for Fiesta Bowl-supplied tickets, he got angry. What a surprise! His reply: "You know … Read more
Chris Christie: “take out the bat” on legislator; teachers “use students like drug mules”
by David Safier I've got someone other than Russell Pearce to pick on this morning. New Jersey's Governor Chris Christie. Christie was upset at the press for not going after a Democratic lawmaker more aggressively. His statement during a news conference: “Can you guys please take the bat out on her for once?” State Senator … Read more
