Reminder: LD 27 Democratic House Candidate Forum on Tuesday
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Friend of El Blog for Arizona Carolyn Classen at the Tucson Citizen has the pregame analysis for you. On the LD 27 House campaign trail…May 11 – Carolyn's Community: Advertisement Seven (yes, SEVEN) Democratic candidates are running for two state house seats in LD 27. Your first chance to meet & greet … Read more
SB1070 Update: Jesse Kelly offers simple answers for simple folk
by David Safier Sarah Palin is the future of the Republican Party. If it fits into a slogan, if it sounds good, if it makes your head bob up and down in agreement, it's a winner. Today's example: a Jesse Kelly ad about his support for SB1070. "What part of illegal do they just not … Read more
SB1070 Update: San Diego School District: Kids, don’t travel to Arizona
by David Safier Tuesday SDUSD will vote on a resolution proposed by the School Board president. It's just another example of the blowback over our regressive ways. Board of Education will consider on Tuesday warning its students and parents against travel to Arizona, where a new immigration law was recently adopted. A resolution proposed by … Read more
SB1070 Update: “9500 Liberty”
by David Safier The film "9500 Liberty" will be playing in the Phoenix area. The Phoenix New Times writes, "9500 Liberty a Must-See for Those Concerned by SB 1070." It's a documentary about a Prince William County, Virginia, "probable cause" resolution, created by FAIR, the same group that helped Pearce write SB1070: PWC's "probable cause" … Read more
Bodfield Mischaracterizes Clean Elections
It has become a common slander of the right wing to charge that Clean Elections are welfare for politicians or taxpayer funded elections. It's a slander because it is simply not true. Clean Elections does not get ANY tax dollars, at all. It accepts only voluntary contributions and surcharges on criminal and civil penalties. Not … Read more
SB1070 Update: 1,443,617 Strong AGAINST the Arizona Immigration Law SB1070
by David Safier Last time I counted, 1 MILLION Strong AGAINST the Arizona Immigration Law SB1070 had topped half a million. Now it's closing in on a million and a half. 1,443,658 to be exact, at 10:36AM Sunday (That's 41 more than when I wrote the headline about a minute ago). Join in. Tell your … Read more
Sen. McCain’s cheesy new ad: Complete the danged fence
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: President Ronald Reagan is supposed to be some kind of iconic hero for having said "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." That was then, this is now. Today, Republicans are falling all over themselves to put up a wall on the U.S. border — just with Mexico, mind you. Canada, not so … Read more
