Gabby Giffords came to Drinking Liberally and we all had some good fun. There should be video of the event available here soon. One of the questions that came up was the issue of whether Gabby was open to impeachment of the President and Vice President. During the campaign, she was rather dismissive of the … Read more

Now that Scooter’s jail sentence has been commuted, we can all see the deep respect this Administration has for our system of justice. It doesn’t take a great deal of political acumen to understand what happened here. My mother, about the least guileful or politically cynical person you could imagine, told me that it was … Read more

I gotta say I was somewhat surprised when Gabbi’s office contacted us for a date at Drinking Liberally. I had just tore into her over her vote on the Iraq supplementals that kept the troops in Iraq until at least September. I sent her a letter which I published here outlining my objection and visited … Read more

Sublime…

Link: Sign the Petition to Expose The Obstructionists. Remember, not so long ago, when the GOP would bellyache regularly about "obstructionist" Democrats who used "cowardly" procedural maneuvers to prevent an "up or down vote" on their legislation and nominees? Remember how they railed against "thwarting the will of majority" with such "anti-democratic" tricks? Remember how … Read more

It’s time for John Shadegg to go. Arizona’s CD 3 has been targeted as one of the 40 districts of interest for a turn over by the DCCC in 2008. A loss by Shadegg would be a major blow the national GOP, not to mention giving Democrats a majority in our House delegation. Shadegg ran … Read more

Drinking Liberally Tucson is trying out Facebook to help build community and foster greater participation by members. We have started a group on Facebook, and Drinking Liberally events will now be posted there as well. If you don’t have a Facebook account I encourage you to try it; it’s free and it isn’t just for … Read more