Rio Nuevo: Pics you don’t see in the Star, but should
by David Safier Maybe photos like the ones below have appeared in the Star, but if so, they haven't been there often enough. I figure we should see at least one pic like these and an accompanying story for every anti-Tucson Rob O'Dell hit piece the paper publishes. Advertisement This morning I went to the … Read more
Republic covers ALEC conference
by David Safier It's good to see the MSM picking up the ALEC story. In its Political Insider column, the Republic makes a rather snarky reference to the Republicans summering at the New Orleans ALEC conference on the corporate dime. - Do you know where your lawmakers are? . . . A lot of them … Read more
Call the Wahhmbulance! Robb’s sensibilities are offended by the “T” word
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Call the Wahhmbulance! The Arizona Republic's Robert Robb has his sensibilities offended by "libruls" referring to the Tea Party as terrorists for holding America hostage and threatening a default on the national debt for the first time in our history in their extortionary demands for "no new taxes" during the federal debt … Read more
Republican talking points, circa 1939
by David Safier Who made the following statements? "American for Americans!" "The government must not interfere with business!" "Reduce taxes!" "Our national debt is something shocking!" John Boehner? Mitch McConnell? Newt Gingrich? All of the above, and just about every other Republican legislator and luminary? Maybe so. But I took the quotes from Henry Gatewood, … Read more
Independent expenditure committee enters the Ward 1 Democratic primary
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Stealth Republican candidate Joe Flores, running as a fake Democrat in the Democratic Primary for Tucson City Council Ward 1, is the target of a new independent expenditure committee, Tucsonans for Democratic Leadership (major funding by the Pima County Democratic Party). The IE will have some billboards in Ward 1 and do … Read more
Dem legislator, ALEC member, kicked out of ALEC reception
by David Safier Here's how it works. ALEC, the conservative, corporate sponsored group which creates hundreds of pieces of model legislation for Republicans to take back to their states, is registered as a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. Apparently, it has to claim to be nonpartisan to give "scholarships" to legislators to their conferences, like the one … Read more
Confused on the concept
by David Safier I'm trying to figure this out. The NRA and Rep. Darrell Issa think it's absolutely awful that about 2,000 guns made their way into Mexico during the ATF's Operation Fast and Furious. Those guns most likely went into the hands of criminal organizations and have been used to kill people. But as … Read more
