By Michael Bryan I was generally quite satisfied with Dr. Carmona's very first political debate performance against Jeff Flake. He missed some opportunities, and he was certainly too eager to hug some of Flake's positions, but he acquitted himself decently. One flub that stood out, however, was his answer to moderator Ted Simons' question regarding … Read more

by David Safier Want to see the stark contrast between Nancy Young Wright and her opponent for Pima County Supervisor, Tea Party founder Ally Miller? Watch Nancy's great new video.   I've known Nancy for years and volunteer on her campaign. The more I know about her, the more I know she's the right person … Read more

By Michael Bryan This Monday, Oct. 22nd starting at 6pm (we'll start gathering about 5:30 to give everyone time to find parking, chat, grab a beer, settle in, etc. – the debate starts at 6pm sharp), Drinking Liberally will have another special session for a viewing party for the third Presidential Debate. The party is … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

The attempts by the Neocon chickenhawks in the right-wing noise machine, e.g., Charles Krauthammer, as well as by super-chicken Vietnam draft dodger Willard "Mittens" Romney Willard 'Mittens' Romney had better things to do during the Vietnam War and his Neocon chickenhawk boy wonder Paul Ryan, to conflate the attack on the consulate office in Benghazi, Libya as "what we see in front of us is the absolute unraveling of the Obama administration's foreign policy" as Ryan did yesterday, is complete and utter nonsense.

The Neocon chickenhawks in the right-wing noise machine who have no military or foreign policy experience, and super-chicken Vietnam draft dodger Willard "Mittens" Romney and his Neocon chickenhawk boy wonder Paul Ryan, are in no position to preach to anyone about foreign policy. This is the least experienced, least qualified nominees of a political party in modern American history.

These assholes fully supported the unnecessary and illegal war in Iraq based upon falsified intelligence of "weapons of mass destruction" cooked up by Neocon war mongers serving in the Bush-Cheney regime. Even after this "massive intelligence failure" was self-evident, they insisted that the war in Iraq was justified. 

Seventeen of the twenty-four foreign policy advisers on the "Galt - Gekko 2012" campaign, Here is the full list of Mitt Romney's national security team, are the very same Neocon war mongers who manipulated this country into an unnecessary and illegal war in Iraq for "weapons of mass destruction" that did not exist and were never found. The Romney-Cheney Doctrine – By Representative | Foreign Policy: 

Out of Romney's 24 special advisors on foreign policy, 17 served in the Bush-Cheney administration. If Romney were to win, it's likely that many of these people would serve in his administration in some capacity — a frightening prospect given the legacy of this particular group. The last time they were in government, it was disastrous.

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[O]ne of Romney's top surrogates on the campaign trail is John Bolton, who served as President George W. Bush's ambassador to the United Nations. Bolton embodies the reckless neoconservative thinking that was largely responsible for getting us into Iraq under false pretenses. Today, he openly roots for diplomacy with Iran to fail and is all-too-eager to send our men and women in uniform into war. Last year, for instance, Bolton said that, "It would be in our interest to overthrow this regime in Syria."

The Neocons from Project for the New American Century (PNAC) are now with The Foreign Policy Initiative, and this week they argued for U.S. intervention in Syria — not out of any humanitarian concern for the slaughter of innocents, but out of geopolitical strategy: Syria is a client state of Iran, and supports the Palestinian organizations Hamas and Hezbollah. Now is the Time for a Safe Zone in Syria | Foreign Policy Initiative.

Earlier this year, "Galt – Gekko 2012" Neocon war monger adviser Elliott Abrams asked that Congress enact another Authorization for Use of Military Force resolution, this time against Iran.  Ryan Adviser Calls On Congress To Authorize War With Iran. Dan Senor, America's version of "Baghdad Bob" during the Iraq war, is also a foreign policy adviser to Paul Ryan.

These Neocon war mongers should be standing trial under the Nuremberg Principles for their Iraq war crimes, not preparing plans for new wars of adventure in Syria and Iran should "Galt- Gekko 20102" win in November.

by David Safier The 30 minute documentary, Cyanide Beach, created by investigative journalist John Dougherty, will air Sunday on KGUN-Channel 9 on Sunday, Oct. 21. Set your recorder if you won't be around. It's worth seeing. Go to Investigative Media for more information.

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Horizon (PBS) hosted the CD 9 Congressional debate between Kyrsten Sinema (D), Vernon Parker (R) and Powell Gammill (Libertarian).

Vernon Parker finally came out of hiding in his bunker for his first and only head-to-head debate with his opponents in the relatively safe confines of a studio for a short one-half hour. You can see why he’s been avoiding a discussion of the issues. Kyrsten Sinema is the clear choice in CD 9. No wonder even The Arizona Republic(an) endorsed Sinema.

Video below the fold.

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: While you should be out making phone calls and walking and knocking on doors for GOTV, everyone is entitled to at least some time off. So after you have finished your GOTV shift, go to the movies! Tucson Progressive Film Festival When: Oct. 26 – 27, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pmWhere: The Screening Room, 127 E. Congress Street (Tucson) … Read more