Harry Mitchell, Damned if he do, Damned if he don’t
Harry can’t seem to catch a break. Under fire from members of his own party for pandering to the right on the Iraq war, tax cuts and the Bush Administration’s illegal wiretapping of Americans, Harry’s now catching hell from those same Republicans he’s trying to court over an overtime switch of his vote on a … Read more
BfAZ Democratic Presidential Enthusiasm Poll
To complete the poll, just click the number of stars that equates to your relative enthusiasm for that candidate. Give candidates a minimum of 1 star to indicate minimal enthusiasm, and 5 stars to indicate your favorite, or favorites. If you aren’t enthused by any of the folks listed, you needn’t give anyone all five … Read more
Considered Action to hold Democrats Accountable
Harry Mitchell votes to legalize Bush’s violations of FISA and to continue secret warrantless spying on American citizens’ communications and data mining of their private information. Harry co-sponsors capital gains and estate tax cuts while working Americans are suffering. Gabby Giffords and Harry Mitchell both abandon their caucus to vote to continue funding the war … Read more
Mitchell and Giffords Draw Fire From the Left
Harry Mitchell and Gabby Giffords are hearing radio ads telling them to straighten up and fly… er, left on the Iraq war. Some Democrats are doing more than complaining about Harry and Gabby’s votes to continue funding Bush’s folly in Iraq. Here’s the ad: Listen to Voided.mp3 Get out your checkbook now and send Harry … Read more
Arizona’s Deficient Bridges
As the nation watches in stunned amazement as dead Americans are pulled from beneath the rubble of a major bridge on an interstate highway in a major metro area, we have to wonder: what are this nation’s priorities? Are we to become a third-world nation with a decaying, failing infrastructure and a tin-pot dictator at … Read more
Diana Rhoades: A Thousand Trees, Please!
Diana Rhoades is a Director of the Board of the Downtown Alliance and is passionate about creating living, vibrant street-scapes in Tucson that we can be proud of. She is currently running Regina Romero’s City Council campaign. She is advocating a project to beautify downtown through the planting of 1000 trees that will use passive … Read more
Paul Eckerstrom’s Legacy of Election Integrity
Paul Eckerstrom and I had a great conversation after a recent Drinking Liberally session about his role in the Election Integrity movement and getting the audit legislation passed. If you want to learn how grassroots politics works at its best, I encourage you to take the time to listen in. Download eckerstrom.wav Paul (on the … Read more
Harry Reid and the Sorcerer’s Stonewall, featuring Rovamort
A humorous take on the GOP’s obstructionist tactics, taking on a serious subject in a manner that even a political muggle can grasp:
