A “joke” from Pearce: “If I’d had a heart, I’d be dead.”
by David Safier AZ Blue Meanie has assembled a frightening number of sources about Russell Pearce's guiding light, W. Cleon Skousen. You can read them a few posts down. I found something else in the same article, said in jest by Pearce, reaffirming my belief that one of the overriding qualities of today's conservatives is … Read more
SB1070 Update: “An astonishing willingness to sacrifice the rights of others”
by David Safier The Arizona Republic, like most Arizona dailies, has taken an editorial stance against SB1070. Today, the Republic wrote an especially strong editorial, going to the heart of the inherent racism in the law and the assumptions of many of its supporters. For me, this is the money quote. The NBC/Wall Street Journal … Read more
Sen. Russell Pearce’s “right-wing political guru”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Republic published a rather interesting profile piece on Sen. Russell Pearce (R-Mesa) on Sunday. While revealing, the article could have used a companion piece about Sen. Pearce's "right-wing political guru" to better inform its readers of Sen. Pearce's intellectual leanings. I will explain. First, the Arizona Republic profile piece. Arizona … Read more
The “SB1070 supporters = Nazis” analogy is a strong one, but not an overdone one
Posted by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Not by a long shot… Many of the more vocal opponents of Russell Pearce's SB1070 (the "show me your papers" law) have likened him, Governor Jan Brewer, and the other supporters of the law to the Nazis. Brewer finds this analogy so offensive that it caused her … Read more
McCain Gets a New Slogan
By Michael Bryan Not happy with the verisimilitude of McCain's chosen quasi-slogan, "Build the Dang Fence!" (or some such nativist bullshit…), some enterprising person with a stencil and some spray paint donated one to McCain's campaign. I certainly don't condone defacing campaign signs, but you have to admit that "Drill Baby Drill" hits very near … Read more
SB1070 Update: Brewer, Pearce scare people away from coming to Arizona
by David Safier Why do the Accidental Guv and the Persistent Racist hate Arizona? Jan Brewer and Russell Pearce claim to be furious at people who have urged a boycott of Arizona because of the passage of SB1070. How dare you hurt our state's economy? they cry. Yet the two of them are spreading the … Read more
SB1070 Update: Brewer’s Audacity of Hurt
by David Safier Someone in Dallas created a caricature of the Accidental Guv as Hitler's daughter. Most people, including me, have focused on her lie about her father's role in World War II. No one has really focused on this part of her quote: "It hurts. It's ugliness beyond anything I've ever experienced." The statement … Read more
