HellOnToni Cracks Open
August 22, 2006
Espresso Pundit posted on a very interesting development in the CD 8 race. Toni Hellon, CD 8 candidate Mike Hellon’s ex-wife and a State Senator, filed an injunction against Bill Arnold, CD 8 candidate Steve Huffman’s campaign treasurer who’s notorious mainly for scumbaggery around some crooked Amphi School District land deals, for harrassment and reputational
The CD 8 Gender Gap
August 21, 2006
Why is it that there is not a single female GOP candidate in CD 8, yet fully half of the Democrats, three out of six – Patty Weiss, Gabby Giffords, and Francine Shacter – are women? Why is the GOP incapable of fielding even one female candidate for one of the most competitive races in
Ted Downing and the Rio Nuevo Project Reauthorization
August 19, 2006
The Facts In the contentious LD 28 Senate primary race, the recent successful reauthorization of Rio Nuevo has been fashioned into a sort of political litmus test for loyalty to Tucson’s interests. Paula Aboud has repeatedly accused Ted Downing of not supporting the reauthorization, even though he voted for the final bill. This has been
Why can’t we all be Japanese?
August 19, 2006
Why can’t we all be Japanese? A very interesting essay, though a bit discursive into unrelated theological matters, introduces a major new cross-cultural study of the correlations between belief in the divine, and violence and sexual behavior. The counter-inuitive, and politically provocative, conclusion of the study is that there is a strong positive correlation between
Steve Huffman, Arizona Minuteman
August 18, 2006
So I was watching Stevie Huffman’s immigration-centric ad, and one image in particular struck me: We have Stevie, on his knees, in the dark (maybe near a lonely freeway rest stop somewhere), delicately holding a big, hard, shiny phallic object, and looking quite winsome. Then it struck me: Stevie really has become Jim Kolbe. Oh,
PSA: Learn to Identify the Symptoms of a Stroke
August 18, 2006
I received this through the Democratic Party network. I think it is important. My own mother died of a stroke. The minute it takes to read this could save a loved-one’s life. STROKE IDENTIFICATION: During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall – she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered
Gabby’s Campaign Push-Polling from Off-Shore Call Center? NO. RNCC Ratfucking.
August 18, 2006
UPDATE 8/18: I was wrong to have suspected the Giffords campaign or an uncoordinated Democratic group was behind these push polls. It is now clear that the authors of this ratfucking effort is the RNCC through several intermediaries headed by the Terrance Group with at least $381K changing hands. The universe of targets seems to
Peering Into the Future with Janet
August 17, 2006
Napolitano became first woman to Chair the National Governor’s Association at the 2006 annual meeting, a position used by both Bill Clinton and Howard Dean as a lanching pad into national politics. After an extremely successful first term during which Janet moved forward strongly her agenda to create an all day Kindergarden program and stood
