Army band at Meet Yourself
October 13, 2012
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by David Safier A group of musicians from Fort Huachuca played a terrific set at Meet Yourself downtown Friday, mixing jazz, funk and soul. All good musicians. The guy in the middle of the pic with the little toy sax (OK, I think it's called a soprano sax) sang a few numbers like he knew … Read more
A Progressive Blogger’s Wishful Thinking On Taxes
October 12, 2012
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Posted by Bob Lord David Sirota is a well respected progressive blogger and author. I read his book "Uprising" a few years back and found it insightful. He is an occasional guest host on the progressive talk shows and hosts a local show of his own in Colorado. But I think he engages in wishful … Read more
Validation by Bloomberg
October 12, 2012
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Posted by Bob Lord I get to say I'm a step ahead of Josh Baro at Bloomberg. Last week, I published this post, in which I had this to say about Mitt's new tax contrivance, the deduction bucket: The desparation is obvious. By all appearances, this is something the Romney camp just contrived in response … Read more
Carmona town halls this weekend
October 12, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A late calendar entry from the Dr. Richard Carmona for U.S Senate campaign: ADVISORY: Carmona to host town halls in northern and western Arizona This weekend, Rich Carmona will meet with voters in Lake Havasu, Bullhead City and Flagstaff in a series of town halls. All events are open to the public and … Read more
Obama campaign web ad: The Romney-Ryan Strategy
October 12, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
The Obama campaign is up with a new web ad entitled "The Romney-Ryan Strategy: Thirsting for an Answer." Description: At last night's debate, we saw the essence of The Romney-Ryan Strategy: doubling down on widely, repeatedly debunked attacks.
Video below the fold.
‘What’s the difference between Sarah Palin and Paul Ryan? Lipstick’
October 12, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Forget the bobblehead media villagers on the '"tee-vee" whose debate analysis focuses exclusively on optics and body language and presentation — because they are all just highly paid actors. They wouldn't know substantive policy arguments if they bit them in the ass, let alone be able to assess who is stating the facts, and who is just full-o-crap.
In reading through debate analysis from real journalists today, I discovered this gem from Charles Pierce at Esquire that is the best take down evah! VP Debate 2012: The Real Paul Ryan Is Bad for America:
For the second time in as many presidential elections, Joseph Biden got to debate a young, attractive Republican candidate who was demonstrably less qualified to to be president than I am to be chairman of the World Bank. Joseph Biden is a very lucky man. The Great Political Matchmaker in the Sky keeps handing him people who are trying — and failing — to fight above their weight class, and he keeps blowing through what can now legitimately be called the Bum of the Quadrennium Club.
There is a deeply held Beltway myth of Paul Ryan, Man of Big Ideas, and it dies hard. But, if there is a just god in the universe, on Thursday night, it died a bloody death, was hurled into a pit, doused with quicklime, buried without ceremony, and the ground above it salted and strewn with garlic so that it never rises again. On foreign policy, Ryan occasionally rose, gasping, to the level of obvious neophyte. (He was more lost in Afghanistan than the Russian army ever was.) On domestic policy, his alleged wheelhouse, he was vague, untruthful, and he walked right into a haymaker he should have seen coming from a mile off, when he started bloviating about Biden's role in the "failed" stimulus program, only to have Biden slap him around with Ryan's own requests for stimulus money for his home district back in Wisconsin. He also made it quite clear that a Romney-Ryan White House will do everything it can to eliminate a woman's right to choose. This should make for some fine television commercials over the next few weeks.
Fact Checking the mendacity of ‘Mittens’
October 12, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Time once again for Steve Benen's weekly fact check of the shameless shapeshifter and pathological liar, Willard "Mittens" Romney. Chronicling Mitt's Mendacity, Vol. XXXVIII: The broader concerns about Mitt Romney's comfort with dishonesty reached a milestone this week — it got The Onion treatment. (Remember, this is satire. The quotes are not … Read more
Arizona Illustrated (PBS) LD 10 House Candidates Debate
October 12, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
KUAT’s Arizona Illustrated (PBS) hosted the LD 10 House candidates debate between Democratic incumbent Rep. Bruce Wheeler and Republican incumbent Rep. Ted Vogt, and Democrat Stefanie Mach and Republican Todd Clodfelter.
Video replay below the fold.
