Old, fat white guys

September 20, 2012

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Seriously? The Tucson Weekly has a blog post about how hate radio host Jon Justice has his knickers in a twist and is clutching his pearls over a statement that Rep. Ron Barber made that the GOP is "essentially a bunch of white guys." Oh the horrors! Ron Barber Said Something Dumb … Read more

Insurrectionist Tea-Publicans: It’s all Obama’s fault!

September 20, 2012

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

When Abraham Lincoln ran for president in 1860, he ran on a promise of preserving the Union. The Republican platform in 1860 denounced threats of disunion as avowals of treason.

During the interegnum between Lincoln's election victory in November 1860 and his Inauguration in March 1861, seven southern states voted for acts of secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumter, South Carolina, the first shots of the Civil War. Lincoln called for a volunteer army from each state to recapture Fort Sumter, and four more southern states voted for acts of secession and joined the Confederacy.

All of this occurred within the first two months of Lincoln's presidency. So was Lincoln a failure because he failed to preserve the Union as he had promised during his campaign in 1860?

That is how the modern-day Tea-Publican Party, no longer the "Party of Lincoln," would attack Lincoln today if he was running for reelection. It was all his fault that insurrectionists engaged in an act of sedition against the United States. "Lincoln didn't preserve the Union!"

This is the proper historical context in which to consider the latest right-wing noise machine media attack on President Obama. Obama promised to change the tone in Washington during his 2008 campaign. It is all his fault that Tea-Publican insurrectionists engaged in an act of sedition against the United States. "Obama didn't change the tone in Washington!"

On January 20, 2009 Republican Leaders in Congress literally conspired to sabotage and undermine the U.S. Economy, already in a free-fall at the time, during President Obama's Inauguration. You can read about it in Robert Draper's new book, "Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives." Robert Draper Book: GOP's Anti-Obama Campaign Started Night Of Inauguration – The Huffington Post. The Tea-Publican insurrectionists engaged in an act of sedition against the United States on Obama's day one.

So what has the right-wing noise machine all worked up today? A supposed Obama "gaffe" that he said at the Univision town hall: “The most important lesson I’ve learned is that you can’t change Washington from the inside.” Greg Sargent explains, Obama’s latest `gaffe’: Vowing to engage more Americans in the political process:

Republicans and conservatives are pouncing. Mitt Romney slammed Obama over the remarks today, arguing that he has thrown in the “white flag of surrender.” So it’s now a real story.

Tea-Publicans filibuster the bipartisan Veterans Job Corps bill

September 20, 2012

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Their Obama Derangement Syndrome has reached such a fevered pitch that Tea-Publicans in the U.S. Senate, some of whom participated in drafting this bipartisan veterans jobs bill, voted against the very bill they helped to draft with a GOP filibuster. They are insane, and this is unforgiveable. Vet jobs bill knocked out in Senate:

Legislation to put veterans to work preserving and restoring national parks and other federal, state and local lands was defeated Wednesday afternoon when Senate Republicans successfully blocked the bill’s advance with a budgetary point of order.

The largely party-line Senate vote of 58-40 fell two votes short of the three-fifths majority needed to overcome the procedural objection. Republicans said the Veterans Job Corps bill violated the Budget Control Act by adding a new program that would increase the deficit. [$1 billion price tag for the program over five years, i.e., $200 million per year — pocket change in Washington.]

[These are the same people who would readily add $5 trillion to the deficit over the next decade by making the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans permanent.]

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Democrats charged that Republican opposition stemmed from a refusal to support an initiative that originated in the White House. The corps, loosely based on the Civilian Conservation Corps created during the Great Depression, would employ veterans in conservation, resource management and historic preservation projects on public lands. The legislation would also provide for hiring veterans as police officers and firefighters.

Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said the measure would have “sailed” through the Senate in past years but had been derailed by partisanship. “Blocking a veterans’ jobs bill is a new low,” he said in a statement.

The Women Ignited Now (W.I.N.) Rallies

September 20, 2012

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Announcement from Sen. Paula Aboud (D-LD 28):

GOP-friendly pollster has Carmona leading Flake by five points

September 20, 2012

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This poll was released under condition the pollster not be identified, which raises my suspicion, but in any event azfamily.com (TV 3) in Phoenix reports a GOP-friendly pollster has released a poll showing Dr. Richard Carmona leading Rep. Jeff Flake by five points for the U.S. Senate seat. Poll: Carmona leading Flake: The … Read more

Last Flight: Space Shuttle Endeavour fly-over in Tucson Thursday A.M.

September 20, 2012

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The space shuttle that flew on NASA's next-to-last shuttle mission will make an appearance today in the skies over Tucson as it heads to its final home in California. Shuttle Endeavour to fly over Tucson: The Space Shuttle Endeavour will fly over the city between 11 a.m. and noon. The Tucson portion … Read more

Update: Selecting Sheriff Larry Dever’s replacement

September 20, 2012

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I hate when that happens! My sources in Cochise County assured me that the ballots had already been sent to the printer. What they did not know is that the ballots had not actually yet been printed. As I posted yesterday, The death of Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever presents a rare … Read more