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One Year Later
April 29, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
It was one year ago on a Sunday (May 1) following the White House Correspondents Dinner at which President Obama figuratively "slayed" the Birther King, Donald Trump, with his brilliant comedy, that the nation learned the President was literally slaying the murderous terrorist Osama bin Laden responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks in a daring Seal Team Six raid into Pakistan. Just as he said he would during a presidential debate with John McCain in the 2008 campaign. Promises kept.
Just days before the anniversary of the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, a new video from the Obama campaign focuses on the presidential decision-making that was critical to the mission's success. New Obama campaign video highlights decision to launch bin Laden raid:
The video begins with previously unreleased footage of President Clinton talking about the political risk President Obama took in ordering the raid. A failed mission, Clinton said, "would have been horrible for him, but he reasoned 'I cannot in good conscience do nothing.' He took the harder and more honorable path, and the one that produced, in my opinion, the best result."
The video then contrasts Obama's decisive leadership with Mitt Romney's blasé attitude towards bringing bin Laden to justice. "Which path would Mitt Romney have taken?" the video asks before transitioning to a quote from an August, 2007 article about Romney's criticism of Obama's willingness to strike targets inside Pakistan without or without the Pakistani government's assistance. Next, a quote from Mitt Romney himself: "It's not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person."
The video closes by returning to President Obama's decision. "He had to decide," President Clinton says. "And that's what you hire the president to do. You hire a president to make the calls when no one else can do it."
Video below the fold.
OFA ad: Mitt Romney ‘extreme’ on women’s issues
April 29, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
The Obama campaign has released a video painting Mitt Romney as “extreme” on women’s issues.
“Mitt Romney’s run to the right may be winning him Tea Party voters, but American women are realizing they cannot trust Romney to stand up for them,” the campaign said in a release.
Watch the video below the fold:
Satire: ‘I’m moving to Arizona’ (where every woman is pregnant)
April 29, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Tina Dupuy writes at crooksandliars.com They've Socialized Our Wombs: 'In Arizona I'm Pregnant':
I will be in Arizona tomorrow, driving through on my way to New York City. And I am "expecting" (get it?) to be legally pregnant for a couple of hours. When the law sees us as public incubators – adding a prequel to conception is the least of our worries. It means your body is not your own. If your body is not yours they can probe you, criminalize what you do with your own body and arbitrarily change the legal duration of your pregnancy. And it's already happening in Arizona: Make way for state-decided immaculate conceptions!
"This lovely [satirical] video and song comes to us from Taylor Ferrara." (below thw fold).
The Gathering of the Cochise County Democratic Party
April 29, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Announcement from the Cochise County Democratic Party: Please send your donation with this detachment to the address below, or call a contact number to RSVP. ============================================================================ The Gathering Cochise Democratic Party, May 26, 2012 Name ____________________________________________________________ Total Number of Guests _________ Address _________________________________________________________________________________________ City/ Sate / Zip _________________________________________________________________________________ … Read more
Reminder: Arizona Democratic Party 2012 Heritage Dinner, Featuring Gov. Martin O’Malley
April 29, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Announcement from the Arizona Democratic Party:
Spocko’s thoughts on tonight’s Nugent concert
April 28, 2012
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by David Safier I've been talking about Ted Nugent — his mouth, his penchant for guns and his performance tonight at the Pima County Fair — to a guy who uses the handle "Spocko." Spocko wrote a long, well researched piece on Firedoglake about the weapons rules at the Fair and the consequences of carrying, … Read more
Updated SWAG for 2012
April 28, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
It's time to update the "Silly Wild Ass Guess" (SWAG) list of who is running for office in 2012, now that the new district maps have finally been precleared by the DOJ. State law permits candidates to collect signatures in the current districts as well as the new districts.
This list is subject to constant change. Please let me know if I have missed anyone in the comments.
Currently, the Secretary of State campaign committee page is a massive mess. The FEC web site is even more of a mess. That is completely unacceptable. I am going to focus on Baja Arizona races where I at least have an idea of who is running where.
The filing deadline is May 30.
You can try to follow along at home at the Arizona Secretary of State's web site Campaign Finance Search – Candidates. Federal Election Commission filings (AZ) House and Senate Campaign Finance. Good luck with that!
Filed candidates have a 
after their name.
CD 8 Special Election (to complete the term of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords) June 12th:
Ron Barber (D)
Jesse Kelly (R)
Charlie Manolakis (GRN)
Barber vs. Kelly: The battle against false equivalence, Part 2
April 28, 2012
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by David Safier AZ Blue Meanie and Mike Bryan have done a terrific job of taking Jesse Kelly apart, here and here. I have nothing to add to their take-downs. My concern here is, will Tucson mainstream media create a false equivalence between Ron Barber and Jesse Kelly, or will it point out that Barber's … Read more
