Clear and Convincing Evidence of What Senator (sic) Bundgaard Did
January 5, 2012
Posted by Michael Bryan So testimony is being taken in the ethics violation hearing before the Senate Ethics Committee regarding Senator Bundgaard getting loaded, beating the crap out of his gal pal, tossing her in the middle of a busy street like a piece of trash, and then claiming legislative immunity to get out of it. It's … Read more
We Can’t Wait: Tea-Publican hostage taking of America is over
January 5, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Obama administration has adopted a theme of "We Can't Wait" for taking aggressive action on the economy by using executive power to do what the administration can to overcome the Tea-Publican strategy of obstruction for purposes of partisan political warfare and their taking America hostage repeatedly to their radical hostage demands. Not since the … Read more
Robert Robb proposes an unconstitutional end-run around ‘independent’ redistricting
January 4, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This guy never ceases to amaze me with his right-wing sturm und drang over the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. The Arizona Republic's über conservative editor, Robert Robb, has for months engaged in copy and paste opinions from the GOP's secretive FAIR Trust redistricting lawyers/lobbyists putting forth every wild-ass conspiracy theory and hand-wringing over … Read more
Remembering January 8
January 4, 2012
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by David Safier Here's a heartbreaking video of people who attended Gifford's Congress on Your Corner a year ago talking about the event. I haven't embedded the actual video. Clicking on the image will send you to the Fix Gun Checks website to view it.
Michele Bachmann voted off the island in ‘Survivor – GOP Presidential Primary’
January 4, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: As predicted, the Minnesota Loon, Michele Bachmann, met her Waterloo in Iowa Tuesday night. This morning she announced that she is ending her crusade quest for the presidency and is "suspending" her campaign (that is legalese for "I want FEC matching funds"). Bachmann's torch has been extinguished, she has been voted off … Read more
A Question for Bible Thumping Rick
January 4, 2012
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Posted By Bob Lord As I listened to Rick Santorum’s ode to his coal mining grandpa last night about how his grandpa’s great big hands dug their way to young Rick’s freedom, a question came to mind: If you’re so moved by your grandpa’s life as a coal miner, where were you when Don Blankenship, … Read more
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema resigns to run for Congress in new CD 9
January 4, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Let the games begin! The new competitive congressional district 9 in the Phoenix Metro area, the first winnable congressional district for Democrats in Maricopa County in decades without a lot of help from a weak GOP opponent (Democrat Harry Mitchell won in CD 5), is drawing the attention of young ambitious Democrats. As … Read more
‘Survivor – GOP Presidential Primary’ : Iowa Caucus
January 4, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Now that the glorified straw poll that is the Iowa Caucus (no delegates were actually elected last night) is over, what is the result? (h/t Des Moines Register) From the Des Moines Register: Mitt Romney wins Iowa caucus by 8 votes | Iowa Caucuses: Rivals Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum waged a … Read more
