Posted by AzBlueMeanie: J.D. Hayworth's official campaign web site went public yesterday, link here (www.JDforSenate.com). The banner logo at the top of the home page caught my attention: Funny, but a Red star is the symbol of Communism. I'm just saying. I'll bet his campaign will change it now.
by David Safier Thanks to Sonoran Sam for catching this. I guess the tweet I posted criticizing Antenori wasn't from the Goldwater Institute after all. According to Dawn Teo, G.I. tweets under GoldwaterInst, and the one I referred to comes from GoldwaterAZ. As Thane pointed out, lots of people use Goldwater's name, not just G.I. … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The ruling of U.S. District Court Judge Roslyn Silver holding that the matching funds provision of Citizens Clean Elections is unconstitutional, based upon U.S. Supreme Court precedents, was appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Silver granted an order of stay of her opinion and order pending the appeal. The … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: For the past year we have been entertained by the media villagers and Beltway bloviators covering the uncivil antics of the tea partiers as if it was a WWE WrestleMania event (and just as fake). The conventional wisdom of these media types is that this was a conservative populist movement. It was … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Senator John McCain regularly rails against earmarks as if the elimination of earmarks alone would balance the federal budget. (Earmarks make up less than 2% of the federal budget). He reminds me of Gollum going on incessantly about "my precious" in Lord of the Rings – it's just as creepy. If "Earmarks … Read more