In the parlance of thugs, to greenlight an enemy is to put out the word that the mark is fair game, and anyone who takes a whack at the target will be rewarded. It is therefore contextually appropriate to say that Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas has greenlighted Judge Ryan to the hate-filled immigration crowd … Read more
Link: Scottsdale chamber, Mitchell talks tax cuts. " Mitchell argues that capital gains cuts help middle class investors and estate tax reductions aid small businesses." Harry, Harry, Harry… What are we going to do with you. I understand you need to get elected, and I want you to be re-elected – I really do. But … Read more
The current Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is a savvy politician. He knows what red meat smells like and he knows his constituents’ feeding schedule. And he has skillfully used ballot propositions to position himself with voters and to shape the debate on crime and immigration. He created and sponsored a proposition in 1996 that … Read more
There has been a great deal of sturm und drang from the Right about MoveOn’s ad calling General David Petraeus, General Betray Us. Of course, those same Solons haven’t condemned Rush’s claim that soldiers who oppose this stupid war are ‘phony soldiers’. And, unfortunately, those voices of hypocrisy have even been joined by the far-too-common … Read more
Those who know me know that I have tried to stay fairly neutral (note how that word shares a root with ‘neutered’…) on the Democratic Presidential Primary. I have preferences, but I’ve tried to avoid picking sides among the Democratic camps. In part, this was due to my now increasingly forlorn hope that Al Gore … Read more