Antenori about Lewis: ““Cold shoulder? I want him out on the freaking lawn. I don’t even want him to have a desk in the building.”

by David Safier

Pat Fleming, the still-hard-working ex-legislator from LD-25, has a wonderful piece in the Sierra Vista Herald about Frank Antenori's . . . Pat would never use this term, but I have to say it . . . dickishness in response to Lewis' strong victory over ex-Senate Pres. Russell Pearce.

This is an editorial in the Sierra Vista Herald, sent to me by Pat Fleming. I incorrectly attributed it to her. I regret the error.

Among the first lessons taught to our youngest students is the importance of getting along with others.

We learn at an early age to “play nice,” and to “treat others with respect.”

Apparently District 30 State Senator Frank Antenori skipped that lesson, or flunked kindergarten.

Shortly after Tuesday’s recall election that saw Senate President Russell Pearce lose his seat to challenger Jerry Lewis, Antenori ripped into the newly-elected fellow GOP member in an  Arizona Capital Times interview.

“Cold shoulder? I want him out on the freaking lawn. I don’t even want him to have a desk in the building. He can caucus with the Democrats for all I care,” Antenori is quoted telling the newspaper.

From the annals of the Arizona Republican Party: Now that Attack Dog Pearce is no longer among them, the Republican senators elect Mad Dog Antenori as their new majority whip. (Note to Frank: That doesn't mean you get to use a bullwhip on the Senate Floor. It's just a figure of speech. You understand that, right?)