AZ BlueMeanie

The Blue Meanie is an Arizona citizen who wishes, for professional reasons, to remain anonymous when blogging about politics. Armed with a deep knowledge of the law, politics and public policy, as well as pen filled with all the colors stolen from Pepperland, the Blue Meanie’s mission is to pursue and prosecute the hypocrites, liars, and fools of politics and the media – which, in practical terms, is nearly all of them. Don’t even try to unmask him or he’ll seal you in a music-proof bubble and rendition you to Pepperland for a good face-stomping.

Will the GOP’s ‘new math’ lead to a brokered convention?

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Something new I learned while researching the GOP primary rules: the GOP has adopted "new math" for the 2012 primary election which could result in a brokered GOP convention for the first time in decades. Howard Megdal writing at Salon explains, The GOP needs a brokered convention: [A]ll of the polls and pronouncements … Read more

Willard ‘Mittens’ Romney would have turned away his own immigrant father

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: First, a bit of history… Willard "Mittens" Romney is the son of George Wilcken Romney, an immigrant from Mexico. You read that right. George W. Romney's grandparents were polygamous Mormons who fled the United States with their children because of the federal government's opposition to polygamy. His maternal grandfather was Helaman Pratt … Read more

Tell Newt he’s nuts

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: AFSCME responds to Newt Gingrich's contention that child labor laws are "truly stupid" and that school janitors should be fired and poor kids hired to clean up after their own classmates with this ad. Newt Gingrich has come out in favor of child labor before. In 1994 he suggested that children on welfare … Read more

Geezus! Willard ‘Mittens’ Romney even lies about his own name!

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Geezus! Willard "Mittens" Romney lies so much he even lies about his own name! Did you catch this during last night's episode of "Survivor – GOP Presidential Primary"? Responding to Wolf Blitzer’s self-introduction — in which Wolf said “and yes, that is my real name” — Romney began: “I’m Mitt Romney — … Read more