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.

Arizona’s de facto governor ‘King’ Russell Pearce defeated in historic recall

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The headlines from this morning: East Valley Tribune Unofficial results show Pearce ousted in historic recall election: West Mesa voters have ousted state Senate President Russell Pearce in a historic recall election. On Tuesday night, with early ballots and all precincts counted, unofficial results showed challenger Jerry Lewis with 53 percent of … Read more

Historic night in Arizona…

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By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings For the first time in Arizona history, a sitting state legislator, the President of the Senate no less, has been removed from office mid-term by the voters. Congratulations to Randy Parraz and all of the volunteers at Citizens for a Better Arizona for making this possible, and to … Read more

Mississippi defeats so-called ‘personhood amendment’

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Mississippi Initiative 26, the so-called "personhood amendment," would define life beginning at fertilization. Personhood USA is a Colorado-based group that has been running a nationwide campaign to get states to define a fertilized human egg as a person. A similar effort was defeated in Colorado in 2010. Personhood Mississippi founder Les Riley … Read more

Jerry Lewis takes early lead over ‘King’ Russell Pearce in Recall

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It's looking hopeful, but there are still lots of votes to be counted. The Arizona Republic reports Russell Pearce trailing Jerry Lewis in recall election: Early results indicate political newcomer Jerry Lewis has taken the lead for the Legislative District 18 recall election against Senate President Russell Pearce. As of 8 p.m., the results … Read more

Democrat Greg Stanton leads for Mayor of Phoenix

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Republic reports Phoenix mayor election: Stanton ahead of Gullett: Greg Stanton appeared on his way to becoming the 52nd mayor of Phoenix Tuesday night, early unofficial election results showed. The 41-year-old attorney and father of two was leading Wes Gullett, a 50-year-old partner if a public affairs and lobbying firm, … Read more