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.

Terry Goddard goes exploring, may attract a crowd

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, to no one's great surprise, will be filing an "exploratory committee" for governor in June. How do I know? I was contacted and asked to add my name to a list of endorsers. Expect an announcement when the exploratory committee is filed. Recent rumor has it that … Read more

Banzai Brewer: I cannot let the state commit hara-kiri

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: When Jan Brewer was in the state legislature she was always good for a "crazy quote" in the local media (I encourage our media villagers to review their archive files for a "best of" series). Brewer was always shooting her mouth off with out-of-context references or outrageous statements that occasionally landed her … Read more

Judicial Temperament: another non-starter attack on Judge Sotomayor

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: One of the laugh out loud attacks on Judge Sonia Sotomayor from the right is examined in today's New York Times. Sotomayor’s Blunt Style Raises Issue of Temperament [T]o detractors, Judge Sotomayor’s sharp-tongued and occasionally combative manner — some lawyers have described her as “difficult” and “nasty” — raises questions about her … Read more

GOP budget battle: Of course you realize, this means war!

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Like Jim Nintzel at the Tucson Weekly, I can't afford to subscribe to the Arizona Guardian, which is reporting that Gov. Jan Brewer is ready to unveil her own budget—and she's "preparing for war on the Legislature" with some kind of campaign blitz to persuade Republicans to support her. Brewer Ready to … Read more