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.

Not quite the ringing endorsement from those who know her best

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I see that all the TV networks have now sent a camera crew to Alaska to shoot their B-footage of "man on the street" interviews of residents, asking them how they feel about Governor Sarah Palin being selected as John McCain’s running mate.  The McMedia is working overtime to spin this as … Read more

Sarah Palin was a foot soldier in Buchanan’s Brigade

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Posted  by AzBlueMeanie: Patrick J. Buchanan was considered too much of a wing-nut fringe extremist for most conservative Republicans when he ran for president in 1992, 1996 and 2000.  "Pitchfork Pat" did have his rabid foot soldiers in his "Buchanan’s Brigade" for those elections. So take a guess who was one of the foot soldiers … Read more

John McCain’s gambling addiction (and tax “issues” too”)

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: When John McCain selected Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate, the McMedia immediately began using gambling metaphors to describe his choice: John McCain is a "risk-taker," a "gambler" who "doubled down" and "rolled the dice" in anticipation that his "gamble" would "pay off." This Los Angeles Times analysis today … Read more

One heartbeat away from the presidency…

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A friend of mine has enjoyed joking for months now that "John McCain has to pick Joe Lieberman as his running mate or he is going to have to have Joe’s lips surgically removed from his ass." Apparently the surgery was a success. Today, in his first "executive decision" as the presumptive … Read more

Day 4: Barack Obama delivers a masterpiece of an acceptance speech

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In a much anticipated speech, Barack Obama delivered a masterpiece of an acceptance speech.  This is difficult to do, but his speech was so well-crafted that it held the audience in rapt attention for more than 45 minutes. (The Obama campaign’s management of this convention has been superb.) We were witness to … Read more