Michael Bryan It’s never a good sign when politicians begin referring to themselves in the third-person. Everyone remembers Dole taking about Dole. It’s creepy, and sure sign that a politician is beginning to decompensate psychologically: perhaps seeing himself from a historical perspective as a noble figure in a classical tragedy. So it should be of no little … Read more
This is for the conservatives who continue to cling to squishy, non-quantifiable notions vindicating the Bush Administration as anything other than an unmitigated disaster for America.
Here’s the cold hard numbers. You may not like them. You may think they are irrelevant. But you have to deal with the fact that America and Americans are measurably worse off because a sizable plurality of us having been unwise, gullible, or plain stubborn enough to elect these utter incompetents – twice (or arguably, at least once… ok, maybe it wasn’t a plurality either time, but it was close enough that they were able to make it stick…).
If you voted for Bush the first time it might be forgivable – he did simply lie about everything he intended to do as President. If you voted for him a second time – shame on you. You would be doing the rest of the country a favor by simply not voting in the next election, or any future election until you recognize your error – your judgment fundamentally flawed, and we’d be better off if you joined the ranks of the disaffected non-voters.
See the proof after the flip…
The Star published one of my letters to the editor yesterday. Link: Letters to the editor | www.azstarnet.com Several letters published recently in the Star have perpetuated the widespread misconception that violations of the immigration laws are crimes. They are not crimes, in fact, but civil infractions. Whether an immigrant illegally crosses the border or … Read more
Let me make this clear: Gabby is superior in every way to Timby for anyone who shares my values and philosophy of government. I’ll frequently needle Gabby for not being progressive or vocal enough, that’s my job as a citizen, but I believe that almost any Democrat in Congress is better for America than almost … Read more
Once Timby made his intention to challenge Gabby for her office official, the Democratic Party issued 10 pointed, and sometimes snarky (not that I’m in any position to cast stones on the subject of snarkiness…), questions for him to answer.
Less well reported, Gabby was asked 9 pointed questions by Democracy For America’s Tucson chapter, an organization born of the Dean campaign of 2003-4 that has become a central organizing force in the populist progressive wing of the Democratic party. She sent a blanket reply that DFA members judged to be essentially non-responsive to their questions and unacceptable.
So, we have the interesting situation of the candidates of both parties refusing to engage the questions of Democrats. I guess Timby and Gabby at least have in common contempt for the questions of uppity Democrats.
See the 19 questions after the flip…