Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Rachel Maddow Show reported Wednesday evening that the Republicans who voted against the Al Franken Amendment to the defense appropriations bill are taking heated criticism from the editors of their Red State newspapers back home. 'The Rachel Maddow Show' for Wednesday, October 21: MADDOW: Thirty Republican senators – 30 of the … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This GOP gimmick of bad public policy to give their weak and inexperienced council candidates an issue to wrap around their campaigns is unraveling faster than an old knit sweater. Legendary land developer Don Diamond has contributed to the Don't Handcuff Tucson opposition to the Public Safety First initiative (Prop. 200). More Opposition … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I previously reported on the GOP culture war smear campaign against the Democratic Tucson City Council candidates Sen. Jesse Helms alive and well in Tucson?, which was alleged to be based on "phallic imagery that some might consider pornographic." The mysterious smear campaign has been solved. Here It Is: "Big Dick No. … Read more
by David Safier Please, someone tell me the Onion has temporarily taken over the Phoenix Business Journal, or it's putting out its April Fools edition six months early. No one could really be talking about this, could they? Talk of Russell Pearce heading state police swirls around Capitol The already-tense fight over immigration in the … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have previously suggested that you should call Sen. Jon Kyl's office to "thank" him for being the SOB holding up the extension of unemployment benefits in Congress. Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) Holds Up Unemployment Extension: If your unemployment ran out this week, you can thank Sen. Jon Kyl. Yes, the Republican … Read more