Norquist and Pullen go at it

by David SafierThe back-and-forth between Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist (No New Taxes, Ever!) and Chair of the AZ Republican Party Randy Pullen got a little snippy over the past few days. On June 4, Norquist accused Pullen of being part of an orchestrated, $225,000 media campaign, agreed to by Brewer, to target … Read more

What’s going on?

by David SafierI'm confused. The Republicans, led by Paton, are ramming a bill through that would change the way our city council is elected. And all but one Democrat voted for it in committee. Forget about whether they're right or wrong, whether nonpartisan is better than partisan, whether elections by ward are better than citywide … Read more

What Socialism? Putting things into proper perspective

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Conor Clarke at the Atlantic provides this invaluable perspective on the Wingnuttia hysteria that the U.S. is becoming a socialist state. It's not even worth mentioning. What Socialism Looks Like Have you heard that the United States is headed toward socialism? Jonah Goldberg says it is. Alabama Senator Richard Shelby says it … Read more

Right wing radio: Don’t buy American

by David SafierThis almost goes off the bizarre scale. Apparently a new conservative radio talking point is that we should boycott General Motors products to stop the spread of nationalization. Don't buy GM, so GM never regains solvency, so it can't function on its own without government help. Meaning the only two choices are, it … Read more