Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There's nothing like a self-involved legislator who wants to abuse the legislative body in which he serves for his own personal gain, especially when he is squaring off against another member of that legislative body for the same contested seat. The Arizona Capitol Times (subcription required) reports that Rep. Adam Kwasman (R-Oro … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Back in early December, POLITICO Tiger Beat on The Potomac reported that "The National Republican Congressional Committee wants to make sure there are no Todd Akin-style gaffes next year, so it’s meeting with top aides of sitting Republicans to teach them what to say — or not to say — on the trail, especially when their boss is running against a woman." GOP men tutored in running against women.
The idea was so comical that Gary Trudeau featured it in his Doonesbury comic strip in December.
Apparenlty the NRCC forgot to school their male members of Congress that they should also not say stupid things in open committee hearings with C-Span cameras rolling.
You can't make this shit up. Congressman’s New Jobs Plan: Deny Women Access To Abortion So They Can Make More Babies:
During a debate over an anti-abortion bill currently advancing in Congress, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) suggested that Republicans support restricting access to abortion because it will ultimately benefit the economy if women have more children. Goodlatte noted that carrying pregnancies to term “very much promotes job creation.”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Our sad small-town newspaper, the Arizona Daily Star, continues to publish every AP (All Propaganda) "Obamascare" story that comes across the wire as filler in its newspaper. For example, the recent Health care website frustrates Spanish speakers. (Even the Washington Post's Ezra Klein was duped).
The editors do not vet these AP reports for accuracy. It turns out this "Obamascare" story was inaccurate. Ferando Espuelas disects the AP's misreporting at The Hill. AP wrongly says ObamaCare site written in Spanglish:
Spanish was my first language. And while I cannot compete with the august members of the Royal Spanish Academy of language in Madrid, I can tell the difference between proper Spanish and pidgin Spanglish. One would hope that respected news sources like the Associated Press and The Washington Post would have at least one person on staff who can actually read the world's second-most spoken language.
Yes, and you would think that a newspaper in the City of Tucson with a large Hispanic population, and presumably some Spanish-speaking employees, would have vetted this story for accuracy as well.
But I digress.
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Governor Jan Brewer clearly doesn't "get" the concept of federalism, co-equal branches of government, and judicial review. In response to the U.S. Supreme Court's denial of Arizona's abortion law appeal in Horne v. Isaacson on Monday, Brewer's PR guy Howie Fischer wants us all to know that: The high-court decision drew derision … Read more
Today was the first day of Arizona's legislative session and also the day that Governor Brewer delivered her State of the State remarks. One of the highlights of her speech was her announcement that she was "abolishing" Child Protective Services via executive order. The agency will be spun off into a standalone, cabinet-level department. It … Read more