By Michael Bryan Many folks are understandably upset that SB1070, the "show me your papers" law, will lead to racial profiling and widespread harassment of Arizonans who happen to be Hispanic. While that may or may not be true – whether that happens largely depends on the agenda and inclinations of the individual officers in … Read more
by David Safier I've spent countless hours and spilled millions of pixels covering the SB1070 story. I consider it time and pixels well spent. But occasionally I feel a pang of guilt combined with concern over my own political intelligence. Every time I focus on immigration, I feel like I'm pushing the Republican agenda. I've … Read more
by David Safier The latest from the AZ Guardian is that the Accidental Guv's campaign said she "misspoke" when she said most of the illegal immigrants are drug runners and worse. Let's take a look at the language that got Brewer in this mess and her attempts to extricate herself. Here's her original statement, from … Read more
by David Safier Craig already posted about this Brewer quote with the drop dead great headline, Jan Brewer's new motto: "Damn the facts, full distort ahead!" I just want to reemphasize exactly what Brewer said during an exchange between with Matt Jette at the June 15 debate. BREWER: We are a nation of laws. And … Read more
Posted by Craig McDermott Of course, her disregard of the facts could torpedo her run at a full term as governor… EJ Montini of the Arizona Republic published an interesting column in Thursday's paper about Jan Brewer's tendency to spout bigoted but baseless (my term, not his) stereotypes and fabricated statistics (also my term – … Read more