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
by David Safier Before I quote Ed Supe Tom Horne, it's important to remember he's a Harvard educated lawyer, and chances are he's read SB1070. That makes this quote, talking about students and SB1070, somewhere between a purposeful misstatement and a lie. “If they don’t commit a crime, [police officers] won’t be asking them. If … Read more