by David Safier If you're Russell Pearce and Cardinal Roger Mahony says your anti-immigration bill is "the country's most retrogressive, mean-spirited, and useless anti-immigrant law," how do you respond? [Pearce called] the Roman Catholic leader a "guy who's been protecting child molesters and predators all of his life." "He's the last guy that ought to … Read more
by David Safier I caught this on NPR around 8 this morning, so I don't have a transcript with the exact quotation. The story was about the police state anti-immigration bill awaiting Brewer's I'm-hoping-but-I-don't-have-much-hope veto. Senators were speaking from the floor before casting their votes. Al Melvin said, basically: This bill is about public safety. … Read more
by David Safier McCain was in reasonably friendly territory on the "The O'Reilly Factor." O'Reilly was asking McCain about Arizona's anti-immigration bill. And McCain claimed "drivers of cars with illegals in it . . . are intentionally causing accidents on the freeway." Really. You can watch it yourself. Here's the transcript of that part of … Read more
Posted by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings I can understand disagreeing with most of what comes out of the AZ lege, most of the time, it's just politics. What I can't stand is being ashamed of what comes out of the lege. Tonight, I'm profoundly embarrassed to be an Arizonan. From Reuters (yes, this … Read more
by David Safier On March 27, 2010, a murder of epic proportions on the Arizona border rocked the very foundations of the state. Nothing will ever be the same. Who can forget the national coverage of the murder, the cries of outrage and the messages of support that poured into our grateful state, still numb … Read more