Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
“No Man’s life liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session.”
Long attributed to Mark Twain and various other nationally prominent humorists, the quote is actually the invention of Judge Gideon Tucker, formerly of the New York legislature. It was appropriated by Mr. Clemens for his Twain persona.
This sentiment is particularly true with respect to the conservative Republicans firmly in control of the Arizona Legislature. The objects of their ideological hatred are women, children, the elderly, sick and infirm (and of course, immigrants).
It was the late, great Hubert Humphrey who once said that:
It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.
When judged by this standard, our Arizona Legislature has already failed the moral test of government. They now embark upon failure on a grand scale.
May God save us from the Arizona Legislature.
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