If Ukraine Can Hold Out Long Enough With Western Assistance, Putin’s Potemkin Army Can Be Defeated
For years during the Cold War Americans serving at forward bases in NATO countries were cautioned to fear an invasion from the “vaunted” Russian Army. It may have been true then, but the current Russian Army that we have seen struggle in Ukraine over the past three weeks appears to be a Potemkin Army. Vladimir … Read more
Pelosi’s Campaign Slogan “Democrats Deliver” Makes Sense in 2022 and Beyond
Apparently for some inexplicable reason, Democratic leaders are still having difficulty crafting an effective slogan and message to appeal to both base and independent voters in 2022. I have written on this several times as has Michael Bryan in his prescription for the Grand Canyon State: “Make Arizona Better.” In the latest squabble among national … Read more
Hobbs and Lieberman React to Lake’s Repeated Tirades Against Members of Her Former Profession
Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Kari Lake is having a bad time…with former colleagues of hers from her previous position as a television journalist. In a well crafted summary from AZ Central’s Laurie Roberts, Ms. Lake has had confrontational episodes, all of her own design with CBS/AZ Family’s Dennis Welch, Sunday Square Off’s Brahm Resnik, and Australia’s … Read more
Come to Democrats of Greater Tucson Happy Hour!
TheDGT.org will be holding its monthly Happy Hour this Wednesday from 4pm to 6pm at Brother John’s Beer, Bourbon, and BBQ on Stone. Please come join us! Wear your green, or face potential consequences! A special treat this month: I am pleased to announce TheDGT’s partnership with Blue Books of Arizona book club hosted by John … Read more
Gas Prices Are Due To Corporate Greed and the Investor Class, Stupid! (Updated)
My Dad owned three gas stations when I was a kid. My first job was working in his gas stations during my teens through both OPEC oil embargos in 1973 and 1979. Those were OPEC induced oil shortages, for political reasons. Let’s be clear: we do not currently have a shortage of crude oil in … Read more
The Typical MAGA Candidate in 2022
Echoes of Tea Party candidate Todd Akin, the 2012 Republican Senate nominee from Missouri, who provoked ire across the political spectrum by saying that in instances of what he called “legitimate rape,” women’s bodies somehow blocked an unwanted pregnancy. Senate Candidate Provokes Ire With ‘Legitimate Rape’ Comment. A decade later, Republican MAGA candidates have only grown … Read more
Insurrection Coup Plotter Mark Meadows Is One Of The Rare Cases Of Actual Voter Fraud
The headline at the Arizona Republic reads, without any hint of irony, that Mark Meadows to headline election conference in Phoenix (behind a pay wall). Seriously? This insurrection Coup Plotter is one of the rare cases of actual voter fraud. The New York Times reports, Mark Meadows Spread Trump’s Voter Fraud Claims. Now His Voting … Read more
