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Responding to Constantin Querard
October 5, 2008
by David Safier I wrote a post yesterday taking Constantin Querard to task for his double standard in an email I quoted in a still earlier post. And I wrote that, once I had opened the Pandora’s box of critiquing Querard’s comments, I wouldn’t be able to stop until I worked my way through the
Branding Yourself a Maverick
October 5, 2008
After listening to the VP debates where Palin tossed around the word “maverick” like she was a Coca Cola exec throwing “Coke” into every other sentence, I figured it was time to revisit the meaning and implications of the term. The basic definition of “maverick” is an unbranded range animal. So when you wear it
To Constantin Querard: He Who Lives By the Checkbox . . .
October 4, 2008
by David Safier I allowed Constantin Querard, a political consultant for over a dozen candidates on the right wing of Arizona’s Republican party (including Al Melvin and Marilyn Zerull in LD-26 and David Gowan in LD-30), to have the last word in an earlier post. He stated his personal views on some political issues I
Auditing TUSD
October 3, 2008
by David Safier (TASL) I’ve never been one to go after school districts for misspending funds. It tends to be a red herring used by people who are looking for an excuse not to give schools any more money. It seems to me, any multi-million dollar organization is going to have a certain amount of
If Hillary Had Winked
October 3, 2008
by Marlene H. Phillips I watched the VP debate in a room full of rowdy, noisy folks last night in Tucson. Comments flew across the room, most directed at Sarah Palin: "Stop dodging the question.""Every time she smirks while discussing such serious issues, it makes me cringe.""For God’s sake, say nuclear correctly!" Everyone was in
Constantin Querard Responds. I Correct My Earlier Post.
October 3, 2008
by David Safier A few days ago, I wrote a post about Constantin Querard’s consultant position with three of our Southern Arizona candidates, Al Melvin and Marilyn Zerull in LD-26, and David Gowan in LD-30 (Phoenix Pol Runs Campaigns for Southern AZ Conservative Candidates). The assertion of the post was this: since Querard is running
The Great Schlep to Florida – Sarah Silverman (Rated-R for language)
October 3, 2008
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: For all of my Jewish friends who support Barack Obama and who have relatives living in Florida who still keep asking you about those viral e-mails they keep receiving about "Obama is a secret Muslim," here is something you can do to counter these Swift Boat smears from the right-wing. The Jewish
