A humble suggestion for the next anti-SB1070 demonstration
If anyone who is anyone who organizes these things is paying attention: As I’ve belabored on this here blog innumerable times, the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry went “neutral” on SB1070 in the early months of 2010, once language that would have made it easier to go after illegal employers was stripped from the [...]
In which I express my slight irritation, once again, at the “both sides are extreme” talking point and discuss Open Primaries
There was a great letter in the Republic Sunday: The premise of an open primary is that it will draw moderates into the selection of general election candidates. But will moderates and independents in fact vote in a primary? Are they informed or interested enough to sift through candidates to choose the moderate? What evidence [...]
Al Melvin’s bigoted tweet shows, once again, that the problem is on one side. And it’s not just the politicians.
Arizona State Senator Al Melvin posted that this afternoon. (Cynthia, who tweeted “Amen!” in approval to Melvin basically declaring America a conservative Christian-only zone, describes herself as “Christian,Mother,Native Texan,Student,Abstinence Advocate(4 all ages) Pro-Israel-No Profanity Zone” on her profile.) Someone on Facebook joked wryly that today was a “Chamber of Commerce day” for Arizona, in light [...]
Pandering on immigration: It’s Okay If You Are Republican!
Per yesterdays AZ Republic editorial: Which brings us to former Democratic Sen. Dennis DeConcini’s testimony. Who, exactly, authorized DeConcini to “apologize” before Congress for his state’s behavior? A member of the Senate for 18 years, the Tucson native had a great opportunity, a national stage, to instruct Schumer and Congress on the consequences of their [...]
Whereas we were totally okay with wild intemperance in all these other offices
***I was working on this post before I saw the news that Andy Thomas and Lisa Aubuchon got disbarred. Huzzah! As you were…*** So, Greg Patterson, AKA well-known blogger Espresso Pundit, has been nominated for a spot on the Arizona Board of Regents. This has, understandably, caused garment rending and teeth gnashing in many quarters [...]
Rep. Terri Proud goes off script. Admits it’s all about shaming the sluts.
Per the AZ Republic Political Insider: “Personally I’d like to make a law that mandates a woman watch an abortion being performed prior to having a “surgical procedure”. If it’s not a life it shouldn’t matter, if it doesn’t harm a woman then she shouldn’t care, and don’t we want more transparency and education in [...]
Defending Clean Elections is about more than Clean Elections.
I’ve been meaning to blog about this since I saw it Saturday morning but other things came up. Now that Clean Elections repeal appears to be headed to the ballots in November I figured it was a good time. Up With Chris Hayes on MSNBC (which is excellent BTW) had a panel discussion last Saturday [...]
