Did Governor Brewer even know what her “biography” said about the meeting with the President in 2010?
Per WaPo Politics: “He didn’t feel that I had treated him cordially” in the book, Brewer explained to reporters Wednesday. “I said to him that I have all the respect in the world for the office of the president. The book is what the book is. I asked him if he read the book. He [...]
Republican welfare recipients and their hypocrisy
Governor Jan Brewer was under federal investigation in 2010 for possibly improperly receiving Social Security disability benefits for her son Ronald, who was found to be not guilty by reason of insanity for raping a woman at knifepoint in 1989. Ronald wasn’t supposed to be getting SSDI after 1995 but investigators suspected Governor Brewer might [...]
Jason Rose twitter fiasco illustrates important points about humor, civility
Hey kids! So my Arizona Guardian digest email (I should get around to renewing my subscription) reported that Arizona PR magnate Jason Rose got himself in hot water and was fired from his gig with Special Olympics for the following dickish tweet about spectators of a Coyotes game. “usc-ucla? Felt like was sitting at a [...]
Ciphers, the lot of them
ci·pher noun, often attributive \ˈsī-fər\ Definition of CIPHER 1 a : zero 1a b : one that has no weight, worth, or influence : nonentity So much going on today! Hard to pick what to write about. Let’s see: The independent redistricting outrage (public meeting going on in Scottsdale as we speak, with many of [...]
America’s Toughest Governor!
Tough tough tough! So tough, she can call a special session to unseat the independent Chair of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission from New York City, where she is slinging her ghostwritten hagiography Scorpions For Breakfast. Sure, she safely avoided having to answer questions from the “liberal media” here in AZ about this latest move [...]
What a guy
The AZ Board of Regents has a new member. Governor Jan Brewer announced the appointment of Jay Heiler to the Board on Wednesday, saying “Jay’s extensive leadership in education, business, government and strategic planning makes him uniquely qualified to serve in this role helping direct the future of higher education in Arizona.” Uniquely qualified. Before [...]
The sexism that really sucks
I was working on a project today that required me to research powerfully influential Arizona Republicans. It led me to the website of HighGround, the public affairs and political consulting outfit led by Chuck Coughlin, who is known as Governor Jan Brewer’s “brain”. HighGround has a blog that they update from time to time and [...]
