Phyllis Schlafly: Single ladies, he shoulda put a ring on it so you wouldn’t have voted for Obama

Gotta love these conservative women. “Unmarried women, 70% of unmarried women, voted for Obama, and this is because when you kick your husband out, you’ve got to have big brother government to be your provider,” said Schlafly, president of Eagle Forum and infamous for her opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment. Because somebody’s gotta take [...]

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To reiterate a point I made during the KJZZ show last Friday.

Jaime Molera, John MacDonald, host Steve Goldstein, and I were talking about Governor Brewer. Jaime insisted that Brewer is a formidable politician who has bounced back before and shouldn’t be underestimated. John agreed and said we shouldn’t underestimate Jan Brewer. Both John and Jaime chalked up Brewer’s stunning ineptitude as the normal learning curve of [...]

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Memo to McCain campaign: Stick to country music at the rallies.

Sarah Palin is about to address an adoring mob at the Pima County Fairgrounds. MSNBC is going to carry it live and they keep teasing with quick crowd shots. Either some Democratic prankster is working undercover for the McCain campaign or no one there actually listens to or understands the lyrics of rock songs, because [...]

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Republican National Committeeman puts the “ass” in class.

Tedski was gracious and gave him the better part of a day to retract his statement. But he didn’t so here it is: Bruce Ash, Republican National Committeeman, had this to say about a Tucson City Council member, who gave birth to a daughter on Tuesday: Best wishes to baby Luciana Reyes ! Hoping mom [...]

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Sarah and Stupak

Hi kidlets. Been busy moving from LD20 to LD11 so I haven’t kept up with the blogging but a lot’s gone on lately with health care reform regarding reproductive choice. And the Quitter In Chief of Alaska released her rogue-ish magnum opus. Those things are related. Because I want them to be for the purposes [...]

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Less of a prognostication, and more of a wish list

I’m about 65% when it comes to predicting local races.  Which means that I’m essentially going on conventional wisdom and the registration breakdown of the district.  Beyond that I’m throwing darts on a board, with the slight wind of the insider knowledge in my repertoire to help me predict outcomes at my back.   Every race has it’s own idiosyncracies, and [...]

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What becomes of College Republican idiots when they grow up?

They become right wing blogger idiots, obviously.  In case you hadn’t caught the tale, a College Republican named Ashley Todd claimed that she was assualted by a 6’4” 200 lb. black male.   She alleged the event occured after she withdrew $60 from an ATM in the “wrong” part of Pittsburgh, as she Twittered to her friends.  She said [...]

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