Closing Walter Reed?
I was very disturbed about two of the facilities on the Base Realignment and Closure Commission. One was the Lt. Paul K. Allen Jr. Army Reserve Station. Obviously, the Pentagon doesn't understand how...
View ArticleEww..the Sexual History of Right Wing Zealots
Wow...I can't believe no one else posted anything about THIS. I think before I posted some unflattering comments about Ann Colter's sex life versus her professed belief in a conservative evangelical...
View ArticleWA-Gov - And they are still complaining.
I remember back in 2001 how the Republicans would call us crybabies because we thought that votes should have actually been counted in Florida. Imagine how silly we are, thinking that we are serious...
View ArticleFinally... Republicans Bitten by Right Wing Catholics...
Two items for my diary today. Of course, saying "today", that implies that this diary is daily, which it is not. Please don't hold me to that. One item is about Rudy Giuliani being boycotted, another...
View ArticleTake my survey, daggummit!
I haven't done a survey before. I was thinking about some of the rhetoric Sen. Tom Harkin used durring that primary. One particular line came to mind.
View ArticleMcCain: Not Republican Enough?
I'm not a fan of John McCain. I know a lot of folks on this board think he's great for his Maverick stands, but the fact is that this guy is a hard boiled conservative. One can check his ratings at...
View ArticleThose People Have a Union, That's Not Fair!
Author's Note - This also is also posted on my blog, Rum, Romanism and Rebellion. They are doing a series of stories on Morning Edition about governors who are in states with legislatures controlled by...
View ArticleArizona: Republicans finally found a candidate, sort of.
This post also appeared on my blog Rum, Romanism and Rebellion. The Republicans have finally found themselves a candidate to run against Governor Janet Napolitano next year. No, I don't mean Teresa...
View ArticleAZ 06, or Gov: Right Wing Freak Makes Noises
(NB- A version of this also appears on my blog, Rum, Romanism and Rebellion.)Rep. Russell Pearce wants to run for something. Run for what? You know, something. He is mulling a run for Governor, or...
View ArticleVictory for Public Financing
In another victory for Arizona's Clean Elections system, an administrative law judge said that the Clean Elections Commission was right to remove State Rep. David Burnell Smith from office for...
View ArticleAZ - Racist Leader Endorses Don Goldwater for Gov
Our favorite border vigilante, Chris Simcox, has endorsed Don Goldwater for Governor of Arizona. I'm thinking of that moment in the 1964 election when leaders of the Ku Klux Klan announced their...
View ArticleBorder Patrol Bravely Captures Mailman
The Border Patrol saw a guy driving a small truck containing several large bags, stopping at various houses in along Ft. Grant Road, between Willcox and the Graham County line. Our boys in green got...
View ArticleAZ-8 Polling Numbers
I wasn't able to find that anyone else posted these. I have my suspicions that this may be more because who these numbers show being ahead. The survey asked 300 Democrats and 300 Republicans who have...
View ArticleRevisiting "Macaca"
(This originally appeared on my blog, Rum, Romanism and Rebellion) There has been a lot of piling on Senator George Allen. Poor guy. It all started with his "macaca" comment that confirmed suspicions...
View ArticleAZ-1 US Attorney Sitting on Renzi Indictment?
(A version of this story appeared on my blog, Rum, Romanism and Rebellion.) The US Attorney's office has information that Rick Renzi told someone that he would only introduce legislation for a land...
View ArticleThose Young Whippersnappers vs. the DNC
(A version of this story originally appeared on my blog, Rum, Romanism and Rebellion)A bit of a followup to something I wrote about a couple of weeks ago. At this weekend's DNC meeting, Young Democrats...
View ArticleThe Comedy Stylings of Shecky McCain
(Note: A version of this story appeared on my blog, Rum, Romanism and Rebellion.)I made the mistake of watching Verdict yesterday where they had a John McCain sycophant go on and on about how McCain...
View ArticleAZ-03 More On (And I Mean "Moron") Shadegg's Credit Card
(This orginally appeared on my blog, Rum, Romanism and Rebellion.)Back when I worked in Sam Coppersmith's campaign, we sent a volunteer to scope out Jon Kyl's headquarters opening. A few hours later,...
View ArticleLocal Republicans Hook Themselves to Obama, In Arizona!
A version of this piece appeared on Rum, Romanism and Rebellion.What has been funny to me in this election is the number of Republicans in various states that have been trying to associate themselves...
View ArticleDid Emanuel Scuttle Grijalva's Nomination?
A version of this piece appeared on Rum, Romanism and Rebellion.When Raúl Grijalva's name started to tumble off of "the shortlist" for Interior last week, I started to wonder about the role of Rahm...
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