Entries from July 2005

Sunday, July 31st, 2005

“I’m Running for Congress, No, Wait, Governor, No, Congress. Would These Handicapped People Stop Bugging Me?”

Rep. Russell Pearce wants to run for something.
Run for what? You know, something.
He is mulling a run for Governor, or maybe a run against Rep. Jeff Flake in the Republican primary. You see, Jeff Flake is a dangerous birkenstock wearing, leftist, unamerican commiesymp. Well, that’s what Pearce says. Funny what passes for liberal these days.
If [...]

Saturday, July 30th, 2005

No, No, THAT Goldwater

Gosh, I guess Janet must really be weak, because all of these Republicans are declaring for Governor.
Don Goldwater, nephew of Sen. Barry M. Goldwater, has announced that he would like to run for governor. Republicans are being quoted in various articles saying that Goldwater would have an advantage because of his name. Yes, the Republicans [...]

Thursday, July 28th, 2005

Breaking News: IRA to Disarm

The Irish Republican Army has just announced that it will destroy all its weapons and become a purely political organization.
Any bets on how long it will take Bush to claim that somehow this is because of his war in Iraq?

Thursday, July 28th, 2005

Jessica Simpson and Rebellion

Call this credit where credit is due.
I’ve never had much use for Jessica Simpson, but even the most shallow among us eventually stumble uncontrollably into the truth, to paraphrase John McLaughlin.
Simpson and her husband Nick, they of bad reality TV, did a variety special for ABC where they visited with troops in Iraq. Simpson is [...]

Tuesday, July 26th, 2005

Leaving the AFL-CIO

As most of you know, the SEIU and the Teamsters have disaffiliated from the AFL-CIO. This is going on while they are having their convention, which makes this very high profile. This could be followed soon by UNITE-HERE, and possibly the UFW and my abuelo’s old brothers, the Laborers International.
I have a great deal of [...]

Sunday, July 24th, 2005

Two Names Floating

I’ve got a bit of an update on some stories we’ve been following here on 3R.
First of all, the likely candidate to fill Jim Pedersen’s position as state chairman is Sen. Harry Mitchell, who is from Tempe. Mitchell was also the hugely popular mayor of that town, and made a previous run for statewide office. [...]

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

Guarding the Border of Tennessee from Marauding Kentuckians

I’ve been meaning to write about this one. A branch of The Minutemen is forming in Tennessee by a guy named Jim “Two Feathers” Whittaker. It may seem silly, given Tennessee’s lack of an international border. They claim, however, that they will go after the businesses that hire undocumented workers. Yeah, right. The groups keep [...]

Thursday, July 21st, 2005

Arizona Republicans Versus Jim Pedersen

The Arizona Republican Party site is back up! So I can get back to posting about something real instead of being petty by complaining about the pettiness of other folks.
The always classy Matt Salmon issued a statement on Jim Pedersen’s resignation as Arizona Democratic Party chairman:
“This institutionalized disorganization within the Arizona Democrat Party is why [...]

Thursday, July 21st, 2005

Jet City Woman

There are a bunch of different things I’ve been meaning to write about. I always think I can write little snippets about a few things, but that never works because I’m a verbose freak and I end up writing long novellas about one topic. I may post more than one entry today to get all [...]

Wednesday, July 20th, 2005

Pedersen Resigns

The following is an e-mail that went out to party volunteers:
Dear Arizona Democratic Party Member,
This letter is to inform you of my decision to resign as Chairman of
the Arizona Democratic Party (ADP), effective immediately.
It has been a great honor to have had the opportunity to serve with you
and other local community leaders to build our [...]

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