Entries from August 2005

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

Bennett for Governor?

The Republican chattering mobs are making a bit more noise lately about Sen. Ken Bennett running for governor next year. He can’t officially announce due to our state’s “Resign to Run” law, but they certainly are talking him up.
According to Espresso Pundit, leading Republicans are saying that “Goldwater’s campaign is going nowhere…Bennett is looking good.”
Going [...]

Monday, August 29th, 2005

But We Just Realized Exactly How Much We Disliked Her

The Arizona Daily Star has cut Ann Coulter’s column. This is a revealing comment from the new editor:
Finally, we’ve decided that syndicated columnist Ann Coulter has worn out her welcome. Many readers find her shrill, bombastic and mean-spirited. And those are the words used by readers who identified themselves as conservatives.
I’ll resist saying anything about [...]

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

Oh Robbie, King of all Irony

A sub-headline from Robbie Sherwood’s Political Insider column in this morning’s Arizona Republic:

Another great story undone by overly thorough reporting
I’ll let that stand on it’s own.

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

As Expected

Our favorite border vigilante, Chris Simcox, has endorsed Don Goldwater. I’m thinking of that moment in the 1964 election when leaders of the Ku Klux Klan announced their support of Barry Goldwater, Don’s uncle. Someone said, “Goldwater isn’t for the racists, but all the racists are for Goldwater.”
I’ll give this Goldwater the benefit of the [...]

Thursday, August 25th, 2005

Smith Update

This is the latest from the Clean Elections Commission on the case of Rep. David Burnell Smith, which I commented on yesterday:
The Citizens Clean Elections Commission has accepted the decision of Administrative Law Judge Daniel G. Martin in the matter of David Burnell Smith. Earlier this week, Martin upheld the Commission’s original March 25th order [...]

Thursday, August 25th, 2005

My New Favorite

Maybe it’s an exercise in ego, but I like to do searches to see who has been linking to me. I found a blog called Just Deserts from here in Tucson that has been linking to my articles for a few weeks. The author goes by the name “Kiva Oraibi,” which is effin’ cool.
Anyhow, check [...]

Thursday, August 25th, 2005

Reconsidering Hillary

Washington Monthly has an interesting pair of articles in its recent issue. In one, Carl Cannon argues that Hillary Clinton is not the gawdawful candidate some scared Democrats are worried about, and in the other Amy Sullivan argues that she isn’t as bad as they say, but she’d be a bad idea nonetheless.
I am not [...]

Wednesday, August 24th, 2005

Victory for Clean Elections

In another victory for the Clean Elections system, an administrative law judge said that the Clean Elections Commission was right to remove Rep. David Burnell Smith from office for violating the terms of his Clean Elections contract.
The commission unanamously concluded a few months ago that Smith exceeded the limits set forth in the Clean Elections [...]

Monday, August 22nd, 2005

Too Much Democracy

Even though she was turned out of office a few years ago, Rep. Barbara Blewster still feels that she has much to contribute to the debate. She recently sent out an e-mail to the members of the legislature:
Dear Members,
Thank you again for voting for the Stop the Free Trade Area of the America (FTAA) Resolution. [...]

Monday, August 22nd, 2005

I’m All For It If They Build It Along the Gila Instead

State Rep. Russell Pearce has proposed annother one of his incredibly practical solutions to our state’s border woes. He is drafting a bill to call for a referendum to ask for new taxes and fees to raise $580 million to build a wall along the border.
($580 million! Wow, we could use that to give away [...]

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