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In His Own Words

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Ron Barber has a new ad up, and I’m happy that it’s out there. A previous ad aired by the DCCC noted Jesse Kelly’s previous and rather inconvienient statements on Medicare, but Kelly just brushed it aside and called it “lies.” Now, it will be hard to do so because he’s talking on video. Hard [...]

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Would You Like Cheese With That?

Thursday, April 19, 2012

I get e-mails from Republican flacks. Yeah, I know. I think a lot of them don’t know me too well or read my blog. I got an interesting one this morning from Daily Star reporter turned Republican National Congressional Campaign Committee spinmeister Daniel Scarpinato. He forwarded a Ron Barber fundraising e-mail, added no commentary except [...]

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Um, What?

Thursday, February 9, 2012

I just got this from the NRCC press flack for the Western states (former Star reporter Daniel Scarpinato, since you asked). The atatched note said to “feel free to use it,” so I am. No one wanted this special election to happen, but it comes at a time when Arizona and our country are at [...]

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Why the Shame?

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Last week, Tim Bee had George Bush come to town to raise money for him. No pictures, no reporters and according to Daniel Scarpinato, participants were asked to put all possible recording devices away. In contrast, Gabrielle Giffords brought Janet Napolitano to town to raise money for her. She was more than happy to release [...]

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Something About that Fundraiser Just Didn’t Click

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Daniel Scarpinato noted in his Political Notebook column that local potentate Jim Click was not present at that fundraiser for Tim Bee held by George W. Bush. This would be a bit weird, I mean, Click was one of those oft noted “pioneers” that raises money for the president. You’d think he’d be excited to [...]

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Update on that Bee Ad

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Poking around yesterday, I found out that the Tim Bee ad that I wrote about the other day was paid for by an organization called the Education Finance Reform Group. As Daniel Scarpinato reported in this morning’s Star, this organization is funded by several local school districts to lobby the legislature. So, why on earth is school district [...]

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Ever Have a Party and No One Came?

Sunday, March 18, 2007

The Democrats are hunting for a mayoral candidate now. Steve Leal was such a presence in the race that it kept many others from seriously making a go of it. The trouble now is finding a candidate that is more than just a name on the ballot. Yesterday, Daniel Scarpinato floated the name Roger Pfeuffer, the [...]

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More “Straight Talk” From John McCain

Saturday, November 25, 2006

Writing this blog, it’s like being in the mob. I keep wanting to leave but they keep pulling me back in… I am still able to read the on-line edition of the Star, of course. Here was a bit from Daniel Scarpinato in today’s Political Notebook column: On ABC’s “This Week,” host George Stephanopoulos asked [...]

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