While the politicans play their usual dirty tricks and silly games, WE the TAXPAYERS get stuck paying the bill.

What would be interesting is to find out why, if the other two candidates are so proud of their records or message, they have to take our money to advance to their cause?

Complete Story here.

Excerpts:

Add up the possible theft of two Republican campaign mailers and an apparently premature request by Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano's re-election campaign for public matching funds, and state GOP officials are crying foul

Excerpt:

"Election officials said early voters who have complained that they haven't received their ballots yet shouldn't worry. They're on the way.

"There are a lot of factors as to why they haven't received their ballots. I know the post office is a little bit slow," said Yvonne Reid, spokeswoman for the Maricopa County Elections Office."

It's not our fault!

The checks in the mail?

What's next?

The dog ate my homework!

What's going to happen on the ballot's return trip back to be counted?  Is it still going to be "in the hands of the post office"?

AZ Republic circulation DOWN 2.5% for six month period ending September 2006.

Enough said.

Complete Story here. 

Tucson Citizen Endorses Failure.

The Tucson Citizen, in a 466-word editorial, endorsed failure; in other words, they endorsed Janet for re-election as governor.

Let's look at their "reasoning" for this stunning endorsement.

“Education has been Napolitano's signature issue during her four years at the state's helm.”

Yep, Janet said she would give us her best on education.  Unfortunately, she did.  And her best took AZ education from 44th to 50th in the nation.  With another four years, who knows how low she can take us.  Is 51st out of the question?

It  was refreshing to see this reporter doing a better job of reporting, instead of distorting Barry's positions. 

Excerpts:

"Three candidates for governor. Three wildly different plans to address illegal immigration."

"Three candidates, three border plans. One big decision for voters."

No doubt in this article about how many candidates for Governor there are.

Let's hope this is the start of a trend in fair reporting and not a one time event. 

 

Governor candidates differ on border solutions

A well reasoned and articulate argument to vote FOR Prop. 207; Limiting Eminent Domain.

Read entire article by David Euchner here.

Highlights:

"This proposition protects the rights of all property owners, rich and poor alike, from the misuse of eminent domain. The only people who stand to lose are politicians."

"Politicians hate Prop. 207 because it puts strict controls on how they may use eminent domain to take property. Small-town politicians — Democrats and Republicans alike — have been taking people's homes and small businesses and giving that property to real estate developers or large corporations."

This is the kind of garbage that passes for modern, professional journalism?

What a load of crap! With media bias this blatant, no wonder main stream media readership and subscribership is down.

Let's see just how bad of a job Mr. Paul Davenport of the Associated Press has failed to uphold the standards of his profession.

An 839 word article in which 479 words are devoted to Janet (57% of the total), 330 words for Len (39%) and a mere 12 words for Barry (1.4%). The sole mention being: "Libertarian Barry Hess also is on the Nov. 7 general election ballot.". What kind of crap is that. And this guy calls himself a journalist? No wonder the main stream media is in the state it is. Hell, this guy could work for the AZ Republic.

Barry IS the Libertarian nominee for Governor. One of THREE candidates on the ballot. On the ballot, in the voter guide, during the debates, he is one third of the people's options to earn their vote. Does Mr. Davenport care?  Doesn't look like it.

Did Mr. Davenport contact Mr. Hess to inquire as to his position on education? NO! Did Mr. Davenport even attempt to research Barry's postion on education? Sure as heck doesn't look like it.

With reporting like this, it is understandable how one can only question the journalistic integrity of one Mr. Davenport and the AP for allowing reporting like this under their watch.

Here's the article, read it for yourself, let us know what you think.

Though written back in April '06; a mere six months ago and yet an eternity in politcs, and written for the national stage; it is just as relevant for Arizona, both then and now, an effective stratey for GOP defeat in November.  Unfortunately, the Republican controlled Arizona legislature are the authors.

 

The Minority Maker
The clever GOP strategy for defeat in November.

Thursday, April 13, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT

If Republicans lose control of Congress in November, they might want to look back at last Thursday as the day it was lost. That's when the big spenders among House Republicans blew up a deal between the leadership and rank-in-file to impose some modest spending discipline.

Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, in placing principles over party politics, exhibited true leadership when he exercised extreme moral courage to support the Democrat candidate for Senator, CT, Joe Lieberman, whom he believes to be the best candidate for the job over the Republican candidate. We can all benefit from his example.

Former Congressman and US Attorney Bob Barr gets it.  Just like Ronald Reagan did.

"If Republicans can be convinced to cast votes for a strong conservative candidate, albeit one with a "Libertarian" label rather than an "R" following his name", " If that happens, then politics in America really will have entered a new and positive era." (full article follows below)

And the best part?  Rank and file Democrats will feel comfortable voting for that same candidate as well.

More and more Republicans and Democrats are starting to understand exactly what Sen. Zell Miller meant when he said that his party has left him.  Their party is leaving them too.

The current Governor (D) and existing legislature (R controlled) passed a budget this year with a 20%+ increase in spending, all while both sides claiming that they can't work together.  Well, I'd hate to see what they would spend if they could work together.