Comments on: Konopnicki “sick of” Russell Pearce, says people want conservatives to rot in hell

By: Parent X

Parent X — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:41:32 +0000

Are we really discussing ‘manners’ and ‘Russell Pearce’ in the same blog?

I’m sorry, but if I truly thought that “the majority of Arizona Republicans” agreed with Pearce, I’d pack my bags and haul on out of here. This is the man who ‘accidentially’ sent a Holocaust-didn’t-exist email. A man whose own wife…er, wives…have called the police on him.

Pearce also isn’t listening to his constituents. He’s listening to the Goldwater Institute and other well-funded (and often out-of-state) interest groups. He is certainly not a Republican I would ever vote for – he sure the heck doesn’t represent me!

By: The video doesn't lie

The video doesn't lie — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:13:44 +0000

Tad’s Lad sounds like a disgruntled House staffer. Has anyone been demoted or fired this week?

By: Tad again

Tad again — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:09:35 +0000

Posting #18 sounds like a polished political sound byte… maybe a little too polished?

By: Carl Hay

Carl Hay — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:31:55 +0000

Can someone start a recall?

Konopnicki has gone way over the line.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:12:52 +0000

To Post #17- If I recall, Russell Pearce also voted for most of the budgets in the last 7 years.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:21:40 +0000

Oh, purity, thy name is Tad’s Lad.

By: Tad's Lad

Tad's Lad — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:05:37 +0000

Oh, and you failed to address his conspiracy with Janet Napolitano Jay.

Konopnicki’s only claim to being a conservative is his position on marriage and abortion. The Second Amendment? He’s squishy.

By: Tad's Lad

Tad's Lad — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:01:21 +0000

Jay, Konopnicki works for himself.

You sir keep the record straight. Konopnicki *never* worked to secure our borders; his money trail incriminates him as does yours. Konopnicki is a favorite son of special interests including the insurance folks. He is on record in committee speaking of illegal immigration as stating flatly, “…Arizona needs all the workers it can get” [to keep our economy afloat]. He has even made that same comment in the media after the state’s economy began to falter.

I appreciate you’re being an appologist for Mr Konopnicki; but you don’t work around the legislature and get paid to conduct opposition research.

By: Thanks!

Thanks! — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:00:27 +0000

Thanks Russell – I appreciate what you are doing, what you have done, and what you will do.

Mr. Konopnicki – go re-register, and stop hiding behind McLame, Kyile and Shedegg…..

By: Jay Adams

Jay Adams — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:04:10 +0000

To set the record straight, Konopnicki is a conservative look at his voting record, right to life, tax cuts, second amendment, school choice, personal property rights, etc. He works for his district not the party bosses or Russell. Jack Brown was supported by the late Senator Jake Flake. Konopnicki was worked to securing the border; help develop thousands of new jobs for AZ and a stronger rural Arizona. So why do you want to make him look bad—because he THINKS things through and understand the outcomes of the decisions of the legislature. We need more Konopnicki that think and less Russell’s who only react!

By: Tad's Lads

Tad's Lads — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:48:14 +0000

Here’s some background, until very recently Bill Konopnicki voted for every budget Napolitano put before the legislature.

In fact, some folks who work in the Executive Office building have remarked that there was no Republican more frequent to Janet Napolitano’s office than Bill Konopnicki.

Bill is known to actively support ultra-liberal Jack Brown over any Republican candidate … and Bill has co-authored a HJR with Krysten Sinema … get this, an Arizona Department of Peace!

Bill is known to be in favor of amnesty and has worked hard to undo Arizona employer sanction laws and voter mandated Prop. 200.

Bill Konpnicki a Republican? He makes Senator McShame look like Michael Savage!

By: Reagan Coalition

Reagan Coalition — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:24:27 +0000

I love all the people who post comments on here pretending to be real Republicans, criticizing Pearce, but in reality you know most of them are from the liberal minority of Republicans. Who are well-connected to the lobbying industry, which is why they are slamming Pearce, who would cut off all the pork to them, their clients, and friends.

By: Criagp

Criagp — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:39:39 +0000

I am a conservative voter but if Pearce and the others think that they can just decimate public education and have tuition over 10,000 they are not going to last. There are many of us who believe in limited government who still want an education system that is the laughing stock of the county. No company is going to locate to a state where there are 40-50 students in a classroom. There is only so much fat in the system and the irony is without the federal stimulus money we might have 50 students in a class and 15,000 tuition.

By: Conservative does not mean Republican

Conservative does not mean Republican — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:34:38 +0000

It’s true that he favors a stronger (expanded) government role in putting an end to illegal immigration. However, that is not necessarily inconsistent with a conservative/limited government viewpoint. You see, even those who believe in very little government still recognize the need for a government that enforces laws. Without the enforcement mechanism, everything goes to pot. Stopping illegal immigration is upholding the law of the land, which is a necessary part of our society. So as far as limited government goes, enforcing important legal standards is a decent rationale for expanding government.

By: todd

todd — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:27:27 +0000

Also – I did not realize the ratings were such finely-tuned. I do know that Burns is labeled as a RINO and Konopnicki is ranked as a Bipartisan Republican. I’m not the one who pointed to the rankings, Chewie was.