The Arizona Tea Party Movement just released the following video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GxdLZQVQKgArchives for May 2010
McCain makes time for Town Hall in Mesa but not to debate JD Hayworth
A m e r i c a n P o s t – G a z e t t e
Distributed by C O M M O N S E N S E , in Arizona
Monday, May 31, 2010
GOP Leadership Races Loom Large In 2010 Primaries
While GOP legislative leadership positions will not be elected until November, several primaries are already over as candidates are running unopposed in many districts, so campaigning has already begun for leadership positions in the 50th Legislature. Here is a quick look at ongoing and potential matchups.
ARIZONA STATE SENATE:
The main theme here is turnover. Due to resignations and term limits, 10 of the original 18 Republican Senators are not returning to the body.
PRESIDENT – Sen. Russell Pearce will be running, as will Sen. Steve Pierce. Also sounding out legislators about support is current Rep. Steve Yarbrough who is running for the Senate. It is unlikely that Yarbrough will win, after all he will be a freshman in the Senate and moving directly into the office of the President would be most unusual. Former House Speaker Jim Weiers attempted that move and failed, and he failed while he was the powerful Speaker of the House. Additionally, would the entire Senate want to be stuck behind a President with eight years of service left? It would tell the entire body that they will never be President. That means its Pearce versus Pierce, and while the initial advantage goes to Pearce, several right versus left primaries will need to be resolved before either can claim victory.
MAJORITY LEADER/MAJORITY WHIP – These two fields have yet to solidify, but Capitol observers expect to see Senators Frank Antenori, Al Melvin, and possibly Sylvia Allen to run for one position or the other. Allen has a tough primary in front of her with Rep. Bill Konopnicki, but could be in a very strong position if she prevails. Antenori would be an energetic leader while Melvin is able to work well with caucus members across the ideological spectrum, an important characteristic that pretty much rules out Senator Ron Gould (we’re kidding here, mostly, as Gould as not actually been mentioned for any leadership race.)
ARIZONA STATE HOUSE:
14 of the original 35 Republican House members will not be returning, yet at least one of the races will feature familiar faces.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE – A rematch of the 2008 race between former Speaker Jim Weiers and current Speaker Kirk Adams is on tap. The 2008 race was close, and the outcome of this race will likely be determined on August 24th when the primaries are settled.
MAJORITY LEADER – Right now, its Rep. Andy Tobin’s job to lose, although Rep. Laurin Hendrix could be a real challenge if he is re-elected out of a crowded primary field that also includes former State Rep. Eddie Farnsworth.
MAJORITY WHIP – Representatives Russ Jones, Debbie Lesko, and Steve Montenegro are the three names being bandied about most at this time. Each would bring an element of diversity to the leadership team, and none can really claim a lead at this time. Each has a general election contest (Lesko also faces a primary) that they would be small favorites to win, so if you have to bet, put your money on Montenegro. He has benefited from a large amount of national media exposure resulting from his transparency bill, the ban on race-based preferences (co-authored with Sen. Pearce) that will be on November’s ballot, and SB1070. So he is a proven commodity in terms of dealing with the media and he can do so in English and Spanish, no small thing in a state like Arizona.
McCain stood with Janet Napolitano opposing Prop. 200, the anti-illegal immigration initiative
A m e r i c a n P o s t – G a z e t t e
Distributed by C O M M O N S E N S E , in Arizona
Saturday, May 29, 2010
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Grassroots Interview with Ed Winkler, CD-3
Here is the interview with congressional candidate, Ed Winkler who is running for the Republican nomination in CD-3.
Grassroots Interviews with Paula Pennypacker
Here is one of the latest interviews by Grassroots Interviews of Penny Pennypacker who is running in Legislative District 8 House.
Shouldn’t Paulina Vasquez Morris Be Running In The Democrat Primary For Congress?
Replacing John Shadegg with Paulina Morris should make every Republican shudder.
Just consider her shocking track record of contributions to Arizona political candidates and causes.
Some already know about her financial support for Planned Parenthood, a radical pro-abortion organization.
But others may not be familiar with eye-popping contributions to Harry Mitchell and . . . Alfred Gutierrez. Yes, that far left Democrat Alfredo Gutierrez! There is no more aggressive advocate for open borders and illegal immigration than he.
So what was Vasquez Morris thinking when she gave him money?
This is just the tip of the ice berg when it comes to this RINO. As Drudge says, developing….
McCain and the POW Coverup
clip about John McCain opposing efforts to bring home POWs taken from the film Missing, Presumed Dead: The Search for America’s POWs
There is a longstanding story of POWs in Viet Nam, even ones who have returned home and are living today in the US, who were betrayed and forgotten.
In a recent article written by Ron Unz, former publisher and owner of American Conservative monthly magazine:
Vietnamese refused to return their American POWs unless the U.S. government agreed to pay reparations. Nixon signed a document promising to do exactly that, but the Vietnamese, being cautious, kept many of the POWs back until the money was delivered. Then Congress refused to authorize the funds because “America doesn’t lose wars.” Nixon and later U.S. leaders never acknowledged the fate of these captives lest the American people become outraged. And as the years and decades went by, and various schemes to ransom or rescue the POWs were considered and rejected, their continued existence became a major liability to numerous powerful political figures, whose reputations would have been destroyed if any of the prisoners ever returned and told his story to the American people. So none of them ever came home.
John McCain is one of those politicians whose reputations would have been destroyed by the late return of POWs from Viet Nam after, as Congressman and Senator from Arizona, he opposed efforts to work with veterans groups and the Vietnamese to bring home US vets.
Additional testimony regarding John McCain’s actions detrimental to the POW/MIA movement and efforts to bring vets home, along with testimony of witnesses that John McCain produced 22 (some say 32) propaganda films on behalf of the North Vietnamese and against US interests (since sealed and classified by the federal government), can be found in a documentary entitled:
Missing, Presumed Dead: The Search for America’s POWs
If you have some time, read “Was Rambo Right?”, by Ron Unz and get a hold of a copy of Missing, Presumed Dead: The Search for America’s POWs.
JD Hayworth on with Crossroads with Van
JD Hayworth was on with Van of KXXT today. Here is that interview: