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A Little Afternoon Delight From Brock Landers aka Ben Quayle

August 13, 2010 By Sound Advice 14 Comments

Well, when a candidate becomes the laughing stock of the nation, it’s very unlikely that they will prove successful in their campaign. The sad fact is that if Ben Quayle is the Republican nominee for Congress, our party WILL lose the seat to the Democrat in November.

This is a seat which should be solidly Republican, and even staunch conservatives (like our own Espressopundit) predict a Quayle nomination will equal a Democrat takeover of this seat.

Our shared goal is to put Republicans in control of the House of Representatives. We cannot jeopardize that by giving the Democrats an easy target in Ben “Brock Landers” Quayle.

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“Bailout Ben” Raises Money From Bailed Out Companies Thanks to Papa Quayle

August 5, 2010 By Sound Advice 20 Comments

Ben Quayle has said repeatedly in this campaign that he’s his own man. His dad has said he wouldn’t have a role in Ben’s campaign. Yet, in his latest commercial, Ben cites the fact that his only experience is that he’s watched his father’s political career.

Considering Ben was just a teenager when his dad had to turn over the keys to the Naval Observatory to Al Gore, Ben must have a great memory.

Ben is right, though. The only rationale for his candidacy is the fact that his last name is Quayle. There is no other reason that someone who graduated from law school in 2002, and was not admitted to the Arizona Bar until 2009 (but claims to have worked as a lawyer in Arizona since 2006) should be running for Congress, especially with a string of one-year employment stints at various law firms around the country.

Ben is running simply because of his family’s name– and that’s been tolerable– it happens everywhere, and while it’s a shame, it’s a fact of political life.

But this has gone to a new level, an unacceptable level.

Papa Quayle serves as a Director of Cerebus, a private equity firm that happens to own Chrysler Motors. They received BILLIONS of dollars in bailout money for Chrysler. And that’s not the worst part. Dan Quayle and Ben Quayle went to Cerebus’s New York HQ, met with their executives– who are rich with government-bailout money— and got them to give nearly $50,000 to Ben’s Campaign for Congress.

Nearly $50,000 in dirty, government-bailout money, procured for Cerebus by a former Vice President, and funneled to his son’s congressional campaign. Outrageous. This isn’t a few dollars we’re talking about. At $42,000, Bailed-Out Cerebus is Ben’s biggest donor.

Here is the info on Cerebus: http://www.forbes.com/2008/12/09/chrysler-cerberus-bailout-oped-cx_dg_1210gerstein.html

Call Ben Quayle at 602-492-4236, and tell him to return donations from bailed out companies.

If a private company needs money so badly that they take from the taxpayer, they shouldn’t be giving to political candidates.

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Now We Are Getting To Know The Real Ben Quayle

August 4, 2010 By Sound Advice 36 Comments

Ben Quayle “Rents Family” for Campaign Mail Pieces; Inconsistencies Abound

On Tuesday, the Arizona Capitol Times broke news about Quayle renting a family for his mail pieces. The story is entitled: “Quayle mailers not actually what meets the eye.” When pressed for an answer about the children, Quayle spokesman Damon Moley said “the campaign is trying to present Quayle as a family man.” Moley responded, “I think you guys have got a lot of time on your hands.”

The article can be read in its entirety here. The story has now gone national. Today The Washington Post linked to the Capital Times story. Meanwhile, a highly read and influential Republican blog, RedState.com, wrote an article titled “Ben Quayle Not the Right Choice For GOP in AZ CD3″, the reporter lays out a basic skeleton of who Ben Quayle really is.

“Ben is a 33 year-old attorney who has a resume like most every person who went to good schools and has less than 10 years of working experience: he could be a future star, or he could be a lightweight. But his career to date has been undistinguished (and even nonexistent with respect to public policy and politics) save for who his father is. Ben recently planted himself back in Arizona (the NY Times reports he has never voted in a local election in the state) and was virtually unknown in the states GOP circles.”

The question remains what else in Ben Quayle’s campaign is less than accurate?

Stay tuned…

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More of Moak pandering to the voters of CD3

July 23, 2010 By Sound Advice 32 Comments

Now this has gotten ridiculous!

Steve Moak is gonna stand at the border with his binoculars to PROTECT US???

Does anyone remember Mike Dukakis in the tank?

It’s time for these candidates to stop pandering in such absurd ways. Are we supposed to believe Moak has been standing at the border with his binoculars? Maybe there were some cool birds he was watching, either way, this is getting ridiculous.

Mr. Moak, CD 3 is NOT for sale.

Filed Under: Campaign Finance, Campaigns & Elections, Illegal Aliens, Illegal Immigration, Uncategorized

Chamber backs Candidate with questionable character!

July 7, 2010 By Sound Advice 33 Comments

This has been circulating for awhile and it’s interesting no one is talking about it. So let’s talk.

Eric Ulis was charged with a domestic violence charge and had to attend Domestic Violence Diversion classes. The last time I recall a candidate involved in a domestic violence dispute, that candidate/legislator had to resign his post in LD 11.

It’s amazing to me that Republicans in LD 8 would stand for a candidate that A) was a democratic nominee for the Washington State AND California State legislatures/assemblies respectively, B) was endorsed as that democratic nominee by the Washington State Labor Council/AFL-CIO, Teamsters, Service Employees Council, to name a few, and the big one for me C) has twice had domestic problems, once in Sacramento and in the City of Phoenix.

What is the Arizona business community thinking when they include him in the infamous 12 in 10 fundraiser, that included democrats, for this guy and the Arizona Chamber endorsed him! Belly up to the bar, Chamber, and admit you made a mistake.

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Quayle attack from a Vernon Parker Activist

July 1, 2010 By Sound Advice 11 Comments

Did any of you see this blog today? Self proclaimed “New Media/Blogger, Political Activist, and Sexy Young Senior”, Barbara Espinosa has fired the first shot across the bough in the CD 3 race.

In today’s blog she wisely points out that even given Quayle’s vast campaign war chest, it’s not pulling him away from the pack.

AMERICAN FREEDOM

ARIZONA CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 3

The Arizona Guardian poll just came out that has Vernon Parker within striking
distance of the former Vice President’s son, Ben Quayle. How can striking distance be good news? He doesn’t have a famous last name and the former Vice President isn’t out raising
money or campaigning for him., and the Quayle campaign has spent, over $1 million to elect Dan Quayle’s son to Congress. $1 million and he is barely winning.

This means your hard work is paying off. It also means that you want a true conservative to represent you in congress. if Vernon has the resources to get our message out, we will win on Election Day!

That is why I am contacting you today, I am maxed out, I can’t do anymore, so I’m asking you to help Vernon Parker be the next congressman for Arizona.

At midnight today, a new FEC reporting period will begin. Before the next reporting period comes to a close, I ask that you make a special donation of $250, $150, $100 or any amount you can afford through his campaign Web site – www.parker2010.com Vernon doesn’t have the former Vice President out raising money from AIG, banks that have received bailout funds, special interest groups, unions, Washington, D.C. in crowd, but Vernon does have you. As the poll results below show, it is not going to matter how much Ben Quayle’s family raises and spends for him. This Congressional Seat is one that cannot be bought conservative values and accomplishments will win at the ballot box.
Barbara L. Espinosa
Scottsdale, AZ, United States
New Media/Blogger, Political Activist, Constitutionalist, Conservative, Sexy Young Senior

Barbara Espinosa Caricature

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ICYMI: John Munger, “A Fearless Advocate, A Courteous Foe”

May 17, 2010 By Sound Advice 8 Comments

John Munger, “A Fearless Advocate, A Courteous Foe”

by Jim Kelley

Tucson Citizen

May 14, 2010

I received one third of my previous wish regarding the gubernatorial candidates for Arizona today. I spent two hours talking to John Munger about his plan for Arizona should he win the primary and defeat the Democratic Party nominee and become the governor of our state.

John Munger is a leader of both civic and political organizations on the local, state and national levels. He has served previously as Chairman of the Arizona Republican Party, Chairman of the Pima County Republican Party and was selected as a delegate to the 1984 Republican National Convention, where he cast all 32 votes for President Ronald Regan.

He is a longtime advocate for quality education and has been a passionate supporter of community-based business initiatives. He has served as president and member of the Arizona Board of Regents, managing billions of dollars and thousands of employees in the university system, which consists of all three state universities. He was also Chairman of the Board of the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce where he helped to spearhead local business development.

He is a small business owner and an accomplished entrepreneur himself, as a partner in the law firm of Munger Chadwick, P.L.C., where he has been variously listed among the best lawyers in the country, and as co-founder and vice-chairman of Commerce Bank of Arizona. He holds a B.A. from Stanford University and a J.D. and L.L.M. in international trade and business law from The University of Arizona College of Law, where he served as editor of the law review and graduated with distinction.

He is a military veteran, a horseman; a black belt in Shotokan karate and both speaks and writes in Spanish. He and his wife, Roseann, have 5 children and 6 grandchildren. Among his many accolades, he is probably most proud to have been named as Tucson’s “Father of the Year” and as Tucson’s “Man of the Year”.

We began with discussing where Arizona is.

“Our business environment is so overly regulated that any one creating a job is discouraged from moving here or growing what they already have here. As governor, I would create an ombudsman specifically to usher the companies through the process, a process that presently is long and cumbersome and eats up precious capital while the companies have to wait as each step is approved by the State. I want everything packaged for the regulator to approve or not based on the regulations presently in the codes. The problem is the regulators themselves are not shielded from the political processes and get co-opted into the politics of the regulations instead of just checking off the list, has this been mitigated or not. We must create more taxpayers not keep raising taxes on those presently propping up the economy.”

We moved into the politics of regulation from there.

“We have to have courage, courage to stand on the moral principles of the free market system. Our politicians keep compromising those principles to pander to various special interests that are eroding the very foundation of Capitalism. Whether it be pandering to “it’s for the kids” or “go green”. All of our issues; education, the environment, public safety, transportation; all of the answers are in the free market. Water can be taken care of with a desalinization plant that is built and can be paid for with usage fees by the largest users of water, and that isn’t domestic household or even industrial use. Combined that is only 25% of our use. Agriculture is our largest water consumers. Putting the burden of solving the problem on households just doesn’t make sense. We need water to grow more taxpayers. We could save 20% of the water lost through evaporation on the CAP if we just planted trees and shaded the darn thing.”

“Education needs to be principal based. Decentralizing the districts, making the principal of the school the boss, flipping the classroom dollar from only receiving $2,000 per pupil and the administration receiving the other $5,000 to the classroom receives the $5,000 per pupil spending and the administrations receiving the smaller share. The only thing districts should be doing is building the school and giving it over to the principal and parents. It will be up to them to spend the money where their needs are.”

“As Governor, I’ll be leading our delegations negotiating with the Governor of Sonora for a port of Arizona in Yuma. I’ll be leading not by just being a cheerleader but identifying and empowering those people that will get things done. We don’t need more facilitators of PowerPoint presentations; we need people who have created jobs, created wealth, created factories. There are so many organizations in our community and the State that put business in their name but the people running those organizations have never created a job. They know how to write grant proposals to get Federal and State money, but they have never shoveled one spade full of dirt on a jobsite in their life.”

His feeling about the other candidates particularly Governor Brewer is unequivocal.

“The governor has done some good things but mismanaged the messaging. SB1070 should just have been signed like any other bill and move on. She created this Boycott Arizona mess with her need to pander to the right so she can distract us from her career politician mentality with regards to education. Both her and Dean Martin have been in Phoenix a long time and I never saw either of them fight very hard as our states spending went from 6.2 billion in 2002 to almost 9.4 billion just four years later. Spending increased but revenue didn’t. The size of the budget and of the government increased beyond the need and now the nice to have programs won’t go away on their own because the lobbyists are calling them entitlements guaranteed to them. Proposition 100 does not solve the structural deficit our state is in right now or in 3 years, it is a vain attempt at kicking the can down the road and a huge political mistake for the Governor to hang her hat on it.”

John has an innate sense of confidence in his own skill set at problem solving.

“It’s my name on the door and my bottom in that chair, I’m responsible.”

What calibrates your moral compass?

“Well, first and foremost I wake up with a sense of duty to serve God; I express my gratitude for his amazing grace in my life. In the toughest times, my darkest hours, it has been his grace that saw me through. The song says more about my need for him than anything I can express here. Secondly, my sense of duty and gratitude to my family, my wife Roseann and my children are the reasons I do what I do. After my duty to God, they come first.”

What sustains you during the day?

He arose from the table, walked to his desk and handed me a simple chrome bar with the inscription, “What would you attempt today if you knew you could not fail.”

What is your definition of failure?

I think if I ever damaged my own sense of principle or integrity. That would be a failure. I believe we all have purpose. I have absolute faith that free people will make the right decisions every time. People in bondage, people who are afraid don’t make moral decisions. The Free Enterprise system is a moral economic system because it is not based on fear of economic insecurity but because it is based on a desire for more freedom.

My spiritual faith is based on freedom from the bondage of fear. Any decision based on duress and deception will be unprincipled, selfish, and fear based. That leads to failure. And when and if you do fail, and there has been failure in my life, GET UP! Nothing scares your enemy more than after they have given you a beating and you get up. The very act of getting up off the floor tends to make who ever smacked you down think twice about smacking you again. Fight so hard that even if you lose, no one will want to fight you again.

Who does John Munger want to be?

I want to be Governor of Arizona. There is a statue in San Francisco California of a lawyer. His name was Hall Mcallister and under the statue is an inscription “Hall Mcallister, Learned Able Eloquent, A Fearless Advocate, A Courteous Foe.” At the end of the day I hope people see me as an intellectual warrior.

If you were a cactus what kind of cactus would you be?

A Saguaro, standing proud.

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Unhinged Brewer goes ballistic over Prop. 100!

May 14, 2010 By Sound Advice 21 Comments

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Is it time for him to ‘Buz’ off?

May 2, 2010 By Sound Advice 11 Comments

The mounting controversies surrounding Buz Mills are making it increasingly likely that he will not be able to continue his campaign for Governor much longer. The Arizona Capitol Times and other news outlets are reporting that he is rapidly losing momentum in the contest:

Revelations that Mills had defrauded business partner in Florida and conflicting messages from his campaign that muddied his position on Arizona’s employer sanctions law have set the stage for attacks against him in the Republican gubernatorial primary.

Republican consultant Constantin Querard said Mills’ campaign has been damaged, and the negative image will get worse if he doesn’t address the issue more thoroughly.

“It does have the potential to cost him the race,” Querard said. Most damaging, perhaps, was the news on April 26 that a Florida judge ruled in 2001 that Mills had defrauded a business partner during the sale of his telecommunications company.

According to court documents, Mills bilked business partner John Mortellite out of several million dollars by arranging the sale of OPM-USA, Inc. without telling Mortellite and then buying out Mortellite’s 10-percent share of the company for much less than it was worth. Mills and his wife, Sonja, owned 90 percent of the communications company.

The overwhelming evidence that he defrauded a former business partner out of millions of dollars in Florida is being viewed by many observers as something that could very will be an insurmountable obstacle for Buz Mills:

Pollster Bruce Merrill, an Arizona State University professor who runs the Cronkite/Eight Poll, said the fraud ruling has the potential to damage Mills’ campaign.

“In a primary race, it certainly could hurt,” Merrill said. “I think the key thing would be whether one of his opponents would use it as the basis for a commercial or something like that.”

Mortellite was a neighbor of the Millses in 1995 when the three of them formed OPM, which was created to build cellular towers and sell them to communications companies. Mortellite bought a 10 percent share of the company for $100,000.

Mills’ dispute with Mortellite began in 1997 after Mills began talks with American Tower L.P. to sell OPM-USA, which he ultimately sold for $105 million. But he bought out Mortellite for just $1.5 million without telling him about American Tower’s offer or disclosing OPM’s full value, according to court documents. Mills even told Mortellite to extend a vacation for several weeks to keep him from finding out about the negotiations with American Tower.

When Mortellite returned from vacation, Mills fired him. Later, at an August 1997 board meeting, Mortellite agreed to leave the company and take the buyout based on an incorrect assumption about the company’s value, according to court documents. Mills didn’t tell Mortellite about American Tower’s offer, even when Mortellite’s attorney asked at the board meeting whether OPM was involved in any pending transactions.

How can Buz possibly continue his race for Governor now that this has come to light? More importantly, what else don’t we know about this man and his background? Can conservatives really vote for him in good conscience and expect him to uphold their values? Is it time for him to ‘Buz’ off?

Filed Under: Campaigns & Elections, Conspiracy Theories, Crime and Punishment, Government, Predictions, State Government, Uncategorized, Voters Guide

Martin challenges Mills’ incoherent border security plan

April 27, 2010 By Sound Advice 8 Comments

Once again, Buz Mills does not seem to have a grasp of the issues. At today’s candidate forum, Martin went after Buz Mills on his continuing flip-flopping on the issues. Today it was border security.

Filed Under: Border, Campaigns & Elections, Crime and Punishment, Federal Budget, Government, Illegal Aliens, Illegal Employment, Illegal Immigration, Jobs/Labor, Legislation, Migrants, National Security, State Government, Uncategorized

Democratic Financial Reform Bill much ado about nothing

April 23, 2010 By Sound Advice 2 Comments

Often times, good intentions have dire consequences. On Monday, the Senate is expected to vote on legislation that will have an impact on our nation that could far out way the impact of the healthcare reform package. Originally seen as financial reform, this bill (Sponsored by Senator Chris Dodd) lays out the foundation for a complete reform of the nation’s financial regulatory system. The goal is clear and admirable – to minimize the chances of another financial meltdown. The consequences within the numerous provisions of the 1,400 page bill will in fact have catastrophic affects on consumers and the overall economy.

The Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2009 creates a new layer of federal bureaucracy known as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. On the surface it sounds like a great idea, however, as one digs deeper, they will see that the truth is that this will create a public option in financial reform, much like health care reform. It would result in a government managed financial system to oversee credit and banking. This legislation would limit choices and, in many cases, restrict access to credit for those that need it the most – current and future small businesses owners.

Under the proposed legislation, access to the credit that 26.7 million businesses need would be limited because of the bill’s one-size-fits-all approach to reform. The intended purpose is to protect consumers from unfair practices, but the true effect will be that it will reduce the amount of choices and credit available. The one-size-fits-all philosophy completely negates the fact that many of these small business owners rely on consumer credit to meet payroll, improve and/or expand their businesses, and innovate. Ultimately, it will lead to an increase in business closings, a reduction in job growth and a lack of the entrepreneurial opportunity our country provides.

The last thing we need is another government takeover of an industry. The Democrats will say that we need this type of protection to prevent another financial meltdown. No one argues that, or that changes need to be made, but as in most cases the devil is in the details and the dire consequences of this legislation far out way the good intentions.

Filed Under: Economic Development, Economics, Federal Budget, Taxation, Uncategorized

Buz Mills opposes Employer Sanctions LAW

April 22, 2010 By Sound Advice

Everyone should know that at the Arizona Farm Bureau Governor’s Forum, candidates were given the questions weeks in advance. Buzz Mills was actually reading his answers.
See for yourself.

This isn’t about a candidate misspeaking, this is about a candidate kissing up to the Farm Bureau members. But trust me, everyone knows better and you can too by watching the video.

We still know nothing about Buzz Mills, hopefully we will be finding out alot real soon.

Here is today’s yellow sheets with Mill’s spin-meister attempting to pull the wool over the voter’s eyes.

MILLS ‘MISSPOKE’ ON EMPLOYER SANCTIONS
ARTICLE POSTED 4.22.2010 | 4:05 PM

At a recent GOP gubernatorial candidate forum, Mills told the Arizona
Farm Bureau why he didn’t like employer sanctions. “I’m not your guy
for employer sanctions,” Mills told the crowd on April 8. “That is a
failure on the part of the feds that has made you the policeman. We
need a different system.” Despite his apparent distaste for employer
sanctions, campaign manager Camilla Strongin, said Mills supports the
legislation and simply misspoke at the candidate forum. “If you spent
as many days giving speeches, unfortunately sometimes you get your
words mixed up,” she said. Strongin said Mills didn’t change his
stance on employer sanctions because of the crowd he was speaking to,
and said his comments were meant to criticize federal inaction on
illegal immigration. “If the federal government was doing their job,
then it would take the pressure off business owners,” she said.

Filed Under: Border, Campaigns & Elections, Crime and Punishment, Debates, Illegal Aliens, Illegal Employment, Illegal Immigration, Migrants, Uncategorized

“Rock Solid Conservative” Eric Ulis, has Rocky Political Past

April 21, 2010 By Sound Advice

It’s come to light that Eric Ulis, self-appointed “Rock Solid Conservative” (yes folks that’s what his website states), has a political past with the Democratic Party.

Not just with any democratic party, but the liberal parties of Washington State and California.

In 1996, Eric Ulis was the Democratic Nominee, in the 30th District. I’m guessing you would have to be pretty liberal to skate through a democratic primary in Washington State.

Ulis also ran for the California State Assembly in 2002, just a mere 8 years ago. There too, Ulis was the Democratic nominee, running against Republicans on November 5, 2002.

I guess we don’t “vet” our Republicans anymore. I hope the Republicans in LD 8 will take the initiative and look a little deeper.

This is an archive of a past election.
See http://www.smartvoter.org/ca/state/ for current information.
LWV League of Women Voters of California
Placer, Sacramento County, CA November 5, 2002 Election
Smart Voter Eric Ulis

Candidate for
Member; California State Assembly; District 5

The information on this page and on all pages linked below is provided by the candidate.
The League of Women Voters does not support or oppose any candidate or political party.
Biographical Highlights

* Party: Democratic
* Occupation: Stockbroker
* Education: Attended University of Utah
* Political: Washington State House of Representatives, 1996 Democratic nominee
* Personal: One son Philip, 16; two daughters, Victoria, 14, and Ashley, 2.

Top Priorities if Elected

* Education: Investing in our public schools today–K-12, colleges, universities–ensures that our children are prepared for tomorrow’s opportunities.
* Transportation: Investing in our community’s roads saves money by lowering fuel and wear & tear costs, saves time in traffic jams, saves lives.
* Taxes: I will work with Democrats and Republicans alike to ensure that your hard-earned tax dollars are used wisely.

Key Endorsements

* Sacramento Area Fire Fighters
* Sacramento County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association
* California Teachers’ Association

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