By Stephen Lemons Who da man? Nik Richie is drunk driver Hooman Karamian. McCain gives his big speech. Faithful roar, the rest of us snooze. Heart fires off cease and desist letter to McCain/Palin over Barracuda rip-off. Arizona bishops pray for passage of gay marriage ban. Pima’s Popes of Pot…
Since Huffington Post published the story a couple of days ago of McCain’s Veep choice Sarah Palin’s association with the Assemblies of God church in Wasilla, Alaska, nearly 750,000 people have read the item, and presumably watched the video of Palin at the church she attended for many years, giving…
Does the Guv secretly heart Sarah Palin, or does she just have hoof-in-mouth disease? What the hell is wrong with Janet Napolitano? The woman has a cushy job where she doesn’t have to lift a pinky, and for nearly six years, she’s mostly maintained a stunning record of boredom and…
By Stephen Lemons Sarah “Peyton Place” Palin blasts Obama, trumpets her small town roots. Mayor Mary Manross refuses to concede in Scottsdale, runoff in the offing. CD5 Republicans still waiting to see who takes on Harry Mitchell. D-Backs slice up St. Lou. Previews of Stanford at ASU, Cards at San…
Watch it and weep, Mesa Republicans ignored this info about Pearce and so much more. Nearly 70 percent of Republican primary voters in LD18 were unconcerned with Russell Pearce playing patty-cake with a neo-Nazi. Indeed, that neo-Nazi, the now infamous J.T. Ready, told me he voted for Pearce and still…
By Stephen Lemons Mesa GOPers grant victory to neo-Nazi-hugger Russell Pearce. Maybe J.T. Ready should run for something. Tim Nelson gets Dem nod for County Attorney contest against Candy Thomas. (Go get him, Tim.) Hay and Kirkpatrick will duke it out for Rick Renzi’s Congressional seat. Mayor Gordon breaks his…
The racist sticker is in the middle of the “o” in “Tony.” Campaign signs for Tony Bouie, an African-American candidate in the LD6 GOP primary for state House, were hit primary day with a crude, racist sticker showing a nude black man in silhouette with target sights around his body…
Letters to the editor don’t get into print for a whole lot of different reasons, but you’d think that one from the Arizona Anti-Defamation League weighing-in on the J.T. Ready flap in the local Republican Party would be a shoe-in for our paper of record’s editorial page. ADL associate director…
By Stephen Lemons Sarah Palin’s kid is preggers, and the GOP’s in a tizzy. On the hypocrisy beat, Grampa McCain fought dolo for pregnant teens. Reps replace Rudy Giuliani with snooze-inducers Joe Lieberman and Fred Thompson. PoliticoMafioso blog reports on racist, anti-Tony Bouie vandalism. Gannett slashes Republic newsroom, again. Matt…
Beginning Tuesday, Sal Reza will be giving Wells Fargo the Pruitt’s treatment over mean ol’ Sheriff Joe. If you haven’t heard yet, you will soon. Beginning September 2, and continuing on a daily basis Monday though Friday, 11am to 1pm, protesters will begin to converge on the Well Fargo building…
I love this side of Sproul’s anti-Pearce MVD flier wherein Pearce gets bitch-slapped by Mary Peters. A tip of the chapeau to the Republican bloggers over at PolitcoMafioso, which bills itself as the “#1 John McCain blog in Arizona.” They’re the first I’ve seen to post this Nathan Sproul mailer…
By Stephen Lemons Wife racially profiled, says Cave Creek Mayor. NTSB releases crash report on Phoenix copter collision. Old Man McCain picks a (relatively) young hottie as Veep. According to Tucson preacher, bumpin’ uglies is part of God’s design. God or the Devil, we’ll take it. Sun Devils looking forward…
Recall leader and crazy Hobbit lady Anna Gaines: Her effort against Mayor Phil failed today. As no doubt some of you are hearing on the radio and elsewhere, the recall effort by the nativist group American Citizens United of Mayor Phil Gordon has failed. Phoenix City Clerk Mario Paniagua told…
By Stephen Lemons Recall sigs against Mayor Phil due in today. Expect that recall to go down like a Van Buren hooker. Arpaio arrests everyone at Valley landscaping biz, including citizen, legal workers. Hey, who needs civil rights, it’s only America? Lush girls get nekkid in Scottsdale to get us…
READY DEBACLE Right about now, Mesa neo-Nazi J.T. Ready must be feeling like John Edwards’ mistress, or Shaq’s estranged wife after reading about the Suns’ center stepping out with Atlanta-area hip-hop artist Maryjane. Indeed, before the news broke that state Representative Russell Pearce had finally thrown his political protégé under…
Holocaust-denier John Watson with state Rep. Russell Pearce. I was somewhat gratified to see the East Valley Tribune follow my blog item on Russell Pearce removing the name of alleged public urinator Buffalo Rick Galeener from his list of endorsers. Check out the story by Trib scribbler Sonu Munshi, here…
By Stephen Lemons Trib picks up on Russell Pearce’s backstab of alleged public urinator. Nappy bores Dems to tears. Dowling gets probation. Padres spank the D-Backs. Laurie Roberts disses KFYI lip-flapper Bruce Jacobs. A narcobeer for narcoterrorists. Residents want to kill suicide lanes. Veg heads blame kiddie colon cancer on…
So what does Daddy Yankee’s reggaeton hit Gasolina really mean, and does John McCain approve? Who can blame withered geriatric John McCain for trying to broaden his appeal to Obama-aged voters and below by touting the endorsement of reggaeton superstar Daddy Yankee? And at Phoenix’s Central High no less. Daddy…
By Stephen Lemons Loudmouth KFYI a-hole Bruce Jacobs slams widow of Nick Erfle. Coach W. says Leinart still starting QB, for now. Daddy Yankee digs Grandaddy McCain. Judge says Warren Jeffs case won’t go back to grand jury. Suns trade D.J. Strawberry. Too bad. Love the way he spins. Padres…
Arpaio-foe Dan Saban, on the stump, pummeling Joe every chance he gets, and out-raising him in the recent pre-primary report. Flying under the media radar last week was the fact that Sheriff Joe-foe Dan Saban quietly out-raised Arpaio in the latest report turned into the Maricopa County Elections Department, the…
By Stephen Lemons Tucson pissed over Hamlet 2 diss. Shaq better stay away from that Maryjane. Matt Leinart out as starting QB. Kurt Warner in. Cards kill Raiders. Marlins eat up D-Backs. Olympics finito. China grabs most gold. U.S., most medals. Redeem team trounces Spain in b-ball. Why you shouldn’t…
By Stephen Lemons Some Hot Links can’t wait till the work-week, like the story laid out by the Atlanta-Journal Constitution on Friday (and now burning up the ‘Net), which states that the Suns’ Big Cactus Shaquille O’Neal is being hit with a restraining order by a smokin’ hot hip-hop artist…
