Political Families

Airplane Up for Auction in Mesa Did Act as Air Force One, Historian Says; Still No Bids Yet

The supposed Air Force One airplane up for auction at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport definitely did act as Air Force One, according to an Air Force historian.The General Services Administration is a couple of days into the two-week online auction, which had zero bids at the time of this post, but ... More >>

Meghan McCain Claims Her Vagina Doesn't Decide Who She's Voting for

Despite the speculation that Senator John McCain's daughter, Meghan McCain, consults her vagina before casting votes -- speculation we assume never existed -- she claims she does not.McCain was in the KTAR booth for her weekly chat with Mac and Gaydos yesterday, and confirmed something that no one r ... More >>

The Odd Couple

Joe Arpaio Cites The Globe's "Inside" White House Sources About First Lady's "Panic" Over Sheriff's "Birther" Probe

Joe Arpaio: supermarket tabloids "do the best journalistic stories."​First Lady Michelle Obama apparently is in a "panic" over Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's probe into whether her husband, President Barack Obama, is a U.S. citizen -- if you believe the supermarket tabloid The Globe's "insid ... More >>

Palin Comparison

Bristol Palin's New Book: Calls Out McCain Family for Being Too Bourgeois, Ex-Fiancée for Adultery

amazon.comBriston Palin coddles baby Tripp on the cover ​Short-lived Arizona resident, Bristol Palin puts her baby daddy, Levi Johnston, and the family of her mother's one-time running mate, Senator John McCain, on blast in her new memoir Not Afraid Of Life: My Journey So Far. The book, set to c ... More >>

Meghan McCain Takes High Road in Glenn Beck Body Image Battle (Sort of)

​Meghan McCain, daughter of Senator John McCain, is taking the high road after Fox News' biggest blabbermouth, Glenn Beck, went on his radio show earlier this week and pretended to puke into a bucket when he saw McCain in a new skin cancer PSA, in which she appears naked from the shoulders up.On h ... More >>

Glenn Beck Faux-Barfs When Seeing Meghan McCain's Nude PSA; Cindy McCain to the Rescue Via-Twitter Town

Glenn Beck stomachs looking at that bloated, sobbing face in the mirror everyday. Yet, Meghan McCain makes him want to puke.​Glenn Beck took a break from hysterically sobbing whenever he hears the word Democracy to crack some jokes about a new public service announcement in which Meghan McCain, da ... More >>

Meghan McCain Strips Down for Skin Cancer. Bow-Chica-Bow-Wow

Meghan McCain -- and the twins.​Meghan McCain, the well-endowed, outspoken daughter of Senator John McCain, dropped her top for a new PSA regarding an issue that hits close to home for the 26-year-old Daily Beast columnist: skin cancer.McCain joins several pseudo-celebs in the ad including singer ... More >>

Meghan McCain Expects to be "Crucified" in HBO Movie Game Change

Meghan McCain is not a fan of the new movie being made about her family.​Meghan McCain, the overly vocal daughter of Senator John McCain, does not expect the upcoming HBO movie about her family and her pops' failed bid for the presidency in 2008 to paint her in the most positive light. In fact, sh ... More >>

Bentley Gallery Heads Into the Woods With Work From Phillip and Matt Moulthrop

Palin Invasion of Arizona Continues: Sarah Palin Would Base Presidential Campaign in Scottsdale, According to Rumor Mill

Arizona could be the base for Sarah Palin's presidential campaign.​Fresh from the rumor mill: if Sarah Palin runs for president, she will base her campaign out of Scottsdale, continuing the Palin family's invasion of Arizona.As you know, Palin's daughter Bristol recently/inexplicably bought a home ... More >>

Bristol Palin House Tour: WTF Is She Doing in Arizona?

We're pretty sure Bristol Palin doesn't even know how she ended up in Maricopa, Arizona.​Bristol Palin, daughter of one-time vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, seems to have settled into her new Maricopa home quite nicely, but the question remains: why the f*** did she move to Maricopa, Ariz ... More >>

Bristol Palin Gives Tour of Maricopa Home to E!

www.b96radio.comIf you care what Bristol Palin's house looks like, you shouldn't.​If your last name's Palin, it's apparently mandatory to turn every mundane thing you do into some sort of televised event. For example, buying a home in Arizona.Tonight on E!, Palin will give a tour of her new diggs ... More >>

Westboro Baptist Church to Protest Funeral of 9-Year-Old Girl Murdered in Tucson Shooting; Hells Angels to the Rescue?

Christina Green was murdered on Saturday. Despicably, the members of the Westboro Baptist Church plan to protest her funeral.​Members of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, announced today that they plan to protest the funeral of a 9-year-old girl murdered during Sat ... More >>

Sorority Girls

Learn about Phoenix’s heavy-hitting females

Bristol Palin at ASU: Rumors of Her Attending Cronkite School (the School's Potential Demise) Greatly Exaggerated, Dean Says

www.punditkitchen.com​Did you hear Bristol Palin, daughter of one-time vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is moving to the Grand Canyon State to attend Arizona State University? So did Chris Callahan, dean of ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication -- the school Pal ... More >>

John McCain Fine With Wife's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Ad -- Kinda

"The Mav" says he's cool with his wife's anti-DADT ad.​U.S. Senator John McCain says he's fine with his wife's participation in a star-studded ad, in which she bashes the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.McCain is one of the key figures holding up Congress' attempt to put an end to the po ... More >>

Cindy McCain Speaks Out Against "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in New Ad. "The Mav" Can't Like That

NOH8 Cindy McCain's pro-LGBT crusade can't sit well with her lawmaker hubby​Props to Cindy McCain, the wife of Senator John McCain, for taking a stand against her lawmaker husband -- and his continued reluctance to allow gays to serve openly in the military -- by participating in a star-stu ... More >>

Meghan McCain Says Christine O'Donnell's "Out of Her Frickin' Mind"

www.politicalhumor.comThe witch may not be dead, but her Senate campaign certainly is.​Here at New Times, we always thought the day we applauded Meghan McCain -- the daughter of Senator John McCain -- for anything at all would be a cold day in hell. Well, it's about 75 degrees outside and the youn ... More >>

Daddy's Girl

Gay Marriage Will Have Majority Support in Arizona by 2015, Statistician Claims

​In terms of gay marriage, Arizona's conservative image is about to take a hit -- that's according to a statistician who claims the trend in public opinion is shifting in favor of allowing gays to wed at a more rapid pace than ever.According to a study conducted by Hank Pellissier, a statistician ... More >>

Meghan McCain Takes Shot at Bristol Palin; Apparently Looking "Like a Stripper" Not as Terrible as Being a Teen Mom

Meghan McCain's scandalous "tweet."​What could potentially be a fairly hot cat fight is brewin' within the GOP and if it goes down, we want a front row seat.Meghan McCain, the daughter of Senator John McCain wrote a book (shocking, we know) detailing her experience as the daughter of a candidate i ... More >>

Meghan McCain May Not be an Idiot, But She Plays One -- Well -- on TV

Meghan McCain's scandalous "tweet." Hubba-hubba.​If you know anything about Meghan McCain, the daughter of Senator John McCain, you might find it shocking that she was able to read write a book. Well, she did. And now she's hitting the TV airwaves to pimp the newly released tell-all about th ... More >>

Norris Church Mailer, Laura Bush, and What I Read on My Summer Vacation

Michelle Obama Embarrassed by 2nd Grader; and Why Arizona Corporation Commissioner Gary Pierce Is an Idiot

And a little child shall lead them...In case you missed it, the video above is of First Lady Michelle Obama, accompanied by Mexico's First Lady Margarita Zavala, visiting with a group of Maryland second graders on Wednesday. One kid raised her hand to ask if it was true what her mommy says that Bara ... More >>

John McCain's Daughter Meghan McCain Opposes SB 1070, as Her Dad Rolls Over for the Nativist Right

photo by "Jumping cheese" Unlike her pop, Meghan McCain doesn't have to pander to nativist extremists You've got to give it up for Meghan McCain, who came out against state Senator Russell Pearce's racial profiling law yesterday, particularly since her opinion on the legislation is far more n ... More >>

Arizona Men's Basketball Teams Need to Sweep Oregon Schools at Home Tonight and Saturday

Only one thing's certain in this topsy-turvy Pacific-10 men's basketball season: From first place to last, any of the 10 teams are eminently capable of winning on any given night.   ​ ​That definitely includes the Arizona State Sun Devils and the Arizona Wildcats, both of who ... More >>

John McCain's Wife and Daughter Pose for Pro-Gay-Marriage Campaign Pictures

John McCain's wife and daughter recently posed for a photographer's campaign to repeal a California ban on gay marriage, putting them at odds with the Arizona senator's position on the matter. Cindy McCain followed the lead of her daughter, Meghan, who posed for photographer Adam Bous ... More >>

John McCain's Top Aide Believed Cindy McCain Affair Rumors, Book Claims

The National Enquirer says this is Cindy McCain's boyfriend -- and John McCain's chief strategist apparently believed them.​Mark Weaver, the top campaign strategist for Senator John McCain, believed rumors that McCain's wife Cindy was having an affair with a Tempe man, according to a new book hitt ... More >>

Congressman John Shadegg Uses Baby as Prop on House of Representatives Floor

www.necn.com John Shadegg and Maddie​During a healthcare debate in the U.S. House of Representatives last week, Arizona Congressman John Shadegg called in an expert to try and dissuade legislators from voting for the controversial healthcare bill that just narrowly passed in the house. Wh ... More >>

Out and Proud

Political standup is all that, and more

Meghan McCain Threatens to Quit Twitter in Wake of Criticism of Racey Photo; What on Earth Would We Do Without Meghan McCain's 140 Character Nuggets of Wisdom?

www.twitter.com​Meghan McCain posted a picture of herself (above) on Twitter last night that is certain to get your average republican male to go from six to midnight pretty quickly, if ya know what we mean.Normally we'd list the daughter of our maverick senator at about a seven --maybe an eight - ... More >>

October 15 In Blogs: Democrats, Wavves, Fleming's, and Meghan McCain

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Phoenix Progressive Democrats Plan "Die-In" at United Health Care, Civil Disobedience Anticip ... More >>

8 Places for President Obama to Try on His Next Phoenix Visit

Call me a shameless arugula eater, but I still can't get over the Obama family's choice of dinner destination when they were in Phoenix this past Saturday night: Macayo's Mexican Kitchen on Central Avenue, the flagship among the Southwestern chain's 18 locations. Seriously? Sure, Macayo's has b ... More >>

Shticks and Stones

Right-wing attack dog ain’t jokin’ around

WaterDance Film Festival: Grease

Meghan McCain Calls (Faux) Joe Arpaio a "Twitter Creep" Just Like Karl Rove (w/Update)

from WikimediaCommons Sheriff Joe's keeping watch on Meghan McCain via Twitter... UPDATE: Sadly, Meghan McCain's "Twitter creep" isn't the real Slim Shady (read, "McCoy.") Rather, it's the faux Joe Arpaio that New Times has blogged about in the past. Score one for faux Joe. After painstakingl ... More >>

Arty Girl: Remarkable Women at West Valley Art Museum

I realize I recently blogged about West Valley Art Museum but I'm going to do it again today. Hey, it's not my fault the place is so darn bloggable.And this time around, I want to blog about how they're celebrating Women's History Month...you know, since I'm a chick and all.I'm giving you about a we ... More >>

Sarah Palin can run on her record, proudly

Guided by Voices

Half Smiles of the Decomposed (Matador)

Jung at Art

Apocalyptic art and an artist's true identity

Revelations

In the face of two indictments, Bishop O'Brien has gone back into hiding

Flashes 10/14/99

Legends of the Fall

A conversation in Purgatory

First Lady of the Theater

Fig Tales

JACKIE'S FINAL PERFORMANCE

THE REAL DAVID BROCK. YECCH.

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