Russell Pearce

Russell Pearce Gets Mad Love from the Arizona Republic

One thing both The Republic and Pearce lack: A sense of shame. Prepare for 15 seconds of commercial before the foot-licking begins. The Arizona Republic's editorial board must be patting themselves on the back right now. Why, they scored an editorial on the Gang of Eight's immigration bill from non ... More >>

Russell Pearce, Ol' Buds with Killer J.T. Ready, Now Wants to Be the Poster Boy for Gun Rights

The Arizona Republic somehow has found it reasonable to give a platform to recalled Senate President Russell Pearce, and in Pearce's op-ed piece this morning, he says he wants to be known for his stance on gun rights.Perhaps, just perhaps, Pearce isn't the guy to trust on gun "freedom," as his ex-bu ... More >>

Republican Blogger Jeff Vath Fought for Sanity in the AZ GOP

Joe Arpaio Pal Ron Ludders Trains Recall Blockers Tonight

Speaking of shenanigans, you may remember Tea Party generalissimo Ron Ludders for his escapades during the 2011 recall of ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce, and during Pearce's ill-fated comeback attempt in the 2012 GOP primary for state Senator from Legislative District 25. See also: -Russe ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Recall: A Chance to Prove the Pundits Wrong

What was the most fun for me as a columnist during the recall of ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce -- other than watching Pearce crash and burn? That nearly all of the pundits in Arizona ended up being as wrong as white shoes after Labor Day. See also: -Joe Arpaio Recall Still On, Despite L ... More >>

Best Loony Bill Sponsored by Republican State Representative Steve Smith?

As we outlined yesterday, Republican state Representative Steve Smith is sponsoring some legislation that makes no damn sense to the rational mind.For one, consider his sponsorship of a law that only allows public-school children to avoid reciting the pledge of allegiance if they have consent from t ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Pet Cockroach Steve Smith Tries to Give Pearce $260K of Your Money, Again

Losers are pathetic enough, but losers who don't know they're losers should be given a pistol with one bullet and locked in a shed until they are duly inspired. Among these: sleaze-maestro Constantin Querard, state Representative Steve Smith, and two-time loser, ex-state Senate President Russell Pe ... More >>

Republican State Representative Steve Smith's List of Nutso Legislation

With the news that Republican state Representative Steve Smith is again trying to get the public to cut a quarter-million-dollar check to ousted Senate President Russell Pearce, we took a look at all the bills Smith's sponsoring this session.To describe the list of Smith-sponsored bills in one word: ... More >>

Russell Pearce and Cohorts Plead for Amnesty, LD 25 RiNOs Give It To Them

Followers of disgraced, recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce practically begged for amnesty Wednesday night in Mesa from their blood-rivals, the moderate GOPers they derisively refer to as RiNOs (Republicans in Name Only). And more than two hours into a tense, divided meeting of Republ ... More >>

Russell Pearce Endorses Robert Graham for GOP Chair; LD 25 Do-Over Tonight

Disgraced, recalled two-time loser, ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce, has endorsed businessman Robert Graham for chair of the Arizona Republican Party, according to notices in both the SonoranAlliance and SeeingRedAZ blogs. See also: -Russell Pearce's "Wee Man" Rob Haney Crushed Like a Bug ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Mad Elf Rob Haney: Sued on Christmas Eve

What two things do Maricopa County GOP Chairman Rob Haney and erstwhile Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong have in common? Each despises democracy, and each boasts a brain dipped in formaldehyde. See also: -Joe Arpaio's Birther Bud Tom Morrissey Punks Out of GOP Chair Race; Russell Pearce ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Birther Bud Tom Morrissey Punks Out of GOP Chair Race; Russell Pearce Could Still Play Spoiler to Bob Graham

GOP blogging badass Jeff Vath of PolitocoMafioso fame was the first to report the news that Arizona Republican Party Chair Tom Morrissey is punking out on his bid for re-election at the party's January 26 state committee meeting, where new officers will be elected. Morrissey has since issued a st ... More >>

Arizona Ballot Propositions: How to Vote Against (or With) Russell Pearce and His Ilk

Here's the thing about the propositions on the ballot for tomorrow's election: for the most part, they're boring, and at the end of the day, you may not really give a damn.Thankfully, people like ousted state Senate President Russell Pearce, Governor Jan Brewer, and the lobbyists from Center for Ari ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Bro Lester Pearce Faces Ethics Charges

I've rarely read a legal document so delightful. The one I've just received from the Arizona Commission on Judicial Conduct indicates that Lester Pearce, former Justice of the Peace and brother of recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce, now faces various charges of ethical violations, in ... More >>

Russell Pearce Stomped in His Own District, and Bob Worsley Footage from Election Night

Worsley, with his wife Christi, on primary night See also: Russell Pearce Skunked by Bob Worsley in LD 25 Republican Primary See also: Russell Pearce's Ruin Caused in Part by Citizens for a Better Arizona See also: Russell Pearce Nabs First Vice Chair, Ron Paul Dominates Straw Poll at State GOP Mee ... More >>

Russell Pearce Skunked by Bob Worsley in LD 25 Republican Primary

See also: Russell Pearce's Ruin Caused in Part by Citizens for a Better Arizona See also: Russell Pearce at RockinRRanch and Lester Pearce Insults All of Maricopa County See also: Russell Pearce Can't Shake His Ties to Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready See also: Russell Pearce's Bile Gone from Public Life for Goo ... More >>

Jeff Flake Endorses Russell Pearce Foe Bob Worsley at 11th Hour

Why did Republican Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Flake wait till practically the last possible minute to endorse Bob Worsley, the foe of recalled, disgraced ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce in the GOP primary for Legislative District 25? After all, the tusker golden-boy has nev ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Ruin Caused in Part by Citizens for a Better Arizona

See also: Activist Randy Parraz Led an Army of Non-Partisan Warriors to Take Down Russell Pearce See also: Russell Pearce at RockinRRanch and Lester Pearce Insults All of Maricopa County See also: Jeff Flake Endorses Russell Pearce Foe Bob Worsley at 11th Hour Monday, I watched a ballot box get stu ... More >>

Pearce Could be Toast, Sinema on Top, Schweikert Leads Quayle in Unofficial Primary Results

Russell Pearce's political career could be dead in the water with Bob Worsley maintaining a more than 10 percentage point lead over the former, recalled state senator in unofficial results from Tuesday's primary election. Kyrsten Sinema also was fending off challengers David Schapir ... More >>

Russell Pearce at RockinRRanch and Lester Pearce Insults All of Maricopa County

See also: Russell Pearce's Wackjob Bro Lester and His Run In with Cari Gerchick See also: Lester Pearce Submits Public Records Request About Ethics Complaint Against Him See also: Russell Pearce's Bro Lester Pearce, Busted See also: Russell Pearce's Brother, Judge Lester Pearce, Stumped for Brother ... More >>

Russell Pearce Thrown Under the Bus by SB 1070 Attorney John Bouma: The Transcript

See also: SB 1070 Slugfest: Will Judge Susan Bolton Block 1070's "Papers Please" Section? See also: SB 1070 Oral Arguments on "Papers Please" Section Scheduled for August 21See also: ACLU Seeks New Injunction on "Papers Please" Portion of SB 1070See also: SB 1070, SCOTUS, Friendly House, and a Ray o ... More >>

Russell Pearce Can't Shake His Ties to Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready

Russell Pearce's Unsolved Mullet Mysteries: The Sham Endorsement

See also: Russell Pearce Scores Wife LuAnne's Endorsement See also: Russell Pearce Can't Shake His Ties to Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready See also: Russell Pearce's "Arizona Teacher's [sic] Association": Olivia Cortes Part 2? (w/Updates) See also: Russell Pearce's "Arizona Teacher's [sic] Association" Scramble ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Scores Wife LuAnne's Endorsement

See also: Russell Pearce Can't Shake His Ties to Neo-Nazi J.T. Ready See also: Russell Pearce's "Friends of Russell," and Brent Ellsworth's Vivisection of RP See also: Did state Representative Russell Pearce ever beat his wife LuAnne? See also: Anger in need of management: Russell Pearce's "violent ... More >>

Russell Pearce's "Friends of Russell," and Brent Ellsworth's Vivisection of RP

See also: Russell Pearce's "Friends" List Contains Jerry Lewis Supporters, and, Apparently, Dead People See also: Russell Pearce Scores David Schweikert's Endorsement, at Long Last See also: An AZ Latino Republican Association Leader Aided Sham Candidate Olivia Cortes There's a not-so-fine line bet ... More >>

An AZ Latino Republican Association Leader Aided Sham Candidate Olivia Cortes

Russell Pearce Is Denied Jan Brewer's Endorsement, But Uses Her Name and Pic Anyway

See also: Russell Pearce Claims David Schweikert's Endorsement, Schweikert Spokesman Denies Claim See also: Russell Pearce Scores David Schweikert's Endorsement, at Long Last See also: Russell Pearce's Rival Bob Worsley Scores Phoenix Chamber Endorsement There's one thing about recalled, disgraced ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Endorsements Slammed by New Dennis Gilman Video

"Eduction," education, let's call the whole thing off... See also: Russell Pearce's "Arizona Teacher's [sic] Association" Scrambles to Show It's No Sham See also: Russell Pearce's "Arizona Teacher's [sic] Association": Olivia Cortes Part 2? (w/Updates) See also: Russell Pearce's New Signs Tout His ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Most Awful Moments of 2012 (Thus Far...)

Ousted state Senate President Russell Pearce never fails to provide absurdly outrageous moments. Pearce's outrageous moments are far more cringe-worthy and outright despicable than they are humorous -- (although some are pretty damn funny). There are still almost five full months left in 2012 and P ... More >>

Russell Pearce Scores David Schweikert's Endorsement, at Long Last

See also: Russell Pearce Claims David Schweikert's Endorsement, Schweikert Spokesman Denies Claim See also: Russell & Lester Pearce's Hillbilly-Fest: David Schweikert Not Attending, Though Lester Thinks Otherwise (w/Updates) See also: Russell Pearce's "Arizona Teacher's [sic] Association": Olivia Co ... More >>

Russell Pearce's "Arizona Teacher's [sic] Association" Scrambles to Show It's No Sham

See also: Russell Pearce's "Arizona Teacher's [sic] Association": Olivia Cortes Part 2? (w/Updates) See also: Russell Pearce Claims David Schweikert's Endorsement, Schweikert Spokesman Denies Claim See also: Russell & Lester Pearce's Hillbilly-Fest: David Schweikert Not Attending, Though Lester Thin ... More >>

Russell Pearce Claims David Schweikert's Endorsement, Schweikert Spokesman Denies Claim

See also: Russell & Lester Pearce's Hillbilly-Fest: David Schweikert Not Attending, Though Lester Thinks Otherwise (w/Updates) See also: Russell Pearce's "Arizona Teacher's [sic] Association": Olivia Cortes Part 2? (w/Updates) See also: NRA PAC Endorses Russell Pearce Despite His Blame-the-Victims R ... More >>

NRA PAC Endorses Russell Pearce Despite His Blame-the-Victims Remarks on Aurora Massacre

See also: Russell Pearce Blames Victims for Dark Knight Massacre (w/Update) See also: Russell Pearce on Blast for Racist E-mails in New Dennis Gilman Video See also: Russell Pearce Apologizes, Kinda-Sorta, for Dark Knight Massacre Remarks In a major political gaffe that's sure to resonate across th ... More >>

Russell Pearce in the Bunker, Part Deux

Thanks to Dennis Gilman for posting this piece of comedy genius... You loved him last time, frothing at the mouth about leftist pigs, throwing pencils at his subordinates, pleading for someone to phone his good buddy J.T. Ready for him. And you'll love him again, ranting in the bunker, as a fundra ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Woes Indicate the Nativist Movement Has Seen Its Best Days

Three Arizona Dummies Accidentally Shoot Themselves or Others in Last Three Days

See also: Russell Pearce Blames Victims for Dark Knight Massacre (w/Update) See also: Russell Pearce Apologizes, Kinda-Sorta, for Dark Knight Massacre Remarks The three Arizona gun-owners whose weapons have accidentally been fired in the past few days probably weren't the men ousted Senate Presiden ... More >>

Russell Pearce on Blast for Racist E-mails in New Dennis Gilman Video

Gilman skewers Pearce and brings back an old Pearce bud from the dead From beyond the grave, J.T. Ready haunts recalled, disgraced state Senator Russell Pearce in this new video by Dennis Gilman on the controversy surrounding Pearce's racist e-mails, unearthed and made public by the ACLU. Some of ... More >>

Russell Pearce Apologizes, Kinda-Sorta, for Dark Knight Massacre Remarks

See also: Russell Pearce Blames Victims for Dark Knight Massacre (w/Update) See also: Russell Pearce on Blast for Racist E-mails in New Dennis Gilman Video See also: Russell Pearce's Racism "Discovered" by Arizona's Media This past week has not been kind to recalled, disgraced ex-state Senator Russ ... More >>

Russell Pearce Blames Victims for Dark Knight Massacre

See also: Russell Pearce's Racism "Discovered" by Arizona's Media See also: Russell Pearce's Mexican-Bashing E-mails Slammed By Randy Parraz, Others Recalled, disgraced ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce's heart, or what little there is of it, goes out to the victims of the Dark Knight Rises ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Racism "Discovered" by Arizona's Media

See also: ACLU Seeks New Injunction on "Papers Please" Portion of SB 1070 See also: Russell Pearce Scores Another Win Against Hispanics See also: Russell Pearce's Falsehoods, Inaccuracies and Inventions on Channel 12's Sunday Square-Off See also: Russell Pearce Preaches Hate on Ban Amnesty Now Radio ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Mexican-Bashing E-mails Slammed By Randy Parraz, Others

See Also: Russell Pearce's Racism "Discovered" by Arizona's Media Former Senate President Russell Pearce's racist e-mails, recently made public by the ACLU, were slammed today by politicians and activists at the Arizona State Capitol. Around 20 members of Citizens for a Better Arizona, the group t ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Bigot Bash Moves to Fountain Hills, Courtesy of Gary Lvov

After being run out of three venues in Phoenix last month by activists, a fundraiser for recalled, former state Senate President Russell Pearce has finally found a home at a local hotel run by one of his supporters. According to an item on the conservative Sonoran Alliance blog, Pearce and his ethi ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Rival Bob Worsley Scores Phoenix Chamber Endorsement

Things are not going well for disgraced, recalled former state Senate President Russell Pearce, the marble-mouthed Mesa mook who's attempting a comeback with a Legislative District 25 run for state Senate.In spite of Pearce's half-hearted claims of a "huge win" in the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-3 decisi ... More >>

Russell Pearce Fundraiser Scrapped by Macayo's, Oaxaca's...

Seems there's there's no room at the posada for former state Senate President Russell Pearce.Yesterday, I gave you a rundown of the nativist goons set to appear at Macayo's Mexican Restaurant on Central Avenue tonight for a fundraiser to benefit Pearce, a veritable who's who of anti-Mexican bigots i ... More >>

Russell Pearce Bigot Bash at Central High School Library CANCELED!!!

UPDATE 4:30 P.M.: Just received a call from Phoenix Union School District's community relations office. They tell me they've CANCELED Pearce's event, as they don't have the security to handle it. This just in...now (apparently) they're going to be having the event at a high-school that's 60 per ... More >>

Best Reader Caption for Russell Pearce and a Baby?

On Friday, we asked readers to write the caption for the above photo of ousted state Senate President Russell Pearce -- who's actually trying to get elected again -- with some baby.After sifting through all the responses -- as usual, some of them more politically correct than others -- we've narrowe ... More >>

Russell Pearce and a Baby in You Write the Caption

Ousted state Senate President Russell Pearce is actually going to try getting elected again, this time in Legislative District 25, where he'll have to contend with fellow GOP hopeful Bob Worsley.We're obviously looking at a picture of Pearce with a baby -- taken from an invitation to join him for an ... More >>

Russell Pearce a One-Note Johnny, New Bob Worsley Video Says

The Worsley camp's latest, and how true it is...At the Red Mountain Tea Party Monday night, recalled, disgraced ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce did not bow out of the GOP primary in Legislative District 25 for state Senate, as some in the blogosphere had anticipated.Instead, according to th ... More >>

Russell Pearce Freaks Out in the Bunker in Downfall Spoof

Think Pearce will laugh? Yeah, probably notMy good friend Dennis Gilman was kind enough to upload this delicious new parody for me of the much-spoofed "raving fuhrer" scene from the 2004 German film Downfall, starring Bruno Ganz as Adolf Hitler.Long have I dreamed of having one of these Downfall spo ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Softer, Gentler Side, via the Video Stylings of Constantin Querard

Soft and cuddly this Mesa muttonhead will never beI sure hope recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce doesn't bow out of the GOP state Senate primary in Legislative District 25, as some have been speculatin' in the blogosphere.Why? Well, because that would rob me of the immense pleasure of ... More >>