The House of Representatives slapped down another one of Congressman Trent Franks’ anti-abortion bills yesterday, and Franks has now successfully wasted more than one hour and 38 minutes of Congress’ time this year alone.Franks’ proposed ban on abortions past 20 weeks in Washington D.C.was short by 30 votes, as he…
Now here’s a campaign mailer worthy of the Daily Show’s “Moment of Zen.”…
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Turns out, we weren’t the only ones who found yesterday’s comments from Congressman Ben Quayle’s campaign a little…weird.In fact, the president of Citizens United — which is supporting Quayle’s primary opponent, David Schweikert — says Quayle’s campaign is doing stuff you’d expect from President Obama’s campaign.”It is always a telltale…
It happens all the time — a candidate for public office says he’s winning the race, based on a poll the candidate or his supporters paid for.Congressman David Schweikert did that today, saying he’s up 13 points — or 16. The credibility of that lies somewhere between of a well-respected…
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Former Alaska Governor and Vice President runner-up Sarah Palin says Congressman Jeff Flake should be the next U.S. Senator from Arizona.The gaffe-prone ex-governor — who briefly wanted to “stand with our North Korean allies” and sparked concerns about the “Department of Law” — says Flake’s the kind of guy who…
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Don Kenney, a former Arizona lawmaker and the “quarterback” of one of the state’s worst scandals, has been charged with five felonies related to his fraudulent California real estate license. In the infamous AzScam case, Kenney was among several lawmakers in 1990 who sold their votes to a man they…
Forget everything you learned about the Holocaust, kids, because Congressman Trent Franks is contemplating whether abortion is actually the “greatest genocide in world history.”There’s a reason we have a category of stories called “Trent Franks (Sigh)” and it’s for stuff like this — or when he said black people were…
If you really trust your local politicians (again, we’ll pause for laughter), then they’re really serious about hating on strippers.The lobbyists at the Center for Arizona Policy released more local candidates’ answers to their questionnaires for this year’s elections, including county and city offices, and Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery…
Republican Congressman Trent Franks apparently believes he’s trying to stop something worse than the Holocaust.Of course, it’s Franks talking about his bread-and-butter issue of abortion, which he’s currently considering as “the greatest genocide in world history.”Remember, according to Franks, abortion is the reason black people were better off under slavery…
Believe it or not, someone out there doesn’t believe Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Cold Case Posse/birther club qualifies as a “charity.”A complaint to that effect was filed with the Internal Revenue Service a few weeks ago, which is referenced through the Fogbow’s extensive library of information on Arpaio’s “investigation” into President…
If you’re among the people who are still on the fence about President Obama’s birth certificate, or think that Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his birther gang are presenting anything remotely credible, this one’s for you.Just like Arpaio’s announcement on March 1 that he had evidence Obama’s using a phony birth…
After months of speculation, someone finally deciphered what Governor Jan Brewer was saying when she stuck her finger in President Obama’s face, thus humiliating the state of Arizona.OK, so maybe it’s more of a guess as to what Brewer said, but right now, it’s probably the best theory out there…
Remember those awful pro-Sheriff Joe Arpaio TV ads running on Fox News?Well, Arpaio’s conspiracy-theorist friends from “WorldNetDaily” are helping raise the money to purchase the “next phase” of horrendous ads to air on local channels.There’s a pretty solid connection between Sheriff Joe Arpaio and “WorldNetDaily” — which hosts alleged MCSO…
Photo by Jamie Peachey Arpaio telling everyone what he contends is some really serious stuff. An elderly man and his friend shouted about the president on Tuesday. And Sheriff Joe Arpaio and so-called Cold Case Posse lead investigator Mike Zullo added nothing to their running total of zero evidence that President…
The audio clip above — a voicemail from Republican state Senator Rich Crandall to fellow Republican Senator Brenda Barton — is apparently enough to get an ethics complaint lodged against Crandall.This all started (as so much drama does) over a campaign-sign feud, in which there are photos of two women…
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There are reasons political campaigns send “trackers” to follow every public move of their opponents, and collecting soundbites is one of the primary reasons.Republican Congressman Jeff Flake’s U.S. Senate campaign has provided a couple soundbites that were likely collected by “trackers,” in which Flake’s primary opponent Wil Cardon drops a…
