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Bill Clinton To Rally for Rich Carmona in Tempe

By Stephen Lemons

Oct 6, 2012

A political superstar and one in the making are on the bill this Wednesday, 8 p.m., at ASU's Sun Devil Performance Lawn. That's when former President Bill Clinton will be in Tempe to stump for fellow Democrat and U.S. Senate candidate Rich Carmona. See also: -Paul Penzone Can Beat Arpaio,...

Joe Arpaio Begs for Votes, and Devin Fleenor's Anti-Arpaio Ad Hits TV

By Stephen Lemons

Oct 4, 2012

Joe practically begs viewers to let him keep his job in this new ad Sheriff Joe looks like a worried old man in his new TV commercial, the latest in a series of pricey ads that his re-election campaign has been inundating county boob tubes with. "Despite all the criticism,"...

Joe Arpaio's Doom: "Adios Arpaio" Claims 20,000 Anti-Joe Voters Added to the Rolls (w/Update)

By Stephen Lemons

Sep 21, 2012

Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been frittering away his remaining days on this planet by glomming onto the birther idiocy for publicity and chasing dishwashers and gardeners while dangerous sex offenders roam free. Meanwhile, a small army of high-school kids (mostly), funded by union bucks and led by veteran organizers has...

Russell Pearce Stomped in His Own Precinct, and Bob Worsley Footage from Election Night (w/Update)

By Stephen Lemons

Aug 31, 2012

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...

Joe Arpaio Joins Lawyer Dennis Wilenchik on the Hook for 2007 Arrests of VVM Executive Editor and CEO

By Stephen Lemons

Aug 29, 2012

Russell Pearce Skunked by Bob Worsley in LD 25 Republican Primary

By Stephen Lemons

Aug 29, 2012

Russell Pearce's Rival Bob Worsley Endorsed by Mesa Mayor Scott Smith

By Stephen Lemons

May 16, 2012

The campaign of Legislative District 25 state Senate hopeful Bob Worsley today announced a major endorsement, that of Mesa Mayor Scott Smith, a GOPer many consider a future contender for Governor of Sand Land."I have known Bob Worsley for over 30 years," Smith states in the press release, which you can...

Joe Arpaio's Nemesis Sal Reza and His Bad News Bears Soccer Team

By Stephen Lemons

May 15, 2012

There's not much that would get me out on a hot Arizona afternoon to watch a high-school soccer match, but Sal Reza as "coach" is one of them.Reza, the bane of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former state Senate President Russell Pearce, the guy who's led thousands in marches protesting both...

Russell Pearce Freaks Out in the Bunker in Downfall Spoof

By Stephen Lemons

May 12, 2012

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 spoofs...

Joe Arpaio on Blast by Tom Perez, Courtesy of Dennis Gilman (w/Update, Part 2)

By Stephen Lemons

May 11, 2012

Tom Perez blasts Sheriff Joe in Phoenix yesterday Hey, did you hear that the U.S. Department of Justice is suing Sheriff Joe Arpaio?Well, in case you were hibernating beneath a saguaro on Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney General Tom Perez was in town to blast everyone's least-favorite sheriff for his racial-profiling,...

Russell Pearce: No "Absolute Legislative Immunity" for Him, Court Says

By Stephen Lemons

Apr 26, 2012

While recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce was away in D.C. (likely on Judicial Watch's dime) preparing for his big day before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, and, later, to hear oral arguments on Senate Bill 1070 before the U.S. Supreme Court, a different court here in Sand Land was...

Terri Proud, Tea Party Princess, Chickens Out of LD 9 Run

By Stephen Lemons

Apr 20, 2012

Just when I thought it couldn't get any better than screw-loose GOP state Senator Sylvia Allen suddenly finding the Navajo County Board of Supervisors a more attractive sphere of influence than the lege's upper house, along comes this beautiful news from a recent edition of the Capitol Times' Yellow Sheet.Dam...

Sylvia Allen, Uber-Wingnut, Chickens Out of LD 6 Run

By Stephen Lemons

Apr 16, 2012

Score a triumph for redistricting a little more than a half-year ahead of the November elections. The Payson Roundup reports that Republican state Senator Sylvia Allen has turned yellower than an egg-sucking cur at the prospect of running in the newly formed Legislative District 6, where a recent poll showed...

Sylvia Allen, Wingnut Tinfoil Hat-Wearer, Ekes Out 22 Percent Approval Rating in Her New District

By Stephen Lemons

Apr 5, 2012

Know what the best part of this new poll released by Arizona Working Families is? The lowest ranked legislator of those mentioned in the survey was none other than crackpot Republican state Senator Sylvia Allen.Allen, who currently represents Legislative District 5, scored a measly 22 percent favorable rating in the...

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