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

By Stephen Lemons

Jan 23, 2013

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 Pearce. See also: -Russell Pearce's...

Russell Pearce's Nemesis Randy Parraz and Fellow CBA Members Blast Pearce's Personal $260K Welfare Plan

By Stephen Lemons

Apr 30, 2012

If the plot to give 12 point-loser and former state Senate President Russell Pearce $260,000 is squashed (and I'm not convinced that it has been), it will be because of the efforts of Randy Parraz and Citizens for a Better Arizona, the folks that made the Pearce recall a reality...

Russell Pearce Plot: Is His 260K "Reimbursement" Deal Dead? (w/Update)

By Stephen Lemons

Apr 30, 2012

"The Governor has not proposed any such reimbursement, and it is not currently in the budget that she and legislative leaders have agreed upon."Of course, that's not a commitment to oppose it, should an amendment be tacked on.In any case, Pearce clearly believes he deserves the cash. Last night, Pearce was...

Russell Pearce's GOP Toadies Want to Give Him $260,000 of Your Money

By Stephen Lemons

Apr 20, 2012

Of all the trial balloons in the history of politics, this one most deserves to be shot down, stomped, incinerated, and spat on, with the remains dumped in the nearest landfill to rot.Seems there's a cadre of hardcore Russell Pearce-worshippers in the state legislature that want to give the recalled...

Russell Pearce Scores GOP Chairman Tom Morrissey's Endorsement for First Vice Chair

By Stephen Lemons

Jan 25, 2012

Unless you frequent right wing blogs such as Sonoran Alliance or SeeingRedAZ, you may have missed the tidbit that disgraced ex-state Senator Russell Pearce has won the endorsement of Arizona GOP Chair Tom Morrissey for the unpaid position Pearce is seeking: First Vice Chair of the Arizona Republican Party.Morrissey's endorsement...

Russell Pearce Scores Paying Gig as "President" of Ban Amnesty Now

By Stephen Lemons

Jan 24, 2012

I've been staying up late nights worrying about disgraced former state Senate President Russell Pearce.I mean, what's a washed-up nativist hatemonger to do for cash? Sure, he's been busy running for First Vice Chair of the Arizona Republican Party, but that won't put fatback on the griddle, being that it's...

Olivia Cortes' "Pro Bono" Attorney Anthony Tsontakis Scores Legislative Gig (w/Update)

By Stephen Lemons

Jan 20, 2012

Tom Ryan, the crusading Chandler attorney who in 2011 exposed the shenanigans behind the diversionary candidacy of Russell Pearce's fave Latina Olivia Cortes, is calling foul on news that Cortes-attorney Anthony Tsontakis has just scored a plum gig working as a legal beagle for the Republican-led state Legislature.Tsontakis defended the...

Russell Pearce's Olivia Cortes Off The Hook in Petition Pros Scandal

By Stephen Lemons

Jan 18, 2012

Olivia Cortes, the sham candidate the Tea Party fronted in order to dilute the vote in the 2011 recall of ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce, will face no fines or orders to comply in regards to the work done on her behalf by signature-gathering company Petition Pros.Gila County Attorney Daisy...

Russell Pearce-Worship, and Corrupt Proxy Voting at the County GOP

By Stephen Lemons

Jan 16, 2012

Why are non-loony Republicans always on the outs in the county and state GOP, with the insaniac Mexican-haters firmly in control?In her blog on Sunday, moderate Republican Paula Pennypacker described one of the main tactics of GOP county chairman Rob Haney's nativist cult: The gaming of the proxy system, which...

Russell Pearce, Wanna-Be First Vice Chair of the State GOP?

By Stephen Lemons

Jan 6, 2012

File this one under, "Something wicked this way comes." The non-crazy GOP blog Politico Mafioso is reporting that disgraced nativist standard bearer, recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce is seeking the position of First Vice Chair of the Arizona Republican Party, where he'd be carrying water for AZ GOP chair...

Russell Pearce, Crybaby Loser, Can't Yet "Forgive" Jerry Lewis For Whuppin' Him

By Stephen Lemons

Dec 14, 2011

In a grotesque mix of Freudian projection, denial, all-out hubris and crass hypocrisy, ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce has told the Arizona Capitol Times that he's trying to "forgive" Jerry Lewis, the man who spanked him hard by 12 points in the Legislative District 18 recall election for the "dishonesty"...

Russell Pearce's Nemesis Jerry Lewis Sworn In as Arizona State Senator

By Stephen Lemons

Nov 22, 2011

Christmas came early this year, I thought to myself, as Jerry Lewis, the man who played David to ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce's Goliath in the Legislative District 18 recall, was sworn in this afternoon on the Senate floor by Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Rebecca White Berch.Yep, Christmas. And...

Russell Pearce's Fall Argues Arizona Compact's Time Is Now

By Stephen Lemons

Nov 21, 2011

Former state Senate President Russell Pearce is history. Tomorrow, Jerry Lewis, his victorious challenger in the Legislative District 18 recall race is scheduled to be sworn in as LD 18's new state Senator.Today, Citizens for a Better Arizona, the group that forced the recall in LD 18 will announce its...

Russell Pearce's Sycophants Try to Score Him Some Free Money from the Taxpayers

By Stephen Lemons

Nov 14, 2011

Uncle Russ needs him some free gub'mint cheese. He ain't got a job no more because of them dang liberals, and that cheese will only cost y'all taxpayers $230,000. Plus, the Constitution promises it to him. Such are the pathetic trial balloons being floated by ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce's sycophants in...

Russell Pearce Whupped by Nearly 12 Percent So Far

By Stephen Lemons

Nov 11, 2011

Just-defeated state Senate President Russell Pearce doesn't know when to keep his redneck trap shut. First he's soundly defeated by challenger Jerry Lewis in the Legislative District 18 recall, then he's removed as Senate President by the Republican caucus, and now Pearce's margin of loss has widened to nearly 12 percent,...

Russell Pearce's Bile Gone from Public Life for Good

By Stephen Lemons

Nov 9, 2011

Folks have been asking why I haven't blogged yet on state Senate President Russell Pearce's removal from the body politic last night when he was defeated in the Legislative District 18 recall race, 53-45 percent. A massive win for challenger Jerry Lewis, Citizens for a Better Arizona and for anyone...

Russell Pearce Robocalls Reported on by ABC15, Channel 5 Reports on Olivia Cortes Confusion

By Stephen Lemons

Nov 7, 2011

Hat tip to ABC 15 for picking up on the story I filed Saturday about deceptive robocalls targeting Democratic and Latino voters in Legislative District 18 from the right-wing Safeguard Arizona's Workers PAC, chaired by local Tea Partier Ron Ludders.Ludders, who is pro-Pearce, claims the robocalls are "educational." Actually, they...

Russell Pearce Supporter Ron Ludders' Lame Robocall Targeting Democrats and Latinos (w/Update)

By Stephen Lemons

Nov 5, 2011

What we'll be serenading the Pearce folks with this Tuesday evening...In what smells like a classic attempt at voter suppression, the conservative Safeguard Arizona's Future PAC, which previously backed wackjob loser JD Hayworth in the 2010 Republican U.S. Senate primary, is doing robocalls to Democrats in Legislative District 18, encouraging them...

Russell Pearce Supporter Matt Tolman Sued for Back Pay by Undocumented Worker

By Stephen Lemons

Nov 5, 2011

Matt Tolman, chairman of the pro-Russell Pearce, anti-recall group Citizens Who Oppose the Pearce Recall, is infamous for putting out placards in Mesa alleging that pro-recall organizer Randy Parraz "opposes the rule of law," but a lawsuit by one of Tolman's former employees alleges that Tolman may have his own...

Russell Pearce: Will CapTimes Throw Him a Bone? (Update: No Bone for Russ, Lewis Leads)

By Stephen Lemons

Nov 3, 2011

See update below. CT just bit its master's paw. The news that the Arizona Capitol Times, the semi-official mouthpiece of the Arizona Legislature, has a poll on the LD 18 recall race it's releasing tonight at 6 p.m. on ABC 15, should have the camps of both challenger Jerry Lewis...

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