Archive for June, 2012
Arkansas Women’s Rights Groups Denounce Aden Conduct
Jun 30, 2012 No Comments ›› LaVoixExpress No Confidence! This just in: Coalition Press Release on Kenneth Wade Aden-AR03 Two State grassroots organizations, "We Are Women-Arkansas" and "Arkansas for the Immediate Passage of the ERA" wish to formally and publicly state that we in no way endorse candidates of any political party. Our 1000+ members work jointly with lawmakers and other groups who act in ...
Continue ReadingMay Be Gone Awhile-Death In The Family
Jun 30, 2012 2 Comments ›› ARDemI generally try to keep my work on this blog, my work in politics as a whole generally, as separate from my personal life as possible. Sometimes, you can't help it though and the two end up crossing. I say that because I may be out of it for at least a week, due to ...
Continue ReadingMitt Romney: Outsourcer In Chief
Jun 29, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemMitt Romney was never a "job creator". Except maybe in China and India. Mitt Romney’s financial company, Bain Capital, invested in a series of firms that specialized in relocating jobs done by American workers to new facilities in low-wage countries like China and India. During the nearly 15 years that Romney was actively involved in running Bain, ...
Continue ReadingYes, I’m Still Doing My Happy Dance
Jun 29, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemWhy? Because this- And you really want to laugh? How about conservatives threatening to move to Canada to get away from "socialized medicine." You and I know why that's funny, but let's see how long it takes them to figure it out on their own.
Continue ReadingMike Ross Joins The Republican Witch Hunt
Jun 28, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemThe general consensus has always been that Mike Ross bucked his party only to secure his own political future. Well now that he has no political future, having opted not to run for reelection or Governor and instead become a lobbyist, we found out today that Mike Ross is just an asshole for the sake ...
Continue ReadingAR-03: D-G Drops A Bomb On The Aden Campaign
Jun 28, 2012 13 Comments ›› ARDemLet me begin by saying that some days I hate this gig, but somebody's got to do it. The whole state is abuzz today with the D-G's article on our endorsed candidate, Ken Aden. Attacks on Aden's military service record began on blogs and on facebook and now the D-G has looked into not only that, ...
Continue ReadingSupreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act!
Jun 28, 2012 1 Comment ›› ARDemGet your party hats out! The Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that the Affordable Care Act meets constitutional muster and can be allowed to continue its slow process of transforming the nation’s health care system. Thursday’s historic decision, authored by Chief Justice Roberts, was by no means a fait accompli. Though the consensus among constitutional scholars has ...
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court Ended The Death Penalty In Arkansas; Let’s Leave It That Way
Jun 27, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemLast week, the state Supreme Court struck down the Arkansas death penalty in a 5 to 2 ruling: The court ruled 5 to 2 that the Legislature must set the quantity and type of drugs in a lethal injection. The 2009 law left those decisions to the director of the Corrections Department. The court sided with ...
Continue ReadingSo Again I Ask, Will Arkansas Dem Leadership Step Up For Our Candidates?
Jun 26, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemYou might remember that last week I took some issue with our Dem heavy hitters going all out for an out of state candidate when we have four congressional races to worry about. Well Max Brantly got a sort of reply to my concerns in a round about way from an anonymous organizer of that ...
Continue ReadingWhat We Lose If The Supreme Court Rules Against The ACA
Jun 26, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemThursday, the Supreme Court is expected to hand down it's ruling on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. Constitutional scholars agree, the Court should uphold it but likely won't. That's because this is the Roberts Court we're talking about, and partisan ideology and corporate interest greatly outweigh legal precedent and silly things like the ...
Continue ReadingWhy Republicans Want Voter ID
Jun 26, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemFinally, one of them came clean! House Majority Leader Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) suggested that the House’s end game in passing the Voter ID law was to benefit the GOP politically. “We are focused on making sure that we meet our obligations that we’ve talked about for years,” said Turzai in a speech to committee members Saturday. He ...
Continue ReadingIn Reply To Rose Mimms
Jun 25, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemI haven't gotten to roll out our ERA battle march in awhile, so I'm going to do that. (I never get tired of that.) Know how to gauge when you have momentum for a progressive cause? When the folks on the right are using their mouth pieces to tell us that we're powerless and should just give ...
Continue ReadingSCOTUS Rulings: Reaffirms Citizens United, Strikes Part Of Arizona Immigration Law, Health Care Ruling Thursday
Jun 25, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemThe Supreme Court standing handing down its rulings today but the big one that everyone has been waiting for, the much anticipated ruling on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), won't be out until Thursday it seems. However, two important decisions came down the pipe today. First, the Supreme Court struck down key provisions ...
Continue ReadingAR-01: Rick Crawford’s Buddies Ready To Cut Programs Arkansas Families Rely On
Jun 25, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemThe first district is two things. A place where farming is important, and a place with an over abundance of poor folks. So the farm bill that made it through the U.S. Senate being slightly less bad than expected is a big deal for Rick Crawford's constituents. Of course, the ones that need the assistance ...
Continue ReadingSo Will Our Own Democrats Get This Kind Of Help? Now Preferably?
Jun 18, 2012 No Comments ›› ARDemUmm...Governor? Guys? Assorted Democrats rushing to put your names on a fundraiser? Got a question for ya. Are you guys going to roll out this same kind of red carpet for our congressional candidates-Scott Ellington, Herb Rule, Ken Aden, and Gene Jeffress-as you are Iowa's? Wow, Blanche Lincoln's still a Democrat? And having something to do ...
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