Arizona: Tucson Tea Party

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Rhonda Bodfield of the Arizona Daily Star has a report today about the faux outrage coming from the Tucson Tea Party over being "slandered" by the use of the term "teabagger." Potential sexual slur in release raises...

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

The mad haters of the Tucson Tea Party will be holding a little soirre Saturday to compare new and creative ways of "how to hate Barack Obama even more!" at Tucson Electric Park. So much hate, so little time. (And a desicration of a cathedral of baseball.)

The teabaggers will not be drinking tea, however, but will be drinking their usual daily dose of Kool-Aid from Faux News (Judge Andrew Napolitano) and right-wing talk radio (Jim Parisi, J.D. Hayworth, James T. Harris). The first step to recovery from an addiction is to admit that you have a problem. Stop drinking the Kool-Aid.

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Did you know the City of Tucson has a city council election this year? And that early vote-by-mail balloting begins this Thursday, October 8th? Have you seen any reporting about the candidates and their stances on the issues in the Arizona Daily Star? No? That is because there hasn't been any.

The Star on Sunday demonstrates once again it's complete inability to cover local elections. Rather than inform its readers about the candidates and their stances on the issues, it published a candy-ass fluff piece by reporter Tim Steller about the Tucson Tea Party, Tea Party group seeks added momentum, pretty much already covered earlier in the week by the Star's education reporter Rhonda Bodfield in a "he said - she said" story comprised from dueling press releases from the Pima County Democratic and Republican Parties, and the Tucson Tea Party group.

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

I understand that the Arizona Daily Star is finally going to get around to covering the Tucson City Council races -- well, kinda.

The Star's lame idea of covering the City Council races amounts to having reporter Tim Steller hang out with the teabaggers of Tucson Tea Party at their "Tucson’s Last Stand" shindig for the GOP Tucson City Council candidates. Blog: Are Tucson 'Tea Partiers' hype or the real deal? (The Theme is taken from Glenn Beck's use of the Alamo as a "last stand." Yeah, they were all killed or executed, Glenn. Not the imagery I think you were going for.