“It’s a privacy issue”

“My husband is the candidate.”

In Defense of RINO hunting

Today’s Wall Street Journal carries a thought-provoking and highly recommended column by Pat Toomey.

His personal knowledge of this topic provides insights others surely lack During his own 2004 senatorial bid in Pennsylvania’s Republican primary, Senator Rick Santorum (R. PA), with more than a bit of help from President Bush, derailed principled conservative Toomey’s campaign in favor of the liberal Democrat, Arlen Specter.

For his betrayal, Santorum paid the ultimate political price, losing to Democrat Bob Casey, Jr., the first Democrat elected to a full term in the Pennsylvania senate since 1962.

Toomey is a former Pennsylvania Republican congressman and current president of the Club for Growth.

Is this good news for Shadegg?

A ink-stained smooch from Republic’s columnist E. J. Montini, extolling Congressman John Shadegg’s “bold and brave’ stance on illegal immigration, could cause his reliable conservative base to rethink their commitment to the CD3 Republican.

One thing for sure, during this election year, no one could accuse the congressman of political expediency.

Illegal Update

Just a few more good people coming to do the work Americans refuse to do

A Mesa drop house raid yields 13 illegal aliens. The East Valley Tribune configures the article to illicit sympathy for the illegals, who they tell us “were possibly also being held there against their wills.”

“Some of the immigrants were bruised and slightly dehydrated when deputies arrived, but none appeared to have received the brutal treatment that sometimes occurs at drop houses,” the article goes on. And, the two bedroom house, had “just one bathroom.”

This quote comes from a neighbor: “I’ve seen the people. They don’t appear to be bad people.”

Well, then, that settles it.

To keep things in perspective, it’s worth remembering that the people in the house paid “coyotes” to illicitly transport them into the United States in violation of the laws of our sovereign nation. They were not picked up against their will and forced to accompany the transporters–they are co-conspirators in criminal activity–regardless of how the paper constructs the scenario.

Happy birthday, Harry

Taking a moment to remember a Democrat we can admire. Never one to stick his finger in the air or rely on popular opinion for direction, he proudly displayed a sign on his desk indicating, The buck stops here.”

Assuming office after the death of President Franklin Roosevelt during World War II, and with limited previous interaction with FDR, he told reporters, “I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me.”

Harry would have been 124 years old today.

Tedium: Republic style

Another anti-Arpaio editorial. The newspaper titles it, Make Joe do it.

The thrust is that as Sheriff Joe Arpaio concentrates on neighborhood crime sweeps, warrants are going unserved. The daily’s spin machine would make one think murderers are roaming the streets as he directs his efforts to rounding up innocents whose only crime is criminally entering our country.

The editorial writer is so committed to heaping on the sheriff, that former county attorney Rick Romley has been hauled out of the political graveyard to help make their case.

A couple of pertinent details are missing:

1. Oddly omitted is the fact that during his years in office, Romley carried a grudge against the sheriff that essentially disabled interaction between the two enforcement agencies. Under County Attorney Andrew Thomas, they now work amicably. For Romley to say the number of outstanding warrants has escalated over the past years begs the question of what was happening during his intractable 16-year tenure. Thomas has been in office less than four years.

2. It is also worth noting that police agencies don’t routinely make active searches for people who have outstanding warrants. Often the warrants are issued for such minor infractions as not showing up for a traffic ticket. Warrants are frequently discovered when the suspect is stopped for another reason and once their identification is run, the warrant shows up as outstanding.

Chicanery, trickery and deception appear to be the order of the day in Republicland.

A mere $400,000 in taxpayer dollars will pacify ACLU lawyer

Daniel Pochoda, the legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of AZ (ACLU) has named Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas,  Sheriff Joe Arpaio and other employees of the agencies in his notice of claim, a precursor to a lawsuit.

Last November, Pochoda was arrested for trespassing in the parking lot of M.D. Pruitt’s Furniture store as supporters of illegal immigration were demonstrating in front of the store, in an ongoing effort to block customer access to the business. Sheriff’s deputies were working security at the scene.

A sheriff’s report indicates that prior to his arrest, Pochoda engaged in a verbal confrontation with deputies about his right to be in the parking lot. He refused repeated opportunities to leave the premises on his own, according to a report in the daily.

Thomas released a statement tying Pochoda’s legal claim to the ACLU’s opposition to a state law denying bail to illegal immigrants accused of serious crimes. The ACLU and Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) brought a class-action lawsuit in federal court challenging Proposition 100 last month.

“We will not be deterred from enforcing Proposition 100, nor will we be intimidated into giving preferential treatment to ACLU defendants,” Thomas’s statement read.

Pochoda has offered to settle the case for $400,000.

Wednesday morning exercise: Reading between the lines

This article begs for interpretation. Regular Seeing Red AZ readers are smart enough to get the drift behind the lines.

How would you explain this to a newcomer?

Republican voters: Sending a McMessage?

Over one-quarter of GOP voters withheld votes from nominee

North Carolina Republicans not keen on McCain. Check out these stunning percentages.

Continually updating election results in today’s primaries

Indiana returns are available here.

North Carolina results can be seen here.

FOX News provides additional election coverage.