Sen. Sinema’s party metamorphosis not unique in AZ

Since Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema made headlines Friday with her announcement that she is ditching the democrat party to register as an Independent, speculation as to her motivation has run rampant.

Never adverse to doing whatever it takes to promote herself, beginning in her days as a Green Party candidate and moving on to a dem with an incredibly false story of growing up in an abandoned gas station without running water and electricity. Sinema is now a newly transformed Independent. The actual motive for this move is to expand her voter base to gain votes when she is likely to be challenged by far left dem U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego, (CD-7). In a statement issued shortly after it was made public that Sinema was leaving the democrat party to become an independent, Gallego accused Sinema of “putting her own interests” ahead of those of Arizona residents.

Arizona’s two U.S. Senate seats are both currently held by democrats for the first time since 1953. Senate terms are six years, three times as long as members of the U.S. House of Representatives who run every two years.

The last time Arizona had two democrat U.S. Senators was when Ernest McFarland and Carl Hayden represented the state. Hayden had been the territorial sheriff, first running for congress in 1911 in anticipation of Arizona’s 1912 statehood. He was born in Hayden’s Ferry, Arizona Territory, which was later renamed Tempe in 1878. McFarland was unique — serving in all three branches of government, elected to the U.S. Senate, where he became the Senate majority leader; Arizona’s governor, and the state’s Supreme Court Chief Justice.

Arizona does have a precedent for a party switching member of congress. Democrat Bob Stump served four terms in the Arizona House of Representatives from 1959 to 1967, followed by five terms in the Arizona State Senate from 1967 to 1976, where he was senate president. He was first elected to congress in 1976 as a democrat. After voting for President Reagan’s tax cuts in 1981, he announced his party switch to Republican. U.S. Rep. Stump remained popular, and continued to win by wide margins, until his retirement in 2000.

Sinema asserts she will not caucus with Republicans and says that she intends to vote the same way she has while in the U.S. Senate. “Nothing will change about my values or my behavior,” she said.

Interestingly, there is not a word on her U.S. Senatorial site about her change of party affiliation. Calls to her Phoenix and Tucson offices transferred to Washington DC, and went unanswered.

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Bidenflation’s economic volatility praised by administration

$370 Billion specifically earmarked for climate change and green energy, aided by AZ Sen. Kyrsten Sinema

In case you missed it, Biden’s surrogates have released an economic blueprint bafflingly “explaining how his historic legislative successes and executive actions the administration has taken, are rebuilding the economy from the bottom up and middle out now and for years ahead.”

The magical leftist wordsmiths mysteriously conclude “that his first two years in office have been two of the most productive in American history, and as the Blueprint explains, these accomplishments are all part of one economic vision. This Congressional session, the President and Congressional Democrats passed the most aggressive economic recovery package since FDR, the most substantial infrastructure investment since Eisenhower, the most significant investment in manufacturing and research and development in history, and a historic law to lower costs for families and accelerate clean energy manufacturing.” That’s slick talk to get you into costly electric vehicles, regardless of whether or not that’s your preference.

Either the Bidenites have their heads up their derrieres or the brutal reality of continually escalating prices doesn’t affect the Washington elite. The greater Phoenix area leads the nation at 13% inflation.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics actually employs workers to construct charts and graphs to sell this insanity to low information Americans. The bureau describes its efforts as “complementing the written analysis and data tables in BLS news releases.”

Even Bloomberg News, hardly regarded as conservative, acknowledges, “Amid the highest US inflation in four decades, bread prices have soared this year, pushing more premium options to an unheard-of $10 a loaf and beyond.” Market Watch reports “Food prices continued to rise in August, putting pressure on lower- and middle-income households in particular. Food to prepare at home rose by 13.5% in the month compared to last year, the highest rate of growth since March 1979, according to government data. The rise in the cost of living was 8.3% year-over-year in August. Food, in total, was 11.4% more expensive than last year, the biggest annual increase since May 1979.” Escalating rent costs are unaffordable for many families, now being forced to double up in order to get by.

But those who have educated themselves and worked diligently to ensure future security for themselves and their families are viewed as selfish louts who need to spread their wealth past the level of paying high confiscatory taxes. We used to want to emulate them. Now they are reviled for their successes. This single page document titled, SUMMARY: CLOSING TAX LOOPHOLES IN THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT OF 2022 is based on the flawed premise that wealthy Americans don’t pay their fair share. Read Number 2 on the list of 4. It verifies that the Biden Administration is run by fools who base their decisions on public polling.

A special “Weekend reading guaranteed to make you smarter”

Seeing Red AZ has occasionally used the title, “Weekend reading guaranteed to make you smarter,” bringing our readers such nationally acclaimed conservative luminaries as historian Victor Davis Hanson, constitutional law expert Mark Levin or previously, Professors Thomas Sowell (ret. 2016) and Walter Williams (d. 2020).

Today we feature former Arizona Congressman J.D. Hayworth, now a broadcaster and columnist who knows more than a thing or two about Arizona politics. His most recent column, ‘Sinematic’ moment for Arizona’s senior senator, published in the Mesa Tribune is both entertaining and informative.

Take time to read it. You’ll be glad you did.

Biden’s $740 Billion “Inflation Reduction Act” exposed as massive tax on all Americans

Preston Brashers, a senior policy analyst for tax policy in The Heritage Foundation’s Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget, exposes the farce which includes significant climate change, health care, and tax policy reforms, known as the “Inflation Reduction Act.”  This crucial information is accompanied by explanatory graphs. The fact-filled report is titled, “Manchin-Schumer Taxes Would Hit Both Rich and Poor Americans.”

We are getting screwed at every turn. Too many Americans foolishly believed Sen. Joe Manchin, (D-WV), was a “moderate” democrat. There is no such thing.  There are only pretenders, whose fundamental mission is deception. Arizona democrat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who often partners with Manchin, has been uncharacteristically silent.

Included in the fraudulently named “Inflation Reduction Act“ is $64 billion to shore up Barack Obama’s not-so-affordable, “Affordable Care Act,” for three more years. Then what?

AZ Sen. Kyrsten Sinema hounded by her uncouth fellow dems

Even the privacy of a toilet isn’t off bounds for radical dems

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema was ambushed and harassed by fellow democrats — the local newspaper calls them “activists” — who boorishly followed her into an ASU restroom to harangue her over her failure to support Biden’s indefensible $3.5 trillion spending boondoggle. Sen. Joe Manchin (WV), the other democrat holdout, has also been harassed for his opposition to the massive spending scheme encased in a bill which is 2,456 pages long and will be read by no one.

The fallaciously titled ‘Build Back Better Act’ includes a separate $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and amnesty for illegal aliens, now compassionately referred to by the left as “migrants.” Brain-dead Biden insists the $multi-trillion bill costs “$0.”

Betsy McCaughey, Ph.D, a former Lt. Governor of New York, recently wrote an exposé posted on Townhall/Finance titled, “Dems’ Multitrillion Scam Bill,” which concisely explains the spending extravaganza that will fiscally burden our great-grandchildren’s great-grandchildren. Take a few minutes to become informed as to what the dems intend to ram down American‘s throats.

Seeing Red AZ is an unwavering conservative site, but we must acknowledge Sen. Sinema and Manchin’s opposition to this spending monstrosity and leftist vote-buying bill. Their actions have frustrated Biden’s handlers since the democrats hold only a single vote senate majority and either senator could sink the legislative overreach. In a display of disdain and to teach a class at ASU (where she was confronted), Sinema returned to Arizona on Friday, infuriating other D.C. dems as she refused to relinquish her crucial vote to the radical left which now controls the democrat party. The newly independent Sinema bares no resemblance to the Green Party member she was when she initially ran for the Arizona State Legislature, finishing last after garnering only 8% of the vote — becoming a democrat in 2004.

Ambitious Sinema’s a quick learner, but her flaccid reliability remains the overarching question.

Pervert dem megadonor Ed Buck guilty of 9 felonies

Conviction of far-left darling of the hypocritical Arizona Republic unworthy of mention on its pages

Earlier this week, a Los Angeles federal jury, deliberating only four hours following a two-week trial, convicted wealthy democrat donor Ed Buck on charges that he injected indigent gay men with methamphetamine in exchange for sex, leading to two deaths and other overdoses, in the mattress-lined living room what was described as his Hollywood “house of horrors.” Court documents portray Buck as a “violent, dangerous sexual predator, who uses the bait of drugs, money, and shelter to lure men struggling with addiction and homelessness into his home, where he manipulates them into participating in his sexual fetishes.”

Buck, 66, was found guilty of nine felony counts including providing and injecting the drugs that led to the overdose deaths of Gemmel Moore, 26, and Timothy Dean, 55. A sentencing date has not yet been announced.

Arizonans will remember Buck (a name he altered from Buckmelter), as detailed in this 2019 post titled. “Deviant Dem megadonor Ed Buck finally arrested after 3rd man overdoses & Update.” Buck’s nefarious anti-Republican career took root in Phoenix, where he received ongoing praise and celebratory status in the local newspaper for being the driving force to take down newly elected Gov. Evan Mecham prior to his January 5, 1987 inauguration to his contrived impeachment conviction on April 4, 1988. The far left Arizona Republic cheered on Buck’s efforts against the former state senator, decorated World War II fighter pilot and POW, and a successful businessman. Evan Mecham was a devoted husband, father of seven, and active in his church, but he was a political conservative making him deserving of the wrath of the radical local newspaper, which daily vomited its multi-pronged, anti-conservative, vicious spew on him.

Governor Mecham was Donald Trump decades before President Donald Trump appeared on the political horizon.

Ed Buck lavished campaign donations on prominent state and federal (be sure to read the entire lists). Democrat candidates — Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Adam Schiff, were among the recipients of Buck’s generosity. Congressman Schiff, who represented the district where Buck lived was known to visit his home.

Buck has given more than $500,000 to a wide array of democrat groups and candidates, including Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (who Biden just nominated as the U.S. Ambassador to India), Gov. Gavin Newsom (currently facing a recall election) and L.A. County District Attorney Jackie Lacey — obviously attempting to curry favor with powerful office holders who could influence his fate. His scheme worked. While in office, Lacey twice refused to prosecute Buck.

The DCCC reportedly received at least $5,000 from Buck. AZ Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s PAC, Getting Stuff Done, (GSD-PAC) was a recipient of Buck’s generosity, separate from his donations to her campaign, which she ultimately returned.

Those on the long list of leftists who willingly accepted Buck’s generosity remain mute, as does the duplicitous Arizona Republic, which couldn’t praise him enough when he led the impeachment against conservative Republican Gov. Evan Mecham. Now Buck’s conviction is unworthy of mention.

Sen. Manchin ditches dems on H.R. 1: Partisan legislation “will destroy” democracy

In this Op-Ed featured in the Sunday edition of the Charleston Gazette-Mail, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) left no uncertainty as he announced he will vote against the democrats’ 886-paqe, fraudulently named “For the People Act.” He also declared he will oppose either weakening or eliminating the filibuster, believing partisan voting legislation “will destroy the already weakening binds of our democracy.” Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a democrat, has schizophrenically been on both sides of the far-left power grabbing legislation. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), up for reelection, has kept his bald head down on this massive overreach, hoping no one will notice.

Sen. Manchin, who has remained popular with his constituents, previously served as West Virginia’s governor (2005 – 2010) and secretary of state (2001 – 2005).

The Heritage Foundation explains how H.R. 1 would federalize and micromanage the election process, imposing unnecessary, unwise, and unconstitutional mandates on the states. This is crucial information. Not a single Republican supports this power grabbing bill.

Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Illinois) described the bill as “for the politicians, not for the people,” illuminating its built-in public funding of campaigns mechanism, among other egregious overreaches. He stated, “This bill is an infringement of states’ rights to administer elections. Unfortunately, H.R. 1 was written without any input from the election officials and administrators who actually have experience running elections and without consultation with Republicans.”

Biden berates AZ democrat Sen. Sinema

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is also the object of Biden’s ridicule

Joe Biden is not happy and is blaming Arizona democrat Senator Kyrsten Sinema for his angst. She shares the blame with West Virginia democrat Joe Manchin. While Biden didn’t specifically name them, it was clear the duo is on the receiving end of his ire as he insinuated they align themselves more with Republicans than their own party.

“I hear all the folks on TV saying, ‘Why doesn’t Biden get this done?’” he asked, narcissistically referring to himself by his own last name. “Well, because Biden only has a majority of effectively four votes in the House and a tie in the Senate, with two members of the Senate who vote more with my Republican friends.”

Biden appeared to be alluding to the democrat election rigging scheme known as H.R.1 consisting of nearly 900 pages, that would, among other things, expand mail-in and early voting and require automatic voter registration, while restricting rights.

First, let’s cut to the chase. Compliant Biden doesn’t have Republican friends. He obediently takes his marching orders from Barack Obama, who recently admitted that the Biden administration was a continuation of his own, as reported in the Washington Examiner.

Arizonans don’t mistake Sinema for a conservative, despite the fact that she has steadfastly rejected leftwing calls to end the Senate filibuster.

“When you have a place that’s broken and not working, and many would say that’s the Senate today, I don’t think the solution is to erode the rules,” Sinema said. “I think the solution is for senators to change their behavior and begin to work together, which is what the country wants us to do.”

That’s a fact.

Arizona does have a precedent for a party switching member of Congress. Democrat Bob Stump served four terms in the Arizona House of Representatives from 1959 to 1967, followed by five terms in the Arizona State Senate from 1967 to 1976, where he was President of the Senate. He was first elected to congress in 1976 as a democrat. After voting for Pres. Reagan’s tax cuts in in 1981, he announced his party switch to Republican. U.S. Rep. Stump remained popular, and continued to win by wide margins, until his retirement in 2000.

AZ Ed Supe Kathy Hoffman needs bright light scrutiny

Now that the radical left has deemed the much beloved Dr. Seuss children’s books “racist,” (just as they have the teaching of math) why is the local news suddenly silent on Arizona’s Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman?

Democrat Hoffman took the oath of office on January 2019 with hand upon the children’s book, “Too Many Moose!” while disdaining the Bible. Fellow leftist Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the only member of the U.S. Senate not to identify with a faith, took her oath of office on a copy of the Constitution.

If Seuss is racist and his books need to be withdrawn from the public forum, what are we to think about a book bemoaning an ever-increasing number of moose? Obviously it advocates for thinning the herd, which is brought about by certain death.

In addition to Hoffman’s commitment to keep Arizona’s unionized teachers out of the classroom as they continue to get paid and sexualize children beginning in kindergarten with the Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) program, Hoffman’s own identity and background are intentionally sketchy.

Gateway Pundit reveals more, and identifies Hoffman as a “transwoman.”

Take a couple of minutes to acquaint yourself with the actual agenda, as reported by Breitbart News. AZ House Speaker: ‘Radicalized’ Sex Ed ‘Grooming Children to Be Sexualized.’

Trying to delve into the mindset of democrats is a bridge too far. Factoring in bogus Republicans is more than anyone with integrity can comprehend. The unifying theme is that RINOs benefit by the deception. Cindy McCain along with Gov. Doug Ducey, who was mentored by McCain, and former single-term Senator Jeff Flake, were recently censured by the elected GOP state committeeman at the January statutory meeting. Anheuser-Busch beer heiress Cindy follows in her deceased husband’s footsteps, as John McCain was also censured by elected Arizona Republican delegates in 2014 for his brazen hostility toward the party he opportunistically used to rise to prominence.

To no one’s surprise, Hoffman was endorsed by Republicrat Cindy McCain, who also campaigned for incompetent Joe Biden.

It’s not too soon to be focusing on AZ’s U.S. Senate seats

While being interviewed by Newsmax’ Greg Kelly following former President Donald Trump’s exhilarating speech to CPAC on Sunday, son Eric Trump made this intriguing statement:

“What my father did for our nation again was so transformational. I’ve never been so proud of someone in my entire life. The backbone he has. The spine he has. The fight, the conviction. There’s never been anyone like him in American politics and there probably will never be another one like him. We’re honored to do it. So, it’s really the honor of our lifetime. I think there’s a good chance we’ll all be there on stage again. I don’t think you’ve seen the last of this family.”

We can only hope. 

Arizona’s two U.S. Senate seats are both currently held by democrats for the first time since 1953. Senate terms are six years, three times as long as those for members of the U.S. House of Representatives who run every two years.

What a western welcome Eric or Donald Trump, Jr. would receive if either moved to our beautiful state and established residency in preparation for a challenge to radical leftists Mark Kelly or Kyrsten Sinema, who both specialize in deceit. This New York Times exposé is from 2018, but provides an in-depth retrospective of the extent of Sinema’s deviousness when seeking to recreate herself as a compelling candidate.

Mark Kelly, an anti-Second Amendment hardliner, for others,* not himself, has also profited greatly from his longstanding ties to Communist China.

The hard-core anti-Trump donor list “Stop Republicans PAC,” currently displays 23,957 records of high dollar individual donors, obviously terrified of conservatives and readying the resources to stop us in advance of the next election cycle. The information was retrieved from the Center for Responsive Politics and is based on data received by the Federal Election Commission as of Feb. 1, 2021.

In 2018 following the CPAC meeting, SRAZ posted, “McCain crony rips Trump’s CPAC speech,” exposing the arrogance and vicious tweets of Steve Schmidt, the top adviser, message developer and strategy wizard behind McCain’s 2008 failed presidential campaign, as he appeared Oct. 2017 on far-left MSNBC where he was employed as a political analyst.

*GIFFORDS PAC, named for his wife Gabby Giffords, specifically donates to democrat gun control candidates.