genmalia's Comments (12)

“It can definitely be considered a hell hole; I've lived here for 12 years.

Republicans in this State were fortunate to have Sec. of State Brewer replace Janet Napolitano, a Democrat, as Gov because we have no Lieutenant Gov. position. Republicans control the State Legislature, yet despite our state deficit, they couldn't come up with a comprehensive budget that didn't gut public school and social services while at the same time giving tax cuts to the wealthiest Arizonans.

Democrats, in the mean time, had been almost completely shut out of the process.

When Brewer vetoed sections of the budget, the Republican legislature had the gall to put the same budget before her with only one revision. After Brewer signed more portios of the budget, she blamed Democrats for the budget problem.

On top of prioritizing allowing guns in bars, legalization of fireworks in our dry state, and a host of other unimportant legislation, we still haven't solved the budget crisis.”

“So true! Great article Dawn! Just like Americans needed a fundamental change in direction for our great country, we need fundamental change in healthcare. And it can't wait - this is the story of NOW!”

“Thank you for writing this Dawn!

As an ASU Alum and Obama Delegate, I've just sent correspondence to President Crow.

http://president.asu.edu/contact”

“Thanks for writing this Dawn!

The Sherrif Joe philosophy of if your skin is brown, you're guily-until-proven-innocent has got to go! Although when Phoenix has a great candidate to run against Joe, like Dan Saban, Dan is outspent by Joe and his "outside groups" that are being investigated for illegal campaign funding. How can he be responsible for upholding the law when he doesn't follow it?!

Maricopa County residents have been told so many times that undocumented immigrants are to blame for all of Phoenix's problems that they keep voting for Sherrif Joe despite the fact that he is costing County Residents millions for his show-boating, publicity-seeking ways.

I hope Janet Napoltano brings it hard to Sherrif Joe! We still need her support so badly in Arizona!”

“Oddly, I just received an email from a friend, a simple volunteer, not a former president who can draw big crowds, but someone who has travelled all over the country to volunteer for the Obama campaign and who spent the weekend knocking on doors and phonebanking. She noted that everyone was so excited about the campaign, and even though they had already voted early for Obama, asked her to leave the literature as a memento of this historic primary.

You mention that once people had seen Clinton, they decided to vote for her. In fact, that very thing is true of Obama, or have you some other explanation of why a little-known Senator from Illinois with dark skin and a funny name has been able to out-campaign, out-fundraise, and, for all intents and purposes, out-do the most powerful political family for the Democrats. Obama is not just running against Hillary, he is running against Bill and much of establishment Washington.”

“I agree with a lot of what you said about Clinton, but I still believe that some Republicans are better than others (I can hardly believe I said that!). And I'd rather have Clinton over McCain - I would prefer not to have a draft or WWIII in my lifetime, which is almost assured if McCain gets the WH. Without the votes for the Dem, which I'm sure will be Obama, McCain has a very good chance of winning. Too much damage can be done in 4 years.

And if Clinton does get the nom - I will be campaigning hard - for my local Dems to take out the Repubs in my state.”

“For anyone who is "for" Obama or Clinton that refuses to vote for the other or vote for McCain, it only shows your lack of character and weakness of conviction. And I'm saying this as an Obama supporter and volunteer since he first declared, and I am a pledged delegate for Obama, and John McCain is my Senator.

To be blunt, if you truly support either Obama or Clinton, your ideology and political views are not so different from any other Democratic supporter out there. Their policy standpoints are similar, and the reasons for choosing one over the other are small in comparison with voting for John McCain, or staying home and not voting at all.

Think of the last 8 years and what has happened to our country. We've gone through so much and due to the poor Republican leadership (some worse than others) we were not united in tragedy but divided, and our civil liberties, security and decency as the greatest country in the world has been trampled on. John McCain has nearly promised to continue this path towards destruction, and in some cases (Bomb-bomb-Iran) make it worse.

Voting for McCain is the worst thing you could do to honor the candidate you support if they lose. Not voting is the same thing as advocating for McCain. If you really want to see this country at least move in the right direction, Obama or Clinton is lightyears better than McCain.”

“I understand your frustration. I was elected as one of two Obama delegates in my district last month and I was up against some very tough competition; although in my red state, there were only 30 people vying for 2 Obama slots. To select the 2 delegates took over 4 hours - I hope you can appreciate the logistical task that was at hand for selecting delegates.

I was supporting a fellow Camp Obama atendee and volunteer until today when his name was stricken from the At-large list with over 90 people vying for 5 spots. Simply put, there were more people who were involved in the party and who knew the decision makers that could. If everyone had been allowed to run, it would have taken over 10 hours to select just 5 delegates.

I consider it a fantastic thing that so many people consider themselves to be active enough to be considered for the delegate position. 900 people in your district running - that is something to be applauded, not frowned upon. Part of the appeal of Obama's campaign is that he brings SO many new people into the process.

Disappointment is understandable - this is going to be an incredible convention and everyone wants to be a part of it. Can you really blame the campaign for trying to make the process as efficient as possible?”

“He discussed his grandmother in in his book Dreams from My Father long before becoming a politician. So your comment is blatantly false.

He didn't call his grandmother a racist. He was pointing out that despite his grandmother's unequivocal love for him, there is still a stereotype that exists. The underlyings current in our country that does not allow us to move past race, or gender for that matter.”

“Or they do not know who to vote for in the Republican primary and want to go up against the Democrat more sure to lose.

Wasn't it Mitt Romney who said that he registered as a Democrat in the past so he could vote for the weakest candidate to go against the Republicans?”

“Do you have any idea how ridiculous your comment is? Obama and Clinton are both lawyers who have won cases and they have both served in public office longer than Edwards, Obama the longest, having been elected for office 3 times, Clinton twice and Edwards once.”

“Ahhh, the anarchy vote.”