Peanut and Achmed are in trouble. . .

I’m playing catch-up here so please forgive me.

The amazingly funny Jeff Dunham has some new competition it seems.  And as a diehard fan of the Matrix movies I love the shout out.

For those who don’t know; Jeff Dunham is a ventriloquist, Peanut and Achmed are two of his characters.  Whenever he’s on the comedy channel you HAVE to see his show.  And if you can catch it live even better.

So why bring up Jeff Dunham? Because in the spirit of Thomas Nast (the man who brought down Tammany Hall) I think the Arizona Daily Independent hit the nail on the head.

Think about it.  Go get the state and federal election reports and look up who the donors are (follow the money) for both the state party and the politicians.

It’s just a Great Cartoon.

http://www.arizonadailyindependent.com/2015/01/18/so-many-dummies-sundays-comic/

Remember as Boss Tweed once said, “I don’t care what they write, my people can’t read.  But those damn cartoons are forever”.  OK, he may have said something like that (I’m working from memory here).

I leave you for now with one of the classics that brought down the corruption that poisoned the party:

Thomas Nast (1840-1902). The Power Behind the Throne “He Cannot Call His Soul His Own.” 1870. Museum of the City of New York. 99.124.7.

Morrissey Strikes Back

For the past 2 years Robert Graham has done everything he could to belittle his predessessor (hmm…what other chief executive does that???); constantly claiming how much debt he was left with, the shabby condition of the headquarters building, etc.  It’s as if he can’t help himself.   Well today (16 January 2015), Tom Morrissey hit back.  You can find the article here:

http://www.arizonadailyindependent.com/2015/01/16/former-azgop-chairman-refutes-robert-grahams-false-claims/

Now as a State Committeeman these past two years, I’ve watched and wondered.  Really Robert??  Things were THAT bad?

So over the past 2 years, I asked the people who were there with Morrissey, especially in the beginning, what happened.  I got an earfull.  And they basically all agreed with what Morrissey says in his article there.  Were there issues during his tenure?  Sure. But Graham inhereted an organization in much better shape than Tom Morrissey did.

Why don’t you ask them?  I’m sure every one of the people who worked with Morrissey would be happy to talk with you like they did me.  Granted, I think all of them have come out in support of Lori Urban…still they’ll tell you (in exhaustive detail) what they saw.

In fact, all have publically endorsed a candidate EXCEPT Laddie Shane.  Hey Laddie, wanna chime in with whomever YOU are supporting???