Okay, campers, start listing Paul Ryan’s lies.

Extra points for using the words damn and hell.

TexasEllen

The Democrats in Oklahoma are a hearty lot, used to adversity, and promulgators of a dandy sense of humor. Stolen from their newsletter with love and thanks:

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Alfredo

The author of Arizona’s racist immigration law, former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce, tried to get re-elected to the Arizona legislature after he was removed from office in a recall vote last year – and fell flat on his face:

The election defeat could spell the end of the political career of Pearce, a national lion in the fight against illegal immigration who was ousted from the Senate last year in a historic recall election.
Worsley, the founder of SkyMall and several other companies, was recruited by moderate Republicans to block Pearce’s attempted comeback. Worsley won the race with 56 percent of the votes, 12,789, to Pearce’s 44 percent, 10,086.

Randy Parraz, an activist who led a recall election against Pearce, said the former political heavyweight’s loss was no surprise.

“This is the same Russell Pearce who said he’d never lose a primary,” Parraz told The Arizona Republic. “He misjudged the fact that he was no longer a conservative Republican — he was an extreme Tea Party Republican. There’s no comeback for Russell Pearce — he’s done.”

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/20120828mesa-gop-legislative-primary-worsley-leads-pearce.html#ixzz24xc9sJPz

No need to worry about Russ Pearce – the Texas Lege is planning to include Pearce’s Mesa, Arizona home in its next attempt to drawn lines for Texas House seats!

Da Chipster

On the subject of Eric Holder, yesterday, thus spake Aggieland Liz: “…he’s a politician! The only one I’ve ever known to be trustworthy is Ronnie Earle! Jimmy Carter tried hard though. I’ll take nominations from the floor if anyone has any suggestions for me…”

I have a couple of nominees; in fact, I have a plethora, but most of them exist at the local level, and there’s a reason for this. I once aspired to be an elected politician, but I lived in the Most Republican District in America. Henry Hyde was my Congressvarmint. My State Senator was the Republican President of the Senate. My State Rep was the Republican Leader (and sometime Speaker) of the Illinois House. So, as a young man in a hurry, I joined the GOP.

And therein lies my point: politics is a dirty business. It always has been. You can rise, but I found that with every step you take up the ladder, you leave a little bit of yourself behind. I started as a RINO, Republican in Name Only, and ended up a few years later in a 3-way primary for county board pledging not to raise taxes. One butt-whipping and actual nervous breakdown later, I got out of the candidate biz and pledged to work to elect good people. None of them ever prosecuted himself but they were good people, most of them laboring in relative obscurity. Let’s lift them from that!

So for the coveted Aggieland Liz Award (the A-Lizzie) I nominate two guys I’ve worked for. One was a local blogger (and DeadHead) who provided a community forum for folks to talk about their town, then ran for his village board in a Very Red Town by knocking on over 4000 doors with a pony tail and a tie-dye t-shirt…and won! Dave Hegland, this bud’s for you.

The second is much more well-known, world-famous, in fact, but still one of the most genuine, graceful, generous guys I’ve ever had the pleasure to have met, with a wonderful wife: Al Franken. Someone brought a puppy to HQ during the recount. This guy got down on the ground and rolled around with it.

Not from personal knowledge, but more from second-hand, I’d also nominate Keith Ellison.

The floor is open: whom would you nominate for an A-Lizzie?

I swear that I heard John Kasach, the Governor of Ohio, say in his speech last night that Mitt Romney will make America “shinier .”  Cool.  My favorite color.

And what did y’all think about Ann Romney’s speech? I liked the part where they struggled in college — living off stock options.

And I thought the whole thing would have been taken much more seriously if Chris Christie hadn’t spent his speech rolling out Christie’16!

The Archbishop from San Francisco who fought so hard for Prop 8 in California?  Driving while drunk.

Another Prop 8 supporter?

A Yucca Valley, California man associated with the anti-LGBT ballot initiative Proposition 8 has confessed to the molestation of multiple young boys over the course of decades.  According to the Wisconsin Gazette, Caleb Edward Hesse, 52, a first grade teacher and youth volunteer, has been arraigned on 4 felony counts of lewd conduct upon a child.  The San Bernadino District Attorney’s office has said that more charges are pending as the case develops and more victims come forward.

Look, I’m not saying that all Prop 8 supporters are perverts and drunks.  I’m just saying that all perverts and drunks supported Prop 8.

Thanks to Brian for the heads up.