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Nancy Pelosi's "Trained Seal"

If you haven't seen Nancy Pelosi's "Trained Seal," AKA Congressman Harry Mitchell flip-flop his vote on the floor of the US House, inciting the US House into uproar, then check out the video below:

The Espresso Pundit Blog (www.espressopudit.com) has great coverage of the story. Click here to read all about it.

Also, Matt Benson over at the Arizona Republic has good coverage of the AZGOP press conference reacting to Mitchell's lack of conviction. Click here to read that story.

More on this soon...

THIRD TIME IS NOT THE CHARM FOR GIFFORDS, DEMS

Press conference on fiscal responsibility postponed for third time

PHOENIX, AZ – “Gabrielle Giffords and her Democrat comrades talking about fiscal responsibility is like Hugo Chavez extolling the virtues of capitalism,” said Randy Pullen, chairman of the Arizona Republican Party.

Pullen’s comments were in response to news that Gabrielle Giffords and fellow members of the so-called “Blue Dog” Democrats had postponed a press conference on fiscal responsibility for the third consecutive time.

Pullen continued, “This would be funny if it wasn’t so sad. How can the American people trust Gabrielle Giffords and the Democrats to lead in Congress when they can’t even agree to hold a press conference?

“Beyond that, what kind of fiscally responsible record has Gabrielle Giffords or any Democrat had since taking control of Congress in January? They supported the largest tax increase in U.S. history. They proposed record amounts in pork barrel spending (which Giffords and other tried to keep secret.) It’s no wonder why the polls show that the Democrats have taken Congress to historic lows.

“When it comes to Giffords and the Democrats on fiscal responsibility, it’s three strikes and you’re out,” concluded Pullen.

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PULLEN CALLS HOUSE VOTE ON IRAQ “NEGLIGENT”

Phoenix, AZ – Yesterday, just hours after the White House released an interim assessment report on the situation in Iraqi, Democrats in Congress, including Arizona’s four Democrat U.S. House Members, voted to pull U.S. troops from their war against terror by spring. According to Arizona Republican Party chairman Randy Pullen, the vote put American troops and American lives at risk.

“History will show that at 6:12 (EDT) in the evening on July 12, 2007, Harry Mitchell, Gabrielle Giffords, Raul Grijalva and Ed Pastor voted to surrender the nation of Iraq to the terrorists,” said Pullen. “On November 4, 2008, the voters will have their chance to say exactly how they feel about Arizona Democrats who surrender to anyone.

“The report these representatives got from the White House talked about eighty Syrian suicide bombers entering Iraq each month. Is the answer to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq when the Iraqi government has provided the three brigades of troops they fulfilled their commitment to provide? Certainly the answer wasn’t to defy the U.S. State Department and stab Israel in the back by negotiating directly with state sponsors of terrorism in Syria, but we couldn’t stop Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from doing exactly that. Her reward was the votes of Mitchell, Giffords, Grijalva and Pastor yet again,” Pullen said.

“How many times do Democrat U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Democrat US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have to call for our surrender to terrorists before Mitchell, Giffords and others figure out that Congress should not be trying to run the war? Their job is to support our troops,” Pullen said. “This isn’t just a do-nothing Congress, it’s a stop-trying Congress, and that’s more than just cowardly. It’s the reason why only 14-percent of American voters approve of the job this Democrat-controlled Congress is doing, and it’s the reason next year’s elections couldn’t come soon enough.”

For more information, please contact Brett Mecum at 602.957.7770 or at bmecum@azgop.org

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LOPES, DEMOCRATS STILL HAVE WRONG PHILOSOPHY

AZGOP chief critical of House Dem leader’s remarks

PHOENIX, AZ – The Democrats’ true colors were shown today at the Greater Phoenix of Chamber of Commerce 13th Annual Legislative Wrap Up Breakfast, where Democrat House Minority Leader Phil Lopes was critical of tax relief for Arizona businesses. Arizona Republican Party chairman Randy Pullen said he was disappointed that Lopes and other Democrats were continuing to reject smart and fiscally sound ideas, instead relying on the failed ideas of the past. “Democrats have welfare and big government down pat, but they simply refuse to understand what our economy needs to create jobs, what business needs to create opportunity, and what families need to prosper,” Pullen said.

“Arizona is the fastest growing state in the country and Phoenix has just passed Philadelphia as the nation’s fifth most populous city,” said Pullen. “Yet Arizona Democrats from Janet Napolitano to Phil Lopes to their rank and file candidates refuse to accept recent decades of proof that lower taxes and limited government create growth and prosperity.

“If Mr. Lopes wants Arizona to mimic other states, where taxes are high, government is big, and the environment is anti-business, then he should continue to advocate tax hikes and more government spending. However, I prefer, and most Arizonans prefer creating a business friendly environment with lower taxes and less regulation that foster job creation and a higher quality of life.

“Today’s Republican Party is working with business, community and political leaders to develop economic policies that will create new jobs, create new growth, increase income, reduce government regulation, reduce taxes, and make this state more business friendly.” concluded Pullen.

For more information, please contact Brett Mecum at 602.957.7770 or at bmecum@azgop.org.

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Giffords, Mitchell Give Murtha a Pass

Gabrielle Giffords and Harry Mitchell both voted to give fellow Democrat Jack Murtha a free pass on threatening fellow members of Congress. The National Republican Congressional Committee put out this great video highlighting Murtha's antics and showing how the Democrats continue to cover for him.

SAY WHAT? NOT A HUGE TERRORIST PRESENCE IN IRAQ?

Reid declares war is lost while Giffords implies mission accomplished

PHOENIX, AZ – Randy Pullen, chairman of Arizona Republican Party blasted Gabrielle Giffords for her comments in the Douglas Daily Dispatch. Giffords is quoted as saying, "There is not a huge terrorist presence in Iraq." See: link

“On one hand we have Harry Reid saying the war is lost, on the other hand we have Gabrielle Giffords saying that there isn’t much of a terrorism problem in Iraq and therefore, mission accomplished,” said Pullen. “The Democrats can’t even agree on Iraq, yet they are trying to dictate strategy from Washington to the generals in the field. It makes you wonder who exactly Harry Reid surrendered to.” Pullen continued, “Gabrielle Giffords campaigned as a moderate Democrat but her voting record doesn’t match her campaign rhetoric and her actions are contrary to her campaign promises.”

“I’ll be happy in January of 2009 when I can safely say that there is not a huge Giffords presence in Arizona,” quipped Pullen.

For more information, please contact Brett Mecum at 602.957.7770

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Giffords - "...not a huge terrorist problem in Iraq"

Kudos to the Arizona 8th blog for exposing Gabrielle Giffords for her inability to grasp reality. 

Citing the Douglas Daily Dispatch we see our favorite "Blue Dog" Democrat expound upon her vast international relations expertise with quotes like:

While there are terrorists in Iraq, Giffords, D-Ariz., said Wednesday that they are less of a problem than places where threats are located or growing. "There is not a huge terrorist presence in Iraq," Giffords said during a telephone interview with Wick News Service.

She made her comments while waiting for the roll call vote in the House on the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health and Iraq Accountability Act - the bill commonly referred to as the Iraq supplemental. She voted for the act, which also provides funds to support the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan.She also emphasized that the supplemental calls for a goal to start leaving Iraq later this year, with a deployment of combat troops by early next year.

Excuse me?  Not a huge terrorist presence in Iraq? What is Gabby smoking? Allow us to politely disagree. Arizona 8th did a very nice job of compiling a list of incidents of terrorism in Iraq since January of this year.  Check out their site: http://arizonaeighth.blogspot.com/. It looks to us that Gabby may be lost in space on this one.

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Good Grief...

Just when you thought they couldn't get any loonier, Congressional Democrats now want to divert intelligence funds to study Global Warming. From the Washington Times:

"Our job is to steal secrets," said Rep. Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, the ranking Republican on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.     "There are all kinds of people analyzing global warming, the Democrats even have a special committee on this. There's no value added by the intelligence community here; they have no special expertise, and this takes money and resources away from other threats."

"It's hard to imagine how anyone could believe that climate change represents a more clear and present danger to the United States than radical Islamic terrorists armed with bombs, but that's essentially what Democrats have concluded in this bill,' said Brian Kennedy, a spokesman for Minority Leader John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican.

So funds that were meant to hunt down terrorists, keep America safe from attack, and support our servicemen and women overseas are being used to study...Global Warming?   Al Gore would be proud. Not to mention that the federal government also spends $6.5 billion annually on studies, issues, and initiatives related to global warming.

Check out the full story: http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070504-123740-8370r.htm

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